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;
(1967 | 2017)
One of those 50th Anniversary must haves, this particular one a Hi-Res rip from mono vinyl.
1973 - vinyl - UK first pressing...
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
Now Playing......
Harry Connick, Jr. - We Are In Love
A move from Chris to Harry, another spin of the folders on the NAS and land on Harry......
(1969)
Staying with those late sixties Californian West Coast vibes and what remains one of my favourite niche albums.
Some very famliar images and side step stories from this genre.
but still very pretty.
Forty years after its release, I've discovered this.
(1970)
Tripping over to Curved Air, I guess the link will be from David La Flamme's violin to that of Darryl Way's for Curved Air, great new and adventurous music at the time back of the late sixties.
Heavy weight master........just awesome... loving it.
Hank Mobley - Soul station
From allmusic.com:
Often overlooked, perhaps because he wasn't a great innovator in jazz but merely a stellar performer, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley was at the peak of his powers on Soul Station. Recorded with a superstar quartet including Art Blakey on drums, Paul Chambers on bass, and Wynton Kelly on piano, it was the first album since Mobley's 1955 debut to feature him as a leader without any other accompanying horns. The clean, uncomplicated sound that resulted from that grouping helps make it the best among his albums and a peak moment during a particularly strong period in his career. Mobley has no problem running the show here, and he does it without being flashy or burying the strong work of his sidemen. The solidness of his technique means that he can handle material that is occasionally rhythmically intricate, while still maintaining the kind of easy roundness and warmth displayed by the best players of the swing era. Two carefully chosen standards, "Remember" and "If I Should Lose You," help to reinforce that impression by casting an eye back to the classic jazz era. They bookend four Mobley originals that, in contrast, reflect the best of small-group composition with their lightness and tight dynamics. Overall, this is a stellar set from one of the more underrated musicians of the bop era.
Well, we all need a dose of Zep now and again, don't we? Only question is what to select.
Hank Mobley - Thinking of home.
Staying with Hank Mobley with this lesser known album. But a very good one.
From allmusic.com:
For what would be his final of over 20 Blue Note albums, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley uses a sextet that also includes trumpeter Woody Shaw, the obscure guitarist Eddie Diehl, pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Mickey Bass, and drummer Leroy Williams for a typically challenging set of advanced hard bop music. For the first and only time in his career, Mobley recorded a "Suite" (consisting of "Thinking of Home," "The Flight," and "Home at Last"); the remainder of the set has three of his other attractive originals plus Mickey Bass' "Gayle's Groove." This music was not released for the first time until 1980. It is only fitting that Hank Mobley would record one of the last worthwhile Blue Note albums before its artistic collapse (it would not be revived until the 1980s) for his consistent output helped define the label's sound in the 1960s. Mobley's excellent playing and the adventurous solos of Woody Shawmake this hard-to-find LP (his last as a leader) one to hunt for.
1972 - Vinyl - UK first pressing...
Tony2011 posted:
1972 - Vinyl - UK first pressing...
Gosh. I haven't played that album in a long time. Must correct that soon.
Unsurprisingly one Zep album led to another.
MDS posted:Tony2011 posted:
1972 - Vinyl - UK first pressing...
Gosh. I haven't played that album in a long time. Must correct that soon.
With the knickers?
2 x LP - Pre-barcode German Pressing : )
Wynton Kelly featuring Hank Mobley - Interpretations
Hungryhalibut posted:MDS posted:Tony2011 posted:
1972 - Vinyl - UK first pressing...
Gosh. I haven't played that album in a long time. Must correct that soon.
With the knickers?
Don't know about Mike's but mine went commando a long time ago.
Hungryhalibut posted:MDS posted:Tony2011 posted:
1972 - Vinyl - UK first pressing...
Gosh. I haven't played that album in a long time. Must correct that soon.
With the knickers?
I'd forgotten about those, HH. But now that you've triggered my memory, weren't they made of paper? A fashion that was short-lived I seem to recall.