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Recollections & Rediscoveries

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Artists You Should Know: Astor Piazzolla and Mercedes Sosa

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Two of my favorite Argentine artists have always been Astor Piazzolla and Mercedes Sosa.  They represent very different musical styles, nuevo tango and nueva cancion, the first a fusing of classic…

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August 2, 2011 By Tom Schnabel
 
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Paris, Donna Summer, et Moi 1975 (Donna Summer RIP)

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While living in Paris in the mid 1970s, I went one day to Crédit Lyonnais to cash a traveller’s check (I only had a few left at that point).  A…

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July 29, 2011 By Tom Schnabel
 
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Ruben "Hurricane" Carter and Bob Dylan

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Ruben Hurricane Carter—What Ever Became of the Man in the Dylan Song? The other night I was watching the boxing program on ESPN Classic.  It was an early 1960s fight…

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July 10, 2011 By Tom Schnabel
 
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Mongo Santamaria's Back Again via Joe Claussell

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Mongo Santamaria was a great Cuban conga player (“conguero”) who most people don’t know about. Even though for tropical Latin music lovers, percussionists and drummers, he is a veritable god. …

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June 21, 2011 By Tom Schnabel
 
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Gil Scott-Heron on John Lennon

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When I first interviewed Gil Scott-Heron on Morning Becomes Eclectic, it was December 9, 1980.  Gil was in town to open at the Forum for Stevie Wonder.  John Lennon had…

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June 10, 2011 By Tom Schnabel
 
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Marlon Brando, Flamenco, and Morning Becomes Eclectic

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Years ago while hosting Morning Becomes Eclectic, I was featuring some heavy-duty flamenco, the kind with intense singing and lots of hurt.  It’s called “cante jondo” or “deep song”.  Not…

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May 12, 2011 By Tom Schnabel
 
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Gil Scott Heron—What Happened?

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In a recent issue of The New Yorker, there is a profile of singer-songwriter Gil Scott-Heron. His star burned brightly for many albums, first in the 1970s for Flying Dutchman Records,…

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March 31, 2011 By Tom Schnabel
 
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George Shearing's Piano Artistry

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George Shearing recently passed away at the age of 91. I have listened to his music off and on over the years, but it was only after his death that…

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March 12, 2011 By Tom Schnabel
 
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Nina Simone and Miss Mazzy

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Nina Simone (b. Eunice Kathleen Waymon; 1933) is beloved and remembered by millions across the world for her brilliant singing, incisive lyrics, and her fearlessness. But what isn’t always known…

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March 5, 2011 By Tom Schnabel
 
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The Black Keys: That Old Dangerous Sound

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The 1950s were a time of both very tame and very dangerous-sounding music. The tame were names like Pat Boone, Patti Page, Perry Como, and 101 Strings. The dangerous were…

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March 4, 2011 By Tom Schnabel

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