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Daily Archives: January 16, 2009

The Weekend Spin [Hargrove, Sanborn, Frambrough & Valentin]

16 Friday Jan 2009

Posted by Rob Young in Classic Modern Jazz, Weekend Spin

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Bassist, Charles Frambrough, Dave Valentin, David Sanborn, Flute, Jazz, Jazz Funk, Latin Jazz, Roy Hargrove

The arctic freeze is seriously kicking the eastern half of the U.S.  Apparently, I forgot to complete this … it’s obvious posting while sleepy isn’t exactly the best thing to do while blogging. Let’s kick off Friday with another diverse mix of “The Weekend Spin,” with four tasty yet challenging jazz titles delve into. Enjoy!

Roy Hardgrove

Roy Hardgrove

Roy Hargrove | RH Factor: Hard Groove [Jazz/Funk/Verve/2003]

This is an album that reveals as much about the perspective of the listener as about the music itself. Are you coming at this from a pure jazz perspective? There isn’t too much straight ahead stuff on this album and you may be with the critics that bashed Roy for making something more accessible than typical jazz fare. Hoping for a jazz-hip-hop hybrid? To me this is one of the more successful combinations because Roy toured with the soulquarians and has immersed himself for the past few years in this music. He’s willing to be lyrical when the time comes. I especially enjoy the track “How I Know” for example. I don’t know what neo-soul fans are going to make of this and I’m curious to see how the album does saleswise. I dig the Erykah Badu/Q-Tip combination [some of Q-Tip’s better recent work] “Poetry”. ~ Source: Amazon.com/Souldrummer

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Dual Boot: Install Windows 7 Beta on Your Mac with Boot Camp

16 Friday Jan 2009

Posted by Rob Young in What's New?

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Computers, Dual Boot, Mac, Technology, Windows 7

Recently a friend of mine son install Windows 7 Beta on his Mac and he said it works just fine …. well at least for the moment!!

Install Win7 on Mac

Install Win7 on a Mac

If you’re on a Mac but want to know what the Windows 7 Beta fuss is about, the SimpleHelp weblog walks through installing Win7 using Boot Camp, Apple’s solution for dual-booting Windows on a Mac.

We’ve already covered how to dual-boot Windows 7 with XP or Vista, and the good news is that installing Win7 on your Mac is just as simple: All you need is your Leopard installation DVD, the Windows 7 Beta, 10GB of free hard drive space, and a few hours.

What’s your take? Are you willing to put a beta version of Windows on your Mac just to see if the eye candy is worth it? ~ Source: Lifehacker.com

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Amina Figarova | Above The Clouds

16 Friday Jan 2009

Posted by Rob Young in Modern Jazz, New Music

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Amina Figarova, Jazz, Piano

Amina Figarova

Amina Figarova

Amina Figarova | Above The Clouds [Munich Records, 2008]

Amina Figarova is without doubt one of the most productive jazz composers and talented jazz piano players from Europe. Now living in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, born in Baku, Azerbaijan, Amina started playing piano and composing at a very early age. She studied as a classical concert pianist at the Baku Conservatory, jazz performance at the Rotterdam Conservatory and the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Amina Figarova performs with her own group at many jazz festivals and jazz clubs around the world, such as The North Sea Jazz Festival, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Capetown International Jazzfestival, Salvador Bahia Jazz Festival, Brasil, JakArt Festival, Indonesia, Yoshi´s in Oakland, CA, Blue Note jazz club New York, and has given concerts in Israel, Europe, United Arabs Emirates, Mexico, USA, Azerbaijan, and many others. ~

Source: Amina Figarova.com

Listen, to the fabulous jazz sounds of “Above The Clouds” by pianist Amina Figarova.

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