JJ 03/74: Aretha Franklin - The First 12 Sides
Fifty years ago Barry McRae thought Aretha had much to do with jazz and was closely related to 'our' music (whoever and whatever they were)
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Fifty years ago Barry McRae thought Aretha had much to do with jazz and was closely related to 'our' music (whoever and whatever they were)
Vinyl reissue of the 1958 version again confirms that cutting several sections of the original 1943 suite was a bad idea
Sixty years ago Steve Voce found very good jazz solos amidst the usual Mingus mix of ugliness, brutality, hokum and sensitivity
The whole audience will be bouncing and swaying to the irresistible rhythm. Everybody singing HI-DE-HO! They’re echoing the King himself, Cab Calloway, as he thrusts his baton into the air, and in his Zoot Suit, jumps, twirls and signals to the band to begin another joyous chorus.
A Hard Rock Casino could be coming to Kenosha. A public hearing Thursday will allow people to comment on the proposal.