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Café Mouffe Encore: Annie Ross on “Playboy’s Penthouse”

Jon Hendricks’s 90th birthday tribute made me insatiable to hear more from Annie Ross, especially a 1959 clip of “Twisted” from Hugh Hefner’s Playboy’s Penthouse TV show. Continue reading






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Café Mouffe: The Vocal Pyrotechnics of Jon Hendricks

Scat singing started as an improvisation by Louis Armstrong in the 1920s . Jon Hendricks took it to the level of pyrotechnic virtuosity in the 1950s by crafting words to fit soaring instrumental solos. Hendricks turns 90 today, and NPR paid him tribute.






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Café Mouffe: Remembering “Wild Horses” in Mussel Shoals

I like to think the Rolling Stones got me through high school. Maybe my son would say the same. While reading Keith Richards’ account of the legendary Mussel Shoals recording session in 1969, where “Wild Horses” and “Brown Sugar” were put together, I decided to look for my Stones CDs to listen again to the music that made me move. Forget about the original vinyl LPs, the Sticky Fingers cover with lewd zipper affixed to the cardboard – you can’t reproduce that on a CD jewel box or ITunes download! The LPs are long gone, and, as I discovered, so are the CDs. Maybe they’re buried somewhere beneath the seat of Brendan’s Ford pickup truck. So I turn to YouTube, knowing that these embeds will be even more ephemeral.






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Hallelujah for Ms. Modigliani!

Ms. M collects the innumerable covers of Leonard Cohen’s classic song. For her birthday, here is a version that she maybe has never heard – and it’s in Ladino, no less. Halleluja by Yasmin Levy comes from her 2009 release, Sentir. Happy Birthday, JoAnn!






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Café Mouffe: Cyro Baptista & Banquet of the Spirits

Since I got a copy of Caymby Cyro Baptista & Banquet of the Spirits, I haven’t listened to much else. I love the groove on Tzar Tak. That clip and Yahel, trailers produced by Justin Bias, will whet your appetite for more.






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