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Title: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 03/21/23 at 17:19:28 Guys, With the 'What's Spinning' thread causing crashes, (when posting from an iPhone, which,  out of convenience, is my preferred method) , this is an alternative (and experimental) new thread to see if something new might work better. If this results in no change (which I imagine will be the case), it can be quickly ignored. Let the experiment begin - go forth, and be photo postful...

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 03/21/23 at 17:23:48 Testing 1,2,3…

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 03/21/23 at 17:27:42 Easy, peasy, with no issue from my iPhone.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 03/21/23 at 18:09:56 I'm in. Nice music for YARD (Yet Another Rainy Day):

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/21/23 at 19:16:52 i haven't done any serious listening. My new DSD DAC Mk2 from PS Audio was supposed to be here by FedEx on Sunday. As we were not necessarily going to be here all day Sunday to sign for it, I paid 12 Dollars to have that moved to Monday. Monday morning it showed on the truck and then a few hours later an "operational delay" which turned out to be an all day one and it is supposed to be delivered today, hasn't shown up yet. In preparation for this new one I moved my modded DSD DAC from the main system and moved it into the place of my OG DSD DAC that in my headphone system. That was a decided improvement in sound as I suspected; that OG will go back in trade for the Mk2--I'm being given full price for the OG, 2/3 in a discount and 1/3 as a credit towards a future purchase. When I'm back to listening I'll probably contiune in my OG listening thread. ;)

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 03/21/23 at 19:24:18 Sorry Lon. There is nothing worse than expecting a delivery (especially concerning audio equipment) and having it end up late! I know this latest DSD directstream is gonna be fantastic. Keep us posted on how it sounds going forward.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/21/23 at 19:42:04 It IS frustrating. But it's not as frustrating as waiting many months for a product to be built and shipped. Oh. . .wait a minute. . . .;) Yes, I think this is going to be a fantastic DAC by all reports so far. I have high hopes.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 03/21/23 at 20:54:30 That sucks Lon. Not just for you, but I've been planning on living vicariously through your upgrade . I spent a bunch of money upgrading my digital a couple years ago, I'm not doing that again for a long long time. Also, to get back on topic, an old favorite I haven't listened to in a while. Also one of the greatest albums ever made. Uploaded instead of linked, just for the heck of it.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/21/23 at 22:24:06 Now it suddenly went to delayed--expected by end of day tomorrow. &^%$ This is the worst I've experienced from FedEx.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Sean on 03/21/23 at 23:51:24 You’re getting your $12 worth! Sorry, shipping delays are the worst. I once had a center channel “delivered” turns out it was up the street for a week before the guy drove down to me. That was a real fiasco. Feeling your frustration, I tried replacing brake lines today and was given the wrong part. My truck ain’t moving til Friday at the earliest now.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/22/23 at 00:15:08 I'm shrugging it off. I'll just dart out for groceries first thing in the morning and then hunker down and wait (AGAIN) and hope that it arrives earlier rather than later and I can get some set up. Gives me a chance to listen to my living-room system a bit more . . . not a bad thing, sounds pretty darned good. I feel your pain about the brake parts. My worst brake part scenario was when I was trying to redo the brakes on my '64 Alfa Romeo at the end of the 'seventies. They had not imported Alfas to the US until '66 or so and all parts had to be ordered from Italy. I waited three months for the parts to come in. . . and they were not correct. I was lucky and found someone who did have the parts in a few weeks but. . . man that was a drag. I loved driving that car (1600 Spider Veloce). Mine didn't look this nice. One day I may have a mid-sixties Italian again. That's my kind of car.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Sean on 03/22/23 at 03:34:57 At 6’7” I’d would need to pull the front seat out! The thing that drives me nuts about these brake lines is road salt led to brackets rusting, as they rust they slowly clamp the rubber lines closed. Anyhow, finally getting to sit down and listen. Burns Vista Social Club’s Lost and Found.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/22/23 at 10:12:35 I'm 6' and I was comfortable as heck in it, even with the removable hardtop on. It actually had only storage space behind the front seats and they went back pretty far. What a car that was. It got great gas mileage and had a 25 gallon tank. The worst downside was. . . it had no heater!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 03/22/23 at 12:52:22 Robert Drasnin - Voodoo (1959) This is a very interesting recording. Described as ‘exotica’. One of the highest in SQ in my collection. A YouTube discovery from a few years ago. I find myself coming back to it again and again. Not for everyone, I know, but I have grown very fond of it.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 03/22/23 at 16:25:30 Wayne Shorter isn't my favorite thing on the menu, but I'll order it once in a while:

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 03/22/23 at 18:41:36 More music for a rainy day: Don't let "Schoenberg" scare you away. This sounds like Mahler or Richard Strauss, or even Wagner.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 03/23/23 at 12:19:13

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Same Old DD on 03/23/23 at 12:58:12 I'm going to go play that one today ... again. Great album! I'm still working my way through my Duetsche Grammophon collection. :)

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by JBzen on 03/23/23 at 15:41:58 The last music played a couple of days ago was Dead Can Dance "Into the Labyranth". It seems that is where I'll be headed with the weather breaking and the Charoit just becoming an access corridor to storage of outdoorsy stuff [smiley=tunes26.gif] John

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Mannytheseacow on 03/25/23 at 00:59:54

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 03/25/23 at 16:46:14

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 03/25/23 at 17:06:20

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dominick on 03/25/23 at 20:42:40 Took advantage of the PS Audio’s March discount and ordered Zuill Bailey’s “Bach Cello Suites” from Octave records on vinyl.   I originally streamed this to become familiar with the recording.    Yes it’s all the rave… phenomenally recorded and mastered.  It’s dead silent with black backgrounds and nice decay.  The music filled my large room with vaulted ceilings with big sound.   This album is well worth the money.   Surprisingly…..when I ran it through the Spin Clean before it’s first play… I found a hairline piece of vinyl approximately 1/2 inch long that came off in the water, as well as a few small vinyl bits.  Didn’t expect that! Dom

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/25/23 at 20:46:09 I have the SACD set and can report that it too sounds fantastic. Perhaps not my very favorite rendition of these suites, but up there!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dominick on 03/25/23 at 20:53:26 Lon…I’m currently on album 2 of 4 and I’m truly enjoying it.  Very detailed and captivating.  I decided to switch things up, and play it through my Torii.  Can’t wait to hear this again through my Zen amp!!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/25/23 at 21:07:00 I can only imagine how good that vinyl must sound. Glad you took a chance on it.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Same Old DD on 03/25/23 at 23:32:52 Hi, Dominick. Living under a rock, I had not heard this selection, Zuill Bailey’s “Bach Cello Suites”. However, Tidal came to my rescue once again. I let it stream for a while, but it did not take long for a kind of "permanance" to set in for me. It's almost like there should be a seperate genre for “Bach Cello Suites” since there are SO MANY recordings out there. Very nice indeed! I feel the warmth of a future purchase building. Thank you. [smiley=tunes29.gif]

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Mannytheseacow on 03/26/23 at 05:07:08

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dominick on 03/26/23 at 19:06:33 DD, Yes there are many renditions of the Bach Cello Suites…this one….esp. on vinyl was a real treat.  If you are considering vinyl…PS audio is running a special for March on a nice discount.  I would grab it…it’s worth it. Now I’m just streaming through Roon  Joe Pass & Ella Fitzgerald “ Easy Living”.  Very intimate session… it’s just a guitar and vocals.  Very good recording and Joe Pass doesn’t overshadow her vocals.  Two legendary performers team up to give you great listen.   Dom

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/26/23 at 20:16:06 Those Joe and Ella LPs (there are more!) are wonderful. From the shelves. . . . This one came some months back and I listened to the first disc a few times and didn't get to disc the second. . . correcting that now. Elvin Jones "Revival -- Live at Pookie's Pub" Impulse Japan SHM-CD disc 2 Okay but not great sound. . . but ELVIN!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 03/27/23 at 22:24:13 With the right recording my 300B amp makes the most beautiful music I've ever heard. Recorded or in real life. This is one of those recordings:

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 03/28/23 at 17:07:39 Here's my entry for the Bach 'Cello Suites: I love the pieces and have many recordings, including 3 different Janos Starker. But this is one I reach for often.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/28/23 at 17:31:50 I am not sure what my favorite is. . . this release of the suites is among them.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 03/30/23 at 02:09:43 This is from this mornings coffee listening session. Trouble with the site kept me from being able to post. Great recording!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by JBzen on 03/30/23 at 09:17:30 I found this one to be presented as intimate. Finely detailed and nicely laid back. Warning up the system in prep for Glenn’s tube A/B video. John

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Same Old DD on 03/30/23 at 12:23:53 I went with this along with coffee this morning. I could not get on yesterday either, Geno. It was so nice outside, though, I did not spin much until later in the evening. I am still receiving the same ERROR message this morning, then it just goes through after a Refresh. Something is still going on with the site.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/30/23 at 12:56:30 Things are working well for me on the site this morning! I hope it improves for you.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 03/30/23 at 19:00:15 Hi DD, Lon and John! (Sounds like a cool name for a band) ;D Things are back to normal for me with the site. No issues today. Best, Geno

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/30/23 at 19:19:29 Hi Geno! Yes, the forum seems to be operating quite well today. My OG Listening thread is humming along. ;)

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 03/30/23 at 19:25:14 I was in a Monk mood this morning (MMTM). FWIW I didn't have any trouble getting on the site yesterday, but there were a number of threads and that were broken, including I think this one. Things seem like they are back to "normal" today.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by JBzen on 03/31/23 at 09:55:05 Yeah Geno, I noticed something off here two days ago. Must have been an overload of traffic on the net. There was a lot of prank phone calls to schools about active shooters in PA that day. How about DD LonJon. Sounds a little catchy 8-)

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Same Old DD on 03/31/23 at 19:51:03 I am calling my latest (mass?) music acquistion the "stack of stuff" for now. I am astounded at the fact that she felt the need to warn me that there was probably nothing left in those boxes, since so many people had already scrounged through his albums for over a year. Mainly because there is some cool stuff in this stack. From the stack of stuff, I find this oddly relaxing for a rainy day, which we have today, in spades. Current set up is perfect for some psyche-head sixties music, too.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by JBzen on 03/31/23 at 21:00:21 Oh man DD! The Zombies! It has been a while but "Time of the Season" was one of my faves back in the early 70s. Spirited organ playing and smooth harmonies was cherished by I. Even though it is a compilation it surely would have been snagged by me rooting thru the boxes.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Same Old DD on 03/31/23 at 23:25:14 It's a good band, JBz! Maybe check out some of their other albums? They are actually a band that should have done better than a One Hit and Done band. There are many of those great bands out there from this era. [smiley=tunes10.gif] Keeping with the '60s theme, "After Bathing At Baxter's" from Jefferson Airplane. "Crown Of Creation" to follow. Good stuff.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 04/01/23 at 03:39:11 My home team when I was growing up: Mehta and the LA Phil. Lots of great (mostly late romantic) music well played and recorded.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 04/01/23 at 17:19:06  https://youtu.be/Csz2hKAjQBk

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 04/03/23 at 03:25:34 Björk - Debut

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 04/04/23 at 21:04:29 Martinu was one of my "lockdown projects" and he quickly became one of my favorite 20th century composers. This is obscure, even for Martinu, downloaded from Qobuz, but I like it a lot and the Prague Philharmonic Choir is an added bonus.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 04/11/23 at 15:41:27 Listening to this at work this morning - hope I don't get fired, cause it must be played loud [smiley=peanuts10.gif] https://youtu.be/KqpWTC-rvhQ

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by JBzen on 04/18/23 at 10:48:33 From the shores of the Youghiogheny River, Robin Trower "Bridge of Signs" flac rip and "For Earth Below" vinyl/flac rip all on hard drive. John

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by JBzen on 04/19/23 at 11:28:29 It's been a while since this one was played. Good mood set for the upcoming sunny spring day. Rip to flac.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by JBzen on 04/19/23 at 11:51:27 Next up Don McLean "American Pie". Have a great day all! John

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Same Old DD on 04/19/23 at 18:24:49 I had to share this. I have lots of new music to explore and one box was full of jazz with half of it being Duke Ellington. Since I only owned three Ellington LPs before, this box multiplied my Ellington collection by a factor of eight! This one I had to clean up and play right away. There was nothing in it - it was clean. I know it's not one of the more desirable releases, according to Discogs, but I am pleased to have it. It sounds wonderful! It's their pic.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 04/19/23 at 18:59:19 That's a fantastic album in any pressing! I also have "Jazz Party" -- the mono release, a Six Eye Columbia. It too is a fantastic listen. Jimmy Rushing, and Dizzy Gillespie on board make it a fun one.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Same Old DD on 04/20/23 at 00:01:17 This one is a "Six Eye" Columbia release as well. Most of the other Ellington albums are mono and I am not as averse to mono as I used to be. I mean I deliberately made my garage system full mono for a number of reasons. One of which, when you have a large "voice" even in mono, it still fills a room floor to ceiling, past the walls and even farther beyond sometimes, depending upon the recording. I know many would not listen to Eddie Arnold, but one recording I have I swear his "mouth" is twenty feet tall, establishes itself below the floor and his piano is forty feet wide, from a mono recording. I sometimes look up and have to pause a minute because I heard something fabulous coming from behind me. I know it's a phasing trick of how the recording came out and the way the reproduction interacted with the room, but the depth, height, width we can achieve with pure mono can not be discounted. I am anxious to continue my exploration of this stack of stuff. Most of what I have pulled out has proven to be quite a bit above a VG or a VG+ grade, you might find commonly. My grading system, I call them closer to "cherry" meaning they do not look touched for the most part. It seems that the ones he archived in this way and placed in special boxes are a measure above the typical old record grade most people expect from a sixty year old recording. [smiley=peanuts05.gif]

