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Red Hot +Indigo: Black Star, Ron Carter, John Patton - Money...

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:11:48 -0400

Red Hot +Indigo: Black Star, Ron Carter, John Patton - Money Jungle

myampgoesto11: Stargazing At The Elqui Domos Hotel In Chile |...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:34:04 -0400

Stargazing At The Elqui Domos Hotel In Chile | Designed by RDM Arquitectura | Photos by James Florio

In the heart of the mythical Elqui Valley in Pisco, surrounded by the Andes Mountains, 500km north of Santiago in central Chile, lies a magical place that allows for star-spangled dreams beneath the clear pure sky. Combining stargazing and specialized astronomic tours with night-time horseback riding, meditation and even tarot readings, Elqui Domos is a hotel quite like no other.

It was completed in 2005 to fulfil its owners’ desire to observe and enjoy the grandeur of the one of the world’s most star-filled skies. It is one of only seven astronomic hotels around the world and the only one in the Southern Hemisphere, offering breathtaking views of the magic skies draped over the Elqui Valley (the valley is renowned for its sharp, clear skies, as it happens to sit under one of the clearest atmospheres in the world). The lack of rain and pleasant weather all year round set the perfect conditions for astronomic tourism, where guests can gather to enjoy a unique chance to liaise with the stars.

(via Yatzer)

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nprmusic: rollingstone: It’s long been known that Jimi Hendrix...

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:47:06 -0400

nprmusic:

rollingstone:

It’s long been known that Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis were making plans to record together the year before Hendrix’s death in 1970, but it turns out they were hoping that Paul McCartney would join them on bass. Hendrix, Davis and jazz drummer Tony Williams sent a telegram on Oct. 21, 1969, to the Beatles’ Apple Records, hoping to get McCartney in for a session.

Whoa.

0-pac: Erykah Badu & Mos def

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:32:10 -0400

0-pac:

Erykah Badu & Mos def

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"Vinyl records so often sound like home in large part because that’s the only place you’re likely to..."

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:04:03 -0400

“Vinyl records so often sound like home in large part because that’s the only place you’re likely to listen to them.”

- NPR’s Stephen Thompson helps you build a vinyl collection (via nprmusic)

jazzrelatedstuff: Let Me Down Easy - Joshua Redman

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:02:58 -0400

jazzrelatedstuff:

Let Me Down Easy - Joshua Redman

How can you just throw it all away?

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chaboneobaiarroyoallende: Oscar Emmanuel Peterson...

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:32:17 -0400

chaboneobaiarroyoallende:

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (1925-2007)…pianista, compositor

"Jazz is music. And great jazz, like all great music, attains its value not through intellectual..."

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:21:09 -0400

“Jazz is music. And great jazz, like all great music, attains its value not through intellectual complexity, but through emotional expressivity.”

- Joshua Redman (liner notes to his album “Mood Swing”)

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holysoul: Aretha Franklin The Long And Winding Road

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:29:35 -0400

holysoul:

Aretha Franklin The Long And Winding Road

3rdplanet: Bird would play the melody he wanted. The other...

Sun, 05 May 2013 00:13:45 -0400

3rdplanet:

Bird would play the melody he wanted. The other musicians had to remember what he played. He was real spontaneous, went on his instinct. He didn’t conform to Western ways of musical group interplay by organizing everything. Bird was a great improviser ad that’s where he thought great music came from and what great musicians were about. His concept was “fuck what’s written down.” Play what you know and play that well and everything will come together — just the opposite of the Western concept of notated music.
— Miles Davis