Tina Turner - Simply The Best !!

What Aretha Franklin is to R&B, and what Billie Holiday is to jazz, Tina Turner is to rock and roll...simply THE distinctive female voice of the genre.

Thankfully, me and my wife managed to get tickets for her concert in Israel in 1987 , and it was great !!

Watch Ike and Tina - Great rare video :


And Proud Mary :


Simply The Best :

Mirror Man - Human League Ace !!!

I remember this video from MTV back in our days.

The video is of Donald Campbell breaking the World Water speed record, his boat- bluebird- crashing and his body, consequently, never being found since.

Some say this song is about Adam Ant and how he got so consumed of himself ...

God I wish I was 17 again.

The Tel-Aviv Jazz festival is celebrating 19!!

This year as in every year, world known Jazz giants along with local musicians-veterans and younger ones, will gather and play in Israel.

The Festival will be opened by saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman, one of the jazz giants and Ray Charles's right hand as performer and band arranger during the decade of Charles' peak creativity.

In addition, the festival will feature the prominent saxophonist Odean Pope's saxophone choir, accompanied by Israeli musician.

the Trio of bass player and composer Mario Pavone, one of the leading performers on the downtown New York Jazz scene and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble of Kahil El'Zabar, who combines jazz music with the heritage of "Mother Africa" and the music of the Afro-American community in the U.S.

We’ll be there!!

Watch Rony Holan - Red Sea Jazz Fest 2007 – Warriors

Thriller - The World's Best-Selling Album

25 years !

The new track that caught my ears is :

'Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008 by Akon.

It is re-worked, updated version produced by will.i.am and featuring Akon on lead vocals with Michael Jackson on backing vocals.



The original 'Wanna be starting something'(Live Version):

Hit the road Jack ! Super Classical Ray Charles

Why cant we have music like this anymore?

People, like Ray Charles, are people who really brought music ...

The good old jazz and blues musicians are lookin down from heaven shaking their heads and looking at all the "gangsta" and rapper shit...

Love this sound of the old school instruments ...