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

And from yesterday, where I posted this photo on the wrong thread:

Aussie blues/rock band. An album I haven't played in awhile 

John Coltrane - Both Directions at Once

I've been meaning to play this again for some time, but just keep forgetting it. So I'm starting the day with it, just to be sure. It's most appropriate that this is listed among the best releases of 2018 (IMO).

Double vinyl released 2015 - A bit of the Pretenders Live to kick Saturday off. ????

It became unexpected late last evening. After the bass bump in my ND555 had settled I felt the urge to take on some test records and landed up with a very long listening session...

This specific song is an absolute treat to try out on your system, it will show you some aspects in PRAT in your system....

I play this more then originally anticipated. There is a nice bass sound in the first song...

I ended legendary last night or better said morning...

And now started this morning with one of the best jazz recordings of this year...

Maybe not one for the best of 2018. But still delightful in the imposter frame..

Jascha Heifetz - Beethoven & Mendelssohn

John Coltrane - Impressions

• Bass – Jimmy Garrison, Reggie Workman (tracks: A1)
• Bass Clarinet – Eric Dolphy (tracks: A1)
• Drums – Elvin Jones (tracks: A1 to B1), Roy Haynes (tracks: B2)
• Piano – McCoy Tyner
• Soprano Saxophone – John Coltrane (tracks: A1)
• Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane (tracks: A2 to B2)

Nils Frahm - All Melody.  A recent purchase and giving it a first listen.  Not quite what I was expecting - I thought it would sound more like works by Olafur Arnalds or Johann Johannsson.  It has a slight jazz feel on some tracks.  Still, I am enjoying it.  There are some lovely photographs with the CD showing the studio he uses in Berlin.

Before

Now switched to Roine Stolt...

Miles Davis - Miles in Tokyo

Recorded in 1964.

Personnel: Miles Davis: trumpet; Sam Rivers: tenor saxophone; Herbie Hancock: piano; Ron Carter: bass; Tony Williams: drums.

UK first pressing from 35(!) years ago. Still sounds amazing, despite the fact that it's a bit battered (discovering this album coincided with my second year at university in 1983/4, and this copy, acquired in 1984, suffered from the usual abuse students subjected their records to back then).

It's an extraordinary record, and, as much as I like the follow-up Hats, the group never attained these heights again.

I’m really getting into Qobuz streaming , enjoying Little Stevie first new contract foray...

24/192. 

.sjb

Miles Davis & John Coltrane - The Final Tour

 I just checked to see when this collection was released so that it can be added to the best releases of 2018 list. Marvellous music making and surprisingly good sound.

Simon Douglass posted:

Listening to the viny version- very enjoyable. Not quite got to grips with copying images from iPad yet...

The first step is understanding that the mountain box at the top of the post box only takes links to the actual image (jpg or png). So when you paste make sure the extension is valid.

The second step is that most of us search online for the album and then look at the images (in case of google search). Some sites protect their images with discog being the strictest. Therefore if the mountain box creates an empty frame then try elsewhere.

At this point you will need to photograph your cover and upload to an image sharing site such as imgur.

Phil

Jessye Norman's Christmastide, one of the records I always look forward to in December. I don't think there is anyone else, past or present, who could have pulled off what she did here: sincere, epic and magisterial, and at the same time meltingly beautiful in these thickly scored traditional carols.

Cheers

EJ

• George Harrison - Brainwashed, completed after his death by Jeff Lynne and son Dhani, a real triumph.