I have 4 downloads left for this month and was hoping to grab this because it's only 2 tracks but it costs 24 credits!!! I've been a member of emusic for years because the subscription plan was generally a better deal than iTunes. Now I need to seriously reconsider...
The fidelity is much better and the price is pretty close. Pick it up used, even. Do the math - e-music doesn't.
2 Songs cost 24 Credits??!! I know they are long but Seriously?!
Some good music never goes out of style: Jazz fans everywhere revere the cooking hard bop of the 1950s. So why is the other big '50s trend, cool jazz, barely on modern radar? If you want to know how fresh and airy it still sounds, hear trumpeter/composer/arranger/cool exemplar Shorty Rogers on "Popo," "Didi," "Four Mothers" and "Sam and the Lady" from his first 1951 octet session: tightly arranged, swinging jazz with breezy orchestral colors,… more »
Before Bob Dylan or David Bowie or whoever else became famous for periodically reinventing themselves, Miles Davis was already at it. He first gained attention playing fast bebop trumpet with Charlie Parker, then fronted the nine-piece band that established softer cool jazz. (One of his collaborators was arranger Gil Evans, who'd go on to direct a series of orchestral LPs for Miles.) In the '50s Davis founded his first great quintet, a highly… more »
