10 November 2011
by Bill Parsons
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Free Jazz, 1960 In this album audiences get a chance to experience stereo like never before. Two quartets are featured, one on the left and the other on the right. Although cacophonous at times, not unlike multiple conversations in a … Continue reading
8 November 2011
by Bill Parsons
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Post War Jazz Fourteen years after the end of World War ll four highly influential jazz records were released. These albums represent the vision of four independent and strong willed men who are responsible for transforming jazz into an American … Continue reading
8 November 2011
by Bill Parsons
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The Atomic Bomb Everything changed after the dropping of the atomic bombs that ended the second world war. We who were born after 1945 knew the world could come to an end at any moment. The way people thought before … Continue reading
3 November 2011
by Bill Parsons
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Jim Jarmusch I went through a Jim Jarmusch phase that lasted from Stranger Than Paradise (1984) until his film with Bill Murray, Broken Flowers (2005). At first it was the odd characters, situations, and deadpan comedy. Then it became their … Continue reading
2 November 2011
by Bill Parsons
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Fela Kuti Nigerian musical hero Fela Kuti was one of the main creators of Afrobeat, a new style of music in the 1970s. Afrobeat combines elements of high life, jazz, funk, and afrocuban music with the traditional Yoruba drumming of … Continue reading
17 October 2011
by Bill Parsons
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15 September 2011
by Bill Parsons
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Kurt Vonnegut. A glorious writer who made my transition into young manhood a little more pleasant. For those who are fans there’s not much to say. To those who haven’t had the privilege I’d like to share a list of … Continue reading
6 September 2011
by Bill Parsons
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Werner Herzog is a prolific filmmaker who oscillates between documentary and narrative genres. His early narrative films Aguirre the Wrath of God, The Enigma of Kasper Hauser, Fitzcarraldo, and Stroszek affected me in more ways than I could understand at the … Continue reading
4 September 2011
by Bill Parsons
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It’s nice to hear a new generation extrapolate on the wonders of progressive rock. The origins of the genre grew out of experimentation. I read an interview with Bill Bruford, who had left Yes to join King Krimson, that in … Continue reading
27 August 2011
by Bill Parsons
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Andrew & Bill I have a kacapi-suling (bamboo flute) duo with Andrew Timar, from Evergreen Club. Recently, we have been integrating other instruments. For Andrew different flutes and kacapi, and for me the Martin Backpacker guitar. I am interested in … Continue reading