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The Making of Neil Young's Le Noise
Mike McKinley
September 27, 2010
Here's a fascinating look into the making of Neil Young's new record Le Noise (out 9/28) with producer Daniel Lanois. Talk about two geniuses of sound.

Video: Soulive - "Eleanor Rigby/I Want You (She's So Heavy)"
Mike McKinley
September 27, 2010
Soulive just released Rubber Soulive -- their take on The Beatles. Here's "Eleanor Rigby/I Want You (She's So Heavy)" from the Brooklyn Bowl from last March by Shine A Line Productions. This is a nice sneak peak at Soulive's upcoming DVD BOWLIVE!…

Video: LCD Soundsystem - "Home"
Mike McKinley
September 24, 2010
Great video for LCD Soundsystem's "Home"...

LCD Soundsystem "Home" from FUNWUNCE on Vimeo.

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Promotional Video for Ludwig
Mike McKinley
September 23, 2010
This promotional video for JFJO's project Ludwig is too good to not pass along. If you've ever seen JFJO perform, then you know how present and in the moment they are -- they breathe together, listen delicately to one another and play with a collective, unrestrained freedom. It's always exhilarating to see them get cookin' on something. So, here, it's fascinating as hell to watch them play with the Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra with so much discipline, following closely with charts in front of them. But at the same time, they make this music by Beethoven completely swing in their own signature way.

The performance took place back in June and Dennis Cook wrote a great review for Jambase -- I think this perfectly sums it up: "Beethoven's writing -- like most classical music -- has a mathematical logic to it but this felt closer to today's theoretical mathematics and its string theories and quantum logic. Instead of being locked away by the culture police, Beethoven got to stretch his legs a good bit."

Now check this…

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey presents LUDWIG (Promotional Short) from Jacob Fred on Vimeo.

Marco... Solo. Marco... Solo.
Mike McKinley
September 18, 2010
Here are some fantastic videos that just surfaced of Marco Benevento performing solo at the Montreal Jazz Festival on June 28, 2010. The videos are by the talented Joelle Arcand.

Marco just announced his plans for the fall and will be playing New Year's Eve with Surprise Me Mr. Davis in San Francisco at Cafe Du Nord.

One of my favorites off of Between the Needles and Nightfall...

Music Is Still Secret - Marco Benevento from Joelle Arcand on Vimeo.

Thelonious Monk's "Bye-Ya!"

Bye-Ya! / Marco Benevento from Joelle Arcand on Vimeo.

"The Real Morning Party" from 2008's Invisible Baby

The Real Morning Party / Marco Benevento from Joelle Arcand on Vimeo.

Leonard Cohen's "Seems So Long Ago Nancy"

Seems So Long Ago Nancy / Marco Benevento from Joelle Arcand on Vimeo.

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