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:
An absolutely brilliant album..
Not for everyone, but some very interesting combinations and music...
Joey Negro. produced with love
disco remix heaven
Bert Schurink posted:
Played some Mozart this morning...
Uchida and Tate are formidable. I love this series, all on original vinyl, of course
The Teardrop Explodes - The Collection
No idea why.
Some albums from my R&B and Blues collection.
A+ 24/176.4 Santana - Abraxas
Robin Trower
Caravan to Midnight [CD]
Released 1978
Definitely get just so with the swagger and bravado this one gives plenty off.
Green Twins.
Nick Hakim.
The duo's 2014 studio album, The Art of Conversation, showcases a collaboration with a simple, beautifully understated mix of standards and original compositions.
Now Playing.....
Anat Cohen - Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard (feat. Benny Green, Peter Washington & Lewis Nash)
Anat Cohen (clarinet), Benny Green (piano), Peter Washington (bass), and Lewis Nash (drums).
Streaming on TIDAL........ Further exploration of Anat's catalogue, a couple of tracks in and this is very nice!
Review by Thomas Conrad on the All About Jazz website here:
Anat Cohen is one of the major jazz success stories of the last decade. She arrived in New York from Israel in 1996 and, by the turn of the century, was an important factor in the reemergence of the clarinet as a solo jazz instrument. Yet her recordings have not captured the bacchanalian riot of Cohen in person, whirling on the stage, curls flying, unleashing clarinet notes in formally elegant torrents.
Clarinetwork comes closer, in part because it is her first live album. While Cohen's music until now has been immersed in Israeli, Middle Eastern, classical, Brazilian choro and AfroCuban sources, Clarinetwork is an American history project. On this night at the Village Vanguard in July of 2009, she played eight tunes associated with Benny Goodman on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Clarinetwork is the 118th album recorded at the Village Vanguard. Engineers James Farber and Paul Zinman create a clear, vivid sonic portrait of a time and place.
Those who might think they don't need to hear "Sweet Georgia Brown" again would be wrong. Cohen slides over it quickly and lightly, then flies far away in a cascading, wheeling, ecstatic celebration. With "St. James Infirmary," there might also be the feeling of been there, done that. But Cohen starts by twisting sinuously below middle C, then shoots long high brilliant keenings and held notes of catharsis. When she employs theme-and-variation, like the 12-minute "St. Louis Blues" and the furiously fast "What A Little Moonlight Can Do," she smokes.
Clarinetwork is the album that finally displays the range of Cohen's resources as an improviser. She generates vast arrays of interrelated ideas and goes right to the edge. It creates excitement when a player with exquisite control is willing to risk losing it. Her extended solos (only two of the tunes are under eight minutes) blend wild exhilaration and finesse. The only quiet performance is "Body And Soul," the version uncharacteristically gentle and patient, with one trilling spin-off in the middle and a soft, passionate coda at the end. Pianist Benny Green, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Lewis Nash are energetic accompanists. Though they all get solo space, they do not contribute compelling content. They mark time until Cohen's return.
kevin J Carden posted: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
For me I love them both and enjoy her abilities as a 64 year old releasing "This Sweet Old World" as much as the 39 year old who recorded the original "Sweet Old World." If Lucinda released a 25 year anniversary albums "remastered" or "enhanced' the original recording in one way or another would not do as much for me as the effort she put into "This Sweet Old World". I think she pulled off this re-release of the original album beautifully.
I find both albums to be outstanding!
JMHO
2003 - Tidal...
Sam Cooke. Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964. On 2 LPs from 2014. An excellent distillation from a brilliant artist whose life was tragically cut short. Warm, wonderful, soulful music from a bygone era.
Alley Cat posted:
Great fun ripping all those old CDs and finding some favourites I've probably only listened to in compressed formats in recent years....
One of my favourite Pendragon albums.