One of my favorite jazz drummers, Max Roach passed away:
Max Roach, a founder of modern jazz who rewrote the rules of drumming in the 1940’s and spent the rest of his career breaking musical barriers and defying listeners’ expectations, died early today in Manhattan. He was 83.
Baking in $34 mil in 2006, Jay-Z is number one on Forbes‘ “Hip-Hop Cash Kings.” 2pac didn’t make it on the list (for obvious reason); however, he’s still making money from heaven.
Grumpy Ol’Reilly once again takes rap lyrics out of their context and uses them to blast rappers. He just proved his bigotry by loud-mouthing about Nas whose music he knows absolutely nothing of. Even when Bakari Kitwana, the author of The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture, tries to explain to him why Nas isn’t a gangster rapper and how he uses his words as a vehicle to heal instead of to promote violence. But O’Reilly is too much of a moron to understand that.
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NPR profiles Louis Armstrong as the trumpet innovator:
Armstrong vastly redefined the context in which the trumpet was played. His sense of rhythm and timing took jazz from a staid, 2/4 beat to a languid, more sophisticated 4/4 feel, paving the way for swing and for soloists to take center stage.
Listen to the program here.
An interview with jazz vocalist Kate McGarry on NPR.
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I really like Mezzoblue’s latest theme. The good use of photo enhances the overall layout.
A collection of the new trend: Web Bubble Logo Land.