[Books] But Beautiful - A book about jazz (by Geoff Dyer)

But beautiful. Also special. Dangerous, maybe. Made me do things. Made me push my (musical) acting and thinking, too. Just check the infos I am posting here via video and reviews, paperback and so on. It should be enough to get a good idea about this book. I strongly suggest reading it in English as the original dialogues probably cant be translated too well. And I especially have to think about a dialogue between Charles Mingus and who was that again..Ben Webster? Yeah I guess so...Fucking hilarious..I was literally lying in bed, laughing out loud for about 5 minutes. Every new line making me laugh again...

 

'You dig them eggs, Mingus?'

'Yeah, I dig them eggs!'

I found a video by the Author Geoff Dyer. Cool Stuff. Cool author. I'll definitely check out his other books. Above the video I will put some editorial reviews. Enjoy. Buy here.

"May be the best book ever written about jazz."--David Thomson, Los Angeles Times

In eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skillfully evokes the music and the men who shaped modern jazz. Drawing on photos, anecdotes, and, most important, the way he hears the music, Dyer imaginatively reconstructs scenes from the embattled lives of some of the greats: Lester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on a too-small bicycle; Thelonious Monk creating his own private language on the piano. However, music is the driving force of But Beautiful, and wildly metaphoric prose that mirrors the quirks, eccentricity, and brilliance of each musician's style.

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KREKPEK Berlin Underground Blog

Check out my friend Benne's (aka Moa Neunundvierzig) blog. As mine, it ain't very specific when it comes to content. Mostly HipHop (the kind of HipHop we like.. ), Style, Design (Benne is a sick designer, but I will cover that in a different post about MOA49) and some Skateboarding... also lots of updates on all the gems made by Benne you can buy to get some extra style points out there..like this wooden chain (you might have to go to oddsupply.com to buy one but I am sure the link is also on krekpek:

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Necro - Die!

Finally got my vinyl of Necros new album.

Expect classical Necro style: 

East coast boom bap beats overlaid with brutal violence-, drug- & porn-themed raps.
Aditional info on the record and necro to be found at the Discogs link at the bottom of this post.

more info @ DISCOGS

Dubstep Class

I think this clip is due to the millions of 'How to make Dubstep" Videos in the cloud. Nothing more to say about this, just enjoy and don't take it too serious. WUBUBUBUBUBUBUB WUAEUAUEUEA..

P.S.: Isn't that wobble bass dubstep totally [OUT/OLD/BORING] by now? I mean that shit sure was cool in the beginning..but nowadays..i dunno.. The video is funny though. Lovin the PA gettin brutal on the students..

The roof is on fire, Trey Jones too!

         via Nerdcore
 

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jazzfucked ?!

Due to the massive changes in design, here we go with the first jazzfucked-raffle (warning: this is a hoax, there's nothing to win, fools):

What am I holding in my hand in the brand-new header pic ?! *

* Lori, Keule & Mucki are not allowed to participate in this raffle, sorry guys :)

The Cats - Tommy Flanagan, John Coltrane, Idrees Sulieman & Kenny Burrel

I bought this record last weekend. Pretty cool, until recently unreleased material of Coltrane (according to the guy in the record store). I also liked the fact that Tommy Flanagan is on it, playing the keys so fucking smooth again. Also featuring Kenny Burrell on the guitar.Nice.

Credits:

• Bass – Doug Watkins
• Drums – Louis Hayes
• Guitar – Kenny Burrell
• Piano – Tommy Flanagan
• Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane
• Trumpet – Idrees Sulieman

Notes:

' 1957 may have been a watershed year for jazz, but this session, recorded for Prestige on April 18 at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio in NJ, was still a cut above the rest. While Coltrane may be the big name draw here, this session was actually led by pianist Tommy Flanagan, who would go on to be Ella Fitzgerald’s accompanist in the sixties, and appear on a number of historic jazz sessions including Coltrane’s Giant Steps, and Sonny Rollins’ Saxophone Colossus. In fact, every composition on this album was written by Flanagan, except for Gershwin’s “How Long Has This Been Going On?”, performed here in trio form. Also features some truly superlative trumpet playing by Idrees Sulieman, best known for his association with Coleman Hawkins.'

Discogs Info here

Suedmilch - MyPlace EP [BlueCode Rec. 02]

As I happen to know for some reason, BlueCode Rec. is going to upload their complete Backcatalogue on YouTube these days. One release every week. This week it's BCR002 Suedmilch - MyPlace EP with 3 tracks by the master himself and 2 remixes by Daniel Hennig and Phase (Subantrieb). I will keep posting new uploads with one video each. Feel free to check the other videos on their channel.
And now have fun with Suemilch - MyPlace.