I’m still on the road, now visiting glorious Las Vegas, Nevada. Here are the Dead Kennedys tearing up an Elvis Presley classic.
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Today is a travel day, so I leave you with a collaboration between American vibist Khan Jamal, South African bassist Johnny Dyani and Danish guitarist Pierre Dørge.
I’m about 4 hours from flying back home. Regular posting will begin again late tomorrow.
I will be traveling back to the United States for about 15 days, so I will not be posting much either today or tomorrow. I leave you with a video of the magnificent setar master Hossein Alizadeh from Iran to keep your spirits up. It’s helped mine, for sure.
Once upon a time, I had a decent working knowledge (at least for an American expat) of Soviet Jazz. It keeps popping back into my life, and I still find it a joy to listen to even 30 years down the road. Thanks to Shasha Svistunov for compiling some real treasures here, including quite a few whose names are new to me!
Brief run-down in English Tracklist:
1. Oleg Kutsenko Leningrad Instrumental Ensemble – Oriental Suite (Oleg Kutsenko, 1975)
2. Kavkaz Jazz Trio – Borjomi Park (Vagif Mustafa Zadeh, 1966)
3. Vadim Ludvikovski Ensemble – Rhythm Dance (Arno Babadjanian, 1961)
4. Emin Khachaturian Film Studio Orchestra – Hiking (Alexander Zatsepin, 1964)
5. Emin Khachaturian Film Studio Orchestra – A Wordless Song (Alexander Zatsepin, 1963)
6. Murad Kazhlaev Instrumental Ensemble – Play All Day (Murad Kazhlaev, 1975)
7. Armenian Radio Instrumental Ensemble dir. Martin Vartazarian – A Stroll (Martin Vartazarian, 1973)
8. ‘Rero’ Georgian State Orchestra – When The Saints Go Marching In (trad., 1966)
9. Elvira Trafova – Caravan (Juan Tizol/Duke Ellington, 1978)
10. Keith Beckingham – Caravan (Juan Tizol/Duke Ellington, 1967)
11. Rafiq Babayev Jazz Quartet – Mugham Improvisation (Rafiq Babayev, 1968)
12. All-Union Radio Variety Orchestra dir. Yuri Silantiev – Oriental Ballad (Murad Kazhlaev, 1962)
Today we honor the passing of James Chance. He was 71.
It’s rather charming to see cultures like this clash. These folks from Sindh, Pakistan, give their takes on everything from music to technology, usually with a calm, relaxed and jovial insight. In this episode, they listen to a-ha’s classic tune, “Take On Me,” and it seems they really enjoy not only the music, but the effort it took to produce the video.
I will be taking some time off from the blog soon, as the co-founder of this site, Steven Shore will no longer be among the living. For now, I leave you with something sunny.
No reviews today as I’m out and about for business, but I leave you with a fine jazz-fusion record by the German band Chameleon.
Thanks to some personal duties I must attend to, there will be no post today, nor possibly tomorrow (we will see). For today, I leave you with a fine Belgian prog-psych album from 1976 by the near-forgotten band Dragon. Enjoy!