Documentary film, outdoors, jazz, art, sports, politics. Anything creative is particularily inspirational. I'm fortunate enough to live in a place that is teeming with extraordinary artists and musicians. Were you aware that Norah Jones, Erykah Badu, N'dambi, Edie Brickell and New Bohemians, Lisa Loeb, The Toadies, MC 900 Ft Jesus, Dixie Chicks, Sly Stone, The DOC, Bowling For Soup, LeAnn Rimes, Rigor Mortis, Pantera, Don Henley, MeatLoaf,Michael Nesmith (both TJ boys) Hagfish,Sara Hickman (who I once played a Reggae gig with) Rev. Horton Heat, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Charlie Pride, Buck Pets, Kelly Clarkson, Earl Harvin, Roy Hargrove, Elliott Smith and literally hundreds of other incredible artists are/were all from the Dallas-Fort Worth area? We're blessed that so many talented people either grew up here or landed here at some point in their careers. As musician, all of this really keeps you on your toes - if you don't throw yourself into this completely, it's hard to keep up. I'd remind you to support Dallas music, but literally millions of other people have already beaten you to the punch. LOL...
I'd like to meet:
I'd like to meet any musician looking for new venues to play , artist mgmt. and booking, or individuals looking for the right music to book for their next big party - club owners , party planners and event coordinators should visit my website , Artriddlestalent.com to find out how to book the Southwest's Best Jazz, Blues and R&B, trios to Party bands, and also Original Acoustic Rock, and Reggae. I now have a roster of over 100 acts from Houston to San Antonio, and Dallas to Oklahoma City. Thanks to the quality of talent and service, A.R.T. Music continues to grow and I will book over 1000 shows by years end! aI am now bouncing back and forth the other Kirby's this month after spending this Fall in San Antonio for the Grand Opening of the 6th and NEWEST KIRBY's STEAKHOUSE. I am so fortunate to draw on the wealth of Hill Country music and the sounds of San Antonio Jazz and Blues - ALL acts, from the Belleville Outfit (Amazing!) Kris Kimura, and Kat Edmondsen, to Gaila Kennaelly, Seth Walker, Bruce James and Susanna Choffel have been well received - another "All Star" line up for the NEXT great location for Kirby's (& Mickey Mantle's) Music!
UPDATE! Thanks to gg5000 , you can also log on to www.artriddlestalent.com to check out samples of music from my upcoming original project in 2008!
Music:
Kenny Barron,Winton Kelly, Grant Green, Mose Allison,Lee Morgan, Bob Marley, Diana Krall, Glennda Hill, Peter Tosh, Grant Green, Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, Willie Dixon, Professor Longhair, Art Tatum, Roy Hargrove, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Massive Attack, Leroy Shakespeare & Ship of Vibes, New Bohemians (W/ Brandon), Earl Harvin, 10cc, Squeeze, Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Nancy Wilson, Dakota Staton, Helen Merrill, Van Morrison, Satie & Ravel, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Laura Nyro, Big Al Dupree, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Faith No More (just wanted to see if you're still reading) Sonny Rollins, Dr. John, Neville Brothers, Beck, [Stax, Verve, Blue Note & Island changed this young rock & roller forever] Black Uhuru, The Meters, The Specials, Leon Russell, Dub Syndicate, Sly and Robbie...Hendrix, Doors, Joplin (she is still, so far, the greatest singer I've ever heard) Cream, Led Zeppelin, (C/O the new 'Kashmir' video!) Spirit,and all the "ghosts of the 60's"
billy cobham stratus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ae3l12PM2c
This song changed my Life!!
Charlie Christian - Benny Goodman Orch 1941 Columbia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-U1-AB_vnM
The Father of Jazz Guitar!
Movies:
Jazz scene USA Jimmy Smith
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Jimmy Smith play Hammond organ.
He is wonderful !
Rescue many horses in the Netherlands nov_06
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Many horses got stuck on a small island for days after a heavy storm. People feared for the live of the more than one hundred horses!Correction on the video: Other newsreports say that at least 19 horses drowned or died form exhaustion before the rescueThe source for the video is a Dutch newsgroup: NOS Journaal. I didn't made the images myself, I just combined them! I was suprised myself by the great video and hereby I want to say thanks to those who made these!!
