On Demand
American Music Video Festival
By David Garland
May 30, 2008
Our annual American Music Festival concludes Friday with music chosen by John Zorn, and with two American song-cycles: a rarity from the 1950s — a young Barbara Cook singing Seymour Barab’s setting of Dorothy Parker texts, “Songs of Perfect Propriety,” and Chris Thile’s new bluegrass song-cycle “The Blind Leaving the Blind.” But you can continue the festival with these videos of musicians who have been featured in this year’s Fest. Enjoy the visuals! Let me know what you think!
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 Sam Amidon |
 Jimmy Guiffre |
 John Zorn |
 John Zorn II |
 John Coltrane |
 Sufjan Stevens |
 Harry Partch |
 Chris Thile |
 Charles Ives |
 Lennie Tristano |
 Ornette Coleman |
 Ella Fitzgerald |
 John Cage |
 Frank Zappa |
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Comments
Comment from alyssa
Date: May 30, 2008, 7:33 pm
will a podcast of this show be available? its wonderful! id love to listen to it over and over. thanks!
Comment from Rachel
Date: May 30, 2008, 7:52 pm
That makes two of us who want a podcast!
Comment from Susan
Date: May 30, 2008, 8:25 pm
I third that emotion! Great show, great playlist John Zorn. Thanks for broadcasting this, and for the YT vids.
Comment from Andrea
Date: May 31, 2008, 12:05 am
Fantastic show. Frank Sinatra and Road Runner went well together.
Comment from Patricia in Ozarks
Date: May 31, 2008, 10:32 pm
David, thank you for that delicious slice of Leonard Cohen.
Trying to think of a catchy phrase for your Songs Revisited… echoes, rideux (not sure about the spelling)encore… maybe it doesn’t have to be catchy, just truthful…
Comment from Wendy
Date: June 1, 2008, 11:09 pm
wonderful! along with everyone else, I’d like to listen again and again.
Comment from Meg
Date: June 7, 2008, 10:47 pm
The photos are beautiful. Sorry you are hot. Cold drinks work best.
Comment from Jason Wallker
Date: June 9, 2008, 8:38 am
I can’t deny my infatuation for Ella Fitzgerald’s voice and voicing. I loved that piece with Jo Stafford. Singing and talking back and forth is not as easy as they are making it look.
Comment from Trance lover
Date: August 1, 2008, 12:01 pm
Very interesting
I’m adding in RSS reader
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