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:
Just finished......
Jakob Bro - Gefion
Jakob Bro (guitar), Thomas Morgan (double bass), and Jon Christensen (drums)
Streamed on NAS......... A wonderful album, love Jakob's music!
Note from ECM Records website here:
'Gefion' is Danish guitarist Jakob Bro’s first ECM album as leader, following recordings for the label as sideman with Paul Motian and Tomasz Stanko. Like the work of those masters Bro’s balladeering distils a sense of jazz history in its specific and highly personal atmospheres. The open forms of Bro’s compositions leave plenty of space for his companions – drum legend Jon Christensen and creative bassist-of-the-moment Thomas Morgan - to make their statements, interactively and in parallel. And there is space too for the listener’s imagination to follow the flow and the delicate melodic tracery of Bro’s electric guitar in this thoughtful and poetic album.
Now Playing......
Keith Jarrett - Bye Bye Blackbird
Keith Jarrett (piano), Gary Peacock (double-bass), and Jack DeJohnette (drums)
Streaming on TIDAL........ I placed this in the Tidal Queue a short while ago and finally taking it out for a spin......
Note from ECM Records here: When Miles Davis died in 1991, three of his former sidemen – Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette - headed to New York’s Power Station studio to play some music in his memory. These included pieces associate with Davis plus the celebratory improvisation “For Miles”.
On CD:-
The Barr Brothers - Queens Of The Breakers
(1977)
Just because some CSN at times really fits the bill and this is a fine old album sounding just great.
Rainer - 17 Miracles / The best of Rainer.
I've posted this before, but if you've never listened to Rainer Ptacek, then you've missed someone quite special.
Highly rated by Ry Cooder, Robert Plant, Billy Gibbons and Howe Gelb, he's the master of sparse desert blues, and deserved much
greater recognition before his untimely death in 1997.
Some of his stuff is on Tidal, though this "best of" one doesn't appear.
Josef Suk Piano Quartet: Radim Kresta (violin) | Eva Krestová (viola) | Václav Petr (cello) | Václav Mácha (piano)
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904): Piano Quartet No. 2 Op. 87
Josef Suk (1874-1935): Piano Quartet Op. 1
Modern jazz, sounding indeed modern, nice...
One of my all time favorite albums - Karajan's second Tosca, a filmic performance with a starring role for Ruggero Raimondi's lizard Scarpia. I have a few other notable Tosca's: Davis with Caballe and Carreras, Sinopoli with Freni and Domingo, Leinsdorf with Milanov and Bjoerling, the first Karajan with Price and Di Stefano and Pappano with Gheorghiu and Alagna, but the sheer conviction that comes through every minute of this performance is unique.
Cheers
EJ
(1996)
Arguably Tool's finest within a fine body of work.
The Cardigans - Gran Turismo.
Continuing down memory lane with this one from 1998, and still their best album, IMHO.
Stevee_S posted:
(1996)
Arguably Tool's finest within a fine body of work.
No argument at all, Steve. It is their finest album!
Excellent well worth the £1.19 it cost music can be picked up so cheaply these days.
Now Playing.......
Beth Orton - Central Reservation
Streaming on TIDAL........ Played this awhile back and made it a favorite in my albums queue, taking out for another spin, Beth sounds mighty fine.
John Hammond - Ready For Love. Bob Marley - Trench Town Rock.
Tony Thomas - 21st. Century Dub. Muddy Waters - My Home Is In The Delta.
£1 each in the mad Music Magpie sale ................. silly not to. 
Florestan posted:Josef Suk Piano Quartet: Radim Kresta (violin) | Eva Krestová (viola) | Václav Petr (cello) | Václav Mácha (piano)
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904): Piano Quartet No. 2 Op. 87
Josef Suk (1874-1935): Piano Quartet Op. 1
That looks like a nice set, Doug
i used to confuse Josef Suk the composter & violinist, with his violinist grandson (1929-2011) and of the same name - and who incidentally is one of my favourite violinists. He was a lucky lad to have a good upbringing into the trade i guess : )
This Mozart set is one of the very first CDs i purchased and enjoyed back in the early 90s.
Enjoying it again this evening : )
A little taster as I am taking a little trip to see them as they are touring the UK this month.
Looking forward to it.
Nelly Furtado - Whoa. Nelly! Special Edition
Via Tidal
MDS posted:
An album I was alerted to by this thread. Way back I would never have believed that I could like this type of music but, as they say, you live and [hopefully] learn.
An excellent album, and this one's not half bad either.
Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt - A Meeting by the River.
A Grammy winning album ........... California and India collide, and the outcome is rather stunning.
1967 - UK pressing...
First play of this one, nice laid back tuneful jazz. Decent recording as well.
After MDS and Dave M's posts, this is as close as I can get, but a very different guitar player. I really enjoy Shakti, which represents a beautiful meeting of East and West.
naim_nymph posted:Florestan posted:Josef Suk Piano Quartet: Radim Kresta (violin) | Eva Krestová (viola) | Václav Petr (cello) | Václav Mácha (piano)
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904): Piano Quartet No. 2 Op. 87
Josef Suk (1874-1935): Piano Quartet Op. 1
That looks like a nice set, Doug
i used to confuse Josef Suk the composter & violinist, with his violinist grandson (1929-2011) and of the same name - and who incidentally is one of my favourite violinists. He was a lucky lad to have a good upbringing into the trade i guess : )
This Mozart set is one of the very first CDs i purchased and enjoyed back in the early 90s.
Enjoying it again this evening : )
Debs, I do like this album (and the music) very much.
You are right about the confusion. Hard to keep straight who is who. There is Josef Suk (1874-1935), the composer / violinist. Then there is Josef Suk (1929-2011), the violinist, who happens to be the grandson of the composer AND the great-grandson of Antonín Dvořák. This younger Josef Suk also had the Suk Trio and Suk Chamber Orchestra going as well for a time. Maybe a few other ventures going with this name as well?
This group, Josef Suk Piano Quartet, was named as such at the behest of the Czech Chamber Music Society and Suk's widow Marie Suková. This album is also dedicated to her.
I had forgot about good old Sasha until about 3 months ago when I saw a pic of a record player with the scene delete LP behind it in the system pics thread. I can't remember who posted the pic, but thanks very much for the tip off. I rushed out to the nearest lossless download site and bought it straight away. Then I got the remixes record as well. All great. Then I did some more research and found that there was a live version and this one above, which I didn't know exited. It got quite expensive for a while there. I think this one is better than the original involver, and it sounds great on my modest system. I have tried to buy involv3r but the only place I can find it is on beatport and they want £12 for the MP3 and £28 for the WAV!!!! Nothing doing!