Branford Marsalis, "American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader", leader of his own quartet", "soloist with classical ensembles", was born on Aug. 26th. (Course: Wikipedia) #BranfordMarsalis
"I Thought About You" (1987, Newport Jazz Festival), music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics (not in this performance) by Johnny Mercer
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JALAVF9kk9M
The original version of "Mississippi Delta Blues" by Jimmie Rodgers (1933), written by Jack Neville and Jimmie Rodgers
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0-zOsciwUc
Leon Redbone, "American singer-songwriter and musician specializing in jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley classics", was born on August 26, 1949 (d. 2019). (Source: Wikipedia) #LeonRedbone
"Mississippi Delta Blues" (1977), written Jack Neville and Jimmy Rodgers
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfsB9cJSAfk
Leon Redbone, "American singer-songwriter and musician specializing in jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley classics", was born on August 26, 1949 (d. 2019). (Source: Wikipedia) #LeonRedbone
"My Walking Stick" (1973, Buffalo Folk Festival), written by Irving Berlin
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxNw1WAEvTE
"Bob Cowsill talks to Lisa Popeil on The Beatles, Ed Sullivan
and Other Things in this excerpt from Singers on Singing" (posted 2015)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj3mEikGAbQ
Bob Cowsill, of the family band The Cowsills, who were an inspiration for The Partridge Family TV show, was born on Aug. 26. (Source: Wikipedia) #BobCowsill
The Cowsills - "The Rain, the Park and Other Things" (1967), written by Artie Kornfeld and Steve Duboff
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0zBL7Cg2XY
Peter Appleyard, "BritishโCanadian jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and composer", was born on Aug. 26 in 1928 (d. 2013). (Wikipedia) #PeterAppleyard
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" w/ guest vocalists (Jackie Richardson, Heather Bambrick, Sophie Milman and Jill Barber) (2012, CBC Music), music by Duke Ellington, lyrics by Irving Mills
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQAFJFGsTHQ
Jimmy Rushing, "American singer and pianist", "featured vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948" (Wikipedia), was born on Aug. 26, 1901 (d. 1972). #JimmyRushing
"I Left My Baby" (1957, with the Count Basie All Stars), written by Count Basie, Andy Gibson and Jimmy Rushing
#Music #CoSoMusic #Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8Pzs9U_Z7Q
Intel is dead.
โWhile Intel is busy laying off thousands of employees some of its most experienced CPU architects, with a combined 80+ years at the firm, have left to form a RISC-V startup. AheadComputing was co-founded by Debbie Marr, Mark Dechene, Jonathan Pearce, and Srikanth Srinivasan, with the goal of โcreating compelling open specification core IP.โโ
This is how you kill a company: lay-off your talent believing you will save money.
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"We face / A race / That tests if this country we cherish / Shall perish / From the earth / And if our Earth / Shall perish from this country."
Poet Amanda Gorman recites โThis Sacred Sceneโ at 2024 Democratic National Convention
#Poetry #CoSoPoetry #DNC2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek_rdp0d6w8
"Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel Durov arrested in France, French media say"
Story by Reuters
โข 17h โข 1 min read
"TF1 and BFM both said the investigation was focused on a lack of moderators on Telegram, and that police considered that this situation allowed criminal activity to go on undeterred on the messaging app."
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - "Green Shirt" (1979), written by Costello
#Music #CoSoMusic
#ElvisCostello #Birthday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlCvlGCuQBE
Elvis Costello - "Alison" (1999, Woodstock 99 East Stage), written by Costello
#Music #CoSoMusic
#ElvisCostello #Birthday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_kMPMgVTj8
Elvis Costello - "Watching the Detectives" (2015, Detour Live at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall), written by Costello
#Music #CoSoMusic
#ElvisCostello #Birthday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmAnO1JYENI
Elvis Costello (Declan McManus), "English singer-songwriter", was born on August 25th. #ElvisCostello
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Costello)
Hope needs compassionate action. Best to be compassionate anyway.
Many self-avowed 'critical thinkers', especially on Twitter, seem to not think critically.