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

Clive B posted:

Finally to finish the morning, more Shakti.

Currently playing the track 'Shringar' which is like a collage of melodies and beautiful, gentle guitar licks which flow over you. I can just feel the heat and imagine the large open spaces of India. Wonderful music making. 

Love that LP it has special resonance with me as I've had a few Saturday nights in Bombay and also been to Shringar in Kashmir stayed on Dahl lake and visited the house boat were George Harrison stayed which even though I'm not a fan is still something to brag about. 

I need to spend more time with Elliott Carter's music.  Symphonia is a fantastic late orchestral work written when Mr. Carter was in his 90's.  The BBC Orchestra under Knussen is on fire!

Sonny Stitt - Deuces Wild

Allmusic.com:

Originally released on Atlantic in 1967, this welcome reissue of an above-average sax/organ date finds Sonny Stitt in a familiar setting with familiar company. The organist is listed as Wilmer Mosby, but one listen makes clear that it's the great Don Patterson working the B-3 with his customary drive, taste, and imagination. (The pseudonym may have been necessary for contractual reasons.) The core trio is rounded out by drummer Billy James, a longtime collaborator with Patterson and Stitt, who supports with a supple, active style. The performances are concise, blues-based blowing numbers. What they lack in compositional refinement they make up for in energetic execution. The one exception is the flaccid reading of the ballad standard "My Foolish Heart." Saxophonist Robin Kenyatta's serpentine facility brings a progressive dimension to the tracks "In the Bag" and "Me 'n You." Stitt, in turn, responds with a slightly more outward-bound approach on these two Kenyatta originals, the second of which is, unfortunately, flawed by an abrupt edit near the end of Patterson's solo. The final track, "Pipin' the Blues," includes a jazz rarity...bagpipes. Sounding like an electric organ (Farfisa not Hammond), piper Rufus Harley's single-note lines fit right in with Stitt's blues groove. A whole album of soul-jazz bagpipes might wear thin, but as a one-off, Harley's performance here is more than mere novelty.

Percy's new one, on vinyl. Thuis far, I can see why some people are finding it a bit dull on first listen, but I suspect this will be a grower, so I'm going to persevere.

In a sun bright saturday afternoon

ewemon posted:

Possibly my album of the year so far.

This version is Hi Res with bonus live trax

I'm with you on favorite of the year. Great album. 

Thanks Clive B, it’s been a while since I listened to this. Lovely music making, brilliant technique used to make it beautiful and evocative.

"...Adolf builts a bonfire, Enrico plays with it
Whistling tunes we hid in the dunes by the seaside
Whistling tunes we're kissing baboons in the jungle..."

The first real run, like the first song...

Beck-Colors

a little poppy sounding but still a good listen

Equinox - Here & Now

Nice mainstream jazz by a not very well known jazz band.

Dan Nicholas guitar
Johnny Daly bass
Chris Johansen ten. sax
A.J. Davis drums

Bert Schurink posted:

The first real run, like the first song...

 

I get why a lot of people have the feeling that it needs to grow on them. When you look song by song, the songs are very enjoyable, however there is not enough variation to keep you constantly entertained. A bit more variation with up tempo and more dynamics would have increased the quality of the album. It could be a good idea to mix it up with his former two albums and make a playlist which exchanges accross the different albums, as I repeat the individual songs are quite enjoyable...

Bert Schurink posted:

Bert Schurink posted:

The first real run, like the first song...

 

I get why a lot of people have the feeling that it needs to grow on them. When you look song by song, the songs are very enjoyable, however there is not enough variation to keep you constantly entertained. A bit more variation with up tempo and more dynamics would have increased the quality of the album. It could be a good idea to mix it up with his former two albums and make a playlist which exchanges accross the different albums, as I repeat the individual songs are quite enjoyable...

Just finishing my 3rd listen through, and it’s definitely grown on me. Each song works independently, the time signatures and change of rhythm make it feel like a complex whole to me. I’m glad I gave it a few goes, I think it’ll continue to mean more to me with repeated listens. I do love the way Percy follows his muse, after Lullaby I wouldn't have expected this, but it’s where he is musically, so that’s what he records.

just finishing......

Band of Brothers Soundtrack - Composed and Conducted by Michael Kamen

Saw this played by CHUNKY yesterday and put it in the queue to play. Very nice first thing in the morning wake-up music or for something at the end of the day.

Now playing.....

Blade Runner 2049 (soundtrack) - Hans Zimmer

Another soundtrack I saw being played yesterday by TONY2011 that caught my eye and giving it a spin.

On Vinyl

The ECM lovers will also dig this album. A good album for everybody open for a worldmusic orientation and variation between solo playing and superb ensemble playing. Recommended while not highly recommended as you need to be into this kind of music, some of you will hate the album...