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:
Superb musicianship
1975 - UK first pressing.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here.
Roy Orbison going back a bit but still good.
When I fancy listening to SV and this box set I usually go for one of the first three volumes so this evening I thought I go for vol 4 - Songs Of Family. Like the rest it is lovely both in the music and the superb reproduction. A very nice simple and intimate quality.
CD - alpha-production 2003 : )
Joël Grare - percussions
Axel Lecourt - percussions (tracks 15 - 20)
Nicholas Giraud - trumpet, percussions (tracks 15 - 20)
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A simply kind of music album, takes a while to get the ears tuned into, but IMHO it's very effective and well worth the exploration : )
Debs
Now Playing......
Jacob Young - Sideways
Jacob Young (guitar), Mathias Eick (trumpet), Vidar Johansen (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet), Mats Eilertsen (double-bass), and Jon Christensen (drums).
Streaming on TIDAL...... Enjoy Jacob's guitar playing on this album as well as 'Evening Falls' & Forever Young.' Smooth and cool and fits right into this afternoon mood......
Note from ECM Records found here:
Second album by Norwegian/American guitarist Jacob Young features the working band first heard on “Evening Falls”, a group established to reflect the compatible styles and ideas of three generations of Norwegian jazz players, the age range of the band stretching from 28 (prizewinning trumpeter Matthias Eick) to 64 (veteran drumming genius Jon Christensen). For the group Young writes songs “with a lot of room for melodic interplay and improvisation”. This time we also get to hear more of Young’s highly attractive acoustic guitar playing, featured on six of the album’s cuts.
UK first press. For the late MES:
Just downloaded, now listening to this, great stuff [@mention:1566878603911195]
Faith No More - The Real Thing via Tidal
Some great tracks including a War Pigs cover version.
CD - Alpha 2008 : )
"With the participation of: Guo Gan, Bruno Helstroffer, Emek Evci, Karine Herroud Gonzalez, Ensemble Les Tambours de lune, Claire Lefilliâtre, Veronica Votti
This recording is a manifesto: modernism, culture, temporality, style, improvisation are all concepts with which Joël Grare plays, like a juggler. At a time of globalisation, of standardisation of cultures, this disc lets us hear the vision of the world of one man, at one given time.
The Paris-Istambul-Shanghaï Ensemble (Chinese violin, theorbo, bass and percussions) forms the musical base of this invitation to travel. The guests, such as Claire Lefiliâtre, contribute their personnality by taking up the learned or popular themes.
This « group », somewhere between a chamber music ensemble and a traditional one, plays standards like Jazzmen. Their standards? Magnificent themes stemming from Spain, Turkey, China, ancient music...Analysing these melodies well beyond their borders, thoroughly enjoying them to interpret them better, improvising, composing, whether or not in the style of their country or their period, following his mood, the taste of tea, the moment ; welcome to the world of Joël Grare."
Melody Gardot - My One and Only Thrill
This must be one of the most evocative albums ever made, and what a beautiful photograph.
To understand her music you need to understand that her career was born from the personal tragedy of being hit by an SUV that ran a red light. She suffered head and spinal injuries, and her pelvis was broken in two places. She was confined to a hospital bed for a year and had to remain lying on her back. She had to re-learn simple tasks, such as brushing her teeth and walking. She was left oversensitive to light and sound, requiring her to wear sunglasses most of the time. She suffered short-term and long-term memory loss and had difficulty with her sense of time.
The accident damaged the neural pathways between the two cortices that control perception and higher mental function. Encouraged by a physician who believed music would help heal her brain, Gardot began writing songs. She learned to hum, then began to sing into a tape recorder, and was eventually able to write songs that referred to her rehabilitation.
Phil
Some trax off her up and coming album due out late March.
.sjb
Tony2011 posted:
1975 - UK first pressing.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here.
My introduction to a Pink Floyd curtesy of my son. I tried Dark Side of the Moon yesterday and found it rather sedate. This is much more attention grabbing and musical. I suppose it depends on what kind of mood you are in.
Phil
Tidal. Katie Melua - Ketevan
Tony2011 posted:
1973 - Vinyl - US pressing...
Baron Von Tollbooth & The Chrome Nun
This has to be the best of all the Airplane etc albums. If you are into the music of Slick and Kantner this a must. Saw the late great Paul Kanter with an incarnation of Jefferson Starship at the Robin Wolverhampton, they treated to Sketches of China ...bliss.
Bob F
"Near Gale” is a nautical term and the album draws it’s title from Paliaga’s love of sailing. The group name also derives from this source, Alboran being the Arab name for the Straits of Gibraltar. However the pianist is at pains to point out that although he is the main writer the trio is a highly democratic unit and the high level of group interaction on this recording certainly bears this out. Each member makes a distinctive contribution to the collective group sound.
Tidal. Katrine Madsen - Close To You
Filipe posted:Tony2011 posted:
1975 - UK first pressing.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here.
My introduction to a Pink Floyd curtesy of my son. I tried Dark Side of the Moon yesterday and found it rather sedate. This is much more attention grabbing and musical. I suppose it depends on what kind of mood you are in.
Phil
Wow. That's great! Your son introduced you to Pink Floyd? My poor daughters have been on Floyd since the day they came home from the hospital. I've rocked them all to sleep while playing Pink Floyd. Sometimes Floyd requires a different or even mind altering state to fully appreciate. Lol. Enjoy!
Now Playing........
Mark Knopfler - Get Lucky
Streaming on TIDAL........ Wednesday evening and listening to some of Mark's fine guitar and vocals......
Life is pretty damm sweet!
Now Playing.......
Tord Gustavsen Ensemble - Restored, Returned
Tord Gustavsen (piano), Tore Brunborg (tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone), Kristin Asbjørnsen (vocals), Mats Eilertsen (double-bass), and Jarle Vespestad (drums).
Streaming on NAS........ Arrived today in the mail, ripped to NAS and now taking out for a spin. I really enjoy this album! Poetry & Jazz, whats not to like!
Note from the ECM Records website here:
After a trilogy of highly successful trio albums (“Changing Places”, “The Ground”, “Being There”), Tord Gustavsen branches off in new directions. His new band adds two players familiar to ECM listeners – bassist Mats Eilertsen and saxophonist Tore Brunborg – and introduces the blues-inflected voice of Kristin Asbjørnsen on Tord’s settings of the poetry of W.H. Auden. Inside the ensemble, duo and trio interaction unfolds, taking off from the clear melodic language of Gustavsen’s songwriting.