December 2009

So What – Jonh Coltrane and Miles Davis

“So What” is the first track on the 1959 Miles Davis and John Coltrane album Kind of Blue and is often credited as one of his best works.
It is one of the most well-known examples of modal jazz, set in the Dorian mode and consisting of 16 bars of D minor7, followed by eight bars [...]

Henry Cook / Frank Lacy Quintet “Fancy Pants”

Henry Cook / Ku-umba Frank Lacy quintet with special guest Famoudou Don Moye at the Zola Jazz Festival playing Greg Burk’s “Fancy Pants”
Henry Cook, alto sax, Frank Lacy, Pocket Trumpet, Greg Burk, piano, Ron Seguin, bass, Famoudou Don Moye, drums
this video contains NO sex, sexy women, girls, boobs, hot babes, bikinis, panties, fetishes, rubber, hot [...]

The Squarepent – Homemade Tuba (Serpent)

This is a short video I put together that explains and demonstrates two unusual homemade instruments that my uncle, Lindahl King, made for me out of wood.
My uncle got the idea to make these instruments from the website of squarepent inventor Paul Schmidt…
http://www.serpentwebsite.com/SQPT_concept.htm
They are based on the design of the ancient serpent, a predecessor [...]