What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XI)

Great album before going to sleep, jazz with a lot of gentle melody....

Domenico Scarlatti:  Alice Ader, Klavier

K. 8, 12, 25, 32, 40, 43, 56, 59, 69, 70, 83, 85, 95, 99, 144, 202, 225, 244, 373, 441 

PIcking up from yesterday, still on Ramsey Lewis streak.

Back to the Roots: 1971 Release.

At this point the drummer is replaced with Morris Jennings and bassist is Cleveland Eaton

Hipper and swankier from earlier gritzy blue influenced efforts.

Altho, I am surprised that this album aged relatively well in spite there are Beatles and Carpenters covers.

CD

Ramsey Lewis: Les Fleurs 1983 Release.

Clearly it now has that 80s sound and even more polished but Lewis still plugging in.  A funky Chopin's E Minor prelude.

The Beatles. The Beatles (1968). From the MFSL Collection 1982. Revisiting one of the most-played LPs of my youth, I'm comparing the MFSL to my Capitol orange and purple label pressings. Fun fodder for a Friday night.

Larry,

You seem to be on a Kate Bush bender lately. I don't have any of her music but will have to sample some on the net as we seem to have overlap in musical interests. Cheers!

Thanks Denis I'll head over there now.

Pleasant start into the Saturday

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Asura ~ Radio Universe (2014)

"Radio Universe connects me back to my first musical delights in the 70's when I was a kid listening to Vangelis and Jean-Michel Jarre on my mono tape player. Asura manages the tour-de-force to evoke this era while being firmly grounded in the present time."

She hasn't always delivered the best quality. But in this album I like what she is doing, with so many others also delivering a stunning performance ..... This is definitely a quite decent performance

Yesterdays successful needle drops:

...and one that was just not good enough to keep:

Robert Reed - Sanctuary

I'm repeating the comments below from my Bandcamp collection.

I saw a documentary on iPlayer the other night on Jeff Lynne in which Paul McCartney said something like 'musicians borrow things from artists they admire'. Robert Reed seems to have taken that to the extreme with this album. This is the fourth of Mike Oldfield's first three albums.

I like the album and the composition and muscianship is exceptional it's just very, very derivative.

If you would like to listen to a Mike Oldfield album which he never produced this is it. 'Oma-Hergest-Bells'?

Schumann's three violin sonatas a quirky but fascinating late works. 

EJ

Last night's most interesting (unusual?) listening.  Described as a Folk Opera, it has some wonderful songs; try 'Wait for me' (with Bon Hiver), or 'Wedding song'.

Ripped FLAC streamed

https://youtu.be/fZoQSThtD6s

ENGTANZ DEPRESSION by SANKT OTTEN

There are 9 tracks on the album, but only 4 to hear on Bandcamp.

https://sankt-otten.bandcamp.c...m/engtanz-depression 

The pulses, rhythms & colour created on this release make this the easiest access into SO I think. I like it very much.

More S O info - http://www.denovali.com/sanktotten/ 

Byrd: Infelix Ego, Mass for 5 Voices & Motets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtmDZNN8AKU

Trying to get into Keith Jarrett, I like this one.

CD WAV rip

Try "Personal Mountains" if you haven't already.

As winky says, Personal Mountains is a great album and quite "accessible" by KJ's standards. These two are also favourites of mine:

Thanks for the recommendations 

playing this now. WAV RIP

1st play. Sounds good so far.

"Last Dance" is also a favorite. RIP Charlie.