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

On CD:-

Brandi Carlile - Give Up The Ghost

Now Playing.......

Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan - Small Town

Bill Frisell (guitar) and Thomas Morgan (double bass)

Streaming on NAS........   Last thing I heard last night (live) and first thing this morning......enjoyed the last two evenings seeing Bill & Thomas and letting the good times roll to start off the day!

Dave Brubeck - So what's new?

Robert Cray - Shame + a Sin

Now Playing........

Boz Scaggs - A Fool to Care

Streaming on TIDAL........   In the mood for some Boz and 'A Fool To Care' is one terrific album.....

Robert Plant: Band of Joy - 16-bit CD Rip.

Its superb! Not much to add - save its ‘Mr P’ on tremendous form! Plus of course kudos to Dave Marshall for recommending said disc on this thread.

Tuesday afternoon work place music.....Just had Curtis Mayfields greatest hits now some Sly

Thelonious Monk - Straight, no chaser

Allmusic.com:

This is the sixth studio album cut by Thelonious Monk under the production/direction of Teo Macerofor Columbia and as such should not be confused with the original motion picture soundtrack to the 1988 film of the same name. The band featured here includes: Monk (piano), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), Ben Riley (drums), and Larry Gales (bass). This would be the final quartet Monk would assemble to record with in the studio. While far from being somber, this unit retained a mature flavor which would likewise place Monk's solos in a completely new context. At times, this adaptation presents itself more subtly than others. For instance, Monk's extended solo in "Locomotive" never reaches beyond itself due in part to the tempo-laden rhythm section. The contrast of styles, however, appreciates the caliber of this particular solo, including an obvious assertion by Monk which leads the band, albeit temporarily, into playing double-time. Other recommended quartet selections on this disc include a liberated version of the title track, which highlights some stellar interaction between Monk and Rouse. The same can be said for "We See," which features the hardest bop on the album. In addition to the quartet sides, Straight, No Chaser contains two unaccompanied piano solos: "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" and "This Is My Story, This Is My Song." [The original disc only included six performances, half of which were edited due to the stringent time constraints of vinyl; subsequent reissues not only restored all of the previously abridged performances, but also added a trio of sides, two of which ("I Didn't Know About You: Take 1" and "Green Chimneys") are issued here for the first time.]

Nikolai Lugansky has joined Harmonia Mundi! 

It will be a very good year if this won't turn out to be my record of 2018. As ever, Lugansky avoids bombast, while giving the impression of having huge power in reserve. It's been a while since I heard a 'D' recorded with such a lifelike presence, without bloated bass and an almost tangible focus to the entire range but especially the upper octaves. Using this to give the Accuphase a real workout.

Listening from CD-R, home mastered from the hires files using myriad software, and extremely pleased with the results -  I'll burn a DVD with the flac files for comparison later, should be a fun experiment. 

Cheers

EJ 

(1994)

This is a nice one to start the afternoon, Mr. Kevin Moore (previously a session and backing guitarist) made his solo debut with this rather fine blues and acoustic guitar album.

  Van Morrison - Roll With The Punches.

  Van the Man gets back to his R 'n B roots, .......... ably assisted by Georgie Fame, Jeff Beck, Paul Jones and Chis Farlowe, among others.

  Cracking album, highly recommended.

(1970)

Some Keb' Mo' tracks resonated with me just now to so I've just had to reach for a bit of Free... this one a very decent sounding DSD transfer from the original analogue master tapes, purchased from the ever reliable CD Japan.

Stevee_S posted:

(1970)

Some Keb' Mo' tracks resonated with me just now to so I've just had to reach for a bit of Free... this one a very decent sounding DSD transfer from the original analogue master tapes, purchased from the ever reliable CD Japan.

 

Great album is that, Steve. 

I haven't played Joan Armatrading for quite a while and this caught my eye when browsing the CD rack.

MDS posted:

Stevee_S posted:

(1970)

Some Keb' Mo' tracks resonated with me just now to so I've just had to reach for a bit of Free... this one a very decent sounding DSD transfer from the original analogue master tapes, purchased from the ever reliable CD Japan.

 

Great album is that, Steve. 

It sure is, Mike and it comes along with a bunch of great memories.

The story goes that that's the grande fromage Thomas Lauderdale with his father shot back some plenty years ago.

Hang on little tomato was a sentiment given as a chance to hold onto the vine of innocence for as long as possible before the big wide nasty world got its jaws around to stop sweetness ripening.

(1992)

The Tragically Hip - Fully completely

Why? Because they are a fine Canadian rock band who make great music....

Eric Clapton

Slowhand - 24/192

Edward

  T - Bone Walker - T - Bone Blues.

  Nice one from one of the true originators, this one's a selection of choons from his Atlantic Records period. Great stuff.

followed by

Nerina Pallot - Stay Lucky

I know I posted this not so long ago but listening to it now am compelled to stick up here again. It is a fine album, so relaxing. Even the more upbeat tracks are so easy to immerse yourself in, a very good sign in my book. A rather personal choice I would imagine, but I like this one.

Jeroen20 posted:

Thelonious Monk - Straight, no chaser

Allmusic.com:

This is the sixth studio album cut by Thelonious Monk under the production/direction of Teo Macerofor Columbia and as such should not be confused with the original motion picture soundtrack to the 1988 film of the same name. The band featured here includes: Monk (piano), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), Ben Riley (drums), and Larry Gales (bass). This would be the final quartet Monk would assemble to record with in the studio. While far from being somber, this unit retained a mature flavor which would likewise place Monk's solos in a completely new context. At times, this adaptation presents itself more subtly than others. For instance, Monk's extended solo in "Locomotive" never reaches beyond itself due in part to the tempo-laden rhythm section. The contrast of styles, however, appreciates the caliber of this particular solo, including an obvious assertion by Monk which leads the band, albeit temporarily, into playing double-time. Other recommended quartet selections on this disc include a liberated version of the title track, which highlights some stellar interaction between Monk and Rouse. The same can be said for "We See," which features the hardest bop on the album. In addition to the quartet sides, Straight, No Chaser contains two unaccompanied piano solos: "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" and "This Is My Story, This Is My Song." [The original disc only included six performances, half of which were edited due to the stringent time constraints of vinyl; subsequent reissues not only restored all of the previously abridged performances, but also added a trio of sides, two of which ("I Didn't Know About You: Take 1" and "Green Chimneys") are issued here for the first time.]

Joe, 

You didn’t get the memo, did you?

Tut, tut, naughty boy copying and pasting.

• Glad you got the memo, Nigel!