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Continue reading →: The New York Knicks are the NBA Champions!
The New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs, 4 games to 1, to win their first NBA Finals in 53 years. This Game 5 Knicks victory, 94-90, was thrilling—as was their miraculous triumph in Game 4, where they fought from 29 under to go ahead in the final 1.2…
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Continue reading →: Smooth Jazz Criminal
Jazz pianists Peter Martin and Adam Maness have two wonderful YouTube channels, “You’ll Hear It” and “Open Studio Music,” where they not only dissect significant pop, jazz, and R&B recordings, but offer their own interpretive renditions along the way. Their analyses run the gamut, from Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, and…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2318
Song of the Day: A Foggy Day, music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, was introduced by Fred Astaire in the 1937 film, “A Damsel in Distress“. With countless renditions recorded by artists across genres, this tune took its rightful place in the Great American Songbook. An instrumental version…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2317
Song of the Day: Joy to the World, words and music by Hoyt Axton, was a #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit for Three Dog Night from their 1970 album, “Naturally“. When the composer first performed the song for band members Cory Wells and Danny Hutton, they rejected it. But with…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2316
Song of the Day: The Wiz (“Ease on Down the Road”), words and music by Charlie Smalls, is heard in the 1975 Tony Award-winning “Best Musical“, an R&B re-interpretation of L. Frank Baum‘s book, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz“. The Broadway musical featured Stephanie Mills as Dorothy. Adapted for the…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2315
Song of the Day: Thoroughly Modern Millie (“Thoroughly Modern Millie”), music by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Sammy Cahn, was first heard in the 1967 musical starring Julie Andrews. The film was adapted for Broadway and won the 2002 Tony Award for “Best Musical”. Sutton Foster won the Tony Award…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2314
Song of the Day: You’d Be So Easy to Love, words and music by Cole Porter, was originally slated as one of the musical numbers in the 1934 Broadway musical “Anything Goes“. It was cut from the musical, though it appeared in later revivals. Porter rewrote it for the 1936…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2313
Song of the Day: Robot Portrait [YouTube link], composed and arranged by Billy Byers, appears on “The Quintessence,” a 1962 Quincy Jones big band album. Jones is often remembered as a legendary producer who helmed projects by some of the most important artists of the twentieth century—from Frank Sinatra to…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2312
Song of the Day: Move on Up, words and music by Curtis Mayfield, appears on the artist’s 1970 debut album, “Curtis“. Though this song didn’t chart well on its initial release, it became a classic in progressive soul. On this date in 1942, Mayfield, the “Gentle Genius“, was born. Check…
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Continue reading →: Matt Zwolinski: Final Word
That’s Matt Zwolinski’s final word on our fruitful discussion. As I said on Substack: “And I too have learned much from Matt Zwolinski’s insightful work and have enjoyed this discussion! Onward … “ For those who’d like to read that discussion, here’s a chronological index: Matt Zwolinski, “The Myth of…
Chris Sciabarra, April 2022 Coney Island Parachute Jump, Brooklyn, New York
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