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Same Old DD on 04/20/23 at 15:43:06 Another beautiful album, does not look touched. I don't think this is Meldau's first album, but it seems to be one of his first from what I can find. It's a nice listen. I have both volumes. I have not heard Vol. 2 yet. It is in perfect condition as well. This is why it will take months to go through this stack of LPs! I can not remain on task.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tooppy on 04/20/23 at 21:17:31 Almost "A Capella" all the way :

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Mannytheseacow on 04/21/23 at 04:43:41 Portico Quartet. Session available in higher resolution on most platforms: http://m.youtube.com/watchv=PzoctG9Qn94&pp=ygUPcG9ydGljbyBxdWFydGV0

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Same Old DD on 04/21/23 at 15:18:30 A really nice Verve. Duke Ellington is hard to beat, but with Ella? Wow. This one is the double LP. Amazing condition, except for some scuffing on the jacket. It has obviously been shuffled around some before it entered caring hands. The discs are perfect. "Mack The Knife" starts this one off. I love it!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 04/21/23 at 15:21:26 Yes, wonderful music. I'm a Duke nut so I have this material, but within a multi-cd set that Verve released of the entire recorded output of the concerts at Antibes that year (most without Ella). Incredible music. Ellington rules.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Same Old DD on 04/21/23 at 15:30:35 I have actually enjoyed and sometimes even preferred many modern remasters of classic LPs. I'm guessing that your CD collection sounds great. I wouldn't call myself a Duke nut, but I don't want to miss one either. There is a local university radio station that does an afternoon "big band" show and it is coincidentally on during my drive time. If they are on the air, I'm playing that while I commute! I slow down and just listen. Radio does not often do much for me, but in a car, yeah. Especially with some BB music playing! This show kind of brought me back to Duke after I thought I had heard it all. Boy, did I have some lessons ahead! ;D

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 04/21/23 at 15:40:51 When I first got into Duke I thought the earliest "jungle" stuff was the best. That was forty years ago! Then I became a huge fan of the Columbia era--the fantastic sound drew me in. Then the period I liked least, the last decade, drew me in. Then I went into the thirties and forties. . . and realized. . .Duke was alway so deep into music and had his incredible stable of musicians to draw on, write for, and inspire and be inspired by, that all decades of Duke are worth exploring. Also the more I listen to jazz as a whole the more I realize his influence as a pianist, writer and arranger and bandleader is pervasive and deep. My favorites of his change, but I always love listening to the Ellington Orchestra.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Same Old DD on 04/21/23 at 19:00:58 Ellington's influence can never be ignored. When I first began "trying" to get into jazz in addition to my electric hard rock and acoustic bluegrass influences, I was mostly put off and it took years for me figure out that is/was because all my "friends" were trying to get me to enjoy smooth stuff. I mean I've heard enough Earl Klugh that I get an almost Pavlovian vomitous response if I'm not prepared to be disgusted. I know I am attracting hate by being so cruel and singling out one artist I'm done with, but it took me a while to find what good jazz was. I'm talking about my early twenties. I love all the bop guys and most any sax player worth his reeds and brass players worth a fresh spit valve cork. Singers came later for me and Big Band orchestra, even later. I have "discovered" Duke Ellington in several ways over time, get full and leave. But, I always return and find something I had not experienced before. I'm here now and I have quite a lot more music to play, right in my hands. I don't see myself "leaving" again. :)

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 04/21/23 at 22:06:12 I'm done with so many artists it's not funny. I can be happy for those who like to listen to them but I don't want to. When I split away from rock and music on the radio in the 'eighties there was little going back for me, I hear that music now and I just don't want to. Jazz, Brazilian, classical, that's where my listening heart is. Ellington had the whole history of African American music within his work, and that work can be explored over a lifetime. The Maestro.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 04/22/23 at 17:39:51

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 04/23/23 at 03:07:04

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Mannytheseacow on 04/23/23 at 05:03:13 I love Yes, Geno. Been a few years since I’ve listened to them. Thanks for the reminder. The Lii’s reproduce that drum in the intro of this track with uncanny realism. Going down a Yes rabbit hole now.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by JBzen on 04/23/23 at 11:10:22 April 19th's sunrise(yes insert pic is the sunrise deep in the Youghiogheny River valley) most definitely planted a seed to play this one at weeks end.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by JBzen on 04/23/23 at 11:23:32

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by JBzen on 04/23/23 at 12:22:35

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tooppy on 04/23/23 at 13:36:07 mathématique fraction

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Same Old DD on 04/23/23 at 15:26:46 You know how sometimes you are stricken with an earworm that won't go away and the only way to kill it is to find that song and play it? "Give It Away" was stuck under my hat yesterday and I awoke with the same affliction, so I went to find this on Tidal and beat the song out from between my ears. Now, I've heard this song a thousand times on more than a dozen systems, and I kind of like it. When I worked in a portrait studio there was  fellow, a little older than the average youngster SO into the newly emerging Alternative scene, who tried SO hard to be cool. He played Alternative constantly and this song came up fairly often. Oddly, this morning hearing it on my F15s and Decware amps for the first time ever, I heard a jaw harp playing in the background cacophony. I never knew they had used one of those large jaw harps. I had never heard it before. Just to make damn sure the earworm was dead and gone, I played the song through a couple more times. I do "kinda" like some of the music these guys put out. They perform with a very rare high level of energy that appeals to me.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Same Old DD on 04/23/23 at 15:45:38 Geno, I also love Yes! I'm going to dig some out and have a listen later today. I played "Close To The Edge" recently and enjoyed it quite a lot!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Mannytheseacow on 04/23/23 at 16:18:11 That’s about the only album I ever got into by the RHCP, DD. Gonna have a listen again right now. Several of their others are enjoyable for a spin but lack that long-term listenability. I think one of the things I enjoy most about hifi is the range of music it allows me to appreciate. On any given day I can have an infinite range of music styles playing and enjoy them all.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 04/23/23 at 16:19:36 Good morning DD and Manny. One of my favorite groups for sure. For me, the trio is The Yes Album, Fragile, and Close to the Edge. John, following the Yes post with King Crimson was very appropriate. DD, I love me some Chili Peppers too!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 04/23/23 at 16:25:44 Hey Manny. Looks like we posted at the same time. The last thing I listened to last night before bed was, Starship Trooper. The full range of sound on the open baffles with some volume is very special [smiley=wink.gif]

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by jameslayton on 05/05/23 at 08:50:32 Nice. I love music

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/06/23 at 19:01:07 Jimi Hendrix - The Cry of Love

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 05/06/23 at 21:39:40 Elina Duni Partir Released: 2018 Engineer: Gérard De Haro

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Same Old DD on 05/07/23 at 02:59:08 Geno, "Cry Of Love"  and  "Rainbow Bridge" are two albums I have in mind as what we could have had more of, if things had gone differently in September 1970. ... and to think where his music could have gone with his latest interests at the time. I was at school, had smuggled a contraband radio into the school building and I just walked out, headed eight miles home when I heard. I was done! I recently bought the modern Kramer remasters of those LPs and all his studio albums that Kramer had reworked. Music I never want to be without! ;)

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/14/23 at 16:12:10

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/16/23 at 13:09:53

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 05/16/23 at 15:58:39 From the shelves Art Hodes Back Room Boys "Low Down Blues" Blue Note/TOCJ Japan cd Fantastic music, really good sound on cd.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/16/23 at 16:00:24  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0xMpLXQNvM

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/29/23 at 16:46:42 This is one of the best acoustic recordings I’ve heard. They are in the room with me😉

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 05/29/23 at 17:09:29 "The Complete Freddie Hubbard Blue Note & Impulse 60's Studio Sessions" Mosaic Records, disc IV From the shelves

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/29/23 at 18:34:00 This is a great one to use for testing bass - it has a fat bottom ;-)

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 05/29/23 at 19:05:20 That's a good one. . . one of two Dr. John's I have.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 06/15/23 at 03:16:47

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/15/23 at 15:23:18 Shirley Horn "Loads of Love" Mercury LP Focus on Ms Horn the singer. Jimmy Jones arranged and conducted. From the shelves

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/15/23 at 15:54:48 Joyce "Language and Love" Verve Forecast cd Early Joyce, full orchestration on some tracks. MELLOW. Brazilian LP cover From the shelves

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/15/23 at 21:46:25 From the shelves I'm revisiting this one. It has so many elements that I love about Ellington records. And the sound is great. Ray Nance!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/16/23 at 14:12:30 Thelonious Monk "The Classic Quartet" Candid cd 2023 After waffling I decided to order this new cd even though I do have a budget early cd of this in storage. This new remaster certainly would sound better than that cd in a side by side comparison. And it's a great performance. On the same day in Tokyo the Monk Quartet did this tv show performance, and a concert released by Columbia/Sony as a 2 disc set. The latter is stereo, this TV performance was recorded in mono. From amazon.com

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/16/23 at 14:48:48 Jack Teagarden "Jazz Greats No. 26" cd Some great Teagarden sides compiled, restored and remastered by J.R.T. Davies. Teagarden's music always lifts my spirits. From the shelves

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/16/23 at 17:58:04 From the shelves

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dominick on 06/16/23 at 18:03:35 Currently sitting in my work truck and streaming music in Tidal.  This one from Leo Parker is very good.  Going to have to listen to it again on my reference system when I get home from work.   I may have to seek this one out on vinyl.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/18/23 at 21:21:22 Listening to this beautiful cd From the shelves "Jacques Pelzier" While thinking of my Dad.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Mannytheseacow on 08/16/23 at 23:54:08 http://open.qobuz.com/album/nuyna0z8yzzcb

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 08/17/23 at 10:11:32 Mario Adnet "Um Olhar Sobre Villa-Lobos" Adventure Music cd Graceful and pastoral sound. Great way to start a cool summer morning. From the shelves

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tooppy on 08/19/23 at 13:43:37 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceAK2au9R18 insérer une fraction sur word

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 08/19/23 at 21:34:57 Chet Baker Trio "Live in Paris" Elementary Music cd, disc 2 This is one of my favorite Elementary Music releases. Chet is mellow and focused and the sound is very "you are there". . . . From the shelves

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 08/19/23 at 23:30:56 James Francies "Flight" Blue Note cd I was trying this one again. It seems very prog rock to me, and the production is very different from most jazz albums. I was starting to "get it" when my wife informed my my listening session was over and it was time to make dinner. I'll get back to it soon. From the shelves

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 08/20/23 at 15:04:48 Jure Pukl "Doubtless" A husband and wife two tenor lead, bass and drums quartet. Rather "harmelodic" to my ears at least so far in. In from bandcamp

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Kombi on 08/25/23 at 01:04:35 Listening to the Reissue of Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense. The full concert for the first time on vinyl. It is amazing in every way. If you are a fan of the band this reissue is a must! I have my Australian first pressing i got myself new as a kid. Also have it on cassette from when i got it as a kid.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tooppy on 08/30/23 at 22:08:12 TONG LI ....Probably one of the best Chinese singer presently. Beside her own songs, she has taken back many of Teresa Teng's repertory ....beautiful ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYf0kcFzGgY If you are interested, some albums are available here : https://www.yesasia.com/global/search/%E7%AB%A5%E4%B8%BD/0-0-0-q.%E7%AB%A5%E4%B8%BD+_bpt.48-en/list.html

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by charles hidalgo on 09/01/23 at 07:28:32

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 09/01/23 at 10:36:14 Carlos Santana/Alice Coltrane "Illumination" SACD Beautiful sound for this crisp summer morning. Fall is coming! From the shelves

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 09/01/23 at 11:16:54 Matthew Stevens "Pittsburg" Solo/overdubbed guitar album. Get the right volume and it sounds as if he's in your room. From the shelves

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 09/01/23 at 11:52:25 Milt Jackson "Used to be Jackson" Solid Records Japan 2 cd set, disc 2 Milt jackson, Cedar Walton, Ray Brown, Mickey Roker From the shelves

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 09/01/23 at 12:54:30 Duke Ellington "Newport 1958" Columbia 2 cd set, disc 1 It was time for some Duke. From the shelves

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Gilf on 11/09/23 at 02:46:49 Lucero- Live from Atlanta. Streaming after King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Iron Lung. Super stereo 3-d surround sound, courtesy of two Lii F15s and 2 Decware monoblocks.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by The other Lon on 11/10/23 at 22:08:06

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 11/11/23 at 16:08:29

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 12/18/23 at 16:06:33

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 12/22/23 at 04:59:39 Listening to some Christmas music today, of recordings my family played when I was a "youngster" in the 60's. Joan Baez, "Noel," from 1966, with orchestral accompaniment.  Peter Schickele did the arrangements and conducted the orchestra.  He is perhaps best known for his humorous shows on the works of "P.D.Q Bach," a made-up member of the Bach family (I actually saw one of his performances with my parents in the early 1970s).  In his liner notes to the reissued CD, he talks about "the sound on Joan's album would be reminiscent of the musical periods in which the various carols were written," and that he had been selected because he "had shown, in the P.D.Q. Bach music, a certain amount of dexterity in evoking the flavor of bygone styles without trying to slavishly write" in exactly those historical styles.  It has some songs I really like that I have not heard elsewhere (like "Down in Yon Forest", maybe my favorite on this recording). Chet Atkins, "Christmas with Chet Atkins" from 1961.  For some reason, we never played this record a lot when I was a kid.  It has a vocal group accompaniment on some songs that to me seems typical for late 50s to early 60s popular recordings.  I liked those vocals on this record (even though I think some may find it dated and "corny") - a couple of my favorites in that style were "Jingle Bell Rock" and "Little Drummer Boy." Hope everyone here has a good holiday weekend, and good music (whether holiday music or otherwise).

