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Three major 1959 albums
Many reviewers note the year of 1959 as perhaps the apex of modern (post-WW II) instrumental jazz, with at least three landmark albums symbolizing the era, and all issued on Columbia: Kind of Blue – […]
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News Follow-Ups
In the past few years, I have dedicated several essays to the drive to bring to a theater near you: a feature-length film version of the 1965-1968 spy television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – […]
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The 1959-1964 Musical Interregnum
An overview of the period between the Day the Music Died (1959) to the British Invasion (1964) – when the US music industry was in transition. Fierce
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Odds & Ends: News/Humor
I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in “Cheers & […]
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An ode to the Butterfield Blues Band
While I had other musical favorites in my youth, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band earned their recent induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – in addition to its talent pool – its […]
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Odds & Ends: News/Humor
ART NOTES – the first career retrospective about the late concert impresario (via memorabilia, photographs and psychedelic art) in an exhibit entitled Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution is at the Skirball Cultural […]
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Test
Just testing. – Ed Tracey (Editor’s note: Date and time changed from 5/17/2015 at 18:12 to demote from front page, post preserved for comments) Fierce