I posted a while back on the NPR podcast Jazz Profiles, and in particular on one podcast devoted to Miles Davis masterpiece Kind of Blue. My friend on the net, Ken Laster, read my post, listened to the NPR show, and decided to devote one of his weekly radio shows to Kind of Blue. The show features several numbers from the disc, including my favorite, Blue in Green, as well some of the compositions as performed by other jazz bands, and other numbers by the musicians like Wynton Kelly who were on the original recording. The show is an excellent companion to Kind of Blue.
Ken gives SDP and myself a mention, for which I am very grateful; and he has some kind words about our SDP Jazz Notes. Allow me to return the favor. Ken Laster's In The Groove: Jazz and Beyond is the best jazz site on the web, so far as I know. Every week he delivers a marvelous collection of new and classic jazz organized around some theme. I think his tastes are impeccable, which means of course that they are roughly the same as mine. If you follow the link just above, you can download the recent show in two parts. Then you can listen to it on your computer, burn it to a CD, or toss it on your MP3 player. You can also subscribe to the podcast, and have it downloaded automatically. I should add that I have a whole shelf of jazz that I hunted down after hearing a cut on In The Groove. And it was all obtained free and legal, so the labels ought to have nothing but gratitude for the work that Laster is doing.
Ken does mention that his politics and ours at SDP are not the same. That's alright. I figure if we share a love of classic jazz, neither of us can be half bad. Moreover, I infer from Ken's hat that he is a Boston fan. I am not. But I do have tickets to see the Red Sox play at Fenway next month.
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