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 01/02/24 at 14:02:01 Played this along with the Breakfast In America blu ray and the Famous Last Words cd.~ [smiley=icqlite20.png]

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by travel250 on 01/12/24 at 15:57:02 Teskey Brothers Black Pistol Fire Kaleo Peter Green

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 01/13/24 at 22:36:00 Using a Zen amp to listen to "Koto Music of Japan" by the Zumi-Kai Original Instrumental Group - somehow that seems appropriate.  As best I can tell, this is from a 1968 recording made by Everest (my CD is from Laserlight). I really don't know much of anything about this kind of music (spoiler alert - I don't have particularly deep knowledge about any kind of music, beyond knowing what I like when I hear it).  It is very different from what I usually listen to, and it is interesting to be able to listen to music with fresh ears, because it is so unfamiliar.  It is constantly surprising, because it is not like the other music that I listen to. The music is pretty spare, and in the context of some discussion in the thread on the Swiss Digital Fuse Box, there are probably lots of "leading edges" to listen to. Perhaps it is an acquired taste if you did not grow up with this kind of music, but I find I like it (of course IMO, YMMV), and am glad I bought this CD.  I am trying to insert a photo for the first time below - hopefully it works!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 01/18/24 at 23:16:47 Listening to some Clifton Chenier zydeco music today.  Started with "Bayou Blues," which I think may be a compilation of singles.  As the title says, lots of blues on this one (and I think blues was always a large part of his music), with a mix of vocals and instrumentals. Then to an anthology "Chess New Orleans," which has tracks from Chicago's Chess records foray into Louisiana in the 1950s through the early 1960s.  It includes some Clifton Chenier tracks - the instrumental "Bayou Drive" is one of my favorite Chenier songs.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 01/23/24 at 19:06:50 Listening to boogie woogie this morning - Pete Johnson "King of Boogie." It has recordings made in France between 1939 and 1941. (This is what discogs shows as the CD cover, though mine has the same photo on the CD which also has a red color scheme).   This CD has lots of blues songs, but also a mix of of more harmonically diverse music that I think of as jazz.  For me, boogie-woogie is the music from the 1930s that seems most modern, and I continue to hear music in this style today, more than 80 years later (particularly blues) in ways very similar to what was being done in the 1930s.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 01/23/24 at 19:30:24 Pete Johnson. . . quite a piano player! Right now Miles Davis "Miles +19" (aka "Miles Ahead") This is the mono mix on Japanese Sony cd

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 01/23/24 at 20:48:20 I don't have a lot of country music, but am listening to Billy Mata & The Texas Tradition, "Domino Effect." from 2006. I picked this up at a music festival that included Billy Mata, after enjoying their set.  The incorporation of fiddle and pedal steel guitar is different from most of what I listen to, but the underlying music seems very accessible.  I think of this as country swing (but I don't much knowledge of that genre, so hopefully I'm not mischaracterizing it!).   Interestingly, it has a boogie-woogie based song (Roll'em Floyd) that is credited to Big Joe Turner, and is definitely in the spirit of Pete Johnson playing boogie-woogie with "Big" Joe Turner singing.  Here, the pedal steel is covering the types of lines that saxophones would fill in a blues setting with a larger band. Which then took me to the Vanguard Records compilation "The Great Blues Men" from 1972.  That includes Joe Turner and Pete Johnson playing "It's All Right Baby," which I think was recorded live at Carnegie Hall in 1938 or 1939. That prompted me to listen to the song "Buzzin"" on the Black Top Records 1991 recording of Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers, "Blues in the Dark."  Buzzin is boogie-woogie piano with drum accompaniment.  It is another song that seems to pretty directly descend from music in the 1930s And that then took me to the realization "wasn't I going to do some work today, instead of posting on the Decware music forum!"

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 01/26/24 at 19:07:14 Listening to something different this morning - Tito Puente, "El Rey de la Salsa." I got this at a Tower Records outlet a long time ago.  I would call it latin jazz, and all the vocals are spanish (no liner notes on the CD, which I guess is OK because I wouldn't be able to read them anyway!).  This is pretty much the only recording I have in this genre. It is pretty fun music to listen to - it has lots energy, and even without understanding the words it feels pretty compelling to me.  My favorite is an instrumental version of "Ran Tan Kan" that has vibes, and all sorts of rhythms going on (a quick look at youtube shows lots of versions have vocals).

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 01/27/24 at 12:00:56 Tito! A lot of great players were in and out of his bands. Right now Orrin Evans "Meant to Shine" Palmetto cd

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 01/27/24 at 15:36:40 John Pizzarelli "Bossa Nova" Telarc cd A nice Saturday morning cd. Paul Braga's drums really help to anchor this one.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 01/27/24 at 19:34:16 Hello, Lon.  I think Tito Puente also wrote "oye como va," that I remember being a pretty big hit for Carlos Santana on the Abraxis album.  I had that album back in the day, but sold it to help buy some other records.  Looking back, I wish I had been "hip" enough at the time to seek out other recordings by the writers of those songs, like Tito! I am not familiar with the John Pizzarelli recording, but I do have a few Bossa Nova recordings.  In particular, I have the Stan Getz collection, "5 Original Albums Vol. 2" which the cover of the box identifies as "the Bossa Nova Classics."  (those 5 "Original Albums" sets seem like a good way to get a number of recordings on well-mastered discs at a reasonable cost). Right now, I am listening to "Jazz Samba" with Stan Getz and Charlier Byrd from that collection.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 01/27/24 at 19:50:05 Yes, Tito wrote "Oye" possibly borrowing from the great bassist Cachao. . .and Santana did a version that knocked me out when I first heard it on the radio and led me to exploring some Latin jazz. Cha cha cha! Bossa Nova is a genre I really started listening to and exploring in the mid-eighties and then got seriously into when exchanging emails and tapes with a California guitarist named Jim Rowan, an expert in the genre. This led me to a deep reverence for the music of Jobim, which lasts to this day and I don't see going away. Those Getz albums are classics and those cd versions in that box set are very well remastered and presented.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 01/27/24 at 20:24:25 I know that Jobim is one of your favorites.  So I dug a little deeper into the Getz collection, and now listening to "Getz/Gilberto" which features Jobim. host pix [Note the picture is not exactly the same as my sleeve, but there are over 300 releases listed on discogs, so I am going to say good enough with this version).

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 01/27/24 at 20:35:37 Yes--one of the best selling jazz albums of all time and perhaps the most influential bossa nova album ever. I don't play it often. . .as it is sort of seared into my mind. I have a mono version on cd that is nice for me to hear as I have heard the stereo so often!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 01/27/24 at 20:55:47 Dannie Richmond "The Last Mingus Band A.D."

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by JBzen on 01/28/24 at 13:31:02 It is a marathon. Cleaned 270 albums this week, listened to 82 so far. Out of the 82, 12 are either excessively worn or have unrepairable skips. The eighteen pictured are good out of the 23 auditioned in the last 20 hours.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 01/31/24 at 18:38:30 This morning I am listening to "The Oscar Moore Quartet w/ Carl Perkins," recorded in 1954. I think I picked this up about 25 years ago, knowing nothing about Oscar Moore, but being casually interested in jazz guitar.  I'm glad I did, as I really like this recording.   The liner notes taught me that he was particularly noted as the guitarist in the Nat King Cole trio, but Oscar Moore did not want to go in the more pop music direction that Nat King Cole was going, and so he left in 1947.  (Non-musical aside - the liner notes also indicate that he was earning a salary of $35,000 with Nat King Cole - it looks that would be about $480,000 in 2023.  That's a lot!) By the way, the Carl Perkins here is a pianist, and not the rockabilly guitarist.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 01/31/24 at 20:28:43 A great record! I think I have all the work that Moore did with the Cole Trio, and another record of his as a leader. As I used to play along with the Cole Trio recordings he was an influence on my own (ragged) guitar style. Quite a guy! I'm glad he made some coin. Another great guitarist that played with Cole (after Moore) was John Collins.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 02/01/24 at 00:25:18 Hi. Lon, the Nat King Cole trio recordings do seem interesting to me know, perhaps some of the earlier ones before they became more pop oriented. I am listening now to CD 2 of the box set "Gyorgy Ligeti - The Ligeti Project."   Wikepedia identifies Ligeti as a "composer of contemporary classical music" and notes he has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century."   Wikipedia also says that "he is best known by the public through the use of his music in film soundtracks," which is true for me.  I first became aware of him based on the soundtrack for "2001 - A Space Odyssey" from 1969, directed by Stanley Kubrick.  It looks like Kubrick also used his composition "Lontano" in "The Shining," and which was also used in the 2010 movie "Shutter Island." Maybe because I came to this music through film, I don't feel the need to think about the "structure" of the music as much as I usually do for classical music, but instead listen more for the feeling it evokes.  CD 2 of this set includes "Lontano" and "Atmosheres," which each give me the feeling of tension and foreboding, which might explain why I am listening to this as I work on my taxes!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 02/01/24 at 00:38:39 It's still a bit hard for me to get back into classical music . . . I still associate that so much with listening with my Dad, who I miss so much. . . still. I'm taking some baby steps into the genre successfully this year. Right now Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers "Just Coolin'" Blue Note cd This was a rejected session that finally saw the light of day this decade. Not as polished as some sessions but good tunes and playing and sound.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 02/01/24 at 03:48:40 Lon, music seems to be built into all of us in a very deep way, and I think that what we feel about music is, in part, a reflection of how the music is associated with other important relationships or events in our lives.  While my belief is unscientific, I have read articles that seem to highlight music's important impacts on us (for example, how music can reach dementia patients).  I expect you will more fully return to classical music when the time is right for you. I recently bought the Jordi Savall box set, "Espana Eterna - Five Centuries of Music from Spain, 1200-1700."  I think that Lon posted on this recording a while back, which made me aware of it.   I only listened to it once so far, but seems like there is a lot of interesting music to go back and listen to again.  Discogs says the genre is classical, but the list of styles (and the 500 years of history it covers) show that it covers a lot of territory (baroque, renaissance, medieval).  It is all music that is separated from Ligeti's classical music by almost 400 years!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 02/01/24 at 09:10:41 I do have that box set, and it's an adventure in music! Saval led me to it via other cds. . . he is such a scholar and master. Right now A fantastic album. "Ithamara Koorax & Juarez Moreira – Bim Bom"  Motema Music cd

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 02/01/24 at 09:54:27 It is time for some Keith Jarrett Trio. The music from this trio has its own special magic, opens up thoughts and feelings in my mind like no other. Keith Jarrett "The-Out-of-Towners" ECM CD

