The Ting Tings.....Great Indie-Techno Stuff

Energetic music post. Heard The Ting Tings late last night on Palladia. Fantastic high oh so high energy music. The song.....'That's Not My Name' is tremendous. Katie on the singing and Jules on the drums...what sensational merry oh so merry music. Yes, Yes. It is indie-techno whoopee music like this that really energizes a soul's being. Bless you...The Ting Tings!

'The King's Speech' Is A Great Film

I saw 'The King's Speech.' What a truly great film this one is. No wonder the movie garnered so many award nominations. Colin Firth is fantastic in his powerful acting in the role of King George VI. Colin Firth is a tremendously creative acting force. There is such a clever, sophisticated tone in his shiny performance. Also, the superlative work in this film in the engaging acting of the mighty Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter is terrifically overwhelming. I have always felt that Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter are tremendous and so marvelous forces in the cinematic world. I highly recommend the remarkable film.....'The King's Speech.' It is a real treasure.

Stan Getz Jazz Proves Very Remarkable

Robust, romantic music created by fine tenor saxophone men can be maddening and ultra-fantastic. The virulent romanticism that swept over me when I first heard the beautiful tenor sax tone of the fantastic Stan Getz just shines in my soul as a bright, shiny memorable time. The vivid, swirling jazz sounds inspired the core of my Georgian being. This attractive Saturday the man known as me listened to Stan Getz on a superior bossa nova medley, especially giving outstanding saxophone work on the lovely classic, 'Girl from Ipanema' and the wily, wistful, 'Desafinado.' The jazz of S. Getz is profound. Also, I heard a good serving of Getz assisted by his friend the grand Donald Byrd on the strong trumpet. Donald Byrd and Stan Getz were really 'cookin' brashly and so innovative on a good jump tune 'Fontessa.; This was from a sleek, meaningful and engaging set in the fabulous country of Germany back in the '50s. The music of Stan Getz on tenor saxophone and Donald Byrd on trumpet is so vividly exciting.

Snow Melting.......It's Big JAZZ times!

A Beautiful Day! The snow is melting! Wowee! Happy, Jazzy Times! I celebrated by listening to super-wild Count Basie, Maynard Ferguson, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and Miles Davis music. Also enjoyed jumpin' good sounds from the fabulous Oscar Peterson on the keyboard!

Justin Bieber: Great, High-Energy Sounds

Fun culture Blog....RIGHT NOW! The high energy music of Justin Bieber is so much fun. This music is wildly hot and just right. The great song, 'Pray' by Justin Bieber helped me out today. I need the energetic sounds of Mr. Bieber and people like Rihanna to help me deal with the snow stuff. Bless you Justin Bieber!

Snow Culture Shows Georgians' Strength

This is a Snow Culture Blog about Georgia people and their resolve. It is rough again today here in my part of Metro Atlanta.....Stone Mountain, GA. Since Sunday we have had so much ice, snow and tons of problems with people trying to clear freeways, roads and side streets. But through it all I am struck by the passion and strength of the Georgia people. I say it strong....I am PROUD of my people. We are not used to this insane crushing winter and yet we have great, strong blood and like characters out of Dickens or Faulkner books we keep on "keeping on." Faulkner's folks in 'Sound and the Fury' had good resolve. Maybe, soon the situation will ease and we can ease up on this frenzy of edgy feeling slammin' through us. Driving on ice is so nerve-wracking. But like Tiny Tim in Dickens 'Christmas Carol' or the powerful men in Dostoyevsky's 'Brothers Karamazov' we keep moving on, going about our now massively enriched creative lives. God Bless all the Great Women and Great Men of the South!

Theodore 'Fats' Navarro: Jazz Great One!

Profound, high-impact jazz trumpet can prove so engaging because of its raw, powerhouse intensity. Such is the case with the sensational trumpet style of Fats Navarro, a powerhouse trumpet artist coming out of the 1940s era. The sound of Navarro is a smashing sound of passion coming from the fact he packed a wallop with his South Florida roots shining strong in his visceral trumpet big sound with his cracklin' and sensuous BeBop jazz innovations that encapsulate the Jack Kerouac style of prose-oriented modern music that made the late 1940s and early 1950s virile jazz so persuasive and vibrant. The Fats Navarro wonderfulness was heavily influenced by the exciting trumpet of Roy Eldridge and also by the great brass man, Charlie Shavers, who could cut some good jazz music his mighty self. The intrigue of the Fats Navarro sound is so unique with his interpretation of tasty ballads. One of my favorite tunes in this genre is the innovative work on the song, 'The Things We Did Last Summer.' It is a song filled with a shiny romanticism that sweeps the listener in, beautifully. Working with great ones like the highly imaginative Tadd Dameron, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie and Wardell Gray helped bring the luminary one, the noted Fats Navarro even more recognition. I feel the jazz trumpet sound of Fats Navarro is truly remarkable just like that of the immortal Dizzy Gillespie.

'Pink Martini'.....Robust, Unique Music!

Exciting music can boost a person's spirits. This afternoon I listened to a fine, feisty musical aggregation from Portland, Oregon. The group has the name 'Pink Martini' which with a title like that naturally draws a robust man like me's attention. I heard a good performance by this merry group on late night tv the other night. So today I dug around and unearthed a great tune of theirs called...'Hey Eugene! This musical group has huge, plush sounds, nice use of horns and strings and superb percussion. The woman who sings their stuff is amazing, kind of a saucy blend of Gloria Estefan and Nancy Wilson in terms of styles. With this bizarre January weather I highly recommend 'Pink Martini,' a certainly fine group of musical souls.