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More than 25 years ago, retired music executive Joe Smith accomplished a Herculean feat—he got more than 200 celebrated singers, musicians and industry icons to talk about their lives, music, experiences and contemporaries. In 2012 Smith donated this treasure trove of unedited sound recordings to the nation’s library.
https://www.loc.gov/collections/joe-smith/about-this-collection/
The greatest demonstration of House music I’ve ever witnessed was Black Coffee at OutsideLands, when he closed out the festival. This is a recording of the set he played AFTER that one. If I ever get my hands on a recording of that moment, I will share it with glee.
I am deeply inspired by the highly-curated style of Jazz Kissa, a type of listening experience that seems to create a much more personal and immersive experience, but not in a way that makes one dance.
