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A Louis Armstrong Performance, Recipes Included - NYTimes.com
The Press Club recently discovered an LP of the performance, one of just 300 pressed, with liner notes listing three dozen recipes that are said to have been Armstrong’s favorites. Now, Smithsonian Folkways is releasing it on CD and as a digital download.
For the food to go with Satchmo’s beat, a copy of the liner notes, available online, includes the recipes. They are clearly written, straightforward classics well worth a trip to the kitchen. White beans and ham hocks, and “Louisiana caviar” — like the Middle Eastern eggplant spread, but zapped with Tabasco — could not be simpler and tastier. There are fried chicken, three kinds of po’boy sandwiches and a seafood gumbo recipe that serves 25.
Yeah… I may need to get a copy of this…
United Nations Tunes Up for First International Jazz Day - NYTimes.com
This would have been awesome to see. Dammit, maybe I need to move to New York just to see things like this.
Actually, I’ll just post them here. Listen to that monster left hand towards the end of the track.
(Source: Spotify)
A jazz cover of Wonderwall just appeared on my Spotify genre radio for jazz. It’s not bad.
(Source: Spotify)
079 - Violinist at Balboa Park
On the first day of my trip to San Diego, I captured this photo of a violinist busking at Balboa Park.
Rolling in the Deep Cover - Difficulty Level: Chinese
This is amazing.
078 - Paperweight
My cousin bought me this paperweight when she visited. It doesn’t serve as a paperweight, but reminds me of how much I miss music, and how I should do more.
054 - Ticket III
Itzhak Perlman is my favourite violinist, and one of the world’s leading violinist. I’m very lucky that he regularly comes and performs with the Seattle Symphony, a privilege that I did not have in Australia.
