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:
Eoink posted:
Bob Dylan - More Blood More Tracks, vinyl
It’s fascinating listening to this after BotT, the original is legendary for good reason, and the fuller sound really makes the songs powerful. Yet these stripped down versions give an equal but different power to the songs. I’m pretty sure I’ll crack and buy the extended edition.
I suspect I will crack too, sooner or later... 
enjoy/ken
CD delivered this morning -- ripped -- and played this evening. Really excellent album with a great line-up!! but after playing it, I sense I may have already have this on vinyl -- too lazy to go there earlier -- perhaps 2moro...
enjoy/ken
Now Playing...........
Joey Baron - We'll Soon Find Out
Joe Baron (drums), Bill Frisell (guitar), Ron Carter (bass) and Arthur Blythe (alto Saxophone).
Streaming on NAS.......... While out and about today I came across this CD at Fat Cat Records. Having heard Joey Baron (w/Jakob Bro & Thomas Morgan) and Bill Frisell (w/Ron Miles & Brian Blade) perform last weekend I thought I would add this to the collection. The first couple of tracks are sounding mighty fine! edit: this is sounding sweet!
from 2012 on E1 Music
- Reid Anderson – bass, electronics, synthesizer
- Ethan Iverson – piano
- David King – drums, electric drums
ALANP posted:nigelb posted:ALANP posted:
Van Morrison - Born To Sing: No Plan B, an album encompassing soul,blues and jazz,without Van breaking into a sweat.
Oooh…one of the few Van albums I have not heard. Will put that right.
Thanks for posting Alan.
Nigel, its very laidback but with excellent musicianship,and I'm feeling so laidback that I just pressed repeat
I like laidback, I like Van, so should be to my…err….liking!
Alan…..ALAN….WAKE UP!
Rachmaninoff's Corelli Variations isn't famous as his other variations and not as you expect from this composer. New to me, pianist Steven Osborne does a surprisingly good job of it. ( at least I did not get bored in the middle )
This is what Rachmaninoff says about this tune in the letter he sent to Medtner who was a dedicatee:
I've played the Variations about 15 times, but of these 15 performances only one was good. The others were sloppy. I can't play my own compositions! And it's so boring! Not once have I played these all in continuity. I was guided by the coughing of the audience. Whenever the coughing would increase, I would skip the next variation. Whenever there was no coughing, I would play them in proper order. In one concert, I don't remember where - some small town - the coughing was so violent that I played only ten variations (out of 20). My best record was set in New York, where I played 18 variations. However, I hope that you will play all of them, and won't "cough".
I am going to hear Matsuev play this tune tomorrow and wonder how many coughs he gets from the audience. 
Tidal. Rebecca McDade - To Call Home (Mentioned by Jeff Anderson recently)
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849): Katia Skanavi, klavier
Introduction and Variations on "Je vends des scapulaires" from Herold's Ludovic in B-flat Major, Op. 12
Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise Brillante in E-flat Major, Op. 22
Berceuse in D-flat Major, Op. 57
Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Op. Posth.
Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...fXftl-j2&index=7
Now Playing..........
Chris Potter - Gratitude
Chris Potter (tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto flute), Kevin Hays (piano, Fendor Rhodes electric piano), Scott Colley (bass) and Brian Blade (drums).
Streaming on NAS........... another find on my trip to Fat Cat Records today..... Chris, Scott, Kevin and Brian are sounding mighty fine through the first track, looks like another very nice find!
Bought this from overseas on the river after seeing it posted here - good collection:
audio1946 posted:joerand posted:
Melissa Etheridge. Yes I Am. On CD from 1993. Twenty-five years-old and still the most assertive, hard driving coming-out album I've ever listened to. Very well done.
excellent drive and presence artist, Memphis /latest carries this on.
Great suggestion @audio1946. I've sampled and ordered her "Memphis Rock and Soul" CD. Much obliged!
Elton John. Honky Chateau (1972). On MFSL gold disc CD from 1990. Brilliant songwriting and wonderful keyboard-driven rock music. As MFSL productions go this one is very good. Black background, tight and fast, and a room-filling sound stage.
Rodriguez. Searching For Sugar Man. On CD from 2012. I think anyone that's been privy to have heard this CD or has seen the movie would agree that Rodriquez is an amazing enigmatic artist. Truly a 'truth is stranger than fiction' story.
Late Getz, with a supreme version of Blood Count.
Genius: The Best Of Warren Zevon. On CD from 2002. A great compilation from a brilliantly dark artist.
Great start of Sunday morning..
