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;
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: Solti/LSO -'65 rec.
Solti is excellent at building a suspense and drama right off the top. Bold, upfront and bigger than life. His usual large-scale macho opera style but it feels better fit for this earthy big-boned score.
Excitement and exuberance aplenty. This is the fastest reading thus far.
Just finishing.......
Over The Rhine - Good Dog Bad Dog
Ending the day with a second Over The Rhine album, just love Karin's voice.......
ewemon posted:
I think I have probably said this a thousand times but why they weren't huge after this album I will never know.
A classic 80's album.
Yes and you've just reminded me to get it out for a spin, thanks!
Jarvi's witless and lifeless Bartok Concerto for Orchestra.
Beautiful tones but I don't think Bartok's music is not about tone rendering.
I received the regular e-mail from Amazon with music suggestions. It contained a small image of this album cover and its name 'Lotus'. I didn't know if that was the name of the album or the band, so a click later to the Amazon website, an exploration on AMG and listening to it now on YouTube. I think this is going in my shopping basket: 'Lotus' by Santana
Otis Blue (Original 1966 UK 11-track MONO vinyl on the plum and red Atlantic label. This classic LP released shortly before Otis' untimely death features some of the tracks which are now regarded as classics including his versions of Respect and Satisfaction as well as the touching ballad I've Been Loving You Too Long.
Wynton Kelly - Someday my prince will come
From allmusic.com:
Pianist Wynton Kelly is heard on this CD reissue (the ten songs from the original LP plus five "new" alternate takes) with either bassist Sam Jones and drummer Jimmy Cobb or bassist Paul Chambersand drummer Philly Joe Jones. His light touch and perfect taste are very much present along with a steady stream of purposeful single-note lines that are full of surprising twists. Trumpeter Lee Morganand tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter drop by for one song (the blues "Wrinkles"), but otherwise this recommended set (a definitive Wynton Kelly release) showcases magical trio performances.
A bit of oud on a Sunday morning.
George Benson - Beyond the blue horizon
From allmusic.com:
Having taken Benson along with him when he founded CTI, Creed Taylor merely leaves the guitarist alone with a small group on his first release. The payoff is a superb jazz session where Benson rises to the challenge of the turbulent rhythm section of Jack DeJohnette and Ron Carter, with Clarence Palmer ably manning the organ. Benson is clearly as much at home with DeJohnette's advanced playing as he was in soul/jazz (after all, he did play on some Miles Davis sessions a few years before), and his tone is edgier, with more bite, than it had been for awhile. The lyrical Benson is also on eloquent display in "Ode to a Kudu" (heard twice on the CD, as is "All Clear"), and there is even a somewhat experimental tilt toward Afro-Cuban-Indian rhythms in "Somewhere to the East." A must-hear for all aficionados of Benson's guitar.
Leo Richardson Quartet
Very nice hard bop jazz by the Leo Richardson Quartet.
Leo Richardson, tenor saxophone
Rick Simpson, piano
Mark Lewandowski, double bass
Ed Richardson, drums
Quintin Collins, trumpet (on track 3)
Alan Skidmore, tenor saxophone (on track 1)
Fasch did not publish any music during his lifetime, and sources for performances of Fasch have to be drawn from either original manuscripts or the few modern editions that have been prepared from his music.
Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Swiss Movement
From allmusic.com:
One of the most popular soul jazz albums of all time, and one of the best, although Harris (and trumpeter Benny Bailey) had never played or rehearsed with the Les McCann Trio before, and indeed wasn't even given the music. Perhaps that's what sparked the spontaneous funk coming through clearly on the tape of this show, recorded at the Montreux Festival in 1969. It's actually much more of a showcase for McCann than Harris, although the tenor saxist's contributions are significant. The sole vocal, a version of Gene McDaniels' "Compared to What," remains McCann's signature tune. [Some reissues add a nine-minute bonus track, "Kaftan."]
Peter Phillips & The Tallis Scholars - (Music featured on the South Bank show)
Nice for Sunday morning
Saxaphone Colossus, Sonny Rollins - two discs: mono & stereo with different track order
The sound of the mono seems slightly better to me.
On Vinyl - UK First Pressing:-
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes
On CD:-
Lunatic Soul - Walking On A Flashlight Beam
On CD:-
Frank Sinatra - Songs For Young Lovers & Swing Easy
Had an interesting afternoon - reading a rock magazine (Eclipsed) and being triggered to listen to different things... interesting album with a kind of laid back sound...
I am not so into him, but a good album while a bit too varied in my opinion...
Will need to spend more time with this one, sounds promising ...
WAV Rip of a signed CD copy from Pledgemusic, picked up from Post Office today after a week in Provence. 2nd run through, it’s a set of covers, mainly well known songs from Dylan, Cohen, Denny and others. At a combined age of 150, the duo sounds amazing, Judy’s voice may not be quite what it was, but it’s still one of the great pop instruments, and Stills is a great guitarist. Lovely easy listening album, with enough depth to keep interest.
Mixed styles starting from art rock to progeny jazz type of style, verdict is out yet....
A good evolution of the band. Not completely my style, but interesting still...
