Welcome to The Cahokian... A thousand years ago Cahokia — across the Mississippi from what is now St. Louis — was one of the biggest cities in the world. Now it's an empty green spot next to the highway. I'm a middle-aged gay man living in New York City, center of the world, future footnote on somebody's future map. Welcome to the new world.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson has died at the age of 82. He was immensely prolific, with an instantly recognizable virtuosic style. My own favorite Oscar Peterson recording is his version of Tom Jobim's "Wave" with a swinging string arrangement by Claus Ogerman, from Peterson's heyday in the late 1960s. It's on Motions and Emotions one of his albums for the legendary German MPS label. He will be missed!
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Hi ish,
ReplyDeleteIt is a pity that the MPS (and Strata-East, etc.) blogs are now by invitation only. I wish I had an invite to re-visit the catalog of theses labels. Oh, how I miss 'em.
Hi Otto.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
I've only closed them down in the wake of the Megaupload arrests. I will not be maintaining them as private blogs. Either I will bring them back online or delete them depending on the level of legal repression that seems to be happening. I maintain that there's nothing illegal about sharing out of print music, but I have no interest in defending that in court. Stay tuned.