jasonisaacdrums

jasonisaacdrums, 15 days ago to random

My office might be the most badass place in New York this afternoon, as we have Mdou Moctar and his band in studio for an interview and performance. Look for it soon on WNYC's Soundcheck podcast.

#MdouMoctar #Tuareg #AfricanMusic #WNYC

jasonisaacdrums, 1 month ago to nyc

Just walked by a swarm of bees hanging out on a tree, which is not a sentence I have ever said before in New York City.

#NYC #bees

jasonisaacdrums, 1 month ago to random

On my way home from a friend's 50th birthday party, and I gotta say us Gen X folks are really aging well. ☺️

jasonisaacdrums, 1 month ago to random

A friend and fellow drummer just showed up to my practice studio with a case full of new cymbals from the company she endorses and I'm super jealous.

jasonisaacdrums, 1 month ago to random

RIP Duane Eddy

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68940716

jasonisaacdrums, 1 month ago to jazz

Today is the 102nd birthday of Charles Mingus, a huge inspiration and IMO one of the greatest of all American composers. I think of him almost every day when I walk by his former residence, which coincidentally is right across the street from the old Time Cafe where the Mingus Big Band played his music weekly for several years.

#jazz #mingus

jasonisaacdrums, 1 month ago to drums

Doing a little late night recording for an upcoming project from an old friend. I'm using the house kit at work - Slingerland drums and Zildjian K cymbals. My favorite fringe benefit of the job. Membership has its privileges.

#drums

jasonisaacdrums, 2 months ago to nyc

Never seen this before: on an uptown A train, two showtime dancers get on the train right in front of me. Before they can start their routine, two other guys at the other end of the car start shouting "showtime!" and cranking their music. The guys near me look at each other and roll their eyes. One of them watches the other guys and critiques their performance, while the other one states straight ahead with a blank expression all the way to 125th Street.

#nyc

jasonisaacdrums, 2 months ago to NewOrleans

Offbeat Magazine published a wonderful obituary of John Sinclair with an emphasis on his New Orleans years.

https://www.offbeat.com/news/john-sinclair-1941-2024/

I will be presenting an hour-long tribute to John on my Crescent City Connection show this weekend, focusing on his jazz and blues inspired spoken word performances with his band the Blues Scholars. Catch it live on Saturday, 10am eastern on @WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Radio stream.

#JohnSinclair #WFMU #NewOrleans

jasonisaacdrums, 2 months ago to random

RIP John Sinclair - manager of the MC5, founder of the White Panthers, marijuana activist, poet, author, spoken word performer, record producer and one hell of a radio DJ. I worked with him briefly at WWOZ and he was one of the most remarkable people I've ever met.

https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/04/02/john-sinclair-detroit-poet-cannabis-activist-and-counterculture-icon-dead-at-82/73179306007/

#JohnSinclair #Heads

jasonisaacdrums, 2 months ago to random

I am making final preparations for what is likely to be the craziest weekend of my entire life as a musician. Three gigs in 24 hours, all with Dark Streets playing Pogues music for St. Patrick's Day.

Tonight at Paddy Reilly's, 10pm to 2am
Tomorrow afternoon on the Ferrytale of New York Booze Cruise, 12 to 4pm
Tomorrow night at Mama Tried in Brooklyn, 6pm to 9pm

Wish me luck, and if you're in NYC please join us! The band is really sounding great. Tickets for the cruise are still available.

jasonisaacdrums, 3 months ago to random

I'm playing at Freddy's in Brooklyn today with Sarah Mucho on vocals and Elliott Roth on piano. Sarah calls it the End Times Cabaret, and we'll be playing chilled out versions of songs people know and love. A perfect soundtrack from some late afternoon beers, if you ask me. 5 to 8pm at Freddy's Bar in Park Slope.

jasonisaacdrums, 3 months ago to jazz

NP: Roy Haynes Hip Ensemble (1974)
Perfect jazz for a stormy NYC night. Roy played so beautifully with Bird and Dizzy and Sonny in the '40s and still sounded completely current and hip throughout the '70s, embracing fusion, avant garde and spiritual jazz like he was born into it. Great band with George Adams and a young Hannibal Marvin Peterson in the front line.

