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

Wooden Shjips - Back To Land 

(2013)

Back to some old and familiar modern San Fransisco style psychedelic rock.  

Brad Mehldau - Three pieces after Bach

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Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Black Coffee

(26th January)

Another one released today and getting a first listen via Tidal.

I've got my fingers crossed for this one...

I don't think you'll be disappointed it's a belter IMHO. For some reason I thought it might have been yet another live album from the pair but it's all in studio. 

Only half way through my first listen of this. Belter indeed! 

Now Playing......

Anat Cohen & Marcello Goncalves / Outra Coisa: The Music of Moacir Santois

Anat Cohen (clarinet) and Marcello Gonçalves (7-string guitar)

Streaming on TIDAL......  in the mood for something different and thought I would check out some work from Anat......   Anat & Marcello are sounding mighty fine.

Note from Anat Cohen website here:

For Outra Coisa, Marcello Gonçalves arranged a dozen Moacir Santos pieces from their large-ensemble scores into intimate, lyrical duets, with Anat often playing in the rich lower register of her instrument and Gonçalves channeling the orchestral textures of the originals into his 7-string guitar. “The music of Santos has always been such a treasure,” says Gonçalves, a longtime member of Trio Madeira Brasil. “But it wasn’t until I started going closely through his scores that I realized how natural they feel on guitar, as if they had been composed for the instrument.Moacir Santos’ music has this lightness and freedom,” Gonçalves adds. “Anat can really dance and sing with it – just listen to her beautifully warm sound and playful phrasing in ‘Nanã’ and ‘Coisa No. 1.’".

The new album from Nils Frahm, released today. Absolutely excellent. If anyone wants it, it’s much cheaper to buy direct from Erased Tapes, rather than using Qobuz. £9 for the high res is great value. 

Diana Krall , Love Scenes seeing this being played earlier prompted a listen wonderful

ewemon posted:

He has to be the most un-gangster looking bloke I've ever seen.

And why is he holding a cardboard guitar?

steve

joerand posted:

BTO. Not Fragile. On original LP from 1974. Continuing on listening to my BTO vinyl holdings. This, their third album. is probably my favorite.

X2

One of the classic rock albums.

steve

Continuing with the Diana Krall theme Quiet Nights.

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Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Black Coffee

(26th January)

Another one released today and getting a first listen via Tidal.

I've got my fingers crossed for this one...

I don't think you'll be disappointed it's a belter IMHO. For some reason I thought it might have been yet another live album from the pair but it's all in studio. 

Only half way through my first listen of this. Belter indeed! 

Yep it’s an absolute belter, will need to order this one, thanks to Nigel.

Canto Oscuro:  Anna Gourari (Klavier) 

 - Orgelbüchlein: Ich ruf'zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 by Johann Sebastian Bach / Busoni
 - Chaconne by Sofia Gubaidulina 
 - Suite for Piano, Op. 26 "1922" by Paul Hindemith 
 - Orgelbüchlein: Nun komm'der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599 by Johann Sebastian Bach / Busoni
 - Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: 5th movement, Chaconne by Johann Sebastian Bach / Busoni
 - Transcription of J.S. Bach Prelude BWV 855 for piano in B minor by Alexander Siloti 

Dark Songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpo1RxvIxF0

Friday night is jazz night : )

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PaulM160 posted:

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Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Black Coffee

(26th January)

Another one released today and getting a first listen via Tidal.

I've got my fingers crossed for this one...

I don't think you'll be disappointed it's a belter IMHO. For some reason I thought it might have been yet another live album from the pair but it's all in studio. 

Following the pack. Streaming Tidal now.

Now Playing.....

Anat Cohen, The Anzic Orchestra - Noir

Anat Cohen (leader, tenor, alto, soprano sax, clarinet), Oded Lev-Ari (arranger, conductor), Frank Greene (trumpet), Tanya Darby (trumpet), Avishai Cohen (trumpet, flugelhorn), Ted Nash (alto, soprano sax, flute), Yuval Cohen (soprano sax - 7) ; Billy Drewes (tenor sax, clarinet) Scott Robinson (baritone sax, bass clarinet) Deborah Weisz (trombone), Yonatan Voltzok (trombone), Guilherme Monteiro (guitars), Barak Mori (bass), Ali Jackson (drums 2,4-6,8), Antonio Sanchez (drums 1,3,7,10), and Duduka Da Fonseca (drums 9, percussion 3,7)

Streaming on NAS.......  A pleasant surprise, this album is wonderful! Worth the time to give a listen.

