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News from the darkest corners of the
musical universe:
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Tuesday, July 29, 2003 ◦
Herb Alpert's Tijuana sound is back! Not from Herb himself mind you, but from The Herbspectacles - the newest Tijuana sensation from the Netherlands.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2003 ◦
Collectors Choice has just released a never before released live recording of the Martin Denny group called "Baked Alaska". It is from a 1964 recording that came from Mr. Denny himself.
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Thursday, July 17, 2003 ◦
Cuban music legend Celia Cruz dies at age 78.
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Monday, July 14, 2003 ◦
Legendary Cuban musician Compay Segundo, one of the stars of Wim Wenders' film "Buena Vista Social Club", has died, aged 95, his record company in Spain said today.
Segundo was born in Santiago, Cuba, in 1907, and built a musical reputation before the revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power. During the 1960s and 1970s he disappeared from music to work rolling cigars, only to return in the late 1980s to wide and growing acclaim.
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Thursday, July 10, 2003 ◦
This just in from Joe 'Guido' Welsh:
Hello all! I'm happy to say we have wrapped up our 'moog record' of jazz legend Thelonious Monk toons entitled "Thelonious Moog". We will be shipping by July 20th, but I'd like to encourage everyone to visit our website: http://www.theloniousmoog.com
You will find info on the project, some fun links and mp3's.This is a very groovy disc and we are extremely proud of what we have done, so check it out when y'all get a chance!
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Thursday, July 03, 2003 ◦
Herbie Mann, the versatile jazz flutist who combined a variety of musical styles and deeply influenced trends such as world music and fusion, has died. He was 73. Mann, who had battled prostate cancer since 1997, died late Tuesday, according to a friend, Sy Johnson.
Mann was known for performing different musical styles and creatively combining them. Always seeking out new rhythms and harmonies, he toured the world, spending time in Africa, Brazil and Japan. Family of Mann, formed in 1973, played world music before it was called that. Mann's best-selling "Memphis Underground" was a founding recording of fusion. He continued to work diligently on his music at a time most people consider retirement.
"I'm playing better than I've ever played," Mann said in a 1995 Associated Press interview. "I'm practicing. I always thought I could get by just with my natural instincts. As far as I'm concerned, almost everything I've done in the past has been on the surface or just a hair below. Now I'm getting serious."
When he left Atlantic Records in 1979 he started producing his own records, and later he launched his own label, Kokopelli. In all, he made more than 100 albums as leader.
Album titles reflect Mann's versatility: "At the Village Gate" (1962); "African Suite" (1959); "Brasil, Bossa Nova & Blues" (1962); "Latin Mann" 1965; "Memphis Two Step" (1971); and "Eastern European Roots" (2000).
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