Be prepared to die for this cover of a Simon & Garfunkel classic! Thanks for the lead, Dad! It’ll be released in a few days on Jerry Douglas’ newest album Traveler from eOne Records. Go here to hear the song!
Beautiful tune performed by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane in 1962. According to Ellington, the song was born in Durham, North Carolina. “We had played a big dance in a tobacco warehouse, and afterwards a friend of mine, an executive in the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company, threw a party for us. I was playing …
“Bags & Trane” by Milt Jackson & John Coltrane (Bags & Trane, Atlantic Records, 1961). I heard it while watching the documentary Chops about high school jazz bands competing in a Duke Ellington competition at Jazz At Lincoln Center in New York.
“Dat Dere” by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (Bobby Timmons on Piano) (The Big Beat, Blue Note, 1960). Music by Bobby Timmons & lyrics by Oscar Brown, Jr. I heard it while watching the documentary Chops about high school jazz bands competing in a Duke Ellington competition at Jazz At Lincoln Center in New …
Check out this great album of early Ellington recordings here: Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick And Vocalion Recordings 1926-1931.
“The Star-Crossed Lovers” by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (Such Sweet Thunder, Columbia/Legacy, 1957).
“The Water Is Wide” by Dusty Springfield
“A Slow Parade” by A.A. Bondy (When the Devil’s Loose, Fat Possum Records, 2009). Written and composed by A.A. Bondy. As seen on Fox’s House.
“Hold Your Head High” by Heartless Bastards (The Mountain, Fat Possum Records, 2009). Music and lyrics by Erika Wennerstrom.
“Heartbroken, In Disrepair” by Dan Auerbach (Keep It Hid, Nonesuch Records, 2009). Written by Dan Auerbach.