{"id":317,"date":"2012-08-17T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=317"},"modified":"2012-08-15T16:12:53","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T15:12:53","slug":"song-of-the-week-blues-for-sunnyland-slim-by-von-freeman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=317","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Week: &#8220;Blues for Sunnyland Slim&#8221; by Von Freeman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago saxophonist Von Freeman died last weekend, so here&#8217;s &#8220;Blues for Sunnyland Slim&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/mf0Ct5TDPLU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"420\" height=\"315\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/mf0Ct5TDPLU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>You can find out pretty much everything you want to know about Von Freeman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/entertainment\/music\/chi-von-freeman-dies-chicago-jazz-music-20120813,0,7008651.column\" target=\"_blank\">in this excellent obituary from the <\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/entertainment\/music\/chi-von-freeman-dies-chicago-jazz-music-20120813,0,7008651.column\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Tribune<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"DouglasCowie\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Song%20of%20the%20Week%3A%20%22Blues%20for%20Sunnyland%20Slim%22%20by%20Von%20Freeman\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it. 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