links for 2007-03-28

• Interpretations: Celebrating The Music of Earth Wind & Fire
  Now, 37 years after Earth Wind & Fire’s 1970 debut, a stellar collection of contemporary soul disciples has created a tribute to Maurice White with Interpretations: Celebrating The Music of Earth Wind & Fire - ten of “The Fire’s” most memorable pieces as rendered by ten contemporary artists who owe the group a substantial measure of debt.
  (tags: stax stax+records earth+wind+fire)

• Bishop G. E. Patterson [African American ~ Black ~ Opinion Blog]
  The Bishop, who spent most of his life preaching and teaching the gospel, passed away Tuesday-March 20, 2007. Bishop GE Patterson had been battling prostate cancer.
  (tags: bishop gepatterson patterson africanamericanopinion black+church blackblogs)

• Obscuro: Say What? Five of Jazz’s Most Surprising Albums @ Blogcritics.org
  Sometimes you think you know a musician and his tendencies, or that he’s always played the kind of music you’ve known him to play. Over the course of pursuing my curiosity about certain artists, I’ve stumbled upon some rather peculiar recordings that went totally against my preconceptions of the artist involved.
  (tags: music jazz)

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