Remembering Faruq Z. Bey

Alto saxophone (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

June 1 saw the passing of American jazz saxophonist, Faruq Z. Bey . He was best known for his time with Griot Galaxy, a free jazz band from the 1970’s and 80’s.  In the mid 80’s, he was forced to leave the band after a bike accident that left him in a coma for some time.  He returned to playing in the mid 90’s.  I have posted a couple of videos here in tribute to this outstanding musician.  The first is with his band “The Northwood Improvisers”.  The second is with the Griot Galaxy.  Love Jazz.

 

Mystery of Love

 

 

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Androgyny

 

 

Song Of The Day – Spanish Train – Chris De Burgh

Chris de Burgh in concert in Cork city. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Back home and figured this was an appropriate segue to getting back into things.  A classic song from a great story-teller.  Chris De Burgh released this song a long, long time ago and now that I have experienced the Spanish train system firsthand……it is fitting.

Spanish Train

Good Morning From Barcelona

Just a quick update for you all. Arrived in Barcelona yesterday evening after a week of little Internet access. Spent a beautiful week in Seville then cruised to Madeira islands then to the Canary Islands. I can hardly wait to get home and put fingers to keyboard. This is a photo of the bull ring in Malaga, Spain.

Good Morning From Toledo

Flew into Madrid from Lisbon and took a train to Toledo. I think the world’s longest escalator is here. Relaxing day then on to Seville.

Good Morning From Lisbon

Enjoying the view over a morning coffee. This is taken from the terrace of our b&b, Zuzabed. Luis is the owner and runs an excellent place. Highly recommended.

Song Of The Day – Moses Dillard and the Tex Town Display – Tribute To Wes

The Jazz Shelf (Photo credit: Andrei Z)

Couldn’t leave without at least one tune.  Be cool, be very cool, this song lays down an amazing groove.  Heard it on Breaking Bad of all places.  Best 2 minutes and 24 seconds you will have today, or this month, or year maybe.

On Vacation

Blogging will be veeeerrrrrryyyy slow over the next few weeks.  On Vacation. May hit a post or two just to keep the rust off, but mostly, will be relaxing and catching up on some tunes.

Cover of the 1982 album Vacation. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Hello Everybody

Haven’t disappeared, just spending a lot of time prepping for Thursday’s departure.  By default, posting will be slow, but will be hitting

a few when I can to keep you up with where we are or were. So far all intents and purposes, this blog is officially on vacation.

ON VACATION(Photo credit: epSos.de)

The Week on The Real Canadian Music Blog – September 29, 2012

Over on the The Real Canadian Music Blog this week:

We listened to:

The Avett Brothers

The Raconteurs

We paid tribute to the lives of :

Pete Cosey

And that was about it.