This is a remarkable version of this song. It is enlightening to look at the history of "vocalese."  Vocalese is of a style of singing where people write lyrics to ...
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This is a cool song, I have two other people doing it, Salut Salon and The Swingle Singers. The bandoneon is a lot like an accordion. Astor Piazzolla is a ...
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One day, someone suggested I go down to the Crow's Nest in Santa Cruz to hear the Seldom Scene.  He said they were 'bluegrass."   I hadn't liked the little bit ...
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I saw Barney Kessel a few times. The first time I saw him he has a local pickup band and so it really just him. Other times I saw him ...
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This is one of the great classic jazz pieces. Charlie Mingus was a bass player and composer. He wrote this song as a tribute to Lester Young. This was the ...
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Doc Watson was one of my greatest inspirations and not just me, he inspired countless others including Clarence White and Tony Rice. I was fortunate enough to get to meet ...
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I came across Eliane Elias because she was playing at the Stanford Jazz Festival and I had never heard of her. I am kicking myself for not going to see ...
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When I first heard this one part of me was thinking it sounded a bit wrong because I was so used to Judy Garland's version. Another part of me was ...
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Just before the multi-Platinum artist, Eva Cassidy, died of melanoma at 33 known only to a small circle of friends in Washington DC, her friends raised money for a benefit ...
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This song,  written by Bulee  "Slim" Gaillard, Leroy "Slam" Stewart and Bud Green is played here by Slim and Slam. It is one of my favorite songs of all time.  Slim plays ...
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