NEW ARTIST: Stefon Harris and Blackout (10:03:10 02:41)

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Our YouTube Mash-Up

Urbanus animation video

Stefon Harris discusses Blackout

Stefon Harris discusses URBANUS

Music Streams Stefon Harris and Blackout

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Our first Montreal artist! (07:03:10 12:50)

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Well, in case you hadn't noticed, we're from Montreal and we've been taking a lot of heat locally because we haven't featured any Montreal musicians on Nextbop. But Justin and I didn't want to put up a musician from Montreal just because he was from Montreal. You dig? So a couple of months ago, we decided to scout [Remi-Jean LeBlanc]'s gig at the Upstairs, because I liked what he put up on his MySpace. The show was INSANE! Remi-Jean's a young electric bass player (although he also plays upright) who started a quartet with piano, guitar and drums. I should also note that he plays with John Roney, which is undoubtedly one of Montreal's most talented piano player (John if you read this, got hit NYC. You're gonna be HUGE!). Justin and I absolutely fell in love with the band so it's truly an honor to welcome them to Nextbop! Once again, you can check out our YouTube mash-up to get a taste of their sound. We also have 4 tracks off Remi-Jean's debut album for you to stream on his profile!

Peace out.

Music Streams Remi-Jean LeBlanc

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New Artist: Eric Legnini (05:03:10 03:31)

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Trippin’: The title makes sense, reference to “Struttin’”, the Meters’ anthem album, and the sound of New Orleans. Straightaway, on the title-theme, the Fender gets into the trance. An old-style turnery, with two offbeat fingers. The Fender is again the one setting the tone on “Rock the days”, where the Fender forges ahead, and on “Doo-Goo” where it forms a lighter bedrock. In the same shade is “Casa Bamako”, with a more Afro flavor underlined by a touch of Gospel. The same which irrigates “Them That Got”, a blues track by Ray Charles, which [Eric Legnini] and his accomplices play classic, certainly not basic, evoking the “preacher” Les McCann, one the pianist’s heroes. Same when he borrows “Con Alma” from Dizzy, but “in the spirit of Jamal’s trio”. Further in, he gives a totally new shape to “The Secret Life of Plants” by Stevie Wonder, without betraying its poetic writing… So he goes, solo, for an “Introspection” with a graver tone, to make the ‘churchy’ sound – so spiritual - ring different. From clean lines to more abstract strokes, Eric Legnini paints a black and white self-portrait, more consistent with the diversity of his pianistic originality. What is the sensitive “The Sleeping Bee”, where the shadow of Bill Evans floats, telling us? It is another type of soul from someone who has an appetite for the more elevated style of a Ramsey Lewis. « Today I accept the whitest part that is in me ». Like in “The Shadow of Your Smile”, a story of melody on which he plays more openly and lyrically. Never over-playing or over-doing it. Less is better. It’s a classic. It’s always relevant. « It’s the place to which all musicians aspire. It simply requires time ». You have to “trip” well before you can recompose all the pieces of the puzzle of your own identity.

Eric Legnini Music Streams

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New Music: Brad Motherfucking Mehldau (01:01:10 10:58)

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Need I say more? If by ANY chance, you don't know [Brad Mehldau], the dude is a 'effing GOD. You NEED to check out his SiCK Radiohead covers (in particular Knives Out on the album Day is Done, Exit Music (For a Film) on The Art of the Trio 4 & Paranoid Android on Live in Tokyo). ALL his Nick Drake covers are also SiCK (River Man (3 different versions), Things Behind the Sun & Day is Done) and don't forget his versions of Oasis' Wonderwall and Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun! Some of the best music EVER recorded.

