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

My favorite symphony, now executed by Klemperer..

Now getting to my new one...

Gidon Nunes Vaz sextet - Carry it on!

Very nice jazz by the Gidon Nunes Vaz sextet. It sound a bit like it was recorded on the Criss Cross label (which is a good thing imo).

This album was recorded in the living room of the producer using vintage microphones and directly on analogue tape, like blue note did  in the 50s and 60s.

line-up:

• Gidon Nunes Vaz - trumpet/fluegelhorn    
• Jasper van Damme - altosax         
• Caspar van Wijk - tenorsax        
• Floris Kappeyne - piano
• Tijs Klaassen - double bass         
•  Jean-Clair de Ruwe - drums  

Kicking off a chilled Sunday morning with some surreal, very English BBC comedy on cassette:

Preludes to a cold and windy sunrise:

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

More cassette magic - David Sylvian from December 1985 (Alchemy: An index of Possibilities)

My first taste of Tyshawn Sorey.  Fascinating music and worthy of all the recent praise and accolades...on PI Recordings.

Tyshawn Sorey drums/conductor
Cory Smythe piano
Chris Tordini contrabass
Chern Hwei Fung violin
Kyle Armbrust viola
Rubin Kodheli cello

Original Vinyl

An album i've not played for a while. Clearing a few cobwebs whilst we cook and wait for family to arrive. 

The Specials - Singles

John Lewis - Grand Encounter: 2 east/3 west! CD-rip. Nice one!

Slim68 posted:

Stevee_S posted:

SHOWDOWN by Dirtwire

(2017)

Thanks for the heads up Steve, I’ll be playing this later today.

I'll be interested to know what you think of it Simon.

Eyot - Horizon. Rock, Jazz, Piano. What's not to like. Strangely beautiful in places. The nirvana of European Jazz - http://magnatune.com/artists/eyot/

The Doors - Strange days on original vinyl

Eoink posted:

Thanks Stevee_s, I’d never heard of this band, they remind me a lot of Quark Strangeness and Charm era Hawkwind, possibly because they nicked the riffs ��. Great stuff,

Glad you like them Eoink, you've probably already discovered that their albums are available to download from bandcamp. 

Cheers, Steve

https://yurigagarinswe.bandcamp.com/music

The Specials done, now onto my favourite UB40 album. Some Steel Pulse to follow later. 

UB40 - Signing Off

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Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Paul Motian Trio - At The Deer Head Inn

Receive this CD in the mail the other day, ripped it to the NAS and waited for this Sunday morning to give it a Spin. This is one beautiful album. Notes below from ECM website and can be found here.

Keith Jarrett (piano), Gary Peacock (bass), and Paul Motian (drums)
Recorded September 16, 1992 at the Deer Head Inn
Engineer: Kent Heckman
Produced by Bill Goodwin

By the fall of 1992, Keith Jarrett had already spent 30 years as a notable jazz performer. What better way to celebrate than to return to this record’s eponymous venue in his birthplace of Allentown, Pennsylvania for a once-in-a-lifetime gig? Switching out his usual go-to, Jack DeJohnette, for Paul Motian (no stranger to Jarrett, with whom he’d worked in the 70s), the trio works wonders with the new colors the latter provides. Peacock and Jarrett are both verbose players who manage never to step on each other’s toes. With Motian backing them, they take longer pauses for reflection, listening to the wind as it blows through their leaves. His presence and panache are as palpable as the prevalence of alliterations in this sentence, bringing an irresistible brushed beat to the squint-eyed groove of Jaki Byard’s “Chandra.” That hook keeps us sharp to improvisatory angle and inspires some youthful banter from Peacock, who feeds off those drums like Christmas. Motian excels further in the balance of fire and ice that bubble throughout “You And The Night And The Music.” The band also dips into Miles Davis-era waters with glowing renditions of “Solar” and “Bye Bye Blackbird.” Atop quilted commentaries from the man at the kit, Jarrett’s unpacking of these timeless melodies is the cherry on the sundae. Sweet toppings also abound in the laid-back “Basin Street Blues,” in which, with closed eyes and an open heart, Peacock finds the perfect resolution for Jarrett’s uncontainable fire. All three musicians up the ante in “You Don’t Know What Love Is.” Jarrett negotiates its changes like breathing while Peacock and Motian speak in vocabularies just beyond the radar of feasibility. Before we know it, we’re caught up in a joyous surge and relaxation. By ending with “It’s Easy To Remember,” the trio saves its finest translucent china for last.

The value of ECM as a live archive is proven beyond the shadow of a doubt in this recording. This is where it’s at.

Alfa4life posted:

The Doors - Strange days on original vinyl

Great album, Alfa. Is that a mono or stereo pressing, US or UK? I have the UK mono first pressing on red label. Some people prefer the US silver label mono pressing swearing it has a better pressing and SQ.

On Vinyl

Tony2011 posted:

Alfa4life posted:

The Doors - Strange days on original vinyl

Great album, Alfa. Is that a mono or stereo pressing, US or UK? I have the UK mono first pressing on red label. Some people prefer the US silver label mono pressing swearing it has a better  SQ pressing. 

It's a stereo pressing , UK electra EKS-74014, red label 1967

Rather forgotten these days but a great guitarist.

Hallmark Sessions, cd rip.

Super 4-CD compilation of formative Euro-electronica. Disc 2:

Richard Morris posted:

Rather forgotten these days but a great guitarist.

Hallmark Sessions, cd rip.

He inspired so many from Winnipeg in the early 60's, including the Guess Who, Neil Young Randy Bachmann.  The Breau family were all talented musicians on the country / folk circuit at the time.  I have one other Lenny Breau  recording.  Tough to find on CD or LP is his work.

An amazing recording that also incudes the MTV Unplugged recordings.  Only took 25 years to finally purchase this.  Great sounding vinyl and k.d.'s voice is perfect as she goes into her country/rock/jazz songs.