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

Some Texas rawk from 2013

Texas day in the old ranch.

More Texas rawk

Playing this in the office this morning.

Well, when you've just played LZI you just have to play LZII next, don't you? 

Southern Avenue - Southern Avenue

I am very impressed with these guys. Impossible to categorise. Somewhere between blues and rock. No, that's not right. Have a listen, see what you think, it's on Tidal.

One thing is for sure Tierinii Jackson, their lead singer is superb but the tightness of the band around her surely helps.

Finishing up.......

Carla Bley - Trios

Carla Bley (piano), Andy Sheppard (tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone), and Steve Swallow (bass)

Streaming from NAS.......  Enjoyed some piano of Bill Evens, now enjoyed some piano from Carla Bley, a very good Saturday!

Note on ECM Records: Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow revisit classic Bley compositions in an exceptional album recorded in Lugano last year by Manfred Eicher. Included here are spirited new versions of “Utviklingssang” and “Vashkar”, and the suites “Les Trois Lagons”, “Wildlife” and “The Girl Who Cried Champagne”. Carla’s robust tunes are vividly conveyed, all members solo compellingly, and the trio has never sounded better. “Trios” is one of the outstanding jazz albums of the season and marks the first time that a new Carla Bley album has appeared on ECM itself (rather than the ECM-distributed WATT label, which has been her primary platform for 40 years).

LP - Hi-Hat 2016 unofficial release : )

• Bass – Jaco Pastorius
• Drums – James Levi
• Leader – Herbie Hancock
• Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Bennie Maupin

Side One
Introduction DJ Chameleon [15:25]
Hang Up Your Hang-Ups [14:44]

Side Two
Maiden Voyage [7:24]
It Remains To Be Seen (B.Maupin)  [13:35]

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Now Playing......

Django Bates' Beloved - The Study of Touch

Django Bates (piano), Petter Eldh (double bass) and Peter Bruun (drums)

Streaming from NAS......... Continuing on with the piano theme this Saturday and giving the 'The Study of Touch' a spin!

Note on ECM Records: British pianist Django Bates returns to ECM with one of his very finest constellations, the trio Belovèd, with Swedish bassist Petter Eldh and Danish drummer Peter Bruun, and an aptly named album, The Study of Touch. All three musicians are highly individual players, subtly challenging the conventions of the jazz piano trio. The group came together a decade ago when Bates was teaching at Copenhagen’s Rhythmic Music Conservatory.  The shared work has included inspired reconstructions of pieces associated with Charlie Parker – a formative influence for both Bates and bassist Eldh - and in this new album, Parker’s tune “Passport” is set amid Django originals, and played with respect, contemporary sensibility and joy. Some of Django’s own tunes here – such as “Senza Bitterness”, “Sadness All The Way Down” and “We Are Not Lost, We Are Simply Finding Our Way” have become core pieces in Belovèd’s repertoire, continually remodeled by this trio of improvisers. Bates’ composing and arranging skills are much in evidence, along with his freewheeling, free-flowing virtuosic melodic sense. The terse, percussive edge of Petter Eldh’s bass provides momentum and drummer Peter Bruun details the music with an almost painterly touch. In the crowded world of the piano trio, Belovèd has developed a sound all its own.

Carl Craig - Versus

Found through Resident Advisor. Only played half of it so far and only on my tinny computer speakers, but already it is sounding like a classic.

2010 - vinyl .  A little side project by Nick and The Seeds...

Apollo 440 - Dude Descending A Staircase. Double CD

Nice album from 2003

fatcat posted:

Apollo 440 - Dude Descending A Staircase. Double CD

Nice album from 2003

Can't see the album artwork  but that was a great band but I lost touch with them after Electro Glide in Blue, which was, and still is,  one of my favourite albums of that particular decade. 

Ry Cooder  - I Flathead    typically quirky and typical of Cooder's later work

Alan

The title refers to the Michel Legrand piece performed twice on the date, and to the fact that pianist Bill Evans was on the verge of switching labels from Fantasy to Warner Bros.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xElBE7JwJSk

1974 - UK first pressing...

SuperTramp - Crime of the Century [MFSL Vinyl]

released 1974

(2014)

Nice post rock ambient space exploration. 

Henry Purcell - The indian queen

Starting this morning with Purcell, conducted by Chrisopher Hogwood.

Christopher_M posted:

The National - High Violet

After a shift. With a cold one.

I can't be the only one here who likes this record?!

certainly not Chris, this is one of my favourite 'go to' albums. Sorrow and Anyone's Ghost tracks get stuck on repeat on times....the film/documentary Mistaken for Strangers got me into The National.

PaulM160 posted:

Christopher_M posted:

The National - High Violet

After a shift. With a cold one.

I can't be the only one here who likes this record?!

certainly not Chris, this is one of my favourite 'go to' albums. Sorrow and Anyone's Ghost tracks get stuck on repeat on times....the film/documentary Mistaken for Strangers got me into The National.

Thanks Paul! What else should I be listening to by them?

bishopla posted:

SuperTramp - Crime of the Century [MFSL Vinyl]

released 1974

 

Well that's an album that carries some strong memories of my undergrad days. If I get some private time later today, I'll play it and drift among those memories. Isn't it great how music can do that?