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 02/04/24 at 05:12:09 I have been listening to Bernard Herrmann music today.  First, "Film Classics" CD.   It has portions of the soundtracks from a number of movies, conducted by Bernard Herrmann.  The ones that I particularly liked (when considered outside of the context of the related films) were " "Fahrenheit 451," "Jane Eyre," "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," and "The Day the Earth Stood Still."  While it has nothing to do with the music, I wonder if Gort, the all-powerful alien robot in "The Day the Earth Stood Still,", relied on tubes or transistors! Following that with the soundtrack to "Jason and the Argonauts" from 1963.  The orchestra for that recording did not include strings (except for several harps), but instead relied on a number of wind and percussion instruments.  This CD was recorded in 1998 from the original score and conducted by Bruce Broughton.  Interesting listening to all the different colors and timbres of the wind instruments.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 02/06/24 at 20:07:39 Listening to "chicago blues" today, and one of my favorite musisicians, "Little" Walter Jacobs on "The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967). He was a harmonica player and vocalist of note, both for his own recordings (like those on this CD set) and with other Chicago blues players, like Muddy Waters and Jimmy Rogers (which are not included here).  He was one of the first to play harmonica through an amplifier, and used the amplifier not just to add volume, but also to shape his tone. When I started listening to blues (late 70s), it was really hard to find this music, so it was really exciting when the complete chess masters CDs came out, including a number of alternate versions that I had never heard before.  So, what I was listening to earlier (about 45 years earlier!) was the two-record set Little Walter on the Chess Blues Masters Series LPs.   I thought I would include this album, since it is an appropriate cover for a "desert island" record!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 02/06/24 at 20:42:56 I have that Little Walter set too, a real boon to have that set configured and available for a spell.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 02/06/24 at 21:08:39 Yes, I am also glad that all this got released together.  I keep thinking of it as a recent release, but the copyright notice is for 2009 (about 15 years ago).   I think that was around the point of peak availability of music on CDs, and at that time it seemed like almost anything I was interested in I could readily find on CD.  That seems to be changing now (unfortunately, to my way of thinking), and I now find myself often looking at sources for used CDs I think we may be entering a period where streaming services may be the way to find broad availability to music (and if you do not have the physical media, it seems like you can lose access to some music based on a business decision by someone else).  Maybe I am just behind the times, but I still like having physical media!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 02/06/24 at 21:51:37 I have been buying bundles of used cds because I don't and likely won't stream. I have boxes and boxes and shelves and shelves of cds. . . if I can't find something new to buy I will always have plenty to play!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Eightweight on 02/07/24 at 01:42:38 Van Morrison and a lot of it ,

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 02/07/24 at 01:48:43 Quote: Posted by: Tone-Deaf      Posted on: Today at 13:08:39 ...I think we may be entering a period where streaming services may be the way to find broad availability to music (and if you do not have the physical media, it seems like you can lose access to some music based on a business decision by someone else).  Maybe I am just behind the times, but I still like having physical media! I do too. Like Lon, I don't stream, but I do buy and download files. It isn't exactly the same as physical media, but I own it, don't need a network connection to play it, and it takes up less space than a jewel case.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 02/11/24 at 20:28:42 Hello, Lon and James.  I also don't stream, but am not going to say "never," because I think the time may be coming that I am going to stream to find music I am interested in.  I do sometimes see recordings on this forum that I would buy (for a reasonable price), but which just don't seem to be very readily available now. Listening to some Motown soul music now, on some retrospective "best of" CDs.  First, Stevie Wonder, "The Definitive Collection." Lots of good music on this, spanning from 1963 to 1985.  I really like the older Motown hits (like "signed, sealed, delivered," and "Uptight"), when I think followed the Motown "formula" pretty closely.  But I also remember later songs where he started to break out of the formula around 1972 (including "superstition") that I remember hearing a lot on the radio.  Of course, titling this as the "definitive collection" is to invite controversy, and some of my personal favorites don't appear here! Following that with "The Very Best of Marvin Gaye." This collection seems similar to the Stevie Wonder recordings, where he started working within the Motown formula (songs like "You're a Wonderful One," "How Sweet It Is," and "Heard It Through the Grapevine"), but eventually released recordings that were more his personal vision (like "What's Going On").

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 02/13/24 at 21:35:20 Listening to Louis Jordan today, starting with 2 CD anthology "Louis Jordan, Let the Good Times Roll," including recordings from 1938 to 1953. This includes a lot of recordings when he was at his peak of popularity, including lots of great songs with humorous lyrics (while I think many of these songs can be classified as "novelty" songs, that seems a bit disrespectful of the great music).  The liner notes have an interesting discussion of how he would be trying out new songs at these performances, so he knew which songs were going to be well received by the public before they were recorded. Then moved on to "Rock'n'Roll" which is an anthology of material recorded by Mercury Records in 1956 and 1957.  Many listeners had evidently moved on from the big band style of some of his original hits, and these recordings tried to update the sound to appeal to a younger audience. Great music and great songs!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 02/15/24 at 19:40:39 I’ve been listening to a couple of jazz recordings by blues guitarists today.  The first is Duke Robillard on “After Hours Swing Session” from 1992. The liner notes indicate the songs are “from the repertoires of Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, Tiny Grimes, and the Benny Goodman Sextet featuring Charlie Christian.”  In the notes, Robillard also talks about wanting to keep the different styles of playing distinct in his playing, to respect each musical form. It looks like Robillard has played with most of the people on this recording already with the Roomful of Blues band, which is a pretty large band including a horn section – like on Roomful of Blues “Let’s Have A Party:”

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 02/15/24 at 19:47:51 Now listening to a 2016 organ trio recording by Little Charlie and Organ Grinder Swing, “Skronky Tonk:” This recording includes versions of Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt songs, standards like “How High the Moon,” and a few originals.  Little Charlie Baty led the blues band “Little Charlie and the Nightcats” for decades, and I think the jazz influences slipped into a lot of his blues playing (a different approach from Robillard).  One of his last recordings with the Little Charlie and the Nightcats was “Nine Lives” in 2005:

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 02/18/24 at 03:30:30 Listening to some New Orleans music by Dave Bartholomew on "Golden Rule in New Orleans - King and Imperial Sides, 1950-1961." Much of it is on the line between blues and rock and roll, with horns.  And Fats Domino on piano for at least one of the songs.  I don't know how to describe, but the music is just characteristically New Orleans style (like the marches).   Following up with Fats Domino, "The Fat Man's Frenzy." The liner notes indicate that Dave Bartholomew was the leader of the band, and a key part of Fat's success.  It is a compilation of singles (the longest song is 2:50 long), but a lot going on in each song.  I particularly got this CD because it has my favorite Fat's Domino song, the high energy instrumental "Fat's Frenzy."  I think lots of these songs were before he really hit it big, so I don't think most of these were getting played on oldies radio.   Maybe a little late for Mardi Gras, but not by much!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 02/18/24 at 09:31:40 Yes, Bartholomew was a big influence on early rock and roll, a consummate New Orleans musician who became an important producer, bringing Fats and others to fame. He lived to be nearly 100,  productive into late life. Right now Ray Brown and Milt Jackson "Much in Common" Verve 2 cd set, both discs. Man this last week the system has been sounding amazing. With "Massive Final" firmware my DAC has become something else. Cds and LPs I have not heard in a while sound so good. . . the SEWE300B is also contributing a lot, everything seasoned in.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 02/18/24 at 17:14:43 I have really liked many of the recordings I have listened to in the last few years that include vibes.  Mostly have heard Lionel Hampton and Bobby Hutcherson, but I keep seeing Milt Jackson's name, and may start looking for some of his work (maybe starting with his recording with Wes Montgomery, who I already have some familiarity with). I do have some Ray Brown, including on the "Poll Winner" records he was on with Barney Kessel and Shelley Manne, including the first one from 1957: I picked this up used at a record store in the early 1980s, and I will admit to knowing nothing about these artists then, and just figured that if they were all poll winners they must be pretty good! I'm glad that your "Sarah" amp is playing so well with your system!  When you first said you were going to get one, I thought that you were ultimately going to decide to keep your mono blocks, but clearly the new amp is working well in your system - congratulations!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 02/18/24 at 17:42:45 I loved my Monoblocks. They lacked the power though to really make my HR-1 speakers play with a bit of ease, a sense of headroom, and that is what mostly led me to sell them and keep the SEWE300B. There is just a bit other difference that distinguishes them, they were a bit more "dense" in sound (with my ZTPRE preamp) than the SEWE300B which in contrast is just a bit "swifter." I like both configurations. With the SEWE300B I don't need my preamp at all, which is a plus--the preamp stage in the SEWE300B is voiced perfectly for my source, ZBIT and ZROCK2. I'm happy to be just spinning disc after disc at this point now when the amp is all broken in. . . getting amazing sound. I like vibes a lot. Another really interesting vibes player is a modern one, Joel Ross. He writes and plays with a freshness that I find very appealing. Milt is one of the most famous vibists--his work with the Modern Jazz Quartet made him an international figure and his Savoy, Atlantic, and Pablo sessions as a leader are well worth exploring--he had a fifty year career.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 02/18/24 at 17:54:24 Quote: Posted by: Lon      Posted on: Today at 09:42:45 ...Milt is one of the most famous vibists--his work with the Modern Jazz Quartet made him an international figure... I've been grooving to a fair amount of MJQ lately myself. On CD.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 02/18/24 at 18:50:27 Lon and James - thanks for the suggestions, they are appreciated!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 02/19/24 at 10:06:29 Mariza "Concerto em Lisbao" cd With Jacques Morelenbaum arranging, producing and conducting.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 02/19/24 at 11:00:04 "Arthur Prysock and Count Basie" Verve LP

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 02/19/24 at 11:40:29 Jack Teagarden "Think Well of Me" Verve stereo LP I have this on cd, and the stereo and mono LP. Both the LPs sound great--I chose the stereo to listen to today. The trombone sound on this LP is gorgeous. These songs by Willard Robinson (all but one are Robinson's) have that melancholy vibe that Teagarden this late in his career came by so naturally. I love this music.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 02/19/24 at 18:09:09 The name "Prysock" triggered some of my memory cells.  I think it was because I have at least one record that "Red" Prysock (Arther Prysock's brother) played on - "Tiny Grimes and his Rocking Highlanders:" Tiny Grimes generally played a 4-string guitar.  Apparently, he had a "hit" with a jazzy version of "Loch Lomond" - I am not sure if the hit came before the kilt-wearing Rocking Highlanders band, or vice versa.  I'm also not sure if the kilts were just part of the promo pictures, or if that is the way they performed!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 02/19/24 at 18:55:26 Tiny was quite a guy, coming to fame within Art Tatum's Trio and after that hiring Charlie Parker as a sideman. I think the Highlanders DID perform in kilts, at least I've seen two references to that, though the only photos I can find are essentially the photo that is on that cd cover. Interesting instrument, the tenor, four-stringed guitar, originally designed to make a guitar that was suitable for banjo players to also play. Eddie Condon (a former banjo player) was also famous for playing one. Arthur Prysock was a prolific performer with many albums and was a celebrated live performer. He had a very impressive voice. . . and his phrasing was quite impressive as well. I like the LP with Basie the best of those I've heard.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 02/19/24 at 19:37:21 The Point! Harry Nilsson Recorded: 1970 George Tipton: Arranger, Conductor Harry Nilsson: Composer, Narrator, Performer, Primary Artist, Producer, Story, Vocals Steve Hoffman: Remastering I have such fond memories of this animated special.   From Wikipedia: Nilsson explained his inspiration for The Point!: "I was on acid and I looked at the trees and I realized that they all came to points, and the little branches came to points, and the houses came to point. I thought, 'Oh! Everything has a point, and if it doesn't, then there's [still] a point to it.'"[4]

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Gilf on 02/20/24 at 00:32:45 Listening to that now, Dana. Just finished this one… classic.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 02/21/24 at 19:09:20 Right back atcha: I'd never heard it before (per Amazon Music 44.1 /24) Sunshine Radio Tommy Guerrero Release Date: 2021

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Gilf on 03/01/24 at 22:51:14 Not “lately” but just today. On the new release list today: Amaro Freitas, Y’Y. Really enjoyed it, listened to it twice.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 03/02/24 at 19:15:03

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 03/03/24 at 20:50:53 New Conception Of Jazz: Moving Bugge Wesseltoft Released 2001 Engineer: Andy Mytteis

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Sentry on 03/04/24 at 00:11:19 Listening to the classics: Blind Faith—Eric, Steve, Ginger, Rick Quadrophenia—Tho Who In-A-Gadda-DavVida—I. Ron Butterfly Waiting for “Heart Like A Wheel”—Linda Rondstadt to be delivered.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 03/04/24 at 20:54:32 Listening to Traffic, "Far From Home" from 1994: I was familiar with Traffic from around the 1970s, when they had a "jazzy" approach to rock music.  I heard the song "Every Night, Every Day" from this album on my car radio around 1994, and liked it (and it is still my favorite track). While the music here feels similar to earlier "Traffic" recordings, it is heavily overdubbed, as the "band" largely consists of Jim Capaldi on drums and percussion, and Steve Winwood on everything else (except for a few parts from other musicians).  This was their last recording. Bought Los Lobos CD "Kiko" from hearing the song "Dream in Blue" on the radio from the same commute.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 03/07/24 at 22:26:56 Started with "The Very Best of the Meters" today, a compilation of songs by the New Orleans "Funk" band, from 1969 to 1975: Definitely a different sound for me, which includes a couple of songs I had already heard ("Cissy Strut" and "Hey Pocky a-Way").  It made me look for what other funk recordings I have, which turned up "The Best of James Brown Vol. 2 - the 1970s" which has some similarities to the Meters: I have also seen Booker T and the M.G.s referred to as playing funk, but the recordings I have ("Booker T and the M.G.s Original Albums Series"), which has 5 albums from 1962 to 1968, seems different (but still cool in a different way. They were the house band for Stax records, and I think their music (at least up to 1968) seems more like soul music.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/08/24 at 11:18:51 Joe Locke "4 Walls of Freedom" High energy initial track here, high energy start for the morning.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/08/24 at 12:21:16 Tom Harrell "Prana Dance" High Note cd Re-visiting Tom Harrell releases this year has been a fun thing.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/08/24 at 21:57:47 Jazz is Dead 12 -- Jean Carne

