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;
Stevee_S posted:ewemon posted:
I haven't bought or tried this yet Ewen, so thanks for the prompt.
I am struggling with it Steve. No that sure about the string charts on some of the trax. Maybe need to listen to it more.
This was all the rage back in 86'.
Inevitably...
On vinyl...
Beautiful collaboration!
Like the one above.
A great album, still remember as if it's yesterday the concert of the guys on this album at North Sea Jazz Festival....
ewemon posted:Stevee_S posted:ewemon posted:
I haven't bought or tried this yet Ewen, so thanks for the prompt.
I am struggling with it Steve. No that sure about the string charts on some of the trax. Maybe need to listen to it more.
Thanks Ewen I've put it into a Tidal playlist for later and preparing to be underwhelmed.
A + 3 | WAV
(1991)
"This collection of outtakes from Stevie Ray Vaughan's previous album sessions, released the year after his tragic death, is actually as solid and enjoyable as most of his previous albums... The sleeve notes by Jimmie Vaughan state that with headphones on you can hear his amp buzzing and almost smell the pipes burning..." - Amazonians
VladtheImpala posted:My usual Sunday listening to Radio Paradise, plus some favourites old and new:
David Russell Plays Bach and very well too!
Vienna Teng - Through The Noise
Some obscure 1960's band. Enjoying this immensely! Two tracks that didn't make the album - you may have heard them recently: "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane" - as one single! The past is most certainly a different place!
Youn Sun Nah - Lento. Normal and odd at the same time. Highly recommended!
Jackson Browne - For Everyman. A very longstanding favourite.
Blondie - Parallel Lines. One of the greatest pop albums of all time, IMHO.
Happy listening,
Vlad
"Blondie - Parallel Lines. One of the greatest pop albums of all time, IMHO." I agree with you. Love the production - it is all so tight!
6 trax off the Isleys and Santana collaboration album due out Aug.
(2006)
I've had this ripped triple CD set playing from the car's hard drive for a couple of weeks now, it's a good mix of his music divided into rock, blues and live tracks. I bought it about 5 years ago and its still available from "the usual place" for under £7...
For those interested the excellent tracklist is:
Disc: 1
Disc: 2
Disc: 3
A + 3 | WAV
(2012)
Finally (almost) catching up with albums to be played that I've stuck into playlists for later, this one is now going on. Are you watching Dave (Marshall)? 
Super album.
Stevee_S posted:A + 3 | WAV
(2012)
Finally (almost) catching up with albums to be played that I've stuck into playlists for later, this one is now going on. Are you watching Dave (Marshall)?
Good effort!
Enjoy.
I've not played this that much since buying it. I don't know why, as it's really excellent - trumpet, piano and accordion, some songs very mellow, others much funkier.
Sonny Clark trio - Blues in the night.
1993 - CD...
Deb Talan - "Lucky Girl" (2017) Deb is the female member of The Weepies and a breast cancer survivor. This is her newest solo release.
On vinyl...awesome! 
On vinyl...at just over 4 quid, a bargain!
Sonny Clark - Leapin' and Lopin'
Staying with Sonny Clark with this excellent recording.
From allmusic.com
Sonny Clark's fifth Blue Note recording as a leader is generally regarded as his best, especially considering he composed four of the seven tracks, and they all bear his stamp of originality. What is also evident is that he is shaping the sounds of his quintet rather than dominating the proceedings as he did on previous dates. Tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse and trumpeter Tommy Turrentine play very little harmony on the date, but their in-tune unison lines are singularly distinctive, while bassist Butch Warren and young drummer Billy Higgins keep the rhythmic coals burning with a steady, glowing red heat. Among the classic tunes is the definitive hard bop opener "Somethin' Special," which lives up to its title in a most bright and happy manner, with Clark merrily comping chords. "Melody for C" is similarly cheerful, measured, and vivid in melodic coloration. The showstopper is "Voodoo," the ultimate late-night slinky jazz tune contrasted by Clark's tinkling piano riffs. Warren wrote the exciting hard bopper "Eric Walks" reminiscent of a Dizzy Gillespie tune, while Turrentine's "Midnight Mambo" mixes metaphors of Afro-Cuban music with unusual off-minor phrases and Rouse's stoic playing. Tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec plays a cameo sans the other horns on the soulful ballad "Deep in a Dream," exhibiting a vocal quality on his instrument, making one wonder if any other sessions with this group were done on the side. Top to bottom, Leapin' and Lopin' is a definitive recording for Clark, and in the mainstream jazz idiom, as well.
A + 3 | WAV
(2007)
Difficult to follow Juju but I've opted for some early Tuareg desert blues/rock by Terakaft (translated as caravan) which, really floats my boat.