John Field - Piano Concerto no.7 / Irish Concerto

Don't  like the Alt-J new one enough..., so switch to my next concert in two weeks, listening to his last album...

Josh Doughty - Jarabi

Saw him play the Kora in the Lott valley a few years ago & very good, lovely music

Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill

On CD

Just played this splendid record, which finishes with an absolutely brilliant cover of Elton John's 'Rocket Man' featuring Captain James T Kirk himself (aka William Shatner) on 'vocal'. It's musically quite superb. And that prompted me to play...

'Two Rooms' which includes a reggae version of the same song featuring Kate Bush on vocal.

Clive B posted:

'Two Rooms' which includes a reggae version of the same song featuring Kate Bush on vocal.

I was so surprised to see that album picture,  I thought it was only me that had it (CD now ripped)  It gets a play quite regularly.  

While not so good as the first one, I do like her haunting voice...

A great way to start the day with some excellent guitar playing by Christopher Parkening

Bobo Stenson trio - Cantando

From Amazon:

Cantando means singing in Spanish and Italian, and on this album the trio 'sings' its way through a wide variety of material including "Love, I've Found You", the jazz standard much loved by Miles Davis; "Chiquillin de Bachin", a graceful Astor Piazzolla tango; "Liebesode" from the song cycle Sieben frühe Lieder written by Alban Berg in 1907; "Don's Kora Song", a tune by Don Cherry based on a West African folk melody; "A Fixed Goal", a little known Ornette Coleman composition; pieces by Anders Jormin "Wooden Church" and "M"; "Song of Ruth" by Czech composer Petr Eben, who died a few weeks before the recording session; "Olivia" by Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez, writer of beautiful melodies, love songs, protest songs; and "Pages", a collective improvisation by the Trio.

Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson (born 1944) came to ECM in 1971, recording with Jan Garbarek on 'Sart' and on his own trio album, 'Underwear'. The immensely popular Garbarek-Stenson group of the mid-70s ('Witchi-Tai-To', 'Dansere') was formed when the saxophonist joined Stenson's trio.

Stenson has been an important contributor to the music of other players on ECM. Closely associated with Don Cherry, he played on the trumpeter's final disc, 'Dona Nostra' (1993). He was for several years Charles Lloyd's pianist, also introducing bassist Anders Jormin to the Lloyd group. Pianist and bassist also worked extensively with Tomasz Stanko in the 1990s. The trio with Anders Jormin (and originally Jon Christensen on drums) was introduced in 1993, with the prize-winning album 'Reflections'. It was followed by 'War Orphans' and by the acclaimed 1999 double album 'Serenity'. Paul Motian was the drummer for the acclaimed 'Goodbye' album. Following its release, Stenson won the European Jazz Prize as Musician of the Year in 2006. For the last three years the drummer has been young Swedish player Jon Fält. With a background in experimental and ambient music as well as jazz improvising, Fält brings new sound colours and energies to their work.

Personnel:
Bobo Stenson - (piano), Anders Jormin - (double-bass), Jan Fält - (drums)

Meshell Ndegeocello: Comet, Come To Me

The wife has gone out for a run, time for some different music.

Laurie Anderson: Strange Angels

1974 - Vinyl -  U.K. First pressing....