October 31, 2025 • #
Wes Montgomery, Live in ‘65.
Topic / music
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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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