Review by Jack Bowers on All About Jazz Website here:

Frankly, I had no idea what to expect from Anat Cohen's first big band album. But if I'd had any expectations, they'd have easily been surpassed by the time the opening track reached its midway point. Cohen plays clarinet on that selection, and it's easy to understand why music critics have named her one of Down Beat magazine's "rising stars on the instrument. She's not only an intrepid and resourceful clarinetist, but also equally impressive on tenor, alto and soprano saxophones, as she proves elsewhere.

Cohen and the Anzic Orchestra are complemented by the album's exquisite charts, written by her longtime friend, Oded Lev-Ari, who seems able to adapt any style from Brazilian to ballad, bop to pop, and make it lustrous and engaging. From the opening measures of Ernesto Lecuona's celebratory "La Comparsa, it's clear that Cohen chose the right man for the task, and he never lets her down, producing splendid arrangements of Latin themes ("Comparsa, "Carnaval de São Vicente, Bebé, "Ingênuo ), Hit Parade favorites by Nat Cole ("No Moon at All ), Julie London ("Cry Me a River ) and Johnny Ray ("Cry ), Johnny Griffin's bop-centered "Do It, a zestful medley of Luiz Bonfa's "Samba de Orfeu and Lil Hardin Armstrong's "Struttin' with Some Barbeque, and even a little-known ballad, "You Never Told Me That You Care, co-authored by Hobart Dotson and Sun Ra.

While the writing is exemplary, Cohen's playing is no less so. She divides her time between clarinet ("La Comparsa, "Carnaval, "River, Ingênuo ) and tenor ("Moon, "Do It, "You Care, "Bebé ), moving to alto on "Cry, soprano on "Orfeu/Barbeque, and is superb on every one. The tenor sound is big and muscular, with traces of Sonny Rollins, Joe Lovano and even Ben Webster/Coleman Hawkins surfacing from time to time. "Cry, we're told, marks her recorded debut on alto, but one would never assume that from her flawless technique and placid self-assurance. On soprano, Cohen evokes a clear, handsome tone reminiscent of the fabulous Zoot Sims, best known as a tenor man but a monster on soprano as well.

Even though Cohen amasses the bulk of the solos, she's so persuasive that one scarcely notices. There are, however, cogent statements along the way by various members of the ensemble, including saxophonists Billy Drewes, Ted Nash and Scott Robinson; trombonist Yonatan Voltzok, guitarist Guilherme Monteiro and Anat's brothers, trumpeter Avishai and soprano saxophonist Yuval (on "Barbeque ). Also worth noting is Lev-Ari's deft use of cellos on several numbers.

In spite of its murky title, there's nothing Noir (dark) about this album. Anat Cohen is a bright young talent, and she and the orchestra are sunny and sparkling throughout. Don't overlook this treasure.

1968 - Vinyl - US First pressing...

King Crimson - Discipline

I had the need for speed. And to hear the sultry, cool Matte Kudasai again.

George Benson / Earl Klugh  -  Collaboration

an excellent sounding Japanese copy,very classy

Alan

Now Playing......

Boz Scaggs - Down Two Then Left

Streaming on TIDAL......   A mention from NIGELB above had me reaching for a Boz Scaggs album......  Days of my youth.......

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Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Black Coffee

(26th January)

Another one released today and getting a first listen via Tidal.

I've got my fingers crossed for this one...

I don't think you'll be disappointed it's a belter IMHO. For some reason I thought it might have been yet another live album from the pair but it's all in studio. 

Only half way through my first listen of this. Belter indeed! 

Yep it’s an absolute belter, will need to order this one, thanks to Nigel.

Blame Steve, he started it. Listening to this on Tidal is not great, so I am going to have to purchase the CD also.

Great shout Steve. 

Great fun ripping all those old CDs and finding some favourites I've probably only listened to in compressed formats in recent years....

Delicious. One of my favourite Lucinda albums. Glorious songs, singing and some of the best Telecaster sounds you’ll hear on record..

I was intrigued by what the new re-recording might bring to the party.

Maybe I’m a reactionary stick in the mud, but to my ears there’s not a track here that gets close to the original. I’m struggling for the logic behind redoing it 

Will be listening to this soon as my vinyl copy is in storage and I've been trying for months to remember the artist and album name!

Played some Mozart this morning...

This album proofs that only bass and trumpet can be enough...