what was the last cd you bought?

Anthony & the Johnsons - I am a bird now. Have absolutely no idea what to think of this, didn't like it on first spin but there are some definite hooks.

Solomon Burke - Make do with what you got. A bit disappointing I must say, but there are a couple of good tracks to compensate.

Badi Assad - Verde. An absolute cracker, anyone who liked Omar Sosa's "Mulato" should have no problem with this.

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Originally posted by Huwge:
Anthony & the Johnsons - I am a bird now. Have absolutely no idea what to think of this, didn't like it on first spin but there are some definite hooks.

Solomon Burke - Make do with what you got. A bit disappointing I must say, but there are a couple of good tracks to compensate.

Badi Assad - Verde. An absolute cracker, anyone who liked Omar Sosa's "Mulato" should have no problem with this.

I've seen Badi Assad a couple of months ago with Coryell+Abercrombie. She ruled the stage. Very charismatic. Guess I will get "Verde", too. Thanks for the reco.

Stefan

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Originally posted by Expat in Oz:
Stefan,

Good move on the Peter Erskine - I think you will really like them

Magdalena Kozena - Lamento

David Murray & the Gwo-Ka Masters featuring Pharoah Sanders - Gwotet

Paolo Fresu - Kosmopolites - wonderful trumpet playing of the Italian maestro

Aldo Romano -Threesome - masterful European jazz

Cheers
Adrian

Adrian,
Good move on David Murray Juicy sounds perfect for the (leaving) summer in Oz, I guess ! (and a good idea to use as a stepping stone for my f***ing speaker quest...)
Aldo Romano - Saw him 23 years ago, and didn't understand what he was doing. Since then I was kinda "paralyzed" to do more research on him. Maybe, I should overcome that "menthal blocking", by now...
Kozena: Err. She's in every review, now. Left me surprisingly cold. Have to grow on her ? Dunno.

cheers (and Good Morning)
Stefan

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Kozena: Err. She's in every review, now. Left me surprisingly cold. Have to grow on her ?

Try "Love Songs" - she sings in her native Czech and this is the one that convinced me.

This was playing on the in car CD player when I got stopped for speeding in the US - I didn't get a ticket

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Originally posted by Huwge:

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Kozena: Err. She's in every review, now. Left me surprisingly cold. Have to grow on her ?

Try "Love Songs" - she sings in her native Czech and this is the one that convinced me.

This was playing on the in car CD player when I got stopped for speeding in the US - I didn't get a ticket

I will re-try, Huw !
(and keep a copy in the car. Just in case...)

Stefan

Stefan -

Aldo Romano - don't know what you heard all those years ago that put you off.

Anyway you must try two CD's of his. They are

Non Dimenticar

Canzoni

This is by his Italian quartet or quintet - can't remember which - including one of the best trumpet playets I know, Paolo Fresu (if you do not have any of his CD's I can recommend a few!)

These two CD's are beautiful renditions of Italian Neapolitan songs jazz style - extremely tuneful - makes you want to drink a bottle of Chianti whilst cruising on a gondola in Venice - aahhh....

Adrian

Adrian,
will check Aldo Romano

Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia - Round About Weil - Have seen them 2 years ago and was overwhelmed by their poetry. Will see them again, very soon...

post scriptum: "The Ground" (Tord Gustavsen Trio) is marvellous - as expected

Stefan

Graham Coxon, Happiness In Magazines; just got it today, haven't even slit the shrinkwrap. Will the Britpopper in me like it, I wonder?

Aldo Romano - Prosodie - good European jazz made in 1995

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning

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Originally posted by Expat in Oz:
Aldo Romano - Prosodie - good European jazz made in 1995

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning

Hi Adrian,
I wasn't overwhelmed by the Bright Eyes album - what's YOUR thought ?

Nguyen Le - Walking on the Tiger's Tail - A must, also because there's Paul McCandless in the band
Michel Godard, ... - Trio Rouge - On the traces of Erika Pluhar, Trovesi, etc.
Heinz Sauer, Michael Wollny - Melancholia - Old meets Young meets Old... A German Sax Dyno meets one of the rising stars on German Jazz piano
Richard Galliano - Ruby, My Dear
Paolo Fresu - Plays the music of Roberto Cipelli - to start with, Adrian. Can you recommend other Fresu CDs ?

Stefan -

Two Paolo Fresus to try are

Melos - my favourite - a beautiful masterpiece
Night on the City - almost as good

Others worth looking at are

Wanderlust
Kind of Porgy and Bess
Metamorfosi
Angel

Bright Eyes is OK but not special. I bought it as I am going to see him suporting REM in a couple of weeks - not really something that will get too many plays out of my collection.

I ordered Nguyen Le - Walking on the Tiger's Tail - waiting for it to arrive

New ECM our soon - Trovesi/Coscia - Round about Weill, Charles Lloyd - Jumping the Creek, Saluzzi/Christensen - Senderos

Adrian

Chaps

Just bought hits of the Shadows.

Very er Shadowy.

I enjoyed it.

Regards

Mick

Buy this

QUEEN LATIFAH

I picked it up in the US. It is very good and almost genre less ranging from raunchy jazz to soulfull to light vocal.

GEOFF

Geoff

I played a couple of tracks and it sounds great.

Placed an order this morning.

Regards

Mick

PS Pity it is not on vinyl.

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Hi Adrian,
I wasn't overwhelmed by the Bright Eyes album - what's YOUR thought ?

I've had this for a couple of months and I've got to admit it didn't really grab me initially (after pretty much the best reviews of any album I've seem this year). However it really is a grower and the melodies seep into your soul after a few weeks (and maybe 6 - 8 listens). This is now one of my favourites of the year.

Bonus vouchers from work so off to HMV 4 4 £20:-
GP/Grievious Angel - Gram Parsons
Action Packed - Richard Thompson
Drama - Yes
Freedom - Neil Young

Howard

Post scriptum to a CD I had bought last week (sorry, too much messing around with the Cremonas...)

Ralph Towner / Gary Peacock - A Closer View - This CD from 1995 is AWSOME !!! Such a great piece of music making. Double bass and guitar with most involving dialogs. Gosh ! This can suck me in for hours and hours and hours !

Stefan
PS:
Adrian, you probably have this. If you don't: Run !
greeny, thx for the feed back. A case for spinning it in the car, then...

Tori Amos - The Beekeeper
Nice although not her best album.
Christian

Album - Stereophonics Language, sex, violence, other.

Top band.

Pink Floyd Echoes!

'Bimbling' by Martha Tilston.

Delightful, refreshing and airy.

Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles:Live! from an Amazon marketplace seller Caiman. 4 days from Florida. Some UK sellers can't match that.

Howard

So Frenchy, So Chic - first rate compilation of current sounds fom France - some excellent tracks - the unofficial soundtrack to the Sydney French Film Festival

Josh Rouse - 1972

Yello - Essential

The Waifs - A Brief History

Eskimo Joe - A Song Is A City

Simon & Garfunkel - Old Friends Live on Stage - much more enjoyable that I expected - nostalgic

Jack Johnson - On and On - more summery laid back sounds

Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales

All quiet on the jazz front this week....

Stefan - yes I do have the Towner/Peacock you mentioned - have not played it in years so will give it a listen again.

Adrian

Andy Bey - Amercian Song - A self-tribute, nicely arranged (with the help of Geri Allen). A voice full of a life time's history. Respect !
Florian Ross Quintet - home & some other places

Stefan - you inspired me

Andy Bey - American Song

Art Ensemble of Chicago - Tribute to Lester

Cheers
Adrian