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/09/24 at 00:53:45 Nicholas Payton "Gumbo Nouveau" Verve cd

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/09/24 at 09:24:56 Starting the day off with this quartet album. Joe Locke Quartet "Moment to Moment-- The Music of Henry Mancini"

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/09/24 at 12:42:27 Buster Williams "Unalone" Smoke Sessions cd This is a good one for a rainy morning!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 03/09/24 at 16:06:01 This man’s music never ceases to amaze me.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 03/14/24 at 04:47:24 Listening to Mahalia Jackson "The World's Greatest Gospel Singer" on Columbia Records from 1955. I don't have anything else like this (maybe I need to look for some more!) - she is a very powerful singer. Wikepedia says that her recordings were on Decca and Apollo labels (before she signed with Columbia) were less commercialized, but that her early recordings on Columbia (like this one) were more like her early recordings.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 03/17/24 at 05:20:28 Listening to a couple of CDs with Milt Jackson on vibes (new to me).  First up is Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery "Bags meets Wes!": Like this a lot on first listen, not surprising because I pretty consistently have liked most Wes Montgomery recordings I have heard, and this is no exception.  I also really like the vibes on this too! The other recordings are Milt Jackson with the Modern Jazz Quartet, on a collection of "Four Classic Albums" (which includes "The Modern Jazz Quartet," "Django," "Fontessa," and "The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn, guest artist Jimmy Giuffre"). This music is more challenging for me, as it seems to blend elements of jazz with elements of classical music.  I am listening to it for a second time now, and while it is growing on me, I will need to listen to it more before I really know what I think of it.  That said, I do like some of the songs that are more familiar to me (like "Night in Tunisia," and "Django").

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/17/24 at 10:29:03 The Great Guitars of Tal Farlowe, Sal Salvador and Lou Mecca, Blue Note Japan cd, promo copy, 1989

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/17/24 at 12:38:16 Wayne Escoffrey "Like Minds" Smoke Sessions cd followed by Kenny Burrell "Be Yourself" High Note cd

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 03/19/24 at 20:53:54 The Other Side Chuck Brown / Eva Cassidy Release Date: 1992 Kent Woods: Engineer, Horn Arrangements, Keyboards, Organ, Synthesizer

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 03/22/24 at 22:09:18 Purchased the Timescapes BluRay some years ago. Love the filmography and Sound track~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjjpeIRbp_c

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 03/23/24 at 17:21:43 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oMHME8XmtE&list=PLdUUrAPS1cWsjs7ilwWfHctdF46qINyt3&index=2

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 03/23/24 at 23:09:13 Hello, Dana.  Listened to the Chuck Brown and Eva Cassidy recording on YouTube.  I like it, and was particularly struck by the vocals of both Chuck Brown's and Eva Cassidy's vocals.  I had received Eva Cassidy's CD "Live at Blues Alley" a number of years ago, and enjoyed it but never circled back to give it another listen: While I remember liking it, I felt more strongly about it re-listening to it now.  Not sure if my tastes changed, or if I was just paying more attention this time!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 03/25/24 at 04:30:03 Hey Tone, I'm a big Eva fan like most of the "audiophiles" out there but I don't see the Eva / Chuck album mentioned much Currently listening to:  CD2 Love Is Strange: En Vivo Con Tino Jackson Browne / David Lindley Released: 2010 Paul Dieter:Engineer, Mixing, Monitor Mixer, Producer.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 03/26/24 at 18:28:24 Townes Van Zandt Artist:Townes Van Zandt Released:1969 Jim Malloy Executive Producer, Producer Kevin Eggers: Executive Producer, Producer

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/26/24 at 22:52:07 Miles Davis "Bitches Brew--the Singles" Sony/Columbia cd Followed by Kenny Burrell "Prime: Live at the Downtown Room" High Note Records cd

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 03/29/24 at 04:07:21 Listening to Elmore James, "The Complete Singles As & Bs 1951-1962." He was a notable slide guitar player and expressive singer.  While he is one of my favorite blues artists, I do think that many of his songs are similar, and I understand how many may find this music repetitive.  In any case, the collection on CD sounds pretty good given the limitations of the original recordings, and the strong performances come through.   Slide guitar (like harmonica) is one of the signature elements of blues.  I "discovered" Elmore James starting with George Thorogood in the late 1970s, where the liner notes of his first album ("George Thorogood and the Destroyers") mentioned Hound Dog Taylor and Elmore James: At the time, it was easier to find Hound Dog Taylor's album on Alligator Records ("Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers"), so this was the next step for me. It also had several Elmore James songs, so I eventually found some Elmore James records.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 03/29/24 at 16:02:19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsQzw_Ax8Cw&list=RDEMbiG-jBbptH3KiIxv3upGTA&start_radio=1

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 03/29/24 at 16:03:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzWcIOEPaCE&list=RDEMbiG-jBbptH3KiIxv3upGTA&index=6

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 03/29/24 at 16:16:53 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT9WUIfdKIA&list=RDEMbiG-jBbptH3KiIxv3upGTA&index=2

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Same Old DD on 03/29/24 at 19:51:40 The Aaron Lewis story is a favorite of mine. I have used "Am I The Only One" many times as a touchstone on an unrelated, non-music forum. I can't be the only one! Godspeed, pal! I'm just going through more old jazz from around the time I was born, for now.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 03/30/24 at 15:25:26 Same Old DD [smiley=icqlite20.png] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkI4KejmSfY

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 03/30/24 at 15:33:10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aalD-NRFnk0

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 03/30/24 at 15:34:25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 04/02/24 at 17:03:27 Well done~~~~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQUXuQ6Zd9w

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 04/02/24 at 21:54:15 Autobahn Kraftwerk Released: 1974 THAT'S 50 YEARS AGO!  This is an unbelievable album and they were way ahead of their time.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by ChJKy (Chris) on 04/04/24 at 10:57:31 This song is one of my favorites. Great drumming and nice horns with a little trippy overall vibe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw5FnUWRMLc

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 04/05/24 at 00:17:59 Hello, Dana.  Did "Autobahn" by Kraftwerk influence the Bugge Wesseltoft "New Conception of Jazz - Moving" album?  Beside both having a roadway theme on their covers, they both seem to fall (to my untrained ear) within the category in "electronica."  Just curious!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 04/05/24 at 00:23:08 Hi, Chris.  That song by "Lettuce" (who I had never heard of), is just as you describe it, with the interesting drums and horns, and a "trippy" vibe.  It sounds to me like "funk" music (with the drums, and the "plincky" guitar), but with a more modern feel that what I have listened to.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 04/05/24 at 00:40:16 Have recently listened to Art Blakey and the African Drum Ensemble "African Beat" from 1962: It is an interesting mix of American jazz musicians and African musicians.  I like it, but feel like at times the two types of music do not fully come together.  It does tempt me to explore some recordings of African music from that same time period.   One recording I am looking at is "Drums of Passion" from 1960 (I think someone noted this recording on the "What's Spinning?" thread - I think it might have been BicycleJoe Lo-Fi).  But that is for another day!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 04/05/24 at 00:46:54 Hey Tone that made me chuckle.  I wasn't contentiously  on a road theme when I was listening but but now that you mention it. I'm sure Kraftwerk influenced Bugge but there is a 25 year difference in their releases.  Kraftwerk is so amazing to me because you realize in 1974 there were no computers to put these songs together.  They are actually playing the synthesizers not just programing software to create these songs.  Bugge is a pianist that integrates synth sounds into his fabric so in my mind he is a lot less  electronica than Kraftwerk who might just be the actual founding fathers of "electronica". Electronic sound manipulation has become so prevalent in today's music From autotune to synthesized full orchestras that unmanipulated music is becoming rarer. To continue on the On the road theme (Not the electronica) I've also been listening to Roadhouses & Automobiles Chris Jones Release: 2003 Producer [Produced By], Recorded By: Günter Pauler

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 04/10/24 at 03:46:15 Listening to Bill Doggett, "All His Hits," a 1977 compilation of selected instrumental recordings from the 1950's and 1960's: Looking at Wikipedia, Doggett started as a jazz player, but these hits sound to me like he shifted more towards blues-based instrumentals that are danceable.  It includes "Honky Tonk," his biggest hit, and one I can remember hearing on the radio in the 1960's - I think it is a song that many people have heard.  Honky Tonk (and it sounds like he is on other songs on this album) features Billy Butler on guitar.  It also has some soulful saxophone work (like "Honky Tonk" and "Slow Walk" played by Clifford Scott).

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 04/10/24 at 09:24:03 Mark Masters Ensemble "Wish Me Well--Reflections on Gary McFarland" SACD I'm returning to this one again. It's really a good one.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 04/10/24 at 10:22:32 Jonathan Blake "The Eleventh Hour" cd Johnathan Blake - drums Jaleel Shaw - alto sax Mark Turner - tenor sax Ben Street - bass Kevin Hays - piano, Fender Rhodes Tom Harrell - trumpet, flugelhorn Grégoire Maret - harmonica Robert Glasper - piano, Fender Rhodes   Tim Warfield - tenor sax

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 04/10/24 at 13:49:17 "Tribute to Miles Davis" live 2 cd set, disc 1

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 04/10/24 at 14:34:07 Duke Ellington "Volume 6, 1929" Masters of Jazz/Media 7 cd Whenever I stay away from Ellington's work in the 'twenties I'm AMAZED when I return.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 04/10/24 at 16:31:09 Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra "Live at the IUCC 4/27/80" disc 1 https://tinyurl.com/Arkestra-cover

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 04/13/24 at 03:31:40

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by BlackBess on 04/14/24 at 23:46:32 Arne Domnérus  Jazz at the Pawnshop

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by 1stwattlife on 04/16/24 at 17:06:25 Jazz at the pawnshop is an amazing record! Good Choice!!!! My last spin was "Everything is going to be OK" by Go Go Penguin.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 04/17/24 at 19:37:54 Went and saw the movie Monkey Man.  It was OK.  Violent action movie with subtitles but the real star was Zakir Hussain.  He did things on the drum that I'd never heard before.  It was a big theater with a good sound system played loud so it made it really enjoyable.  When I got home did a Zakir Hussain search and found this.  I'll admit I struggle with both jazz and classical as a listening choice I just figure I'm not smart enough to get it but The Melody of Rhythm has elements of both maybe some pieces Jazz Orchastra maybe??? Anyway I really like this album and I'm only on my second time thru and it sounds great! The Melody of Rhythm Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer Engineer, Mixing: Dave Sinko Released: 2009

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 04/20/24 at 05:07:32 Hi, Dana.  I was struck by your comment "I'll admit I struggle with both jazz and classical as a listening choice I just figure I'm not smart enough to get it . . .".    I guess this post is a rambling "response" to that (it is not meant as an uninvited suggestion on how you listen to music!). Like many born in the late 1950s, the music I heard the most growing up was rock music, and a lot of that was blues-based, and I have never felt a need to "study" this music - it just seems to make sense to me because it was just part of the environment I grew up in.  For example the 1970 self-titled album "Leon Russell." When I starting to listen to jazz, I usually only liked a very limited percentage of the songs I listened to.  The songs I liked were enough to keep me exploring (why explore if you don't like any of it!), and over time I began to appreciate more of it - I don't think that reflects intelligence or study.  Instead, for me it is just exposure to more music in the genre.  I generally move slowly through the music by following favorite musicians or sub-genres that slowly expanded my exposure.   In writing this, I went back to the first recording I bought with sax player Sonny Stitt - Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, J.J. Johnson on Prestige (with a very strange cover!): When I first heard this, I liked the introductions, but then got lost in the middle of each song until the melody of the introduction got repeated at the end.  I liked enough of it to keep looking for other recordings by him.  Revisiting this recording tonight for the first time in many years, it seems to make sense now, I think just because I have heard more.  Glad I revisited it!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 04/20/24 at 20:54:33 Quote: Posted by: Dana      Posted on: 04/17/24 at 11:37:54 ...I'll admit I struggle with both jazz and classical as a listening choice I just figure I'm not smart enough to get it... There is no reason you need to "get" classical or jazz music if it isn't your cupa'. But if you want to become more familiar with it IMO a good way to ease in is have it on as background music. A lot of purists would insist you need to listen with your undivided attention, and at some point they are correct. But you don't need to start out that way. Let it seep into your subconscious like a gentle rain seeps into a garden. Then (in theory) one day you will get it, and you will want to listen critically.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 04/21/24 at 01:09:54 Thanks guys!  Due to your encouragement I put on Oliver Nelson which is probably my favorite traditional "jazziest" album.  Being born in the mid 50's I  know where you are coming from regarding music choice and its' roots. I'm trying to step outside my traditional background preferences and look for music created in the last 25 years.  So when I find something exceptional like the Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain album I'm just reminded of after a lifetime of listening I still know so little about the subject. The Blues and the Abstract Truth Oliver Nelson Recording Date February 23, 1961 Engineer:  Rudy Van Gelder A little classical just to let ya know I'm trying :) Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris Leonard Bernstein Rereleased: 2006

