Shawn Maxwell is an amazing saxophonist and composer based in Chicago and his new record comes out on FRIDAY! We met back in 2000 on a cruise ship and have kept in touch over the years. He wrote 17 pieces and sent them to 30 musicians to record at home. I played on “Breathe”, a …
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Random Songs I Like #15 – Ladies in Mercedes
Random Songs I Like Week #15. This is a brilliant composition by jazz bassist and composer Steve Swallow, with hysterical lyrics by British jazz vocalist Norma Winstone. This song has always resonated with me, since I moved to the Uber-fancy Upper East Side of Manhattan. This is the performance that I captured on my 2019 …
Random Songs I Like #14 – Ooh Baby Baby
Random Songs I Like Week #14! (For this series I will be posting a new song every week from every imaginable style and genre. The only criteria is that I need to like it!)This is a sexy classic by the exquisite Smokey Robinson. He first recorded this in 1965 with his group The Miracles and …
Random Songs I Like #13 – Shower the People by James Taylor
Random Songs I Like Week #13! (For this series, I will be posting a new song every week from every imaginable style and genre. The only criteria is that I need to like it!)This is a perfectly wonderful, cozy song written by James Taylor. How could you not love this amazing piece!?!?(Please take a moment …
Random Songs I Like #12 – The Glory of Love
For this series, I will be posting a new song every week from every imaginable style and genre. The online criteria is that I need to like it. Random Songs I Like Week #12! This song, sung by Bette Midler in the movie Beaches was written in 1936 and originally recorded by Benny Goodman and his …
Random Songs I Like #11 – Lucky Now
For this series, I will be posting a new song every week from every imaginable style and genre. The only criteria is that I need to like it. I have been a longtime Ryan Adams fan, since his days as the frontman of Alt-Country band Whiskeytown. This song, like many of his, captures the feeling …