1934-2009: Baker's Keyboard Lounge, the world's oldest continuously running jazz venue, celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. The Baker's team, braving hard economic times, recently announced Baker's presence on Facebook and invites fans to join the movement. For anyone who loves jazz, music, Detroit, culture, and warmly intimate venues, sound the alarm, it's Paul Revere time! For the sake of Detroit and global culture, check out Baker's Keyboard Lounge . . . on Livernois, just below Eight Mile (20510 Livernois Ave Detroit, MI 48221) . . .
1959-2009: Miles Davis, Kind of Blue at 50. I just picked up the special two-disc Columbia Legacy Edition. I know it's old school to get the discs, but for this fine set, it makes sense.
Motown, 1958/1959-2008/2009. More than one 50th anniversary release to choose from. but I'm aiming to pick up the mother lode, the one with a nifty-fifty façade of Hitsville USA. It's all good -- and let's not forget the real Hitsville USA: Motown Historical Museum, 2648 W. Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan 48208.
In the USA, a quieter nod to the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. Need I say more?
Today's Rune: Signals.
6 comments:
chock full of anniversaires - i heard it through the grapevine
Hey Eric, Happened by the 'Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe' last night in G.P. Heard 'Detroit Connection'. Very jazzy cats!
I guess Detroit and New Orleans are the twin jazz capitals of the world eh?
Cool about the anniversary!
For all I've heard about Miles Davis, I must admit I doubt I've ever heard his stuff. I'll have to rectify that toot sweet!
Cuba Libre...Free Detroit!
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