What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XI)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 31 December 2014
On the cusp of 2015, we start a new thread...
Anyway, links:
Volume X: https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...-be-interested-vol-x
Volume IX: https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...16#22826037054683416
Volume VIII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...nt/12970396056050819
Volume VII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...6878604287751/page/1
Volume VI: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878604097229
Volume V: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605140495
Volume IV: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605795042
Volume III: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607309474
Volume II: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878606245043
Volume I: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607464290
I knew that. Never mind.
Sounding so good tonight. 
Big thanks to L
Bought this on a whim...user here recommended it, and Gatemouth is one of my cousins' favorite musicians. It just arrived today with a K-Mart sticker on it, perfect vinyl with just a little dust.
So far its a lot more Jazzy than I expected. 
Grover Washington jr. : All the Kings' Horses 1972 release
line up:
- Arranged By, Conductor – Bob James
- Bass – Ron Carter
- Cello – Charles McCracken, George Ricci
- Congas – Ralph MacDonald
- Drums – Bernard Purdie
- Electric Piano, Harpsichord – Bob James
- Flute – Arthur Clarke
- French Horn – Brooks Tillotson, Donald Corrado, Fred Klein, Ray Alonge
- Guitar – Cornell Dupree, David Spinozza, Eric Gale, Gene Bertoncini
- Harp – Margaret Ross
- Organ – Richard Tee
- Percussion – Airto
Produced and arrange by Bob James with impressive musicians. This is Washington's second solo album before he went to far off in easy jazz direction. There is no original tunes here but his take on Purcell tune is interesting with a string trio.
Recorded and engineered by Van Gelder.
Grover Washington Jr. : Soul Box 1973 release
2 LP box set contains many different style from hard bop to free style , cool strings ( arrangement by Bob James ) but the tunes still remain hard core with excellent horn sections keeping the energy up.
Not so much capable of evaluating the performance of a string quartet but the Schubert I heard in two albums from this quartet is like able for me...
During my workout. Neal Morse has always a high quality output, this album is no exception...
My typical breakfast treat - piano..
Streaming | Deezer Elite
(1969)
A little Woodstock era nostalgia with this 1994 remaster.
Tidal stream first listen..really quite different to her other offerings but really like it.
Blackfield II, rip, at work plying from PC via Fiio and grado headphones.
After saturation playing of their first album I wasn't sure at first of their second helping. However a few plays later and I can't stop listening to it. Superb detailed playing and excellent vocals from Steven Wilson. Really very good prog but with a pop element in there.
Streaming | FLAC
(1970)
Some great early Savoy Brown recently arrived through the post from Germany.
Streaming wav.... Fink Hard Believer first play
Streaming | FLAC
(1969)
Via Tidal, Some US, Celtic flavoured rock/pop:-
Carbon Leaf - Echo Echo.
Streaming | FLAC
(1972)
Sounding excellent on this 1994 Definitive Edition remaster.