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Beastie Boys: I Was Asked to Be Their "Expert Witness"
In the Introduction to these essays, I mentioned that sometimes I might post an essay that’s not about jazz. Here is an experience I had in music, but…
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King Oliver and Louis Armstrong in 1923, Part 4: Who wrote "Dipper Mouth Blues"? +Bonus
(Paying Subscribers, at the bottom you’ll find a fascinating article by Dr. David Chevan about the importance of written music in early jazz.) Let’s…
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Miles Davis: "Nardis," Part 3 of 3—A Possible Inspiration +Bonus
(Paying Subscribers, four unusual and entertaining recordings are at the bottom for you.) In Part 1 and Part 2, we’ve spent a lot of time analyzing the…
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Miles Davis: "Nardis," Part 2 of 3
In the previous post, I gave you some of the evidence that Miles Davis wrote “Nardis,” for a Cannonball Adderley recording session in 1958. But because…
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Miles Davis Did Not Exactly "Steal" Tunes, 3: Last One About "Solar"
How is “Solar” based on “How High the Moon”? In the first post of this series, I gave some general information about why songs are sometimes credited to…
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Miles Davis Did Not Exactly "Steal" Tunes, 2: More About "Solar" + Bonus
(Paying subscribers, a long print interview with guitarist Chuck Wayne is attached for you at the bottom.) OK, you’ve read my previous essay, and you…
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Miles Davis Did Not Exactly "Steal" Tunes, 1: Record Labels, Publishers, and "Solar"
In my first post on Miles, I wrote: Strangely, Miles has become the artist that people “love to hate.” Under articles about him on the internet, there…
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