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;
dav301 posted:On CD:-
Diana Krall - Christmas Songs
Suspect she's gone a mince pie too far.
A new discovery for me - quite literally as I had never heard it before today when I Spotified it on a friend’s recommendation. Absolutely knockout singer/songwriting. A real Wow.
Now Playing......
John Abercrombie Quartet - Up and Coming
John Abercrombie (guitar), Marc Copland (piano), Drew Gress (double bass), and Joey Baron (drums)
Streaming on TIDAL....... Continuation of the exploration of the ECM catalogue. Through two tracks and enjoy John's guitar work with the other musicians interplay and synergy is fantastic. So far some beautiful and easy listening on this Thursday afternoon.
Note from ECM Records website here:
Guitarist John Abercrombie – who has recorded as a leader for ECM since 1974 – returns with a second album by his quartet featuring Marc Copland on piano, along with longtime rhythm partners Drew Gress and Joey Baron. Extolling 39 Steps, the group’s 2013 album, the Financial Times said: “The emphasis is on subtle intrigue, flowing lyricism and the interplay between the leader’s warm, cleanly articulated guitar and Copland’s piano… with bassist Gress and drummer Baron equally supple and sinewy companions.” The same virtues of lyrical melody and harmonic/rhythmic subtlety are apparent with the new Up and Coming, though with even more emphasis on the enduring values of song. Abercrombie’s liquid phrasing and glowing tone – enabled by the thumb technique he has honed since eschewing a plectrum in recent years – animate his five originals and the pair by Copland, as well as a take on the Miles Davis classic “Nardis” done in the spirit of Bill Evans. Up and Coming has a twilight atmosphere, with melodic flow the guiding light.
Progtastic music from Mr Hackett on original(ish) vinyl.
seakayaker posted:Now Playing.......
Antonio Forcione & Sabrina Sciubba - Meet Me In London
Sabrina Sciubba (vocals), Antonio Forcione (guitar, nylon string guitar), David Mantovani (bass, electric bass, fretless bass and synthesizer horn), Malcolm Creese (double-bass), Adam Glasser (harmonica), and Bosco DeOliveira (percussion)
Something smooth and easy this Monday morning....... This album is quite beautiful.
Streaming from NAS........
Saw Antonio play on Tuesday night at the Electric Theatre in Guildford.
Fantastic guitar playing in a small intimate venue and such a nice guy to chat to afterwards.
He was also briefly joined on stage by Modeste Hugues, another brilliant guitarist originally from Madagascar with a unique African influence to his style of playing, great stuff!! 
apye! posted:seakayaker posted:Now Playing.......
Antonio Forcione & Sabrina Sciubba - Meet Me In London
Sabrina Sciubba (vocals), Antonio Forcione (guitar, nylon string guitar), David Mantovani (bass, electric bass, fretless bass and synthesizer horn), Malcolm Creese (double-bass), Adam Glasser (harmonica), and Bosco DeOliveira (percussion)
Something smooth and easy this Monday morning....... This album is quite beautiful.
Streaming from NAS........
Saw Antonio play on Tuesday night at the Electric Theatre in Guildford.
Fantastic guitar playing in a small intimate venue and such a nice guy to chat to afterwards.
He was also briefly joined on stage by Modeste Hugues, another brilliant guitarist originally from Madagascar with a unique African influence to his style of playing, great stuff!!
Congratulations, I do hope to have the opportunity to see him play at some point. It sounded like the setting along with the music made it a great show to attend!
Love his music!
Now playing.......
John Abercrombie Quartet - 39 Steps
John Abercrombie (guitar), Marc Copland (piano), Drew Gress (double bass), and Joey Baron (drums)
Streaming on TIDAL........ Really enjoyed the pervious 'Up and Coming' album from John and wanted to move right on to another. So taking '39 Steps' out for a spin.