Live (2008)
Brad Mehldau - Live - Wonderwall [Oasis]
Brad Mehldau - Live - Black Hole Sun [Soundgarden]

Quartet (2007)
Brad Mehldau - Quartet - A Night Away

House on Hill (2006)
Brad Mehldau - House on Hill - August Ending

Metheny Mehldau (2006)
Brad Mehldau - Metheny Mehldau - Ring of Life
Brad Mehldau - Metheny Mehldau - Make Peace

Day is Done (2005)
Brad Mehldau - Day Is Done - Knives Out [Radiohead]
Brad Mehldau - Day Is Done - Alfie
Brad Mehldau - Day Is Done - Martha My Dear [The Beatles]
Brad Mehldau - Day Is Done - Day Is Done [Nick Drake]
Brad Mehldau - Day Is Done - She's Leaving Home [The Beatles]
Brad Mehldau - Day Is Done - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover [Paul Simon]
Brad Mehldau - Day Is Done - No Moon at All

Anything Goes (2004)
Brad Mehldau - Anything Goes - Still Crazy After All These Years [Paul Simon]
Brad Mehldau - Anything Goes - Everything in Its Right Place [Radiohead]

Live in Tokyo (2004)
Brad Mehldau - Live in Tokyo - Things Behind the Sun [Nick Drake]
Brad Mehldau - Live in Tokyo - Paranoid Android [Radiohead]
Brad Mehldau - Live in Tokyo - River Man [Nick Drake]

Largo (2002)
Brad Mehldau - Largo - When It Rains
Brad Mehldau - Largo - Dusty McNugget
Brad Mehldau - Largo - Paranoid Android [Radiohead]
Brad Mehldau - Largo - Dear Prudence [The Beatles]
Brad Mehldau - Largo - Wave / Mother Nature's Son [The Beatles]

Places (2000)
Brad Mehldau - Places - Los Angeles
Brad Mehldau - Places - 29 Palms
Brad Mehldau - Places - Madrid
Brad Mehldau - Places - Amsterdam
Brad Mehldau - Places - Los Angeles, No. 2
Brad Mehldau - Places - West Hartford
Brad Mehldau - Places - Airport Sadness
Brad Mehldau - Places - Perugia
Brad Mehldau - Places - A Walk in the Park
Brad Mehldau - Places - Paris
Brad Mehldau - Places - Schloss Elmau
Brad Mehldau - Places - Am Zauberberg

Elegiac Cycle (1999)
Brad Mehldau - Elegiac Cycle - Memory's Tricks

Introducing Brad Mehldau (1995)
Brad Mehldau - Introducing Brad Mehldau - It Might as Well Be Spring

Brad Mehldau Music Streams

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Music Monday: December 28th 2009 (28:12:09 02:32)

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Sorry for the sporadic posting, but we're now back on schedule!

Monday: Music Monday.
Tuesday: Original + Cover by a Nextbop artist.
Wednesday: This week on Facebook.
Thursday: Concert listings for all Nextbop Artists.
Friday: New Music.
Saturday: Usually nothing.
Sunday: Jamire's Words of Wisdom.

[Aaron Parks]
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis - The Daily Planet

[Gerald Clayton]
Freddie Hubbard - Hub-Tones - Lament For Booker

[Grand Pianoramax]
Xiu Xiu - Stereogum Presents... Enjoyed: A Tribute To Björk's Post - Isobel

[Jason Lindner]
Squarepusher - Go Plastic - My Red Hot Car

[Justin] (Nextbop.com)
Ben Allison - Think Free - Platypus

[Neil Cowley]
Charles Earland - Soul Story - Betty's Dilemma

[Phronesis]'s Jasper Høiby
Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft - Out Here. In There. - Truth

[Rusconi]'s Stefan Rusconi
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' - Boots Of Spanish Leather

[Seb] (Nextbop.com)
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - Infernal Machines - Phobos

[Steve Blanco]
Wilhelm Kempff - Beethoven: The 32 Piano Sonatas - Piano Sonata No.30 in E, Op.109 - 3. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung (Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo)

[Tigran Hamasyan]
Mt. Helium - Faces - Cornflakes

[Vijay Iyer]
Cecil Taylor - Garden - Pemmican