@vinylrecords

#jazz #vinyl

jasonisaacdrums, 3 months ago to vinyl

I'm finally listening to Clifton Chenier Live At Tipitina's, many weeks after it was delivered from the Tipitina's Record Club. Some great blues and zydeco on here, sourced from a soundboard recording on an old cassette from 1980. Tight band was playing straight fire. C.J. Chenier sounding good on alto sax (I didn't know he played sax!) but Sonny Landreth steals the show on guitar in his only recording with Chenier's band.

@vinylrecords

#blues #zydeco #vinyl

jasonisaacdrums, 3 months ago to random

Via a reddit post, I just discovered a site called Life On The Road, which is a deep dive into every live recording of Frank Zappa (currently through 1977).

https://zappalifeontheroad.com/

Like many of you, I have been missing the old web, full of niche sites built out slowly by one or two experts on some nerdy topic. This Zappa site reminds me of what we used to find online back in the late '90s (albeit with a modern look).

#zappa

jasonisaacdrums, 3 months ago to nyc

In hyperlocal halal food news, Mamoun's recently raised their prices by 50 cents per item. A falafel sandwich is now $6.50 - still the best deal in town (in my opinion).

Meanwhile, I think the Rafiqi's halal truck near my office also raised prices, with most platters now being $9.75.

#nyc

jasonisaacdrums, 3 months ago to random

The Mississippi John Hurt Museum in Avalon, MS was burned down early this morning in an apparent act of arson. (Via the Facebook page of the Mississippi John Hurt Foundation)

https://www.facebook.com/johnhurtfoundation/posts/pfbid0Hi7WsCjyfPJpmTtyBwLWxPLuT8kHZLiPg5x8EvFZoRYkgidd4LJQFCaPPKWMbAgfl

#blues

jasonisaacdrums, 4 months ago to random

On the next Crescent City Connection, we're takin' it to the streets on the last weekend before Mardi Gras with the music of the Mardi Gras Indians. It's an hour of funk and feathers, Saturday morning at 10 eastern on Rock'n'Soul Radio from @WFMU. Two way pocky way!

https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136736

jasonisaacdrums, 4 months ago to random

With only two weekends left till Mardi Gras, I'm having a street parade on @WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Radio. It's the Brass Band Jam - an hour of slammin' brass bands from New Orleans! Saturday morning at 10 on the Crescent City Connection.

https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136525

jasonisaacdrums, 5 months ago to random

There are no words for the next episode of the Crescent City Connection - because it's an all instrumental show! This week's show features an hour of slammin' NOLA jazz, funk and blues instrumentals. We're gonna let the cats play this week on the Crescent City Connection, Saturday at 10am on Rock'n'Soul Radio from @WFMU!

https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/135358

(photo by Allen Beatty - https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/3/new-orleans-jam-session-allen-beatty.jpg)

#WFMU #NewOrleansMusic #instrumentals

jasonisaacdrums, 5 months ago to jazz

Our Christmas Eve plans fell through due to sick relatives, so we're listening to jazz albums instead.

Now playing: Jimmy Smith - Organ Grinder Swing. A perfect organ trio with Kenny Burrell and Grady Tate. And in honor of the holiday, this album has one of the best versions of Greensleeves ever put to tape.

#jazz #vinyl #NowPlaying

jasonisaacdrums, 6 months ago to drums

We're set up at Keane's in the Bronx for a night of Pogues music! The cymbal on the right had a crack that was repaired recently. First time I'm using it on a gig in five or six years!

#drums

jasonisaacdrums, 6 months ago to random

This weekend on the Crescent City Connection, it's an hour of hits and near misses from the classic era of New Orleans rhythm and blues, including great songs from Fats Domino, Johnny Adams, Clarence Gatemouth Brown and more. The reelin' and rockin' starts Saturday at 10am eastern on Rock 'n' Soul Radio from @WFMU

https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/133921

#WFMU

jasonisaacdrums, 7 months ago to random

Somebody on Reddit discovered a lost Paramount 78 by Big Bill Broonzy. The only known copy!

https://www.reddit.com/r/78rpm/comments/17pkhej/got_a_major_score_today_heres_just_a_few/

#blues #78rpm

jasonisaacdrums, 7 months ago to baseball

If you're missing baseball already, you should know that @internetarchive's Old Time Radio collection includes hundreds of recordings of full baseball games from 1934 to 1973. World Series, all star games and regular season, from Ruth and Gehrig to Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan.

https://archive.org/details/classicmlbbaseballradio

#baseball #radio #OldTimeRadio