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:
Now Playing......
The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts
Streaming on TIDAL........ A mention from NIGEL 66 yesterday had me place this in the TIDAL queue and now taking it out for a spin. Sounding mighty fine!
Suede.
Black to 1993 with some early Brit Pop.
Prompted by some comments on another thread (Breaking glass at 5:41 on the left channel - no issues here) i'd forgotten how good this album is.
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
james n posted:Prompted by some comments on another thread (Breaking glass at 5:41 on the left channel - no issues here) i'd forgotten how good this album is.
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
I agree, I rediscovered it and them courtesy of this thread a few years ago well recorded too even before getting into some of the exotic SHM-CDs.
Alvin Lee is the master I always forget about .. UNTIL I hear tracks like this. The system has been sounding good all day; this is a perfect album to really exercise it. Heh Heh ..
Wout van Aert posted:
Hi there and welcome, can you give the rest of us a clue as to the album and the artist's name.
Steve
Stevee_S posted:Wout van Aert posted:
Hi there and welcome, can you give the rest of us a clue as to the album and the artist's name.
Steve
Hi, It's Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's The Kid , and in loads of best-of-2017 lists.
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Wout van Aert posted:Stevee_S posted:Wout van Aert posted:
Hi there and welcome, can you give the rest of us a clue as to the album and the artist's name.
Steve
Hi, It's Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's The Kid.
That's great thanks.
Ray Brown, Monty Alexander and Russell Malone
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Allaboutjazz.com:
At the risk of being cloying and maudlin, one knows that all good things must come to an end. But you don't have to like it. This his final coda, a two CD-set for Telarc, is the last known recording of one of the most prolific, rewarding (especially for his legions of listeners) and successful in jazz history. Reading Ray Brown's discography is about the same as reading the history of recorded jazz. To try and select one or even two handfuls of the "best of Ray Brown" would not only be patronizing, but an exercise in futility and not especially productive. It's fitting that one of the participants on this final session is Monty Alexander, with whom Brown started gigging way back in the 1970's and they have been going steady ever since. Malone, on the other hand, is a relative newcomer to the Brown circle, but has worked himself in very comfortably, thank you. This album is a happy, amiable, good natured get together including some examples of Brown as a pioneer in bop bass. But most of all it highlights his roots as a swinging jazz man. The bassist really believes that jazz had to move in order to make sure it was not taking itself too seriously. This was happy music, not the solemn, sad and smooth stuff being produced by too many contemporary artists. To say that he will be missed is a meaningless, gratuitous understatement. The key is to retain enough of his spirit to assure that the music remains healthy and on course. This fine release by Telarc will surely help in that regard.
Always relaxing...
(1970)
After having played one of their great live albums it was time to unleash Cricklewood Green.
Wayne Shorter quartet - without a net
Allmusic.com:
Without a Net is Wayne Shorter's first Blue Note recording date since August 26, 1970, when he recorded Moto Grosso Feio and Odyssey of Iska. That's nearly 43 years. Shorter has pursued many paths since then, as a member of Weather Report, and as a bandleader. This quartet was assembled for a 2001 European tour and has been playing together ever since. It shows. The interplay Shortershares with pianist Danilo Pérez, bassist John Pattitucci, and drummer Brian Blade is not merely intuitive, it is seamlessly empathic. All but one of these tunes were recorded during the group's 2011 tour. The lone exception is "Pegasus," recorded with the Imani Winds at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. There are six new tunes here; the quartet is credited with two of them. Shorter also revises some others, including set opener "Orbits" (the original was on Miles Davis' Miles Smiles) and "Plaza Real" (from Weather Report's Procession album).
Stevee_S posted:
(1970)
After having played one of their great live albums it was time to unleash Cricklewood Green.
Good call, Steve. I must give that a play soon. It's my favourite TYA album.
Jeroen20 posted:Ray Brown, Monty Alexander and Russell Malone
Allaboutjazz.com:
At the risk of being cloying and maudlin, one knows that all good things must come to an end. But you don't have to like it. This his final coda, a two CD-set for Telarc, is the last known recording of one of the most prolific, rewarding (especially for his legions of listeners) and successful in jazz history. Reading Ray Brown's discography is about the same as reading the history of recorded jazz. To try and select one or even two handfuls of the "best of Ray Brown" would not only be patronizing, but an exercise in futility and not especially productive. It's fitting that one of the participants on this final session is Monty Alexander, with whom Brown started gigging way back in the 1970's and they have been going steady ever since. Malone, on the other hand, is a relative newcomer to the Brown circle, but has worked himself in very comfortably, thank you. This album is a happy, amiable, good natured get together including some examples of Brown as a pioneer in bop bass. But most of all it highlights his roots as a swinging jazz man. The bassist really believes that jazz had to move in order to make sure it was not taking itself too seriously. This was happy music, not the solemn, sad and smooth stuff being produced by too many contemporary artists. To say that he will be missed is a meaningless, gratuitous understatement. The key is to retain enough of his spirit to assure that the music remains healthy and on course. This fine release by Telarc will surely help in that regard.
What a great write up. I really need to get some more discs by Ray Brown. For now I shall play the only disc I have of his, 'Soullar Energy', featuring the late, great Emily Remler on guitar.
Now Playing.......
Paolo Fresu - Songlines / Night & Blue
Streaming on TIDAL........ A mention from BERT SCHURINK above drew my attention to this album, placed in Tidal Queue and now taking it out for a spin. Sounding quite nice and very relaxing as Bert mentioned, just what I was looking for on a slightly hectic day.
Has there been a song with more fun lyrics?
Forest Swords - Dagger Paths
