Nowadays celebrities in Viet Nam either get hooked up with Viet Kieu or non-Vietnamese. Even Hong Nhung has found her a Quiet American. I better hurry up and grab Dam Vinh Hung for myself before someone else would. So hands off guys, that bitch is mine.
Finally got a couple of friends 🙂
This album shows off the variety of Giang Son’s compositional styles ranging from pop jazz, bluesy jazz, semi-classical, pop ballad, contemporary folks, R&B to electronica. With four vocalists (Tung Duong, Khanh Linh, Nguyen Thao and My Le) and a bunch of producers including Phan Cuong, Vo Thien Thanh and Minh Dao, the recordings are slapped together like a goddam sandwich. Moving from one track to the next is like playing your whole music collection in the shuffle mode. The sound is all over the place, even within a song. “Nep Ngay” starts off with soft, seductive, Norah Jones-esque pop jazz, but then transforms into Mariah Carey’s belting out R&B ballad. Even without the closing “I Love Music,” we could tell that Giang Son loves her music…a bit too much actually.
Forget that half burger. I got two juicy patties so let’s double up. Damn, it’s doublicious, baby!
Tristan Taormino’s “Shooting Star” takes a look behind the scene of a BJ film. Very interesting read!
Experiencing MMW’s Shack-man is like taking a trip to the groove planet. From the chill-out opening “Is There Anyone Here That Love My Jesus” to the building-up tempo “Bubblehouse” to the spacious closing “Kenny,” the trio Medekis (keyboards), Martin (drums) and Wood (bass) churn out intoxicating jazz riffs, hypnotizing funk rhythms, and electrifying fusion cuts after cuts.
A tribute to Sidney Bechet on NPR‘s “Jazz Profile“:
Bechet’s signature style left a profound mark on the way the clarinet and the soprano saxophone are played in today’s jazz. He has influenced countless musicians including Johnny Hodges, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Bob Wilber and Branford Marsalis, among others. Bechet was a great improviser, with a passion for life as well as music.
Don’t forget to tune into the program.
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Jazz pianist Hank Jones worked with Bennie Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster and Billie Holliday. He knew Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Charlie Parker. While his peers struggled with drugs and alcohol and ended up dead, Jones managed to “Never smoked. Never drank. Never run around with wild women—tame ones,” he told NPR.
Happy birthday Mr. Jones. Stay clean and nimble!
