By
bapester, on June 6th, 2010%
Bet you haven’t. Me neither, until Monday when I was listening to Jamie Cullum’s online jazz show on BBC Radio 2. Sure glad I did tho. Anyway, I was halfway through listening to the show, when one song made me sit up and pay attention. That song was the Esbjörn Svensson Trio’s (e.s.t in short) ‘Tuesday Wonderland’. The piano’s bass section starts off the song with a riff, then a theme starts to play, alternating with the riff. Then magic happens, the double bass enters with just one single sustained note, but played with effects (flanging, if I am not wrong). Then the piano re-enters for improvising, by this moment I have already died and entered aural heaven. All done in 7-7-7-8 time.
[If you are curious to know what I am talking about, you may just click here and watch the video yourself.]
» Continue reading Have you heard of the Esbjorn Svensson Trio?
By
bapester, on January 28th, 2010%
…continued from Part 1
It is rather outdated of me to have only heard this old soul brother’s music so late in his career. After all, this guy was nominated for THREE Grammys last year, for crying out loud (not that Grammy nominations were a benchmark of quality music, but this time round it unarguably is). As usual, I only got to know about him after listening to one of Gilles Peterson’s radio shows online (where else?). My curiosity piqued, I knew I had to get hold of his music. » Continue reading My January Playlist, Part 2
By
bapester, on January 26th, 2010%
Thought I’d like to share my latest musical finds. For no real reason, I have been surfing up a lot of new music this month, and loving a lot of it.
1. Jazzanova
» Continue reading My January Playlist
By
bapester, on September 6th, 2009%
There is a certain rewarding feeling to be had from discovering new music, particularly if the discovery was accidental, say from a friend’s playlist, a movie or a shop’s speakers. You become intrigued by the sound you hear and the emotions it evokes that it piques your curiosity about the song, its performer, its origins.
Today I . . . → Read more
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