This blog covers the music I play on my Live365 station: Jazz Note NSU. It is devoted to hard bop and avant garde jazz. Here I confess my faith: the center of genius in modern music is jazz; the center of genius in jazz is hard bop, and especially the body of music produced between the early 50's and the mid-60's. And at the center of it all is Miles Davis. This blog is especially aimed at readers who want to build a serious jazz library.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Sun Ra Really Was From Another Planet
I downloaded Sun Ra's Atlantis a few weeks ago. It confused me then and perplexes me now. Sun Ra is playing some kind of toy piano. Whatever this is, it is jazz.
Thanks, Anon. I wasn't trying to be serious there. I was trying to avoid looking it up, at which I succeeded. I like this album. But it is powerful wierd.
The keyboard instrument Sun Ra is playing here is a Hohner Clavinet. It's not a toy piano, even though it might sound like one.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Anon. I wasn't trying to be serious there. I was trying to avoid looking it up, at which I succeeded. I like this album. But it is powerful wierd.
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