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 04/21/24 at 04:55:23 Hi Dana (and James).  Nice to know we are of the same "vintage" and share some common early music-listening history.  I get your desire to "step outside my traditional background preferences and look for music created in the last 25 years" - so much of my listening is farther back in time.  I somewhat keep up with newer music in my favorite genre (blues), but I still like music that is deeply rooted in the blues traditions, so my listening of more recent music is not on the cutting edge.  For example, vocalist and harmonica player Kim Wilson, "Take Me Back" from 2020: I am sure that music being made now is just as good as was made in the past, but it can be hard to find (and, unfortunately, I may have gotten more set in my ways and have a harder time giving new music a fair listen).  When I hear a newer song that "grabs me," I often find other music by the same artist less compelling. I also share your experience that "after a lifetime of listening I still know so little about the subject" - though perhaps I (and you) know more about music from "a lifetime of listening" that we give ourselves credit for.  Looking at the music threads here is an education that the world of recorded music is very broad and deep, and far exceeds what ordinary people can know. Happy listening, Dana!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 04/21/24 at 09:14:39 I used to watch Wilson with the Fabulous Thunderbirds in Austin in clubs in the 'eighties. Some good times!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Donnie on 04/21/24 at 18:03:21 I saw The T-Birds several times and have quite a few of their albums. Talented guys to say the least! Jimmie Vaughan's albums are also very interesting.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 04/21/24 at 20:38:12 I keep coming back to this album by the great, late Kelly Joe Phelps. I was raised in the church his lyrics about his struggles with faith like "Why do I chose to suffer, when I can live with God?" smack me dead center.  On top of that his amazing guitar playing makes this one of my all time all time. Brother Sinner & the Whale Kelly Joe Phelps Released: 2012 Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer: Steve Dawson

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 04/22/24 at 00:35:02 Hello Dana.  I did not know that Kelly Joe Phelps had passed.  I have his “Roll Away the Stone” recording:       It is mostly originals, but also some covers of traditional blues songs including two credited to Blind Lemon Jefferson and Furry Lewis, and Skip James.   We were talking about music from the last 25 years, so this still does not quite qualify (from 1997).

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 04/22/24 at 00:50:36 Hello, Lon and Donnie. I also saw the Thunderbirds a couple of times in the 80's, while Jimmie Vaughan was on guitar and the band was a four piece.  I think Austin clubs would be the best place to have seen them!  That band has had a lot of personnel changes, and many talented people have played with them.   Jimmie Vaughan was great, helping make a full sound in a small band setting.  He was also scary good at playing behind a harmonica player, keeping the rhythm going while adding tasty fills (for example, “Pocket Rocket,” “Low Down Woman,” “Last Call for Alcohol”, and “You’re Humbuggin’ Me”).   On an obscure note, the Jimmie Vaughan version of the T-Birds is also credited with “additional music” for the movie “Tex” from 1982 – film is fine, but my favorite part was an instrumental blues shuffle playing during a drug deal scene in the movie, which was classic T-Birds.   For early T-Bird "junkies," this is a YouTube link to the scene (with dialog, so you don't just get the music - probably only worth looking at if you are a fan of the early T-Birds - seems like you can find almost anything on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEtKRHxENtc I am still partial to the first Fabulous Thunderbirds album “Girls Go Wild” from 1979:

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 04/22/24 at 01:03:43 That original lineup was the one I saw probably more than a handful of times, mostly at "Antone's". . . I went there often with co-workers, about once a week for a few years. My favorites weren't Los Fabuloso Thunderbirds though, but Lou Ann Barton and Angela Strehli and their bands.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 04/22/24 at 02:30:27 Lon, I'm sure there were many talented players rotating through Antone's in the 1980s.  I don't know much about Angela Strehli except seeing her a few times on Austin City Limits.   I have some recordings of Lou Ann Barton, and all of them include Jimmie Vaughan on guitar.  That includes Lou Ann Barton, "Read My Lips" from 1989 on the Antone's Records label:   I think a lot of people now are aware of her from Jimmy Vaughan's "More Blues, Ballads, and Favorites" CD, which are "featuring Lou Ann Barton:" By the way, while I know that Austin had a very strong blues scene in the 1980s, I wonder if it also had a strong jazz scene.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 04/22/24 at 09:13:14 The draw for me with the Angela Strehli Band (Angela left to live in San Francisco in the early 'nineties I think) was her guitarists in Denny Freeman and Derek O'Brien and her excellent drummer George Rains. I was learning to drum at the time, and watching and dancing to him was a great thing. The two guitarists were excellent. Lou Ann was more of a party girl and her singing was great, but keeping a band together and playing more often seemed to escape her. I really did like seeing her though. She and the Vaughan brothers were sort of tight early on in their careers. There was not really nearly as big a jazz scene in Austin at that time. It got a bit bigger in time, but it still was never that big in my opinion. And I was always irritated that even in the small clubs that would sponsor jazz, they always mic'd up and amplified the music, even the drummers, which was just. . . wrong.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 04/25/24 at 20:55:18 This is a guilty pleasure album.  It's just so fun to listen to Powerful People Gino Vannelli Released: 1974 Engineer: Larry Forkner

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 04/27/24 at 19:36:44 The Reminder Feist Released:2007 Engineer, Guest Artist, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Rhythm), Producer, Strings: Ben Mink

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 04/29/24 at 18:00:40 Maybe the best movie soundtrack of all time (sorry Grosse Point Blank).  This album makes my stereo sound way better than it should. One from the Heart Tom Waits / Crystal Gayle Recording Date October, 1980 - September, 1981 Chuck Findley Trumpet Jack Sheldon Trumpet Teddy Edwards Sax (Tenor) Gene Cipriano Sax (Tenor) Ronnie Barron Organ Gray Frederickson Producer

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 04/30/24 at 02:14:58 I got this in the mail today. I had not heard this on vinyl in 30 years or better. Speaking of better - it is. I think more “Full” might be the best description. Whatever the description, I’ve never heard this recording any better - even through all the clicks and pops (mediocre shape copy)

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 05/01/24 at 19:07:43 Wild Garden Josefine Cronholm Recording Date: September, 2001 Engineer, Mixing: Tim Harris

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 05/02/24 at 05:15:20 Geno - I always thought that "Songs in the Key of Life" was a great Stevie Wonder album (thought that did not stop me from selling to buy some other music). Dana - I thought I would check out Josefine Cronholm of YouTube, and think some of it is pretty interesting.  I particularly enjoyed the song "Don't Weep" on the Wild Garden album.  Some of it (and particularly the start) make me think of Japanese Koto music. Which took me back to one of the few Koto recordings I have, "Tadao Sawao Plays Michio Miyagi": This is music that is far outside my "comfort" zone, and I am sure is not for everyone, but I do enjoy it in limited doses!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by JBzen on 05/02/24 at 09:35:49 Not much lately…having too much fun in the sun and getting totally exhausted at times!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 05/02/24 at 21:50:10 Is You Is Micatone Release Date: May 20, 2003 Engineers: Andreas Neubronner, Axel Reinemer I look for music just outside my comfort zone.  As long as there are elements I can relate to I usually will give it a chance.  There is a lot that I just don't get but I'm always willing to try something new.  I like this band and I also like Lisa Bassenge the lead singer's solo work.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 05/05/24 at 17:02:15 Sobremesa Anna Maria Jopek Release Date: 2011

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 05/08/24 at 20:51:56 Silk Degrees Boz Scaggs Released: 1976 Engineer: Tom Perry

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Same Old DD on 05/10/24 at 01:25:01 This sound has kind of grabbed me today. It's mainly Joe, but Grace has me in a hold still. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paeNnR33i5Q

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/12/24 at 02:54:05

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Same Old DD on 05/12/24 at 07:04:52 Found this in the giant stack of stuff I've been culling. This is a keeper. I'm done with that, BTW. All culls are donated or passed to others. Have not tried to count or anything, but my LP collection has tripled, at least.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Gilf on 05/13/24 at 02:46:12

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/13/24 at 03:48:28

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/15/24 at 15:08:10 The European Jazz Trio feat. Art Farmer - Ballad of the Sad Young Man This is a very good recording!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 05/16/24 at 04:01:25 I have been listening to some Chess blues recordings.  First up is Muddy Waters "The Chess Box" - 3 CD compilation" I just got this, as I wanted to get CDs of music I have on records - the box is sized like a box-set of records, and I was annoyed that I had been careless and ordered records instead of CDs.  As I was finally getting around to figuring out where to put this, I finally realized that it is 3 CDs inside LP-sized box (yeah!).   Great sounding recordings - while Muddy Water's is the lead, harmonica player Little Walter is on loads of these songs, with his very creative style of playing.  I am hearing some new things on these recordings, probably reflecting both the good recordings, and the revealing nature of the Decware system! Also got Jimmy Rogers "The Complete Chess Recordings:" More great sounding recordings (glad I am getting these in CD format).  And again, lots of creative Little Walter solos!  I learned that some of the songs I was familiar with were actually alternate takes, so it is interesting to hear to released versions for the first time.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 05/18/24 at 18:37:06 The Delta Sweete Bobbie Gentry Released: 1968 Andrew Batt: Concept, Management, Mastering, Mixing, Remixing, Tape Research I'm constantly trying to convince myself that current music is just as good as the music of yesteryear but it's just harder to find. Then I dig into the past and holy crap.  Bobbie just nails it. I've been trying to work on my source to darken the background and enhance the imaging and this album does so many cool things.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/20/24 at 04:07:21

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 05/22/24 at 06:17:11 Listening to a new (to me) CD of Babatunde Olatunji, "Drums of Passion" from 1960: (The picture is for a 2 CD release, while I have a one CD version).  Interesting recording of drum-based music based on african styles, but recorded in New York City.  I like it! Continuing the international flavor, also listened to some Indian music by Ravi Shankar, "The Ravi Shankar Collection - India's Master Musician:" Again I like it.  But I find that I listen to international music differently, where I don't have any background in the music, and so listen without much concept of where it is going to.  I enjoy that musical experience, but only in shorter doses.  So I think I will be shifting my listening back to types of music I am more familiar with for a while!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 05/22/24 at 10:09:26 Got the latest batch of 85th Anniversary UHQCD from Japan in last night. This is the third one I'm spinning. Wayne Shorter "Schizophrenia" Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 05/22/24 at 10:47:48 Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 (Deluxe Edition) [3CD] Disc 2. Some rare stuff!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 05/22/24 at 18:40:00 Lee Morgan "Caramba" Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 05/22/24 at 19:13:31 Red Norvo "1933-1936" Chronogical Classics cd

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 05/22/24 at 20:02:00 Amazon Prime In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 05/23/24 at 00:40:39 Javon Jackson "Expression" Smoke Sessions cd Pianist Orrin Evans makes this one for me. Orrin Javon

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 05/23/24 at 05:15:03 Listening to Nat Adderley, "Work Song" from 1960: The recording includes Wes Montgomery, who (to me) shines both as a soloist, and in backing up others.  Definitely has tracks that are not blues, but still feel very "bluesy!"  I like the title track "Work Song" - while not blues, it has been covered by blues players, I think including Paul Butterfield band (1968), and by harmonical player William Clarke on his 1992 album "Serious Intentions:"   I like his version, where the band sounds very comfortable playing this song, which is outside of the traditional Chicago blues style that William Clarke was best known for.  I lived in Los Angeles in the late 1980s, and saw him perform this song live a number of times.  He also stretched out to record some other jazz tunes, including "Walkin'" as performed by Miles Davis, and "Moten Swing" performed by a number of jazz players (including Count Basie and Oscar Peterson).

