var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-31236776-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @lloydscott)http://bluelynoted.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/m5r4mcoeMf8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Happy Birthday John Bonham</strong></p> <p>A hard hitter, who supposedly used the heaviest sticks around.</p> <p>This is a different (and longer) version than the Zeppelin cover that appeared on King Curtis’ awesome<strong> Live At The Fillmore West. </strong>Based on the relentless groove, we’re assuming Curtis (sax) is joined by his usual regal Kingpins, including Cornell Dupree on guitar, Bill Preston on organ, and Bernard “Pretty” Purdie on drums.</p> <p><em>“Whole Lotta Love” by King Curtis And The Kingpins (1971)</em></p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/24130513437http://bluelynoted.com/post/24130513437Thu, 31 May 2012 08:10:06 -0700jazzmusicLed ZeppelinJohn BonhamKing CurtisWhole Lotta Lovebernard pretty purdieCornell DupreeBilly Preston<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0NigiwMtWE0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Happy Birthday Benny Goodman</strong></p> <p>The “King of Swing.”</p> <p><em>“Sing Sing Sing” live from Carnegie Hall 1938</em></p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/24099176886http://bluelynoted.com/post/24099176886Wed, 30 May 2012 18:03:54 -0700jazzmusicBenny GoodmanSing Sing SingGene KrupaThe Ballad of Dock Ellis: Dock was more than just the colorful baseball pitcher who threw a...http://bluelynoted.com/post/24069471457http://bluelynoted.com/post/24069471457Wed, 30 May 2012 10:12:23 -0700BaseballLSDDock EllisJackie Robinson<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KAHJpl4KJEk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Happy Birthday John Fogerty</strong></p> <p>He knows Diddley…</p> <p><em>“Bad Moon Rising” by Bo Diddley</em></p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/23930504364http://bluelynoted.com/post/23930504364Mon, 28 May 2012 08:01:14 -0700jazzmusicJohn FogertyBad Moon RisingBo Diddley<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-gSpatsBDdk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Happy Birthday Dee Dee Bridgewater</strong></p> <p>Best singer of Horace Silver’s funky tunes period.</p> <p><em>“Song For My Father” (1996)</em></p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/23890674134http://bluelynoted.com/post/23890674134Sun, 27 May 2012 15:38:58 -0700jazzmusicDee Dee BridgewaterHorace SilverSong For My Father<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/seT-8RRRJqE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>The Freewheelin’ Dylan Jazz Covers</strong></p> <p>Bob Dylan recorded “Quinn The Eskimo” with The Band in 1967 during sessions for <strong>The Basement Tapes</strong>. Manfred Mann recorded the song and released it as the chart-topping “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJKDUEe2p9w" title="manfred mann" target="_blank">The Mighty Quinn</a>” in 1968. Ramsey Lewis gave the song a funky treatment on his <strong>Maiden Voyag</strong>e later that same year.</p> <p>Our birthday celebration ends as another one begins — Happy Birthday Ramsey. </p> <p><em>“The Mighty Quinn” by Ramsey Lewis (1968)</em></p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/23871988068http://bluelynoted.com/post/23871988068Sun, 27 May 2012 10:35:46 -0700Ramsey LewisjazzmusicBob DylanThe Mighty QuinnMaiden Voyage<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aF1wngoCX9A?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Happy Birthday Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen</strong></p> <p>How often do you get to hear two of the greatest bassists (albeit with two completely different styles) play together?</p> <p><em>“You Look Great To Me” by Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and NHOP (1977)</em></p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/23868245918http://bluelynoted.com/post/23868245918Sun, 27 May 2012 09:31:38 -0700jazzmusicOscar PetersonRay Brownniels-henning orsted pedersenYou Look Great To Me<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/x26I1EHGgmI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Happy Birthday Levon Helm</strong></p> <p>He is missed.</p> <p><em>“The Weight” by Cassandra Wilson (2002)</em></p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/23816313080http://bluelynoted.com/post/23816313080Sat, 26 May 2012 13:32:57 -0700jazzmusicLevon HelmThe WeightCassandra WilsonBelly Of The Sun<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EYxoAJ3Boyc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Happy Birthday Miss Peggy Lee</strong></p> <p>Her signature.</p> <p><em>“Fever” </em></p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/23804815517http://bluelynoted.com/post/23804815517Sat, 26 May 2012 10:08:35 -0700jazzmusicPeggy LeeFever<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/11755162" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Happy Birthday Miles</strong></p> <p>Finally, the Internet has a use.