Mento makes it easy even though I still like to use my blog.

“The Day There Was No News“

NPR profiles the master of orchestration Gil Evans. His collaborations with Miles Davis yielded a handful of classic recordings:

Their first collaboration was a series of intricate mid-size ensemble recordings, eventually compiled on the album Birth of the Cool. At the time, that music went largely unnoticed by the public, but the Birth of the Cool sessions have since been hailed by jazz historians as landmark recordings. For Evans and Davis, artistic and popular success came with their next project, Miles Ahead. The 1957 recording presented a jazz suite — a modernist concerto — built around Davis’ trumpet. It was so successful that the two paired up again for similar efforts, including an adaptation of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and the Iberian-tinged Sketches of Spain. The unique, rich orchestration on these records established Evans as a major jazz innovator.

Listen to the program here.

If she doesn’t close her mouth.

Talib Kwelli’s new track calling out Hillary to throw in the towel. I respect Kwelli, but let the lady makes up her own mind.

“911 is a Joke,” in response to the shooting of Sean Bell who took 50 bullets from the cops.

The Career Center of GW School of Business is now live. Once again, the design is based on a consistent brand of the School of Business, but also has its own look and feel.

The Office of College Relations at Vassar sports a new, clean, organized look. Nice job, Kevin!

By the way, my name is still listed under the directory. I am still glad to be part of the team.

Suggested by David Remnick from the New Yorker:

These hundred titles are meant to provide a broad sampling of jazz classics and wonders across the music’s century-long history. Early New Orleans jazz, swing, bebop, cool jazz, modal jazz, hard bop, free jazz, third stream, and fusion are all represented, though not equally.

Shots of “economical, eco-friendly transportation method.”