What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XIII)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 01 January 2017
2017 has arrived today, so time to start this thread afresh.
Last year's thread can be found here;
dave marshall posted:
Fink - Wheels Turn Beneath My Feet.
Superb live album, with great SQ and "live" feel ............... slowly, but surely becoming one of my favourite live recordings.
On a typically overcast, damp, North Yorks. Bank Holiday Monday.
Have seen this played a lot here, so giving it a listen via Tidal. Only the 1st track, but liking it so far.
Thanks for the prompt Dave.
How else to follow the excellent Sonny Rollins album, 'The Bridge'? More Sonny Rollins, of course. This time with this rather good value 'twofer'.
Tenor Madness is possibly his most well known album.
Nigel 66 posted:dave marshall posted:
Fink - Wheels Turn Beneath My Feet.
Superb live album, with great SQ and "live" feel ............... slowly, but surely becoming one of my favourite live recordings.
On a typically overcast, damp, North Yorks. Bank Holiday Monday.
Have seen this played a lot here, so giving it a listen via Tidal. Only the 1st track, but liking it so far.
Thanks for the prompt Dave.
One of his best albums IMO...
Graham
Eric Bibb - Live a Fip.
Following Fink with this one, a recording of a French radio station live broadcast, which has long been one of my favourite live albums.
A two CD set, disc 2, in particular, contains some of the best laid back blues singing and acoustic guitar accompaniment ever, IHMO.
A + 3 | WAV
(1992)
Some old style NY while contemplating what needs to be done in the garden later on...
Herbie Hancock − piano
Freddie Hubbard − cornet
Ron Carter − bass
Tony Williams − drums
Producer - Alfred Lion
Contains the much sampled "Cantaloupe Island"
Music Matters 2015 reissue of the 1964 Blue Note Records release
Now a dull, wet day, so jazz seems in order. Now playing the first disc from this set with the track order restored to how it was on the original album. Although this was a transitional period for Miles, between the 'great' quintets, I think this might have been the best of all. It's certainly a regular go to album for me.
If you like Steel Dan this 2016 CD from the Swedish pair 'Sara Isaksson, Rebecka Törnqvist' is definitely worth a listen.
Haim Ronen posted:A favorite ACT:
The Alboran Trio takes its name from the narrow stretch of water which connects Europe and Africa around the Straits of Gibraltar, long a conduit of cultural exchange. Pianist and composer Paolo Paliaga, who formed the group with fellow Italians Dino Contenti (bass) and Gigi Biolcati (drums) in '03, consciously set out to draw on musical traditions from all around the Mediterranean. Meltemi has one foot in the Bill Evans piano trio lineage, the other dancing nimbly between Latin, Maghrebi and Balkan influences. The music rarely breaks into clearly delineated multiculturalism—it's more subtle and elliptical than that—but it's shot through with fragments and suggestions of Mediterranean harmonies and rhythms.
Thanks for posting this one. I don't know them but it looks interesting. Will check it out (I see they are on Tidal). Regards, Jeroen.
Andrew manze, violin - Richard Eggar, harpsichord
"Perhaps the sonata was but a toy theatre in Handel's world of architectural splendors. Nevertheless, the characters which wordlessly inhabit its stage are no less lifelike, no more an illusion, than the many heroes and heroines who people the operas and oratorios." (Manze)
This music is vital, alive and thrilling. These artists understand that baroque composers expected musicians to improvise, fleshing out and ornamenting the written line. The results, a reflection of the highest musical imagination, make for splendid listening. A high point is the first selection, the 12 minute Sonata in D major, Op.1 No. 13, HWV 371, whose gentle opening movement is filled with beauty.
Quad 33 posted:If you like Steel Dan this 2016 CD from the Swedish pair 'Sara Isaksson, Rebecka Törnqvist' is definitely worth a listen.
Yes indeed. I'm a fan of all things 'Dan' and have this CD. Lovely simple acoustic arrangements (vocals and piano) of some Dan classics.
Who are those ladies depicted on the cover? It certainly ain't the artistes!
John.
Enjoying this fine album on this grey bank holiday afternoon. Now to peruse the Music Room posts to find some inspiration for the next one 
Sarah Jarosz - Follow Me Down
First up this morning ......
Really enjoy Melissa's voice and lyrics and a nice rhythm to get the body moving this morning.
Stevee_S posted:A + 3 | WAV
(2013)
Progressive, psychedelic stoner rock with wonderful heavy riffs that carry the music forward like an irresistible tidal flow. The Berlin based Samsara Blues Experiment certainly hit a sweet spot in this genre.
Funnily enough Steve I am currently listening to their latest album and have been a fan since I first picked up a copy of the web only release in 2008. Haven't palyed them in years though
Ragna Schirmer plays Chopin's Etudes and a Fanatsy by John Corigliano.
John Moreland - Big Bad Luv
This is pretty good.
Ray Bryant - Somewhere in France.
This is a recording of a live solo performance by Ray Bryant on piano. This is the only CD I have of Ray Bryant. Apart from this CD I don't know much about Ray Bryant.
Any suggestion about 'must have' Ray Bryant recordings are welcome.
From allmusic.com:
Ray Bryant provided the master tape for this live solo piano CD from a personal archive of over 100 cassettes given to him by various soundboard technicians working his concerts over the years. Bryantwas unable to identify the tape more specifically than being recorded "Somewhere in France" during 1993; hence the CD's title. The play list and the arrangements overlap somewhat with Bryant's Alone at Montreux date, though the pianist's first-rate performance and the surprisingly excellent sound from Somewhere in France's humble cassette source make this worth acquiring along with his earlier solo concert CD. Highlights include a boogie-woogie version of "Take the 'A' Train," a choppy delightful "Con Alma," "Jungletown Jubilee" (an obscure tune with obvious gospel roots), a swinging take of John Lewis' "Django," and a savory take of the slow blues "After Hours."
A interesting wander through some of my Madonna albums (Like A Virgin, Like A Prayer and Ray Of Light) and now onto something completely different -
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
The Black Keys - El Camino
Some charging rock that is rather addictive.
The first word which comes to mind to describe the sound of this album is 'big'! It just seems to fill the room, with the soundstage stretching way beyond the speakers in every direction.
Next up Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain
..... with Memorial Day celebrated today in the US, Goodnight Saigon certainly stirs emotions and memories for many .......
seakayaker posted:Next up Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain
..... with Memorial Day celebrated today in the US, Goodnight Saigon certainly stirs emotions and memories for many .......
Not played that for ages. One for my playlist
Back to the future with the big Kraftwerk Catalogue 3D vinyl box. Currently playing LP #4, The Man Machine:
