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    Way down upon the Swanee River

    Music in this episode: Mormon Tabernacle Choir - “Old Folks At Home (Way Down Upon the Swanee River)” (1968) Al Jolson - “Swanee River” (1950) Bing Crosby - “Old Folks At Home (Swanee River)” (1945) Pete Seeger - “Swanee River” (1959) Paul Robeson - “Old Folks at Home” (1930) Louis Armstrong & the Mills Brothers - “The Old Folks At Home (Swanee River)” (1937) Ray Charles- “Swanee River Rock (Talkin Bout That River)” (1957) The Honeys - “Surfin’ Down the Swanee River” (1963) Fu-Schnickens - “Sneakin’ Up On Ya” (1994) The Barbershop Singers - “Way Down Upon the Suwannee River” (2011) Hugh Laurie - “Swanee River” (2011) Al Jolson - “Swanee” (1945) Judy Garland - “Swanee” (1954) Aretha Franklin - “Swanee” (1966) Matthew Morrison’s book Blacksound: Making Race and Popular Music in the United States is a must-read. Read more about the history of these songs and the music education challenges they pose. Here’s my 20th century American popular music history syllabus. Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

  2. 3. Aug.

    Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens

    Music in this episode: Julie Andrews - “My Favorite Things” (1965) John Coltrane - “My Favorite Things” (1960) Ethan Hein - “My Favorite Things jam track” (2026) Mary Martin - “My Favorite Things” (1959) Ariana Grande - “7 Rings” (2019) John Coltrane - “Acknowledgment” (1964) Miles Davis - “So What” (1959) John Coltrane - “Giant Steps” (1960) John Coltrane - “Chim Chim Cheree” (1965) John Coltrane - “Spiritual (C)” (1961) John Coltrane - “Greensleeves (B)” (1961) John Coltrane - “My Favorite Things Live in Comblain-La-Tour” (1965) References Thembi Dunjana - “What McCoy Tyner does on My Favourite Things” Sami Linna - McCoy Tyner, Modal Jazz, and the Dominant Chord Cristinel Manascurta - “My Favorite Things - transcription” Milton Mermikides - “‘Straight and Late’: Analytical Perspectives on Coltrane’s Time-feel” Aimee Nolte - “Discovering McCoy Tyner: My Favorite Things Transcription” Lewis Porter - John Coltrane: His Life and Music John Seery - ““My Favorite Things” as Civil Disobedience: a Mingling Descant on Creativity and Contumacy” Vinnie Sperrazza - “Raindrops on Roses” Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

  3. 22. Juli

    Nine he gave to mortal men, proud and great, and so ensnared them

    Music in this episode: Paul Dukas - “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” (1897) performed by the Moscow City Symphony Claude Debussy - “Clair de Lune” (1905) performed by Alexis Weissenberg Don Golding - “Untitled Goose Game Soundtrack” (2019) based on Debussy’s “Prelude No. 12: Minstrels” (1910) Richard Wagner - “Ride of the Valkyries” (1870) performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Stockton’s Wing - “The Drops Of Brandy” (1978) Bulg Folk - “Daychovo Horo” (2012) Kibariye - “İllede Roman Olsun” (2014) Kostas Tzampazis - “Karsilimas” (2012) Balkan Beat Box - “9/4 The Ladies” (2005) Orchéstre Baka Gbiné - “Kopolo” (2012) Toumani Diabaté - “Konkoba” (1988) Fodé Seydou Bangoura - “Konkoba” (2006) The Dave Brubeck Quartet - “Blue Rondo à la Turk” (1959) Led Zeppelin - “The Crunge” (1973) Paul Simon - “The Cool, Cool River” (1990) Tortoise - “Magnet Pulls Through” (1994) Sungazer - “Bird on the Wing” (2019) Ethan Hein - “Clair de Lune - Jazz Mix” (2020) Ethan Hein - “Clair de Lune jam track” (2026) - learn more about the jam tracks project References Kate Wagner - “adorned with delicate armouries spring subdues the world” Nikolai Ruskin - “9/8 Rhythms Explained on Frame Drum: Karşılama & Turkish Rom” David Bennett - “Songs That Use 9/8 Time” Adam Neely - “How to Play Music in 9/8” David Bruce - “Radiohead and the Rhythmic Illusion” Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

