What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XIII)

Streaming | WAV

(2015)

More of what Puscifer do best, this was their latest until it was remixed last year.

Kevin-W posted:

Steave - Heard about it from superdeluxedition.com and bought it from Norman, which was cheaper than the River. I got it for about £21 all in...

Thanks Kev, I'll get it done. 

Some very catchy riffs on this.

Dexter Gordon quartet - Manhattan Symphonie.

The great Dexter Gordon with (the also great) George Cables on piano.

From allmusic.com

Manhattan Symphonie was recorded just two days after Dexter Gordon's legendary gigs at the Village Vanguard with his working band of pianist George Cables, bassist Rufus Reid, and drummer Eddie Gladden. Produced by Michael, this set captures the true mastery of Gordon at his melodic peak. Some of the fire of the earlier bebop years has mellowed but, as evidenced by the opening ballad "As Time Goes By," none of his ability to reimagine melody, his trademark phrasing, and his sheer ability to transfer emotion is missing. Cables provides a solid foil for Gordon just as he did for Art Pepper. His large chord voicings are simultaneously insistent and utterly subtle, shading the harmony with enough depth to give Gordon room to really dig into them and blow. Other standouts here include a fine read of "Body and Soul," "LTD," and the beautiful "Tanya." The 2005 Legacy CD reissue includes a previously unreleased version of "Secret Love," and a read of Thelonious Monk's "Ruby My Dear," from the Great Encounters album. Pete Hammill's fine original notes are reproduced here, and there is a short, moving essay by Cables. The sound is warm, full, and utterly true.

Compilation from DJ Supermarkt, Too Slow to Disco...no danger of spilling either the espresso or the wine on a summer's evening here....

Original viyl

Why? Semi-random pick. Well it does feature the delightful Sonja Kristina...

steve

LP.  Linda Ronstadt - Stoney End.    Dont't remember last time I listened to it.

First Meeting:

Courtesy of Todd Garfinkle who had recorded the album in 1986 in Japan. Can't find a track from this recording so here is Milcho Leviev on his own:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQEqERrIhME

Les McCann - The Truth

Why? Because I love it & my O/H says "it's the best disc Ive heard on the system"

LP.  Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams   Beautiful memories plus she always go above and beyond my expectations.

LP. Sinéad O'Connor - I do not want what I haven't got.  Simply excellent, her voice is astonishlngly beautiful.

So far today (all FLAC rips from CD):

Adam Cohen - Like A Man

Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat

Susanne Sundfor - The Silicone Veil

The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come

and finally, starting on The Takacs Quartet - Complete Beethoven String Quartets

Happy listening

Vlad

Now Playing.....

Charlie Haden & Liberation Music Orchestra - Time / Life (Song for The Whales and Other Beings)

5 tracks with Charlie and a full orchestra playing. Quite nice.

2016 - Tidal Masters...

Magic stuff...

ewemon posted:

Sloop John B posted:

Richard Morris posted:

nigelb posted:

Greg Brown - Covenant

Thanks to whoever it was who posted this originally. I like it. 

Blue Car, on this cd, is a great song.

It never ceases to amaze me the people who have managed to go totally under my radar. I imagine I'm going to enjoy Tidalysing his back catalogue if the first listen to this album is anything to go by. 

 

.sjb

Start with Poet Game which I still think is his best.

Umm…just listened to The Poet Game and Covenant (again). I must admit I prefer Covenant. But I think this is because when you discover a wonderful new (to you) talent, you can be conditioned by the first album you hear from the artist in question. This of course could be complete nonsense, but I have to say that when I explore a back catalog of a new discovery, so often the original album that was 'discovered' has much to live up to. I believe that there is an immediate 'attachment' to not only a newly discovered artist but to the newly discovered album also. This is very much an emotional response rather than a rational one. Probably why we would disagree on an artist's 'best' work. Who knows?

Anyway, the most important thing is, I have found yet another wonderful artist who's work will give me great pleasure in years to come. How do you place a value on that?

What is certain, I have much to thank Ewemon (and other contributors) for the insightful contribution to this wonderful source of new music.

N

From 1976, to go with the chirping parakeet in the kitchen:

Egberto Gismonti, 8-string guitar, piano, wood flutes, voice
Nana Vasconcelos, percussion, berimbau, corpo, voice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoEFHx0Zxjk

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A recommendation by PCD on the previous page. I enjoy Randy and Joe so this is a no brainer. To quote PCD, "very nice and relaxing."

A great album for a Saturday evening.....  

Note: Randy Crawford (vocals), Joe Sample (piano), Christine McBride (bass), Steve Gadd (drums), Ray Parker Jr. (guitar), Anthony Wilson (guitar), Dan Higgins (tenor saxophone), Gary Grant (trumpet)

seakayaker posted:

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A recommendation by PCD on the previous page. I enjoy Randy and Joe so this is a now brainer. To quote PCD, "very nice and relaxing."

A great album for a Saturday evening.....

My thoughts exactly seakayaker. I love both artists, so inevitably Tidalised for tomorrow.

Nice one PCD!

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Greg Brown - Covenant

After seeing the comments/recommendations from ewemon, Sloop John B, Richard Morris, & NIGELB above, I needed to give Greg Brown a listen. After listening to a couple of tracts on 'Covenant' I would have to agree with SLB statement of ".....I'm going to enjoy Tidalysing his back catalogue..."

Great voice and lyrics, really enjoying his music.

Contains my fav all time piece of music that every time I hear it always connects with me on an emotional scale like no other piece of music.

Start at about 13 mins and just sit back and listen up till about 24 mins in.

ewemon posted:

Contains my fav all time piece of music that every time I hear it always connects with me on an emotional scale like no other piece of music.

Start at about 13 mins and just sit back and listen up till about 24 mins in.

Thanks for the tip. I've never rated this album but will have another go.

Richard Morris posted:

ewemon posted:

Contains my fav all time piece of music that every time I hear it always connects with me on an emotional scale like no other piece of music.

Start at about 13 mins and just sit back and listen up till about 24 mins in.

Thanks for the tip. I've never rated this album but will have another go.

Have to admit I struggle with a good part of the album but that piece I mentioned is just sublime.

The Doors. In Concert. On 2 CDs from 1991. A great distillation of the band's best live material seamlessly edited into a cohesive concert presentation.