Nat King Cole is one of my musical heroes. His piano playing (and Oscar Moore’s incredible guitar work) in the King Cole Trio is brilliant (Check out the jam on “Sweet Georgia Brown” on this podcast). He was a reluctant vocalist who stumbled into being one of the biggest pop stars of his generation, and [...]
It’s still quite cold and wet in this part of the world. I’m starting to ache for some real warmth….
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Playlist/Sources:
Yann Tiersen / La Valse D’Amelie (Piano Version) / Amelie (Sndtrk)
Erik Wollo / Quiet River / Guitar Nova
Gary Stroutsos / Pacific Moon Reprise/ Pacific Moon
Fleet Foxes / White Winter Hymnal / Fleet Foxes
Clarence Clemons / Into [...]
There were lots of electronic sounds happening in pop music in the 1980’s, but the most interesting experiments at that time were being applied by a variety of keyboard players and jazz players. The creation of MIDI in 1983 was the real kicker; this new digital language allowed all sorts of instruments and sound [...]
I still get quite a bit of mail from record companies and musicians, all sending me promo copies of their latest productions. I consider all of it junk mail, unless I know who the artists and record labels are, or have asked someone or have given permission for someone to send me something. For [...]
A big continent. With hundreds of cultures, tribes, and languages spread throughout. We in North America do ourselves a big disfavor by lumping everyone and everything together. Particularly the music. There are so many different styles and influences happening; the diversity is incredible. But the vibrancy is amazing, across the board.
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Playlist/Sources:
Lokua Kanza (Congo) / Mutoto [...]
Here are some very mellow and quite unique cover versions of tunes originally done by The Temptations, Tears For Fears, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, and Roxy Music, respectively. Enjoy.
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Playlist/Sources:
Wallace Roney / Just My Imagination / Mystikal
The Bad Plus / Everybody Wants To Rule The World / Prog
Jacqui Naylor / Miss You/ [...]
Here’s the soundtrack. Now go make your movie…
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Playlist/Sources:
Tangerine Dream / Love On A Real Train (from the film “Risky Business”) / Dream Sequence
Simon & Garfunkel / A Poem On The Underground Wall (Musicina Blender remix) / Musicina Blender, Vol 1
Dzihan & Kamien / Homebase/ Freaks & Icons
Moby / Another Woman / 18
Jakatta / American [...]
Imagine having The Manhattan Transfer come to your house and hanging out in the living room with you and singing a few tunes for about 20 minutes. That’s what it felt like yesterday, as I hosted a session with the group in our KPLU Seattle studios. Just me, a couple of MT fans, a [...]
This set combines two basic elements/genres of my musical soul – ambient music and jazz. The whole premise of Quietmusic has been to somehow bridge these two sensibilities. We start the mix with one of my alltime favorites, a piece that Chick Corea wrote and performed in the early 70’s. You’ll also hear [...]
This is where I work, in a small room with tall ceilings and three walls completely covered with CD’s and vinyl. We are in the midst of moving into a brand new building. Today, the majority of the staff are moving in; I’ll be joining them in a couple of months, after the on-air studios [...]
