May 2012
28 posts
2 tags
“All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. And even...”
–  from “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin
May 1st
18 notes
8 tags
May 1st
24 notes
April 2012
22 posts
8 tags
Apr 28th
24 notes
11 tags
Apr 26th
28 notes
6 tags
Apr 20th
23 notes
4 tags
Apr 18th
47 notes
5 tags
Apr 16th
44 notes
1 tag
Apr 13th
148 notes
7 tags
Apr 12th
14 notes
4 tags
Apr 9th
5 notes
6 tags
Apr 9th
6 notes
7 tags
Apr 8th
26 notes
10 tags
Apr 8th
41 notes
5 tags
Apr 7th
27 notes
4 tags
Apr 6th
49 notes
3 tags
“Monk: It’s the High Priest of Bebop talking. Nellie: (Laughing) Oh,...”
– Private recording of Thelonious and Nellie Monk, circa 1961 [From Robin Kelley’s biography of Monk]
Apr 4th
20 notes
1 tag
“Some days you get up and put the horn to your chops and it sounds pretty good...”
– Dizzy Gillespie, quoted in Dread Diary. (via mills)
Apr 4th
113 notes
6 tags
Apr 4th
105 notes
5 tags
Apr 3rd
9 notes
6 tags
Apr 3rd
8 notes
5 tags
Apr 3rd
22 notes
5 tags
Apr 3rd
15 notes