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 05/24/24 at 00:21:56 Hello, Dana.  I just got some CDs in the mail, including Josefine Cronholm, "Wild Garden" which you posted recently: I like it!  Mellower than what I usually listen to, but very nice.  Just wanted to prove that I do (occasionally) listen to music from the present century! I did particularly like the song "Don't Weep."  I had noted before that it reminded me of Japanese Koto music, so it was interesting to see that the lyrics were written by Japanese poet Chinkichi Takahashi.  So I think the music was intentionally related to traditional Japanese music.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 05/24/24 at 01:11:26 Hotel Paradise Josefine Cronholm / Ibis Released: 2003 Hey Tone,  I also enjoy Hotel Paradise.  Same kind of ethereal kind of music but it makes my stereo sound so good.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 05/24/24 at 07:31:24 Live At Palladium CD-2 Aga Zaryan (2008)

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 05/24/24 at 19:05:59 My Dearest Darkest Neighbor Hurray for the Riff Raff Released: 2013 This is one of my favorite albums.  This was recorded as a bonus for supporting the band through a kickstarter campaign It was later released. In my opinion it''s much better than the album the campaign funded.  I love the stripped down recording.  They even left in the amplifier hum to give it that live feel.  If my garage was cleaned out and the band came over to give a concert this is how I imagine it would have sounded like.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 05/24/24 at 23:52:20 Yotam "Brasil" JPP cd My first with Yotam (Silbertstein) as a leader. Probably won't be my last. Beautiful jazz guitar sound and nice playing.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 05/25/24 at 00:45:55 This turns out to be a natural to follow the "Brasil" cd. Another great sounding disc. Mario Adnet "Jobim Jazz" Adventure Music cd

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 05/25/24 at 09:32:43 Getting through the early morning chill with some funky McDuff. Jack McDuff "Moon Rappin'" Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 05/25/24 at 10:11:58 Tom Harrell "The Art of Rhythm" RCA cd

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/25/24 at 16:14:03

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 05/25/24 at 17:01:08 Stevie Wonder Innervisions was hiding in the back corner of my CD shelf (arranged alphabetically). On CD. The album is pretty legendary, but I didn't remember how good it sounds.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 05/25/24 at 17:09:59 A wonderful album. Great composition, sequencing and showing what a master musician and producer Stevie had become. He played all or nearly all of the instruments on this album, imo masterfully. I still have the vinyl I bought when it first came out, and I really like the sound of the Audio Fidelity gold cd.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 05/25/24 at 20:18:31 Sings Salvadore Poe by Swedish singer Lisa Ekdahl Released: 2001 Engineer: Janne Hansson The unique voice of Lisa Ekdahl sets this album apart.  Without her it's just another well recorded album with very good musicians

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/25/24 at 22:07:15

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/26/24 at 02:43:07 Been on a Boogaloo kick this afternoon. The cat is outta sight. And Bernard Purdie on drums, so quite a groove.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 05/26/24 at 09:29:14 I'm a big fan of Joe Jones and have I think all his work. I'm also a big fan of the lovely Barney Kessel Gibson model he plays here and on many releases. I got to play one for about a half an hour in the early 'nineties and I've never forgotten the "feel" of that guitar and how easily I was able to dial in just the kind of sound I like. But. . . they're damned expensive and have been for a long time.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/26/24 at 16:17:13

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 05/26/24 at 17:20:59 Live: Working Without a Net Janis Ian Released: 2003 Engineer: Alan "Axon" Chamberlain

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 05/26/24 at 18:53:14 Played Dog and Butterfly a while back so put this blu ray on. Fantastic concert~ [smiley=icqlite20.png]

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/27/24 at 17:03:24 I played a few tracks from the first album, and then all of 461.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/27/24 at 17:16:07 The Meters - Rejuvenation

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Donnie on 05/27/24 at 17:37:33 Of all things, Slash, "Orgy of the Damned". He has some really good singers doing covers with him. I wouldn't normally be considered a fan, but this is pretty good.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/27/24 at 19:46:17

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/28/24 at 00:24:39

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 05/28/24 at 04:54:04 Hi, Geno.  It looks like you are going through a "blues phase" the last day or so! While I knew of Peter Green, and had heard his recording with John Mayall, I had not listened to a lot of him with Fleetwood Mac, and have not heard the "Black Magic Woman" album you posted.  I just listened to a recording on YouTube of the song "Love that Burns" (though perhaps from a different album), and thought it was very cool - a nice minor-key slow blues that includes horns, and with tasty guitar which is great without being showy. Thanks for sharing it!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/28/24 at 16:15:26 Hi Tone. Sorry for the late response. It is impossible for me to respond on my iphone. I can use the "upload images" tab and post a picture, but if I try to type something, the thread times out, and goes blank. I dont have a computer at home, so, I can only respond when i'm at the office. Peter Green was such an incredible player. He could play very aggressively, but had the best touch, playing slow. He was the most pure, BB King disciple. For slow blues, check out "Need Your Love So Bad" and "Jumping at Shadows". More aggressive, check out "Watch Out" and "Stop Messin' Round" To highlight the rhythm section, "Long Grey Mare" and "Black Magic Woman" Go to another dimension - "The Green Manalishi" The cool thing with this era of the band, is that not only did you have Peter, but you had Jeremy Spencer playing slide guitar - an Elmore James disciple. A flipside of the blues coin, if you will. Check out "My Heart Beat Like A Hammer". And when they added Danny Kirwan on third guitar, it is just on another level. If that isnt enough, you have one of the best rhyhtm sections there ever was. Best, Geno

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 05/28/24 at 18:37:19 Hi, Geno.  No apology needed for "late reply."  The nature of this message board is people (including me) respond on their own schedule, and when they have something they want to say, so I think no reply is ever "late."  I appreciate your posts with or without a reply (but I liked all the extra info you provided).  So, I think the next time I order some CDs, I will probably be looking for some Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green! I also wanted to share some similar music.  When I heard "Love that Burns," I thought of the Otis Rush song "So Many Roads" which is on the compilation with Albert King, "Door to Door:" The BB King reference made me think of another great guitarist who is still active, Anson Funderburgh, who was clearly influenced by BB King.  One of my favorite recordings of his is "Sins," which actually has a wide range of guitar work: Finally, I also checked out some Boogaloo Jones on YouTube.  Thought it was an interesting recording that sounds bluesy but has more diverse structures that I think more of as jazz.   I enjoy your comments, Geno, but don't feel obligated to reply - I don't want to interfere with your work!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 05/28/24 at 18:48:50 Peter Green did some solo albums that are worth exploring as well before he withdrew from the recording world. And I would think that the "Fleetwood Mac in Chicago" 2 LP or expanded 2 cd versions would be of great interest to blues fans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac_in_Chicago

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/28/24 at 19:40:35 No biggie on work disturbance. I work for the state ;) I work in Jackson, MS, for the Dept. of Transportation, and live in one of the smaller adjacent towns. My God, of all the selections in the world, that you could have posted - Anson & The Rockets!!! They used to come to Jackson pretty regular, and we would see them in a certain club. This was starting in the late 80's and went on for 15 years or so. We prolly saw them a dozen times. In the beginning, they had a white singer/harmonica player named Darrell Nulisch. He was really good, but went out on his own, and Sam Myers was his replacement. This could not have been a better match. They were soooo great! They were just fantastic live, and the best representation is on their live recording, "At The Grand Emporium"(in Kansas City, I think) Sam passed away some years ago. Im on the road quite a bit, all over the state for work, and found out where Sam was laid to rest. We paid respects several years ago. Picture is attached. On a side note, lately we have been involved with the Mississippi Blues Trail organisation, making sure that each blues site is signed from a major road, so that the public can find it. This has been pretty interesting - everybody from Charlie Patton and Son House to BB King and Albert King. I knew where many of these sites were prior to this work, but pretty satisfying to get more involved. Best, Geno ***EDIT - This is the link to the Mississippi Blues Trail website.                                  https://msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 05/28/24 at 21:46:13 Hello, Lon.  Thanks for the suggestion, I will look into that before my next set of purchases! Hello, Geno.  Nice to know that we share some similar tastes in the blues!  I also remember there were at least two recordings with Darrel Nulisch.  And knowing that you live in Mississippi and are involved with the Blues Trail - I live in northern California, so am far from the center of the blues music world - thank goodness for recordings! I did look at some online interviews by Anson recently, and he talked about the Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets live recording you mentioned, "Live at the Grand Emporium," as being both one of his best recording experiences (playing live, and expecting to get a good recording at limited cost) and his worst experience (Sam Myers had a cold, and they had do a lot of work they didn't expect to address the vocals on the live recording).  But the end recording was very good!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 05/29/24 at 14:33:45 I forgot to mention one of Macs best albums - Then Play On. It leans a bit more towards hard rock. A classic. Especially the song “Oh Well”. “Can’t help it, bout the shape I’m in  I can’t sing, I ain’t pretty, and my legs are thin  but don’t ask me what I think of you  I might not give the answer that you want me to…  …..Oh Well…

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 06/04/24 at 02:58:01

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 06/05/24 at 02:46:06

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 06/05/24 at 19:05:05 Listening to Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom recording from 1996, "Zim Zam Zoom" which is billed as "acid blues on B3:" At the time, I already had an album by "Wild Kingdom" which included a lot of well-known blues players.  This recording is something different, which is referring back to "soul jazz" or "acid jazz" recordings that (in my experience) are often organ-based groups playing bluesy jazz music, and I think performed for dance-oriented audiences.  I like this music! The band includes musicians from blues bands, and musicians that I now know from jazz (like drummer Idris Muhammad).  Since buying this CD, I have gotten to know (and like) more of the acid jazz music.  I also note that Rudy Van Gelder, did the recording and mastering, as he had done for a number of notable jazz recordings.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/05/24 at 20:40:58 This is one I have bought three times. The 2 LP set is gorgeous. The US cd was really nice sounding. Then I bought the Japanese SHM-CD version and was really surprised how superior it sounds to the US cd. A marvelously recorded session played by real masters. And James created a deeply moving tribute to Billie--without singing like Billie at all or even arranging the material in a way that mimicked or echoed the way the material was done for Billie. A very impressive work. Jose James "Yesterday I had the Blues--the Music of Billie Holiday" Blue Note Japan SHM-CD

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/06/24 at 00:34:05 Rudolph Johnson "Spring Rain" Black Jazz Records/Collector's Choice Music cd Spring Rain. . . because spring rain is falling right now. Bass – Reggie Johnson Drums – Ray Pounds Piano – John Barns Tenor Saxophone – Rudolph Johnson

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/06/24 at 09:45:52 Ricky Ford "Loxodonta Africana" New World cd Ricky's first as a leader. Ricky Ford - tenor saxophone Oliver Breener, Charles Sullivan – trump Janice Robinson – trombone Jonathan Dorn – tuba James Spaulding - alto saxophone Bob Neloms – piano Richard Davis – bass Dannie Richmond – drums LP cover: cd cover:

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/06/24 at 10:24:28 Sonny Rollins "Freedom Weaver" Resonance Records 3 cd set, disc 3

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/06/24 at 11:24:01 "Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson +4" Verve Universal Japan UHQCD Louis Armstrong – trumpet, vocals Oscar Peterson – piano Herb Ellis – guitar Ray Brown – double bass Louie Bellson – drums

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/06/24 at 22:09:25 I dug out the Deluxe edition of this one to listen to the "Detroit Mix" that Marvin submitted to Motown and which was rejected in favor of the remix that became the original release of the album. It's a great alternate version. And this music in either form is just. . . amazing, masterful. And this edition includes a bit more clearly the line that is also repeated by Donny Hathaway on his "Live" album and explains for me life and after-life and the cosmos: "Everything is everything." :)

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/06/24 at 23:00:33 "The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World" Pablo 3 cd set, disc 2 (all Elllington Orchestra)

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dominick on 06/07/24 at 01:00:16 This is the result waiting 20 minutes for my pickup order at the Cheescake Factory, which is right next to Barnes and Nobles. 😉  Why I haven’t owned this album up until now is beyond me.  Double LP 180g audiophile vinyl and cut from the original stereo flat master tapes in 2024.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 06/07/24 at 02:23:41 Hello, Dominick.  Yes, I also have Journey, "Greatest Hits," but I don't think it involved the Cheesecake Factory!  Some of that music I grew up with, and I think the songs I liked best were from their early days in the 1970s (like "Lights"). And Lon, I also remember when Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" came out (though I have that on a "Best of" album for Marvin Gaye, rather than the full album).  He had an interesting career.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/07/24 at 03:05:39 Yes--I have all his official releases--I'm a big Marvin fan. I love his ability to multi-track amazing self harmonies. (I don't have any Journey).

