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:
The War On Drugs
A Deeper Understanding - 24/44.1
The best album of 2017 IMHO.
Edward
Laura Veirs - Year of Meteors
The opening riff, followed by deep, churning bass on Fire Snakes bodes well....
This is distinctly dull and underwhelming. I thought she’d be a good live performer, but based on this effort, I was wrong.
After the dullness of Melody Gardot, this is seriously good.
So is this, Nigel.
B B King - Deuces Wild.
B B King and friends, ...................... which includes, among others, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Dr. John, Joe Cocker and
The Rolling Stones ........................... what's not to like?
This evenings selection
Brand X - Morrocan Roll why? because I am reading Phil Collins' autobiography and it reminded of his side project.
Sting - Ten Summuners Tales
and finishing with Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson - Very Tall the vibes sound lovely on my American Jazz Classics version that comes with some bonus live tracks
Alan
Now Playing.......
Shinya Fukumori Trio - For 2 Akis
Shinya Fukumori (drums), Matthieu Bordenave (tenor saxophone), and Walter Lang (piano)
Streaming on TIDAL........ Taking a new release out on ECM Records for a spin...... First track is captivating, really enjoying this trio......
Yes - Relayer
released 1974
Number 19 on Prog's greatest 100
The Sword-Warp Riders
Now Playing.........
James McMurtry - Complicated Game
Streaming on NAS........ Delivered yesterday and ripped to NAS, first spin from NAS....... James is sounding mighty strong, a very fine album!
EJS posted: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
EJ, really looking forward to this although I will have to wait until after the March 30th release in my part of the world. You have with your description of the sonics made it a little harder to wait patiently now. Recording quality aside, I wonder how his interpretation has changed over the years? He recorded the Op. 3, No. 2 and the Op. 23 in the year 2000. Do you have his earlier recording to compare?
Regarding the sonics is it typical Harmonia Mundi house sound ? I thought his Naive recordings were all recorded nicely. Do you know why he jumped ship?
Saw this on the vinyl thread, must get the LP.
Now Playing.......
The Paul Bley Quartet
Paul Bley (piano), John Surman (soprano saxophone, bass clarinet), Bill Frisell (guitar), and Paul Motian (drums).
Streaming on NAS....... Arrived in the mail, ripped and taking out for the first spin. Lovely album, wonderful musicians making beautiful music!
Tedeschi Trucks Band: Revelator.
After all these Zeppelin posts I couldn’t stay behind as a fan. So during my workout...
And another one during workout....
Compensating with a very good Scarlatti album during breakfast...
For some reason I’ve missed Jimmy Reed so far. I love swamp blues and this guy is obviously where a lot of it started. Nothing virtuoso but extremely enjoyable.
.sjb
SJB,
I too am surprised you missed Jimmy Ried.
The man in your avtar used to play him a lot, sometimes from original 7inch singles. that's how I became aware of Jimmy Ried. He sometimes gets criticised for all his songs being similar but you can level that at a lot of the blues singers from the30s/40s/50s.
Ray
SJB
Jimmy Reed is often quoted as being a large part of the inspiration for The Stones, The Animals, and others in the British Blues explosion.
As you say, nothing flashy, and he plays the same three chord turnaround in many of his songs, but it don't half sound good!
thebigfredc posted:SJB,
I too am surprised you missed Jimmy Ried.
The man in your avtar used to play him a lot, sometimes from original 7inch singles. that's how I became aware of Jimmy Ried. He sometimes gets criticised for all his songs being similar but you can level that at a lot of the blues singers from the30s/40s/50s.
Ray
Most of my blues from this period was provided by ACE reissues, particularly of the Excello catalogue, I have over 100 ACE CDs and only one Jimmy Reed track on them! But I can see much of the Excello sound in these Jimmy Reed tracks
This album is on Tidal, any recommendations as to where to go back catalogue wise. This one is a bit pricey at £34.
.sjb
The Rolling Stones
GRRR! - CD Rip
Edward