90's reggae vibes
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90's reggae vibes
Kansas City Jazz
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Micah Langer and Eitan Paul take you on a fun, educational journey of of exploration, encounter, and exchange in the world of Kansas City Jazz. Kansas City Jazz was the first place winner for Junior Group Documentary at New Jersey History Day, National Finalist for Junior Group Documentary at National History Day, and winner of Outstanding State Entry at National History Day.
Bud Powell - Jazz piano bebop
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Bud Powell - "I'll remember April" (solo from Charles Mingus) - Antibes Jazz Festival, France, 1960.
Jazz Session 1961
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Jazz Session 1961
KING OF JAZZ 1930 VIDEO CLIP
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PAUL WHITEMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA FEATURING BING CROSBY AND THE RHYTHM BOYS.
JAZZ
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a look at jazz as seen thru British film making
Who Killed the Electric Car? trailer
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It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert?WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? chronicles the life and mysterious death of the GM EV1, examining its cultural and economic ripple effects and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business.WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? is not just about the EV1. It’s about how this allegory for failure—reflected in today’s oil prices and air quality—can also be a shining symbol of society’s potential to better itself and the world around it. While there’s plenty of outrage for lost time, there’s also time for renewal as technology is reborn in WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
A Man's Favorite Tool
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A Man's Favorite Tool
George Bush singing "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
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Thanks to http://onegoodmove.org and Rx @ http://thepartyparty.com/Greets to arstechnica!
New Orleans - The Natural History
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After Katrina, people ask why would anyone establish a city in a place that is below sea level, floods nearly every year, is as hot and humid as any tropical jungle, subject to outbreaks of deadly disease and faces annihilation as the result of a direct hit from a hurricane? More to the point, why would anyone try to save it?
When you mention New Orleans to most people, the images evoked are of a lively port city populated by a sultry mix of people from many different cultures and, of course, jazz, Mardi Gras and world class cuisine. What few people realize is that the very forces that created New Orleans now threaten its very existence. The eco-system is incredibly fragile and volatile, and if no action is taken, the city could be wiped out in the next hurricane or gradually swept into the sea from the current course of things.With the critical issues of global warming and our ongoing struggle to strike a healthy balance between a healty environment and a growing economy, New Orleans serves as a microcosm in which we can examine the critical issues facing our planet.
Classic Television Commercials (Part VIII)
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"Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium." Commercials in this video: Maxwell House Coffee, Butter-Nut Instant Coffee, Laura Scudder's Potato Chips, Cracker Jack, Bufferin aspirin, Volkswagon Beetle, Super Shell gasoline with Platformate, Goodyear Snow Tires, Hertz Rent a Car, Dreyfus Fund Inc. This collection of ads is in public domain and available at Archive.org.
An Inconvenient Truth
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The movie trailer for the most terrifying film you will ever see.
Charlie Bird Parker & Friends.
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Chalie Bird Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Bill Harris, Ella Fitzgerald and other great jazz players in rare footages of an unfinished film produced by Norman Granz, New York, 1950.
Skidboot the Dog
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A great clip from the Hill Country Reporter taken from http://users3.ev1.net/%7Eabraxox/Skidboot.html and uploaded here cause it is smaller and google rocks.
Superbad
Miles Davis Quintet - 'Round Midnight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mji4nAk_8ZY
Television:
Meerkat Manor (Long Live Flower & Mozart) Orangutan Island and Petfinder.
Books:
Stopped reading books in 1983, but have recently started looking at them again.
Heroes:
SRV playing his ass off for me and 3 other people on Lower Greenville in 1979. Michael Moore, Nader, Buckminister Fuller, who I saw in Nacogdoches the same year I also saw Count Basie and Jim Croce (his last show on the night he made that fateful flight from Nacogdoches to Natchitoches) Mark Cuban...Dirk, Josh and Avery, (Finley and Nash, too) for making me a MFFL! Horace Silver and Jobim for turning me on to Jazz. Ghandi,Buddah,J.C. and Moses,David and Sheba, Mohammed, and the ONE who will finally bring us all PEACE. Edgar Cayce, and Kokopelli. My parents,Lloyd and Joan Riddles, and my Grandmother Evelyn Tacey who was my piano teacher for teaching me how to improvise ... and ALL Animal Welfare Activists!
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Blues March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwFveMpGtHs
So did this one!