Note from the ECM Records website here:
John Abercrombie’s revised quartet provides Marc Copland with his first appearance on ECM. Yet guitarist and pianist are old allies, with an association stretching back forty years. In the early 1970s both were members of Chico Hamilton’s quartet, and at the dawn of fusion both played with pioneering jazz-rock band Dreams. Since the late 1990s they’ve revived their partnership in diverse context and have toured in formations ranging from piano-guitar duo to trio with Kenny Wheeler to the cooperative group Contact with Dave Liebman and Billy Hart. For much of the last decade Abercrombie and Copland have also each had bassist Drew Gress as a regular member of their respective bands so “39 Steps” draws on a network of trusted relationships. Jazz ballads and lyricism predominate on this disc with six tunes from Abercrombie’s pen, two Copland tunes, one collective improvisation, and a creative deconstruction of the old standard “Melancholy Baby”.
osprey posted:Berhaps it's a bit early for this but happy holidays everyone
Used to have 4 of those discs in the 60's
Now Playing.......
Andrew Cyrille Quartet - The Declaration of Musical Independence
Andrew Cyrille (drums, percussion), Bill Frisell (guitar), Richard Teitelbaum ( Synthesizer, piano), and Ben Street (double bass)
Streaming on NAS....... I played this alum a few times now and after listening to John Abecombre Quartet the last two albums I wanted to hear the Andrew Cyrille Quartet once again. Taking it out for another spin.......
Now Playing......
Andrea Bocelli - My Christmas
Streaming on TIDAL........ The missus is big on Christmas music so a little Andrea Bocelli to make sure there isn't a bag of coal under the tree on Christmas morning with my name on it.
Time After Time: just perfect.
Just Finishing.......
Stephen Micus - Inland Sea
Streaming on TIDAL........ Something to ease off into the night
Note on ECM Records Website:
Inland Sea is Stephan Micus’ 22nd solo album for ECM, each one taking his audience on musical journeys to far-flung places and unique sound worlds. For decades, he has been travelling, collecting and studying musical instruments from all over the world and creating new music for them. Micus often combines instruments from different cultures and continents that would never normally be played together, adapting and extending them, and rarely playing them in a traditional manner. The instruments then become a cast of characters that help tell the particular story of that album. While he plays nine different instruments on Inland Sea, the lead role belongs to the nyckelharpa – a keyed fiddle from Sweden, with an array of other instruments and vocals providing layers and textures throughout.
Ton Koopman - Bach: cantatas
i really enjoy Bach's cantatas. This a CD with the 'highlights' of the cantata series conducted by Ton Koopman.
seakayaker posted:apye! posted:seakayaker posted:Now Playing.......
Antonio Forcione & Sabrina Sciubba - Meet Me In London
Sabrina Sciubba (vocals), Antonio Forcione (guitar, nylon string guitar), David Mantovani (bass, electric bass, fretless bass and synthesizer horn), Malcolm Creese (double-bass), Adam Glasser (harmonica), and Bosco DeOliveira (percussion)
Something smooth and easy this Monday morning....... This album is quite beautiful.
Streaming from NAS........
Saw Antonio play on Tuesday night at the Electric Theatre in Guildford.
Fantastic guitar playing in a small intimate venue and such a nice guy to chat to afterwards.
He was also briefly joined on stage by Modeste Hugues, another brilliant guitarist originally from Madagascar with a unique African influence to his style of playing, great stuff!!
Congratulations, I do hope to have the opportunity to see him play at some point. It sounded like the setting along with the music made it a great show to attend!
Love his music!
He is well worth seeing and tends to play small venues.
It was the third time I have seen him, different venues each time, and I am still amazed at how good he is!
In an attempt to comprise on the music, while cooking with the wife:
Out for its annual play - Now The Christmas Album. It may be a bit cheesy, but there are some great Christmas pop songs on this collection. I notice that this has been rereleased amid the current vinyl resurgence, but it omits many of the tunes which feature on the original.
