R.I.P. Dr. Albert Hofmann

Have a safe trip

Die Geister, die ich rief

Daddy, What'd'ja Leave Behind For Me?

Sunday Overnight

Jimmy Giuffre (R.I.P.), Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall - Train & The River, from Jazz On A Summer's Day, Newport Jazz Festival, 1958.

CanCon Friday - Lee Aaron

Uber-Rocker Girl turned torch song chanteuse, ladies and gentlemen...the delightful Lee Aaron for your Friday Canuckifizifization.

;>)

A belated remembrance...

...To 'Mr. P.C.' - Paul Chambers, who would have been 73 on Tuesday...A most innovative upright bassist.

Here he is playing C Jam Blues with Red Garland and Art Taylor, 1957.

Whatcha Gonna Do When It Runs Wild On You?

You Votin' For Me?

Sunday Overnight

Return To Forever (Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Al Di Meola) plays Romantic Warrior, Old Grey Whistle Test, 1976.

Encore: Sorceress

Pretense First, Politics Afterwards

CanCon Friday - Roberta Joan Anderson

Better known as my homegirl Joni Mitchell.

Two videos can't do justice to a multifaceted career spanning almost 5 decades...So sue me.

;>)

Drop by her website and congratulate her on her latest Juno award, won't you?

R.I.P. Jaco, Michael Brecker, and Don Alias.

'Time goes...Where does the time go...I wonder where the time goes...'

Bitter Cream, They Called It

Huma, Huma, Give Me Your Answer Do

Sunday Overnight

Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, Johnny Coles, Clifford Jordan, Jaki Byard and Dannie Richmond - Take The A Train, Oslo, 1964.

Please Mistress, Can We Have Another 4 Years?

CanCon Friday - Nick Gilder and Sweeney Todd

Dedicated to all my female readers...

Although the initial success of the Sweeneys was with a little tune called Roxy Roller (rendered stalwartly here by the Men Without Shame), and one that precipitated many a roller rink romance, singer Nick Gilder and lead guitarist James McCulloch cracked the U.S. big time with the above song, and since those heady days Nick has gone on to other career high spots (such as co-writing with Holly Knight the Number One single The Warrior for Scandal with Patty Smyth), totalling ten Top 20 hits in the US.

Trivia: A very young Bryan Adams (avec purple hair) was one of Nick's replacements in the band during the late '70's.

Ah, the days of dandelion wine and bubblegum on the knees...

;>)

You Can Be My Wingman Anytime

Sunday Overnight

Things Ain't What They Used To Be, Dave Brubeck and Gerry Mulligan, with Jack Six & Alan Dawson at the Berlin Philharmonie, 1970.

A Message From Albert Ayler

'Music is the Healing Force of the Universe'

Remember his name.

Muscle Of Rove

CanCon Friday - Don Messer & His Islanders

'...From down the Maritimes...This one's for you, Ma'



A true Canadian legend of acoustic folk music...Let Stompin' Tom Connors tell you all about him.

bonus: The Pea Soup Reel

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U.S. To Replace Faces On Mt. Rushmore