What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XIV)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 31 December 2017
On the eve of a new year, it's time for a new thread.
Last year's thread can be found here:
Antimatter, Black Market Enlightenment.
I am enjoying this new release from Antimatter.
To get me in the mood for when I see her perform this evening. 
I wonder how I ended up listening to an Album titled 'No Deal" today ... Anyway this is a great album discovered reading a review last year and its been a regular listen since . Very well recorded too .
Dave Stryker - Messin' with Mister T
Great jazz by Dave Stryker. A dedication to Stanley Turrentine.
Personnel: Dave Stryker: guitar; Jared Gold: Hammond B3 organ; McLenty Hunter: drums; Mayra Casales: percussion (2, 6-10). Special guests – Houston Person: tenor sax (1); Mike Lee: tenor sax (2); Don Braden: tenor sax (3); Jimmy Heath: tenor sax (4); Chris Potter: tenor sax (5); Bob Mintzer: tenor sax (6); Eric Alexander: tenor sax (7); Javon Jackson: tenor sax (8); Steve Slagle: tenor sax (9); Tivon Pennicott: tenor sax (10).
A record day special.
Frankly I think you're interested because I listen to it so you don't have to... I think theres a reason the tracks on it weren't released earlier! I thought there was something wrong with my amplifiers in the first track, the mix was terrible.
I've moved on to listen to this...
Nice album, like others of Seal..
Pink Floyd
The Dark Side Of The Moon - 24/96
Edward
Stephen packer posted:
Is he trying hard to see the positives in Brexit? 
One of Diana K's best albums in my view.
A Big Lots pickup...
Taken from a series of concerts from his 1990 Serious tour.
Mandolin Orange new album due out Feb 2019
Some trax off the up and coming Joe Jackson album due out Jan 2019
A few trax off her up and coming album due out Feb 2019.
CD rip
Wow ! - superb !!!
1975. Guilty pleasure!
pete T15 posted:I wonder how I ended up listening to an Album titled 'No Deal" today ... Anyway this is a great album discovered reading a review last year and its been a regular listen since . Very well recorded too .
I had this album lagged on my list. Good opportunity stream it on Tidal. TYVM for posting.
Just finished.........
Elina Duni Quartet - Dallёndyshe
Elina Duni (voice), Colin Vallon (piano), Patrice Moret (double bass) and Norbert Pfammatter (drums).
Streamed on NAS......... waking up to beautiful voice of Elina on this cold and sun filled morning!
Another in this excellent series.
IF Music Presents: You Need This World Jazz Grooves Compiled by Jean-Claude & Victor Kiswell.
Just out, I downloaded from BoomKat.
Now playing..........
Jan Garbarak & Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
Jan Garbarek (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (voice), Ustad Shaukat Hussain (tabla), Ustad Nazim Ali Khan (sarangi), Deepika Thathaal (voice) and Manu Katché (drums).
Streaming on NAS......... continuing on this Sunday morning with Jan Garbarak & Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, a wonderful album to help ease into the day with...............
Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind.
Ben dispels any "difficult second album" doubts with this storming set of choons.
An artist who certainly deserves much more recognition, IMHO.
VERY surprised to come across this in the Big Lots C bin for $5:
Two excellent albums on vinyl,both among my favourites of the artists concerned:
The Sylvian's a UK first press from 1987.
The Brown Bomber's the Classic Records all-analogue Bernie Grundman mastering.
Playing the two albums consecutively, kind of sums up the frustrations I'm having with the PMC speakers I'm currently auditioning. The Sylvian sounds great - deep, rich and full of atmosphere. Everything is rendered in great detail. On LZ2, certain sections (eg the electronic freakout in the middle of "Whole Lotta Love") provide similar listening pleasure. But they just don't hang together on the "rocky" parts - the music sounds a bit flabby, squashed an incoherent. There's no real sense of power or scale. They speakers are great in many ways but for me they don't really rock.