A music blog written by Rich Brown
Bird Charlie Parker Yardbird I still remember the first time I heard a recording by Charlie Parker. I was 15 years old and the band director at the school was going to teach us to play “Billie’s Bounce”, or at least the melody of the tune. I don’t know what I thought Jazz was before... Continue Reading →
The twentieth century in music brought in a modern world that was fragmented in many directions at once. Thanks to recording technology, it was a musical world that was preserved for us to still hear today. Before the twentieth century, the only ways to preserve music was to write it down as best as possible,... Continue Reading →
A couple of months ago, I wrote a bit about the recordings of the delta bluesman, Robert Johnson. The mere 42 tracks left by Johnson at the time of his death are some of the most influential music ever recorded. That thought got me thinking about what other recordings have had a giant influence... Continue Reading →
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