December 19, 2025 • #
Herbie Hancock on his introduction to Miles Davis.
Herbie got his start with Donald Byrd. And Byrd gave him the push to go seize the opportunity to join Miles’s second great quintet.
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Making a Steinway piano
December 10, 2025 • #The year-long process of hand making a Steinway grand piano.
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November 18, 2025 • #
Return to Forever, Live from Jazzaldia San Sebastian, 2008.
A great live concert from a reunion of legends. Each of these guys was a noteworthy player in his own right. Return to Forever is one of the great jazz fusion projects. The whole discography is transformative.
I got to see Stanley Clarke live sometime around 2000. Incredible show and band.
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October 31, 2025 • #
Wes Montgomery, Live in ‘65.
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October 29, 2025 • #
Ahmad Jamal live in France, 1971.
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March 6, 2025 • #
MF DOOM / Ghostface Killah - Angelz, 2004.
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December 10, 2024 • #
The Headhunters perform “Sly”, 1974.
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December 5, 2024 • #
Two phenomenal records to start a recording career.
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November 8, 2024 • #
Bird absolutely locked in. Charlie Parker and Tommy Potter, 1947.
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November 8, 2024 • #
The Count and the Duke. Count Basie and Duke Ellington.
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August 31, 2024 • #
Jazz legend Oscar Peterson talks and plays with Andre Previn.
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August 25, 2024 • #
Wrote this week about the problems with feeds, algorithmic discovery, and passively letting the machines define your taste.
We all need a return to active participation in what we consume.
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Escape the Algorithm
August 22, 2024 • #A return to active discovery.
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July 30, 2024 • #
Diagram of a harpsichord. Arnault de Zwolle, c. 1430.
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Madvillainy's Secret Ingredient
October 27, 2023 • #Breaking down one of the greatest albums of all time, track by track.
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My Analog Journal’s Jazz from Japan
May 9, 2022 • #A new genre of music from a cool YouTube channel.
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Clyde Stubblefield
October 7, 2020 • #The funky drummer, most sampled artist of all time.
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50 Best Ambient Albums
July 15, 2020 • #Perfect quarantine, work-from-home music: Pitchfork's guide to the top 50 ambient albums.
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Conspiravision
June 25, 2020 • #A new remixed Deus Ex soundtrack.
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Tank!
May 26, 2020 • #The Seatbelts play a remote session of the Cowboy Bebop theme.
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History of Hip Hop, 1982
May 5, 2020 • #The Rub's 'History of Hip-Hop archives.
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Weekend Reading: Beastie Boys, Links, and Screencasting
May 2, 2020 • #Beastie Boys Story, Linkrot for checking for valid URLs, and a guide to making screencasts.
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Funky 4 + 1, 1980
March 23, 2020 • #Rare live footage.
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Best Songs, Pt. 8: Death Letter
October 4, 2019 • #The delta blues, in lo-fi electric from the White Stripes.
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Kind of Blue 60th Anniversary
September 4, 2019 • #Miles Davis's Kind of Blue 60th anniversary.
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Best Songs, Pt. 7: The Only Moment We Were Alone
August 22, 2019 • #One of the best from the Explosions in the Sky catalog.
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Best Songs, Pt. 6: Montara
June 2, 2019 • #The title track from Bobby Hutcherson's 1975 album.
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Best Songs, Pt. 5: I Remember Clifford
April 24, 2019 • #A tribute to the late trumpeter, composed by saxophonist Benny Golson.
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Best Songs, Pt. 4: Blade Runner Blues
February 21, 2019 • #The best track from one of my most frequent rotation records, 'Blade Runner Blues' from the film.
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Best Songs, Part 3: Moanin’
January 28, 2019 • #“‘Moanin’ is one of the best tracks of all time, and my favorite from the Jazz Messengers.”
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Best Songs, Part 2: My Philosophy
January 18, 2019 • #“Part 2 of the favorite songs series, BDP’s ‘My Philosophy’.”
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Best Songs, Part 1: Chameleon
January 10, 2019 • #Part one of a ? part series of favorite songs, Herbie Hancock's 'Chameleon'.
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Angel Dust
October 18, 2018 • #Gil Scott-Heron live.
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Recent Links: Mapping Air Quality, the Problem with Agile, Indie Jazz
November 29, 2017 • #✦
Blue Note Records Discography
September 23, 2015 • #The ultimate checklist for my completionist self to listen to the entire Blue Note Records back catalog.
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musicForProgramming();
September 11, 2015 • #Ambient mixes for listening while concentrating.
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America's Music
August 7, 2013 • #Thoughts on jazz as a genre, and Ken Burns' documentary, 'Jazz'.
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