</p> <p>The entire 75 minutes performance by the Miles Davis Quintet in Stockholm 1967.</p> <p>In suits (though not for much longer): Miles (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and Tony Williams (drums)</p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/23802343354http://bluelynoted.com/post/23802343354Sat, 26 May 2012 09:24:10 -0700jazzmusicMiles DavisWayne ShorterHerbie HancockRon CarterTony Williams<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/23799390482/tumblr_m4ccu9BXEJ1qzn32p&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><strong>The Freewheelin’ Jazz Dylan Covers</strong></p> <p>The title to Gerry Mulligan’s <strong>If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em’s</strong> is truth in advertising:  the album was clearly designed to appeal to a crossover audience, from its title to its contents — covers of The Beatles (“<a href="http://bluelynoted.com/post/12900389604/bluely-noteds-beatles-challenge-our-favorite" title="bluely noted" target="_blank">Can’t Buy Me Love</a>,” “A Hard Day’s Night,” and “If I Fell”), Roger Miller (“King Of The Road”) and Tony Hatch (“Downtown” and “I Know A Place) — but, like every Mulligan album, this one has a lot to recommend it. Mulligan’s radical re-arrangement of Dylan’s “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE_hDWMftgc" title="tambourine man" target="_blank">Mr. Tambourine Man</a>” gives this classic song a smokey late night cocktail lounge vibe that makes us want to order a Manhattan and say “play a song for me.” It may not reach the lofty heights of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJO4KAv-GiY" title="the byrds" target="_blank">these guys</a>, but it easily surpasses <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0hTtsqiFCc&feature=fvst" title="shatner" target="_blank">this guy</a>.</p> <p><em>“Mr. Tambourine Man” by Gerry Mulligan (1965)</em></p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/23799390482http://bluelynoted.com/post/23799390482Sat, 26 May 2012 08:29:35 -0700jazzmusicBob DylanGerry Mulliganif you can't beat 'em join 'em<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/B2qZgNiWAPc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>This one’s for Poboh…</strong></p> <p>… and those of you outside of the USA who can’t access Keith Jarrett’s “My Back Pages” via Spotify due to arcane licensing rights issues. Here’s a “video” of a slightly longer version live from Denmark in 1969.</p> <p><em>“My Back Pages” by The Keith Jarrett Trio (1969)</em></p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/23740919931http://bluelynoted.com/post/23740919931Fri, 25 May 2012 10:30:23 -0700jazzmusicBob DylanMy Back PagesKeith Jarrett<iframe src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:track:4xhjxNNm7ffKfbFLugw7c4&view=coverart" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" style="width:500px;height:580px;"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>The Freewheelin’ Jazz Dylan Covers</strong></p> <p><em>Bluely Noted</em> has always been a huge fan of Dylan’s “My Back Pages” from his 1964 album, <strong>Another Side Of Bob Dylan</strong>, particularly The Byrds’ masterful 1966 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h80l4XIPJC4" title="byrds" target="_blank">version</a>. We wonder what Dylan thinks of the song’s famous refrain, “Ah… but I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now,” post-71st birthday. Interestingly, Dylan did not perform this song in concert until 1988.</p> <p>Über-pianist Keith Jarrett recorded “My Back Pages” on this live set from Shelly’s Manne-Hole, <strong>Somewhere Before</strong>, in 1968. Backed by bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Paul Motian, Jarrett’s appropriately contemplative rendition makes us wonder what “The Standards Trio” would do with a more updated, contemporary songbook.</p> <p><em>“My Back Pages” by Keith Jarrett (1968)</em></p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/23739917175http://bluelynoted.com/post/23739917175Fri, 25 May 2012 10:07:32 -0700jazzmusicBob DylanMy Back PagesKeith JarrettSomewhere BeforeAnother Side Of Bob Dylan<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ghqUaXQyDm4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Happy Birthday Hal David</strong></p> <p>The Burt Bacharach-Hal David songbook is astonishing in its breadth, but we love this one.</p> <p><em>“A House Is Not A Home” by Bill Evans (1977)</em></p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/23738150975http://bluelynoted.com/post/23738150975Fri, 25 May 2012 09:26:44 -0700jazzmusicBill EvansHal DavidBurt BacharachA House Is Not A Home<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jwpeqKte1qzn32po1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>From <a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/happy-71st-birthday-bob-dylan.