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;
Starting the day with Sokolov, he is one of my favorites....
Planning to listen to a few Paul Weller albums today 
Lou Donaldson - Sunny side up
- Lou Donaldson - Alto sax
- Horace Parlan - Piano
- Bill Handman - Trumpet
- Al Harewood - Drums
- Sam Jones - Bass
On CD:-
Camel - Habour of Tears
On CD:-
First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
Ray Bryant - Alone with the blues
This is a solo piano recording of Ray Bryant. If you like piano based blues music (e.g. Gene Harris) than I can recommend this one. Five of the seven songs are Ray Bryant originals.
Inetesting new album. Dreamy album, good songs - overall interesting theme...... A lot of you might like this, it's on Tidal for pre-listening...
Paper Plane posted:Original vinyl
Why? No played any PF for a while.
steve
It's not Pink Floyd though.
I already realize that I like her earlier phase which includes this album over the later and more recent albums...
UK first press vinyl from 1970. I remember buying this from a secondhand record shop in Hendon in 1982, when I was a student. It was in great nick and buying it S/H was cheaper than going to the Virgin Megastore and buying it it new. It wasn't until years later that I realised I had a first pressing. Anyway, this one, which was a random pull from the shelves, sounds bloody great.
Kevin-W posted:UK first press vinyl from 1970. I remember buying this from a secondhand record shop in Hendon in 1982, when I was a student. It was in great nick and buying it S/H was cheaper than going to the Virgin Megastore and buying it it new. It wasn't until years later that I realised I had a first pressing. Anyway, this one, which was a random pull from the shelves, sounds bloody great.
Result!
Island/Polystar Japanese vinyl pressing from 1985. Most 1980s production jobs sound terribly dated these days, but Horn's work, and his ZTT productions in particular, are so gloriously over the top that they still rtain a freshness even today. A lot of the material on FGTH's debut is a bit thin, and I grew bored of "Relax" decades ago, but much of this sounds wonderful, the epic, side-long (an outrageous proposition in 1984) title track especially. The SQ on this pressing is amazing, if a teensy bit trebly.
Georgy Catoire graduated from Moscow University in mathematics in 1884 with outstanding honors. Music came later, playing the piano and composing. From 1919 Catoire was professor of composition in the Moscow Conservatory. He wrote several treatises on theory and composition during his tenure. Today, Catoire is very little known, mostly by recordings of his piano works.
Couldn't find a sound track by Hamelin, so this will do:
spurrier sucks posted:[@mention:70553749506420292] is killing it tonight. All you need now is to add some
Fink-Wheels Turn Beneath My Feet
Excellent, both spurrier sucks & seakyaker ................. we need to keep spreading the word on Fink .............. more folks should know! 
seakayaker posted:Arrived home and some CD's in the mailbox.
John Moreland - Big Bad Luv
..... recommended by members of this forum.
It took awhile for this CD to arrive since four CD's went missing in the postal service. A second batch was eventually forward by the vendor to replace 3 CD's and a credit issued for the 4th since it was a used copy.
John is sounding pretty good.....
Weird, this was the last album I listened to yesterday and was reminded what a great album it is!
Giulini's famous 1960 Don Giovanni, recorded in fantastic sound regardless of vintage, was most in need of a clean remaster. The first CD issue was very good, but when this recording received the ART treatment as part of the GROC series, the balance and just about the entire trebble range went out the window, in favour of unnecessary noise treatment. This new remastering, however, is very good, but not perfect. I'm listening to the hires files on a flac disc, and the presence and immediacy have improved compared to the 1st gen CDs, while the sound is just as natural. In a few places, however, the volume occasionally drops.
Once again, no fresh insights on the performance. Don Giovanni has been lucky on record, and this is one of the top 3. This is Giulini's party, a very musical performance that balances the drama and the comedy, and he steers his singers to great heights - listen for instance how Wächter and Taddei blend their voices in their joint scenes, in a way that I haven't heard in any other performance.
Cheers
EJ
Cannonball Adderley - Know what I mean?
- Cannonball Adderley - Alto Sax
- Bill Evans - Piano
- Percy Heath - Bass
- Connie Kay - Drums
Very nice album by Cannonball Adderley and Bill Evans. They play great together. They mix uptempo songs with ballads. It also includes a nice version of the famous Bill Evans song ' Waltz for Debby'.
From allmusic.com
What's better than a Bill Evans Trio album? How about a Bill Evans trio album on which the bassist is Percy Heath, the drummer is Connie Kay, and the leader is not Evans but alto sax god Cannonball Adderley, making the group actually a quartet? It's a different sort of ensemble, to be sure, and the musical results are marvelous. Adderley's playing on "Waltz for Debby" is both muscular and sensitive, as it is on the other Evans composition here, a modal ballad called "Know What I Mean?" Other treats include the sprightly "Toy" and two takes of the Gershwin classic "Who Cares?" The focus here is, of course, on Adderley's excellent post-bop stylings, but it's also interesting to hear Evans playing with a rhythm section as staid and conservative as Kay and Heath (both charter members of the Modern Jazz Quartet). It's hard to imagine any fan of mainstream jazz not finding much to love on this very fine recording.
Getting into the mood for Twickenham next Sunday
Traditional gospel music a cappella style.
Boy that’s a fast 6th! Chailly is using (what he thinks) are the correct metronome markings. Hard to adjust your ears at first, but then you realize that this great orchestra easily handles the quick tempos...the result being a rather exciting performance. Not sure it will ever replace my favorites, but I’ll definitely return to Chailly’s Beethoven in the future! Give it a listen...
Cannonball Adderley - Things are getting better.
Another good one from Cannonball Adderley, this time in a quintet setting with Milt Jackson.
- Cannonball Adderley - Alto Sax.
- Milt Jackson - Vibes
- Wynton Kelly - Piano
- Percy Heath - Bass
- Art Blakey - Drums
Started with
and now
Both on vinyl
Clive B posted:bishopla posted:
I like it, I like it a lot!
And this album would definitely be in my top 5.
Do you have one of the new Mobile Fidelity pressings?
Yes. Just arrived a few days ago. I have the one pictured.
All Keith Jarrett songs.