Monthly Archives: May 2010

Sobering Wisdom From Lemay/Hiatus/A Hopeful Omen?

These remarkably prescient words from General Curtis Lemay—one of the men most responsible for our victories against both Germany and Japan during WWII—were written in 1965. Tragically, we seem to have almost completed the moral descent Lemay warned about in his memoirs … Continue reading

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The Real McCoy—Contemplation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xafJW_VtA8w “Contemplation,” second track from McCoy Tyner’s “The Real McCoy” album. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on April 21, 1967. Originally released on Blue Note (4264).   McCoy Tyner (piano); Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone); Ron Carter … Continue reading