AFRO LATIN 1: Cuba goes Mbalax

"Nongui Nongui" from Senegal's Number One de Dakar.

Unusual Beethoven

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Here are two recordings of lesser-known Beethoven from two of the greatest pianists.  First, the Rondo in G minor, Op. 51, No. 2  at the Schwetzinger Festspiele in 1963.



Here is a link to the Festval's website and a link to a nifty analysis of the piece.

Claudio Arrau

Next, Schnabel playing the Fantasia (same key) Op. 77in 1935 (?).

Artur Schnabel

Theme and Variations

 Vernon Duke's classic.  Read about it here.



Mel Torme.

Al Haig:

and The Modern Jazz Quartet:

In Memorium: "Searchin'" by Leiber and Stoller sung by The Coasters

Jerry Leiber.

Jerry and Mike

In Memorium: "Let's Go Get Stoned" written by Ashford and Simpson, sung by Ray Charles

Dave "Honeyboy" Edwards Dead at 96

The last of the great Delta bluesmen.  New York Times obituary here.
Honeyboy plays for the Lomax Library of Congress field recorder in 1942, "Wind Howling Blues."

Another great track recorded in 1950 during Honeyboy's stay in Texas, "Build Myself a Cave"

And finally, from the film "Walk Hard," young Dewey Cox, who has just cut his brother in half (accidentally), goes to the general store to buy a candle for the vigil, and gets a lesson in the blues from Honeyboy.

Dave with his Grammy for lifetime achievement last year.

Robbie Fulks kids Fountains of Wayne