Here is one of Eric Clapton's favorite cats, Gary Clark Jr., performing his own music live on the fantastic Santa Monica College radio station, KCRW broadcasting from my neighborhood of Santa Monica, California. Enjoy!
Kimbra is exciting, inspired and remarkable! Her live recordings and videos, such as those featured below, are as exciting and interesting as her studio recordings. Enjoy!
Kimbra - Plain Gold Ring (Nina Simone) - Live at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne AU
Kimbra - "Two Way Street" (Live at Sing Sing Studios)
Kimbra - "Cameo Lover" (Live at Sing Sing Studios)
Kimbra - A Mashup of "Two Weeks - Head Over Heels"
Live Music Television is very pleased to present Eric Clapton and Sheryl Crow performing My Favorite Mistake and Tearing Us Apart, filmed live in concert.
Eric Clapton and Sheryl Crow - My Favorite Mistake
Eric Clapton and Sheryl Crow - Tearing Us Apart (69th Regiment Armory, NYC - Sept. 12, 1996)
I'm Chaka Khan's biggest fan. I greet people and say goodbye with the phrase "Chaka Khan". Ask any of my friends! Have never ever seen or heard Chaka Khan with a sloppy band. Always love to watch both early and recent films of of the Queen of Funk and happy to have found this great live take which is new to me.
The first edition of the North Sea Jazz Festival took place in 1976 in the Nederlands Congresgebouw in The Hague. In those early days there were six venues, three hundred artists and about nine thousand visitors. In the very first festival year, internationally renowned jazz legends performed, such as Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz, as well as most Dutch avant-garde artists.
In 2006, the festival moved to its current, bigger, location in Rotterdam. This year, the festival will host more than a thousand musicians, spread out over 150 performances and thirteen different stages. Though the numbers of visitors were between 65.000 and 70.000 in recent years, the festival still manages to retain its intimate character.
Connect direct with North Sea Jazz Festival and plan at trip of a lifetime at NorthSeaJazz.Com
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Here is a flashback to a mentor and wonderful friend, Shorty Rogers :)
The first two videos below are from Frankly Jazz, a half-hour television program produced in Los Angeles in the early 1960s. Each program featured one or more prominent West Coast Jazz performer of the day. Frankly Jazz was hosted by Frank Evans, a leading jazz disk jockey of the day. Enjoy!
Shorty Rogers plays 'Martian Bossanova' (Live on Frankly Jazz)
Shorty Rogers 'Time Was' (Live on Frankly Jazz)
Shorty Rogers and His Giants - Time Was (1962)
Band: Gary Peacock-bass, Lou Levy-piano, Larry Bunker-drums, Gary Lefebvre-woodwinds, Shorty Rogers-flugelhorn.
Came across Elliot Glass on YouTube a while back and immediately loved his films of LA indie bands shot in what seems to be various living rooms. He has amassed a bunch of great recordings. His crew at Little Videos records the sound beautifully and the photography/video work is pretty darned good and always fits. Here is another cool shoot of local Echo Park/Los Angeles band, Willoughby.
One of the greatest artists and civil rights activists in the history of modern music, also known as The High Priestess of Soul, Nina Simone was a true original.
This live concert footage, captured in the summer of 1969 when she performed at the Harlem Cultural Festival in Harlem's Mount Morris Park, is a treasure. Enjoy!
Nina Simone - Ain't Got No...I've Got Life (Live in Harlem 1969)
Here is some more live concert footage shot in London in 1968, where she performs the same song, for a audience in Europe, at a slightly slower tempo and cops a subdued groove than the take above. Enjoy!
Nina Simone - Ain't Got No...I've Got Life (Live in London 1968)
Nina Simone's legacy continues at her official website: NinaSimone.Com
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Since the mid 1990's, Gary Clark Jr. had been activly woodshedding and gigging hard and had developed a strong organic fan base. In 2010, a mix of preparation and fate landed him at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival where Gary Clark Jr. was introduced to a wider source of new fans that includes this network. Thank you, EC!
Just below is his song titled Bright Lights, performed live at the Crossroads Guitar Festival.
Gary Clark Jr. - Bright Lights - (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010)
Gary Clark Jr. - Don't Owe You A Thing (Live at Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010)
Gary Clark Jr. - If You Love Me Like You Say (Live At The Foundry)
Here is Trixie Whitley performing her song titled I'd Rather Go Blind, not to be confused the song of the same title by Etta James. She is accompanied by Daniel Lanois who is conducting the session and Brian Blade on drums. Enjoy!
Trixie Whitley I'd Rather Go Blind - (with Daniel Lanois conducting and Brian Blade on Drums)
So sad to hear about the death of the legend, Don Cornelius. Had the privilege of meeting him and shaking his hand at the 1995 NATPE Convention in Las Vegas where I told him how badass I thought he was. He didn't even crack a smile, but it didn't matter. What a great man, who paved the way for so many great artists.
THE BROTHER JOHNSON ON SOUL TRAIN - STOMP
Connect direct with Soul Train, where Mr. Cornelius' legacy grooves on: SoulTrain.Com
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