Tag: jazz
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Song 83: Farewell song
“Coumba” by Orchestra Baobab “Coumba” is a farewell song. Coumba, Coumba qui a changé les couleurs Coumba, Coumba, la mer n’est plus bleu pour toi By the time “Coumba” was released on Pirate’s Choice—that exemplar of the 80’s “discovery” of “world music”—Orchestra Baobab’s inventive fusion of Afro-Cuban rhythm with jazz and local Wolof and Mandinka… Read more
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Song 45: Jazz and potato salad
“Summertime” by Billie Holiday I chose “Summertime” as my first song, not for the song itself, but I chose it for its sound and the memories that come back when I listen to it. Blues and jazz were the soundtrack of my childhood in the time before we moved from Chicago to Northern Minnesota. My… Read more
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Assignment 10: The Influencers
Name: Kristen Place: Los Angeles Your relationship to music: audiophile Industry: Make it Happener at a local museum and creator of this blog I am one of those annoying people who sings along to every, and I mean every, song that comes on the radio or TV soundtrack. Music is how I remember things and… Read more
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Song 32: That one time we did a choreographed number
Names: Kam + Kristen (that’s me!) Status: Married Together: Five years married one Song: “A Crazy Little Thing Called Love” Kristen: Before we begin, I have a question. Does it bother you that I sing along to every song I hear on a tv show or on the radio? Kam: No.(nodding) I think it bothers… Read more