The Girl from Ipanema

This is one of those extremely cool moments frozen in time through video. Frank Sinatra is jazz's most popular singer, an academy award winning actor, and a pop icon. Antonio Carlos Jobim is credited with being the creative force behind the style of music known as Bossa Nova, and is one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. To hear and to see them together like this is a gift. The song they are singing - "The Girl from Ipanema" is a jazz standard, and is often requested on gigs. Kick back with some Brazilian food, and take this in...

This next clip is all about the Portuguese. It features Elis Regina on the vocals. Listen to the rhythm of the language, and to the subtle comping behind her vocals.

THE MUPPETS!

That clip has it all...Muppets, drumming, the old guys on the balcony and an uplifting song to pull it all together. Below is another muppet show clip with Buddy Rich facing off with Animal in a drum battle.

"This is rock and roll"

This man takes his sales pitch seriously. Fun fill at the end.

Three little nuggets for your reading pleasure

Here we have three beautiful little articles from the website Science Daily, a source for the latest in research news. You can find all sorts of interesting information here on a large variety of topics.

CLICK HERE for an article you might like, but have a hard time comprehending because of your weekend activities... or lack thereof.

CLICK HERE for for a scientific reason to stick with jazz.

CLICK HERE to explore the sounds of silence.