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:
Original vinyl
Why? It as either Tom Waits or Neil Young (Rust). Tom won,
steve
One of the King's best albums, sounding fabulous on a 1997 Steve Hoffman-mastered DCC all-analogue vinyl LP:
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Just knew the new Brandi Carlile would be good and it is. 
Funny old world this. I was talking to the wife one of my bosses and Justin's name came up. Seems she is the God Mother to one of Justins kids.
Tangerine Dream live in Warsaw in 1984 on a double vinyl album - Thanks Kev you inspired me to dig some Dream out 
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Nils Frahm
All Melody 24/96
Edward
Tony2011 posted:
1976 - US first pressing...
Tony
I 'm glad you posted this as I knew Eddie Jobson a little as he was a couple of years older than me at school/college and it was nice to see how he progressed.His first "gig was performing a version of Jig A Jig by East of Eden playing electric violin in a 6th form trio at an end of term assembly.Great days
Alan
Now Playing......
Tom Waits - Glitter and Doom Live
Streaming on TIDAL...... A mention above from PAPER PLANE above prompted me to take one of Tom's albums for a spin......
ALANP posted:Tony2011 posted:
1976 - US first pressing...
Tony
I 'm glad you posted this as I knew Eddie Jobson a little as he was a couple of years older than me at school/college and it was nice to see how he progressed.His first "gig was performing a version of Jig A Jig by East of Eden playing electric violin in a 6th form trio at an end of term assembly.Great days
Alan
That’s a lovely story, Alan. Great days indeed.
A fine way to end a very busy week and get the system warmed up nicely for the weekend...
Doves - Lost Souls
John Martyn - One World
Such was the enchantment that I couldn't stop after Frank
Nordic Giants, Amplify Human Vibration.
Don’t wait until the last moment of the last hour to listen to this album, it deserves your attention now.
Yes - Going for the One
Released 1977
Working my way through Prog's greatest 100 of all time.
I have 87 of 100.
Melody Gardot - Worrisome Heart, WAV CD rip.
1st play of a CD I bought a week or 2 ago after my 1st MG CD inspired me to get more, an artist find for me through this thread. This is lovely. Great vocals, nice production, chanteuse jazz numbers, only issue is t seems like a very short album, but still well worth it.
Now Playing.......
Tom Waits - Bad As Me
Streaming on TIDAL.......... Taking Tom out for another spin, it has been awhile........... Friday Evening and pumping up the volume for a little while!
CD Robert Schumann - Complete Works For Piano Trios - Leif Ove Andsnes - Chistian Tetzlaff - Tanja Tetzlaff
Now Playing.......
John Moreland - Big Bad Luv
Streaming on NAS......... Moving on from Tom to John Moreland, Big Bad Luv is an album I picked up over the summer time, and turned me into a John Moreland fan, give it a listen, mighty fine!
Now Playing........
Ghazal - The Rain
Kayhan Kalhor (kamancheh), Shujaat Husain Khan (sitar, vocals), and Sandeep Das (tabla)
Streaming on NAS........ Something calm and soothing for the end of the day.....beautiful....
Ella Fitzgerald: Pure Ella.
Bert Schurink posted:
As I hadn’t played it so far I didn’t want to be too optimistic upfront. But dear colleague listeners - if you like jazz, get it.... it emits this nice jazz live vibe...
The late Thelonious Monk is most certainly the toast of the town these days. With the High Priest of Bop's centennial upon us, he's being saluted from all corners of the jazz world. Pianist John Beasley is leading the charge on the big band front with his MONK'estra, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith is reflecting on the great pianist-composer all by his lonesome, and New York's Jazz Standard has given over Monk's birth month to a broad swath of tributes to mark this grand occasion. So is it any wonder that the positively precocious Joey Alexander would want to get in on the action?
The arrival of Joey. Monk. Live!, an album that documents Alexander's stand with his trio at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Appel Room in June of 2017, was something of a slap in the face to marketing norms. Rather than provide advanced notice of its approach to sweeten interest and rack up a string of preview pieces and pull quotes for advertisements, it came out of nowhere, a welcome surprise in a world short on such things. What's all the more pleasing is how the prodigious pianist addresses these oft-covered works: Alexander playfully dissects and reassembles Monk's classics, honoring one of our most iconic figures without letting legacy eclipse the present day. One need only hear the first two minutes of the "Round Midnight" opener—one of two solo tracks on the program, along with back-end bookend "Pannonica"—to realize that this is Monk on Alexander's terms. He paves the way toward the familiar melody with wide-eyed curiosity, calling to mind the act of people-watching at noon, not stargazing in the night.
The five tracks that rest between Alexander's solo piano efforts highlight his easy and expansive rapport with bassist Scott Colley and drummer Willie Jones III. "Evidence" swings, skulks, and struts, with all three men getting in on the action, and "Ugly Beauty"—anything but ugly, really—dazzles as Colley and Alexander engage in a pointed dance. Then "Rhythm-A-Ning" gives Jones his due, a marvelously morphing "Epistrophy" gives these three musicians a chance to feel out their spaces and throw a few elbows, and "Straight No Chaser" comes with swagger before Alexander takes charge and channels his idol.
Nobody should be questioning this teenager's jazz standing at this point, what with his previous albums, television appearances, and high profile performances making the case for his true arrival. But if anybody still has any lingering doubts, this one should lay them to rest. Plain and simple, Joey Alexander is the genuine article.
Track Listing: Round Midnight; Evidence; Ugly Beauty; Rhythm-a-Ning; Epistrophy; Straight No Chaser; Pannonica.
Personnel: Joey Alexander: piano; Scott Colley: bass; Willie Jones III: drums.