Unsavy Redux
The visuals are borrowed from the animated short The Oceanmaker by Lucas Martell, the music is what happens when non-musicians make "music".
Unsavy Redux Pond and the beat
Unsavy Redux Pond and the beat
The Duke Swings East
I am in the middle of an experience where I work 12+ hour days and have one day off each week. In random moments I remember my intention to post something weekly to this blog, usually late at night, looking at stars, far from a computer, and then occasionally while at a computer, just like now. It is unfortunate that I can say little more than 'why didn't I hear this sooner?' or 'why doesn't everyone know this?' I suppose it reflects on my inability to be creative while working 60 hour weeks, but mostly it's because it's a mystery how albums like Nina's 'Little Girl Blue', Roberta's 'First Take', or 'Mingus at Antibes', could be so unloved when we swim in a sea of musical crap, mostly recycled from crap that went before. This blew my mind when I first heard it. The almost out of control funkified drumming of Rufus Jones, seemed both incongruous and perfectly placed. A toast to the great collaborations of Duke Elli...
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