  4. 17. Juli

    Seven mysteries

    Music in this episode: Peter Gabriel - “Solsbury Hill” (1977) Pink Floyd - “Money” (1973) Dave Brubeck - “Unsquare Dance” (1961) The Beatles - “All You Need is Love” (1967) The Grateful Dead - “Uncle John’s Band” (1970) The Grateful Dead - “Estimated Prophet” (1977) Cordelia’s Dad - “Brother Judson” (2002) Venetian Snares - “Szamár Madár” (2005) Eleni Prodana - “Milo Mou Kokkino” (2014) Gothart - “Jovano, Jovanke” (2000) Şevval Sam feat. Onay Şahin - “Çay Elinden Öteye” (2008) Vojko V - “Zovi Čovika” (2018) Angine de Poitrine - “Fabienk” (2026) Here’s Angine de Poitrine’s iconic KEXP performance: References: Ulf Olsson - Listening for the Secret: The Grateful Dead and the Politics of Improvisation David Bruce - “Angine de Poitrine’s Math Rhythms Explained” Andrew James Gustar - “The Closest Thing to Crazy: The Shocking Scarcity of Septuple Time in Western Music” Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

  5. 14. Juli

    Take Five

    Music in this episode: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - “Take Five” (1959) The Dave Brubeck Quartet - “Blue Rondo à la Turk” (1959) John Coltrane - “My Favorite Things” (1961) Lalo Schifrin - “Theme from Mission: Impossible” (1966) Max Roach & Abbey Lincoln - “Tears for Johannesburg” (1961) Jaco Pastorius - “Portrait of Tracy” (1976) Brad Mehldau - “Anything Goes” (2004) The Beatles - “Eleanor Rigby” (1966) Ethan Hein - “Eleanor Rigby Takes Five” (2026) The Beatles - “Within You Without You” (1967) Nick Drake - “River Man” (1969) Tim Eriksen & Peter Irvine - “The Fitchburg Tragedy” (2026) Béla Bartók - Mikrokosmos, Book 6, BB 105 No. 150. 6 “Dances In Bulgarian Rhythm III” (1940) performed by Jenő Jandó Gustav Holst - “Mars” (1917) performed by The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Led Zeppelin - “Four Sticks” (1971) Sungazer - “Sequence Start” (2014) Kendrick Lamar - “DUCKWORTH.” (2017) Noname - “Don’t forget about” (2018) Grateful Dead - “Playing in the Band” (1971) Radiohead - “Everything in its Right Place” (2000) Ethan Hein - “Hit Em” (2024) Read more about Hit Em. Read more about time signatures. Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

  6. 8. Juli

    Terraplane Blues

    Music in this episode: Robert Johnson - “Terraplane Blues” (1936) (I said it was recorded 100 years ago, it was actually recorded 90 years ago, math is hard) Stevie Wonder - “Superstition” (1972) Dan Bubien & the Delta Struts - “Terraplane Blues” (2022) Eric Clapton - “Terraplane Blues” (2004) John Lee Hooker - “Boogie Chillen” (1948) For a nuanced discussion of Robert Johnson and Eric Clapton, I recommend the episode on “Crossroads Blues” from A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs. For a look at how musicologists are analyzing swing, check out this paper by Milton Mermikides on John Coltrane. Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

  7. 30. Juni

    Why and how I make all those jam tracks

    Music in this episode: Jamey Aebersold - “Fm Ebm Dm 8 Bars Each” (1967) The Temptations - “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” (1972) Bo Diddley - “Bo Diddley” (1955) Aretha Franklin - “Chain of Fools” (1967) Eddy Grant - “Electric Avenue” (1982) Mobb Deep - “Shook Ones Part II (Instrumental)” (1994) Common/Slum Village - “Thelonius (Instrumental)” (2000) The Grateful Dead - “Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain” (1977) James Brown - “I Got To Move” (1970) James Brown - “There Was A Time (I Got To Move)” (1970) James Brown - “Soul Power” (1970) James Brown - “Blind Man Can See It (Extended)” (1973) Herbie Hancock - “Chameleon” (1973) The Band - “The Weight” (1968) The Beatles - “Dear Prudence” (1968) John Coltrane - “Mr Knight” (1962) (I mistakenly identified the bassist on this recording as Jimmy Garrison; it is actually Steve Davis.) McCoy Tyner - “Contemplation” (1967) Brad Mehldau - “Anything Goes” (2004) Peter Gabriel - “Solsbury Hill” (1977) The complete jam tracks collection: References George Howlett - One Chord Songs Joseph Schloss - Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip-Hop Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

  8. 16. Juni

    Little Fluffy Clouds

    Music in this episode: The Orb - “Little Fluffy Clouds” (1991) Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports - “1/1” (1979) Rickie Lee Jones - “Chuck E.’s in Love” (1979) A Conversation with Rickie Lee Jones (1989) Ennio Morricone - “L’uomo dell’armonica" from C’era Una Volta Il West (1968) Harry Nilsson - “Jump into the Fire” (1971) Twin Hype - “Serious Attitude” (1989) Pat Metheny - “Electric Counterpoint: III. Fast” (1989) Karlheinz Stockhausen - “Gesang der Jünglinge” (1955) References Sound on Sound - Classic Tracks column on “Little Fluffy Clouds” Justin Morey - “Ambient House: ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’ and the Sampler as Time Machine” Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe

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