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Exploring outside of the mainstream in music. The stuff you won't hear on the radio. Particular attention is paid to overlooked, creative, influential, sometimes out of print and hard to find, but always it's good music. Rock, progressive, experiment
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Icons Among Us
This is a trailer for a new independent film, Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense. It's a documentary about new directions jazz has quietly taken. However it's not just about jazz. The film also address' numerous issues present within the whole...
Kermit Learns the Perils of Jazz
Amusement for the easily entertained....
The Money Spyder: James Taylor Quartet
Think Ventures + Booker T + Lost James Bond spy thriller (Sean Connery era) and you'd have the makings for some cool jazz with attitude, funk and beat. This isn't easy-listening, background jazz. It's also not electronica jazz but very organic, flowi...
Were Only in it for the Money: Mothers of Invention
Frank Zappa once claimed that he was merely an anthropologist which can be heard on the album, Were Only In It For The Money. He picks apart the hippie-free culture movement, their straight-laced counter parts, and freaky fringe groups hoping to ju...
Herman Apple Stereo Percussion De Noel
Last year I discovered this little gem. It's '50-60's space-age jazz - bongos and all. The vocals are "doo-do-doo" or "cha-cha" once in awhile and opens with a "hey!" (nothing else). So it's different, fun, cheerful and a very short album. I'm guessi...
