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

Soccer Mommy - Clean

Steve Kuhn - Mostly Coltrane

• Steve Kuhn - Piano
• Joe Lovano - Sax
• David Finck - Bass
• Joay Baron - Drums

Jazz Explosion - part of the Lansdowne Jazz series on original vinyl from 1969;

The perfect way to accompany a mid morning coffee on a Saturday morning. All killer, no filler.  Some of these tracks were only found in stereo form on this compilation, the original releases probably being bought in such criminally small numbers that they didn't warrant a stereo issue.  The Mike Taylor Trio's wonderful track, Abena, is a real highlight, and this album is far and away the best way to hear it (or if you prefer mono, you can track down the original mono album, just so long as you can afford the four figure sum copies command today). Superbly vibrant sound quality too.  A desert island disc, and one that naturally led to a spin of this...

Joe Harriott and Amancio D'Silva Quartet's Hum Dono vinyl reissue on Vocalion;

Another masterpiece of British Jazz.  Originals are super-rare, and again, you'll need to pay at least a four figure sum for a good copy from the usual places.  However, the really good news for all music lovers (rather than investment managers) is that Vocalion have released this wonderful vinyl reissue.  Nicely pressed on 180g vinyl and (hooray) packed inside an anti-static inner, it's reputedly cut from analogue tape by Noel Summerville at 3345 Mastering in London, and it sounds great.  Oh and the best bit... it's still available from the Vocalion site for a bargain £15!  

So what are waiting for...?

Fink  - Sunday Night Blues Club

Then Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler - All The Roadrunning

The latter a bit less angsty

zikarus posted:

Soccer Mommy - Clean

Going to she her in Liverpool tickets ordered.????

Still gives me lots of fun - will definitely be one of our holiday records in the car...

zikarus posted:

Another good album from Ryley....

Seen him at the Arts Club Liverpool last year, brilliant gig. Spoke to him after and he signed the Primrose Green album.

Neko Case  -  "Hell-On"  (2018)

Dan Steel, mentioning Liverpool reminded me of my trip to it a few years ago. A friend of mine made me a sampler with a few songs before that trip including ...

Jeff Anderson posted:

Neko Case  -  "Hell-On"  (2018)

Have been listening to it today for the first time and really liked it...

Another first run today - Father John Misty

Vinyl released 2012 - Fine album by Canadian rocker Eamon McGrath. ????

After all the singer songwriter stuff my ears needed a rest

.sjb

Nice little sampler by one of Britain's best ...

Cleaners From Venus - Golden Cleaners

No pictures available it seems, so take this instead. One of the man's brilliant early albums

nigelb posted:

Jeff Anderson posted:

The Barr Brothers  -  "The Barr Brothers"  (2011)  wonderful Canadian band with a mixture of rock, americana, and pop.  Brad Barr is a genius-original in my book.  In the last seven years, this band has been making music I cannot live without.

I am really liking this. Another great band that have passed me by.

Jeff, I know it can be a pain explaining the '....why....?' of this thread, but it was your last comment that made this an irresistible first listen for me. Without a comment, I may well have overlooked this talented band. I guess I need to be more inquisitive.

As always, thanks to you from this music lover for posting on here.

Superb live band, I saw them a couple of years back when they supported Calexico at the Philharmonic Liverpool. Looking forward to seeing them at the Leaf next month.????

(1975)

Some banter here on the forum about Stephen Stills earlier in the week has prompted me to cruise into a hot fine Saturday afternoon with 'Stills 2. 

Blind Pilot  -  "3 Rounds And A Sound"  (2008)

Richard Dane posted:

Jazz Explosion - part of the Lansdowne Jazz series on original vinyl from 1969;

The perfect way to accompany a mid morning coffee on a Saturday morning. All killer, no filler.  Some of these tracks were only found in stereo form on this compilation, the original releases probably being bought in such criminally small numbers that they didn't warrant a stereo issue.  The Mike Taylor Trio's wonderful track, Abena, is a real highlight, and this album is far and away the best way to hear it (or if you prefer mono, you can track down the original mono album, just so long as you can afford the four figure sum copies command today). Superbly vibrant sound quality too.  A desert island disc, and one that naturally led to a spin of this...

Joe Harriott and Amancio D'Silva Quartet's Hum Dono vinyl reissue on Vocalion;

Another masterpiece of British Jazz.  Originals are super-rare, and again, you'll need to pay at least a four figure sum for a good copy from the usual places.  However, the really good news for all music lovers (rather than investment managers) is that Vocalion have released this wonderful vinyl reissue.  Nicely pressed on 180g vinyl and (hooray) packed inside an anti-static inner, it's reputedly cut from analogue tape by Noel Summerville at 3345 Mastering in London, and it sounds great.  Oh and the best bit... it's still available from the Vocalion site for a bargain £15!  

So what are waiting for...?

I'm a self-confessed jazz wimp. My jazz usually has to come at the music from the rock side of things. As such I really like Ian Carr's work - both with Nucleus and various Neil Ardley's stuff (Kaleidoscope Of Rainbows, Harmony Of The Spheres). I do need to explore outside of that range though.

But having said that I'm a big fan of the Joe Harriott-John Mayer Double Quintet (of Meet The Family fame):

Nice debut of the band of Go-Betweens Robert Forsters son. New album coming this fall.