JazzWax List: 7 Tax Tunes

Today marks the start of The JazzWax List. This list will appear at random, and its theme will vary depending on the day, my mood and my interests. Mostly, the list will feature stuff I like and highly recommend. What the lists will have in common is music—jazz, soundtracks, soul, country, disco—you name it. I may stray occasionally, but not often. The point is to have some fun and to turn you on to things you may not be aware of or may have overlooked.

My first JazzWax List is perfect for adding and subtracting. Over the coming days, as you put the finishing touches on your 2009 tax returns (due a week from Thursday, by the way), here are 7 jazz songs that will keep you focused (all are available at iTunes):

1. Sam, You Can't Do That to Me—Lonnie Johnson
2. I Owe You—Henry "Red" Allen
3. Luxury Tax Blues—Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
4. Prayin' for Your Return—Percy Mayfield
5. Prepare Yourself—George Duke
6. Free Form—Donald Byrd
7. Going Back to Washington—Rubberlegs Williams

Comments

[Rab Hines]

Nice list - I enjoy this kind of thing (as opposed to "best of" or "top 10" variety) because they offer a chance to break out of my internal heavy rotation selections.

Balanced, (way) out of the ordinary: thanks for this. I'll even give Rubberlegs another try.

[mrebks]

Remember Ry Cooder singing the Twenties/Thirties number "Taxes on the farmer feed us all"? Those were the days... Farmers could make a living, people actually paid their taxes instead of skating, the implied social safety net was soon to be realized (even as the duststorms and the greedy banksters destroyed that tax base).