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:
1995 - CD (rip)...
Now Playing.......
James Taylor - October Road
Streaming on TIDAL....... The mention from TONY2011 above prompted me to put this in queue and start off this Saturday morning with James. James is sounding mighty fine!
Enjoying one of my random 'saw it mentioned in a review sounded interesting' purchases. If it wasn't for having to drive later, i'd be enjoying it with a glass of something warming.
Dr John - Duke Elegant
Tony2011 posted:
1995 - CD (rip)...
You must be giving it some welly this afternoon then, Tony. That album has some oomph for sure.
M
MDS posted:Tony2011 posted:
1995 - CD (rip)...
You must be giving it some welly this afternoon then, Tony. That album has some oomph for sure.
M
Yes, Mike. I haven’t listened to some of their music in ages. CDs are in the garage and ripped to an old PC which I have to switch on every time I decided to listen to them and the ones I had completely forgotten about. I should really have had a proper NAS installed by now.
Nerina Pallot - Stay Lucky
Beeudufle! 
2005 - CD (rip)...
Enrico Pieranunzi - Piano solo
Nice solo piano jazz music by Enrico Pieranunzi.
Now Playing........
Mark Knopfler - Sailing To Philadelphia
Streaming on TIDAL........ The James Taylor 'October Road' ends with the 'Sailing To Philadelphia' track so it only seemed right to start back up with Mark's Sailing To Philadelphia album. ......and it is sounding mighty sweet!
(2008)
Great hard psychedelic trance and cosmic grooves going on here with Wooden Shjips as usual.
Just finishing this fine album. Should hopefully be able to squeeze in some Garbage (prompted by Tony and Mike) too.
Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
Amy wine house rarities from the vinyl box. My favourite Amy material.
atb
kk
Kevin-W posted:Blues belter's best Chess sides collected on a superb-sounding CD. A new purchase, and highly recommended:
Belter of an album. Someone I should listen to more!
atb
kk
Just Finished:
Now Playing:
Haim Ronen posted:
Haim, I will join you with this. For me, it only takes the thought of the Andantino (No. 1 in B-flat minor) of the Moments musicaux to get me in the mood. It is a piece of music with indescribable beauty that requires a player of incredible poetic vision and their is no one, in my opinion, that creates such a truly beautiful vision of the pain, sorrow and struggle like Evgenia Rubinova does. One of my favourite pianists...
Tidal. Alexander Taneyev - Concert Suite In G Minor, Op. 28 - Arnold Katz
The new album from the Bobo Stenson Trio. It seems very good on its first outing.
Joe Pass - Virtuoso
Allmusic.com:
When Joe Pass recorded and released this first of his Virtuoso series of albums, he was 44 years old, and ready to reclaim his crown as king of jazz guitar after years of heroin abuse. As a solo artist playing only acoustic guitar in an amplified fusion era, the odds were stacked against him, but Pass boldly issued this, his most creative and improvisation-based work, to mass critical acclaim and widespread general public sales. The genius of Pass was that he was easily able to retain melodic lines of these standards while adding stretched-out, extrapolated thoughts on the top and bottom of the melodies. On every track, with each passing phrase, modified and extended line or poetic thought, Pass proves his unique style is better than all the rest. On the marvelous "Night & Day," classical-flavored "Stella by Starlight" with no small influence of Andres Segovia, faster than the pounding precipitation and pain of "Here's That Rainy Day," or purely improvised "Cherokee," Pass is at the top of his game. He occasionally concentrates more on the melody for the pensive "'Round Midnight" or the fleet "All the Things You Are," but meets any challenge during a masterful remake of "The Song Is You." There can be no doubt as to the essential nature of this incredible recording, a top five item for any jazz guitarist, one of the great modern-day contemporary albums, and essential listening for any serious music lover -- a must have item.
just finishing:
First Aid Kit - "Ruins" (2018) new release produced by Tucker Martine (that is a clue)