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29" title="boingboing" target="_blank">BoingBoing</a> today</p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/23700248390http://bluelynoted.com/post/23700248390Thu, 24 May 2012 16:47:58 -0700jazzmusicBob Dylan<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0I0Wcc2HRrU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Happy Birthday Charles Earland</strong></p> <p>Trumpeter Lee Morgan’s last recorded performance was on organist Earland’s <strong>Intensity</strong>. He was shot and killed two days after these sessions.</p> <p><em>“Morgan” by Charles Earland (1972)</em></p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/23680806609http://bluelynoted.com/post/23680806609Thu, 24 May 2012 11:25:15 -0700jazzmusicCharles EarlandLee MorganIntensityMorganHubert LawsJohn FaddisBilly Cobham<iframe src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:track:3SBho4xsGQckBNC74DM39d&view=coverart" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" style="width:500px;height:580px;"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Happy Birthday Archie Shepp</strong></p> <p>Today is more than just Bob-day. Shepp’s 1965 Free Jazz exploration of “Girl From Ipanema” is one of the most unusual versions of this oft-covered song.</p> <p><em>“Girl From Ipanema” (1965)</em></p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/23680535194http://bluelynoted.com/post/23680535194Thu, 24 May 2012 11:19:10 -0700jazzmusicArchie Sheppgirl from ipanemaFire Music<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/23669685600/tumblr_m4g2twmYk91qzn32p&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><strong>The Freewheelin’ Jazz Dylan Covers</strong></p> <p>Perhaps the most famous version of “If Not You,” a rare straight-forward Bob Dylan love song from <strong>New Morning</strong> in 1970, is George Harrison’s tender reading from <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxO0t9ClfrI" title="george if not for you" target="_blank">All Things Must Pass</a></strong> from that same year.* Sarah Vaughan’s soul-based approach to this folk classic from <strong><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RCRis8QjdfM/TPvnxsiwZ2I/AAAAAAAAAhc/wIW96F0SELk/s1600/P1000729.JPG" title="a time in my life" target="_blank">A Time In My Life</a></strong> for Mainstream in 1971 is also deserving of mad props. Vaughan’s album is unapologetically contemporary, from the material — John Lennon’s “Imagine” and an incredible version of Marvin Gaye’s “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bK4gOqTALw" title="inner city blues" target="_blank">Inner City Blues</a>” — to the arrangements, and unequivocally answers <em>what would a Sarah Vaughan album for Stax sound like? </em>The Divine One had such an amazing voice she could have been a star in any genre. </p> <p>Happy Birthday Bob.</p> <p><em>“If Not For You” by Sarah Vaughan (1971)</em></p> <p><em>* </em>Check out this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tctzUNMp5po" title="dylan-harrison" target="_blank">Dylan-Harrison rehearsal</a> for the <strong>Concert for Bangladesh</strong> in 1971. </p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/23669685600http://bluelynoted.com/post/23669685600Thu, 24 May 2012 06:17:00 -0700A Time In My LifeBob DylanGeorge HarrisonIf Not For YouSarah VaughanjazzmusicAll Things Must PassThe Concert for Bangladesh<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/i1tqMBBIdrs?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Happy Birthday Rosemary Clooney</strong></p> <p>A Touch of Tabasco please…</p> <p><em>“Sway” with Perez Prado (1959)</em></p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/23626245623http://bluelynoted.com/post/23626245623Wed, 23 May 2012 13:54:48 -0700jazzmusicRosemary ClooneyA Touch Of TabascoSwayPerez Prado<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/23616599034/tumblr_m48vtf84h31qzn32p&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><strong>The Freewheelin’ Jazz Dylan Covers</strong></p> <p><em>Bluely Noted</em> loves <strong>Dylan Jazz</strong> so much, we’re including a second selection in our mix. We’re big fans of Bill Frisell’s “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feIiA__MiMM" title="frisell a hard rain" target="_blank">A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall</a>,” but here The Wrecking Crew gives it a Brubeck-Desmond-like treatment in Al DeLory’s and Jim Horn’s piano-sax interplay that makes us shrug off Dylan’s doom and gloom prophecies. Glen Campbell struts his finger-picking prowess with his solo at 1:15.</p> <p><em>“A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” by The Gene Norman Group (1966)</em></p>http://bluelynoted.com/post/23616599034http://bluelynoted.com/post/23616599034Wed, 23 May 2012 10:54:00 -0700jazzmusicBob DylanGene NormanGlen CampbellA Hard Rain's A-Gonna FallDylan Jazz