James Wilding's Weblog » music http://jameswilding.net Buddhist businessman, freelance web developer Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:38:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Jazz Club: Oscar Peterson, “On The Sunny Side Of The Street” http://jameswilding.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Posts+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fjameswilding.net%2F2010%2F07%2F18%2Foscar-peterson-sunny-side-of-the-street%2F&seed_title=Jazz+Club%3A+Oscar+Peterson%2C+%26%238220%3BOn+The+Sunny+Side+Of+The+Street%26%238221%3B http://jameswilding.net/2010/07/18/oscar-peterson-sunny-side-of-the-street/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:18:03 +0000 James http://jameswilding.net/?p=659 Oscar Peterson is one of the best jazz pianists ever, and this is one of those pieces that has me hitting play again as soon as it’s over. Beautiful.

Nice.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFUKK6c_seY

Unbelievably, this track was recorded just a few days after the band got together. And a few days before that, one of Baker’s close friends had died of a drugs overdose. Happy days.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p_dHE5hQIA

Filmed in London in 1965 — everyone in the audience is wearing a suit!

]]> http://jameswilding.net/2010/01/24/sunday-jazz/feed/ 0 Surrounded by Hares http://jameswilding.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Posts+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fjameswilding.net%2F2009%2F08%2F11%2Fmary-epworth%2F&seed_title=Surrounded+by+Hares http://jameswilding.net/2009/08/11/mary-epworth/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:00:43 +0000 James http://jameswilding.net/?p=160 Those who know me well will understand that the following quote was bound to catch my eye:

I want to live in the sticks, surrounded by hares.

Hmm, interesting…

Turns out the quote is from musician Mary Epworth. I’ll let her music speak for itself:

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