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by ozark1 on 06/08/24 at 02:40:08

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 06/08/24 at 22:32:03 Rachael & Vilray Rachael & Vilray Release: 2019 Engineer, Mixing, Producer: Dan Knobler My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall Various Artists Released: 2024 Engineer, Keyboards, Piano, Producer: Ebonie Smith

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dominick on 06/09/24 at 02:06:24 Just received my new Bon Jovi album “Forever” on Sunburst Vinyl.  There’s a bunch of good songs on the album, and a bunch that sound very similar to some of his old hits. The Sunburst clear vinyl is pretty cool to see, but it gets trippy when it’s spinning.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 06/09/24 at 18:50:16 I'm apparently the only guy on earth who doesn't like Feetwood Mac's Rumors. Sorry, but Stevie Nicks sounds like finger nails on the chalkboard to me. But the old, bluesy(-er) pre-Nicks Fleetwood Mac is awesome. And this is pretty much all of it. On CD.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/09/24 at 19:27:29 I'm also not a fan. I hardly listen to rock at all any longer. . .and never was a fan of Mac after Peter Green.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 06/09/24 at 23:39:33 What an incredibly small world we live in.  For example.  I watch a lot of Netflix and enjoy the Korean TV shows.  For one thing they have some of the best stereos in the background and it's fun to figure what I'm seeing but they also give me a window into their culture and how they might live (as much as any American TV show is comparable to real life).  What amazes me though is the times we live in. I heard a song on a Korean TV show.  While it was playing I asked my phone what it was and then I was able to hear it in HD thru Amazon Music. What a world https://youtu.be/Mf_TxqY2oV8

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 06/11/24 at 19:10:44 Drive By Truckers Southern Rock Opera Act One 2001 Engineering: Dick Cooper, Earl Hicks

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 06/12/24 at 17:04:24 Just received the 'Quadio' Rhino release of Seals and Crofts Summer Breeze blu ray-audio. It is a quad and stereo 96/192 hi res. Another absolutely amazing recording~ unreal through the Zen  [smiley=icqlite20.png]

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dana on 06/13/24 at 18:58:52 Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions Emmylou Harris / Linda Ronstadt Released: 1999 Engineer: George Massenburg Engineer, Producer: Glyn Johns Neil Young Guest Artist, Harmonica, Vocals (Background)

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 06/21/24 at 05:05:19 Listening to guitarist Rick Holmstrom this evening.  He has recorded a lot fairly traditional blues, but as time has gone by, he has recorded in a wide range of styles.  In recent years, he has been performing with Mavis Staples.   Right now, listening to "Lookout!" from 1995, which is blues instrumentals in pretty traditional styles: Earlier, listened to "Hydraulic Groove" released in 2002.  I'm not sure exactly what to call it, but has a lot of bluesy material, but with more modern production, including sampling.  When it works, it is pretty cool (my favorite song is "Pee Wee's Nightmare" (probably referencing blues guitarist Pee Wee Crayton) which I think is a pretty creative and effective blending of blues with other elements.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by TexJ on 06/22/24 at 03:30:17 C Hawkings

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 06/23/24 at 01:34:44

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 06/24/24 at 03:47:30

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 06/28/24 at 20:01:03 Hope everyone is staying cool (seems like lots of heat this summer).   I have been listening to T-Bone Walker, one of the early adopters of the electric guitar, and a notable vocalist.  The "Complete Capitol/Black & White Recordings" 3-CD set has early recordings from the 1940s: The band seems pretty sophisticated to me, often including horn sections - this music is blues, but seems "jazz adjacent."  B.B. King said his "biggest musical debt is to T-Bone," and there do seem to be similarities in their approach (like the way their guitar playing often answers their singing.   Also listening to the 2 CD collection "T-Bone Walker - The Complete Imperial Recordings 1950-1954:" At least for me, this music from 70 to 80 years ago still seems pretty vital!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/28/24 at 20:05:48 Fantastic music! I have both those sets, but listen most often to the material in this Mosaic set, sounds a hair better to me: I think Aaron Thibaux was an amazing artist; his playing influenced my own.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/28/24 at 20:13:21 Just arrived: "Classic Bobby Hutcherson Blue Note Sessions 1963 – 1970" Mosaic Records, now playing disc 1 https://www.mosaicrecords.com/product/bobby-hutcherson-limited-edition-set/

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 06/28/24 at 20:45:57 Hi, Lon - T-Bone definitely had a unique sound, including a lot of single note work.  I would not call myself a guitarist, but sometimes I like to "plink" along with single notes with some bends, trying to reflect some of T-Bone's timing! So thought I would post one more T-Bone Walker CD, "T-Bone Blues" which includes material recorded a few years later in 1955 to 1957: This includes a couple of songs with some Chicago blues musicians typically associated with Chess Records (Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Junior Wells on harmonica)

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/28/24 at 20:53:47 That's a good one too.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/28/24 at 21:27:57 Stan Getz/Francy Boland-Kenny Clarke Big Band "Change of Scene" Verve Elite cd It's been too many years since I spun this one! I remember how exciting these Verve Elite cds were for me when they were introduced!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 06/29/24 at 11:53:39 Some heavy rain this morning! It was a hot night and I got up briefly at 3 but was able to convice Fiona the dachshund to let me go back to sleep. Starting off with a collection that it dawned on me that I needed and this first disc is killer! Grateful Dead "30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965–1995" cd 1 of 4. I never did try to get the full 80 cd set. . . affectionately known as "the porch crusher". . . but I wish I had made the effort.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 06/30/24 at 23:34:46

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 07/01/24 at 04:55:55 Hi, Geno.  Sorry the posting process is so convoluted for you.  If I were smarter about the internet I would try and make a suggestion.  I have never seen anything that looked like the forum "timing out" (as it takes me some time to even write a short a post).  Hope you can find the issue to avoid the challenges in posting. It is nice seeing common points of our musical interests in this community.  There seem to be lots of us listening to a broad a range of music, posting about classical, jazz, blues, bluegrass, popular music (I think you have posted about most or all these genres).   Just to post something related, listening to Booker T and the MGs on "Soul Dressing;" I especially like the track "Homegrown" on this CD. Also, just following up on T-Bone Walker, I thought I would post the following link, which is to YouTube video of Alex Schultz performing a live cover of "T-Bone Jumps Again" that I particularly like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2f0oT_Mrzw

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 07/01/24 at 16:36:41 My posting issues are only on my iphone. No problems on a PC. I think I have found that if I use Google Chrome, I am ok.  I'm on my PC at work at present, but sssshhh, don't tell my boss ;D Thanks for the video - pretty smokin' band! I am a YouTube addict, and it is the best tool ever for music lovers.  I'm constantly amazed at what folks have posted. If I look for something obscure, I can usually find it. And bouncing around on it can lead to discovery - I fall down a rabbit hole weekly. Best, Geno

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 07/02/24 at 05:01:18 Hi, Geno.  I also find YouTube to be a great tool.  I don't have it connected up with my "system," but I do use it various ways, including checking out new music including recordings I see on this music forum), finding live performances of artists that I missed when they were still performing.   I also at times just "wander around" and seeing what I find (which can sometimes be odd, like the Chipmunks performing "I'm Too Sexy for my Shirt" (I will mercifully leave out the link)! More seriously, did listen to some Sonny Stitt earlier today, on "New York Jazz."

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 07/02/24 at 22:51:52  https://youtu.be/7K_SKjMe0MY?si=gA0iP7SCcdfefap-

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 07/03/24 at 23:06:21

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 07/06/24 at 03:55:51

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 07/06/24 at 16:40:16

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 07/06/24 at 18:00:12 just received these 2 Peter Frampton sacd's. Just awesome! :)

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 07/06/24 at 22:27:54 This was a back ordered MoFi SACD that we just got this morning.  Dire Straits On Every Street. An awesome recording and one of our favorite Dire Straits records. Still using that 6n23p tube. Extremely NICE

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 07/07/24 at 18:48:59 *Edit - Forgot to mention that the lyric above was written by Libba Cotten - Shake Sugaree, and adapted by Fred Neil into ‘Ive Got a Secret (Shake Sugaree). The latter, is what is covered here, by Sid.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 07/09/24 at 03:39:06

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Tone-Deaf on 07/17/24 at 06:02:54 Listening to Doyle Bramhall II & Smokestack on "Welcome" from 2001 (Dana makes me want to call out whenever I listen to something from this millennia!): He is a guitar player and vocalist, and discogs shows the style as "blues rock," though to me it seems like more rock than blues.  I bought it because I liked the song "Soul Shaker," and that is still my favorite on the CD - I like its "energy." Geno, I listened to some of that Sid Selvidge album you posted, and definitely like it!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 07/17/24 at 17:23:10 When you just want to play your guitar, but your Dad is that guy from Pink Floyd~

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 07/17/24 at 19:31:34 Peter Gabriel's first backup band: On CD

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 07/19/24 at 05:28:04 Dark Side Of The Moon. Hi Res Blu-ray  [smiley=icqlite20.png]

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 07/23/24 at 13:32:28 Country Byrds

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 07/24/24 at 18:40:21 David Gilmour - Between Two Points with Romany Gilmour 🤝 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rgLSDpe-vw

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 07/29/24 at 02:28:25 I bought this double album as just a kid. I think 1974. Here is the SACD 3 disk set from 2003. An amazing recording~ mixed for SACD  by Greg Penny [smiley=icqlite20.png]

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 08/04/24 at 22:56:54

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 08/05/24 at 01:11:17 I saw this band with Winter in Chicago. One of those experiences I treasure. Right now Kieth Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette "Bye Bye Blackbird" ECM cd

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 08/05/24 at 10:19:25 Sonny Clark "Cool Struttin'" Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 08/05/24 at 11:05:45 Jimmy Smith "At Club Baby Grand Vol 2" Japanese 24 bit by RVG lp facsimile cd

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 08/05/24 at 11:48:40 "The Complete Capitol Fifties Jack Teagarden Sessions" Mosaic Records 4 cd set, disc III

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 08/05/24 at 14:03:09 Eliane Elias with Bob Brookmeyer and the Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra "Impulsive! -- Play the Music of Eliane Elias" Stunt Records cd Playing this as loud as I can . . . rewarding sound.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 08/06/24 at 11:06:18 Wish it were cooler! Is it too early to be out to lunch? Eric Dolphy "Out to Lunch" blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD This is the best sounding digital version I've ever heard of this title. If only it had the alternates included!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 08/06/24 at 11:55:26 Garcia Live Volume 18, Second set, disc 2 November 2, 1974 at the Keystone in Berkeley, California. Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals Merl Saunders – keyboards, vocals Martin Fierro – saxophone, flute, percussion John Kahn – bass Paul Humphrey – drums

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 08/06/24 at 12:51:24 Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers "3 Blind Mice" United Artists/TOCJ Super Bit Jazz Classics lp facsimile cd

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 08/08/24 at 16:23:04 Tornado ten miles from here Tuesday night. We were lucky–no damage here, we didn’t even lose power, but we lost cable and internet until a half an hour ago. That sucked. Finished listening to Dexter Gordon “GO” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 08/08/24 at 21:44:32 Went into town after the tornado hit in a neighboring town on Tuesday. Some stores are operating off a single generator, a lot of stores still closed, a lot of empy aisles in the grocery store due to food not being refrigerated for a day. Right now, listening to Raul de Souza "Jazzmim"--not the fiery Raulzinho from decades past, but a nice smooth album.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 08/11/24 at 22:15:53

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 08/12/24 at 23:28:26 Been playing these Yes albums, Fragile and The Yes Album Blu rays. Steven Wilson mixes and they are absolutely amazing~ Take care all Mike~ By the way, please excuse the dust and smoke ash. a LOT of forest fire smoke here. Typical summer....

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 08/17/24 at 20:47:03

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 08/18/24 at 03:08:18

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by ozark1 on 08/19/24 at 18:32:41 upload

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by ozark1 on 08/19/24 at 18:37:09

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by ozark1 on 08/19/24 at 18:45:19

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 08/22/24 at 01:55:34 Cephas & Wiggins

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 08/22/24 at 02:10:55 Lay it on me like rocks on 61 baby…

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 08/22/24 at 22:24:20 I bought this record the day it was first released. This is the MoFi sacd version. Very well done!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 09/14/24 at 23:05:35

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 09/16/24 at 00:14:18 I have been listening to this while cooking dinner. I have grown to love this.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 09/18/24 at 03:16:29

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 09/19/24 at 15:23:02 Mofi sacd. A very nice mixing/recording..

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 09/19/24 at 15:28:31 another MoFi sacd. excellent!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Gilf on 09/19/24 at 23:42:13 Sacri Monti - Retrieval. I haven’t listened to this kind of music in years but when this came out a few weeks ago it immediately went into my regular rotation. Yes meets Black Sabbath

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 09/22/24 at 07:17:29

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Gilf on 09/30/24 at 12:51:25 The most interesting thing I have found in this week’s releases: Tropical F**k Storm - TFK’s Inflatable Graveyard. This live recording from an Australian supergroup captures the energy of a live rock show well. Through all the noise and distortion the transient energy of the drums, both the resonance and the percussive click of sticks on skins and bronze are present, not hidden and not overpowering. My system separates the busy group of musicians and keeps each in place across the stage.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by The other Lon on 09/30/24 at 20:11:36

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 10/01/24 at 13:15:59

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Gilf on 10/03/24 at 00:06:01 Going to check out that Ahmad Jamal next, Geno. 40 years ago I got turned on to jazz when I picked up Coltrane’s Lush Life. That album was a gateway to so much great music, and Coltrane will always be my favorite in that genre. Out this week: Raphael Rodrinski plays John Coltrane and Langston Hughes Some interesting takes on classics.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 10/05/24 at 18:26:11 Mrs. CA is out of the house, and I felt like getting loud. On CD. It doesn't happen often but when I want to turn it up to 11 this is my go to. It seems like a lot of Zeppelin fans don't know about this album: it is Zep at its absolute best and for me, my desert island rock and roll album, YMMV. It is made from live shows in LA, I would have loved to have been there but I was 11 and my parents said it was past my bedtime.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 10/05/24 at 18:34:59 I saw Zeppelin in Chicago in '74. Loudest sounds I've ever heard, period. And I was really close to the stage, off to the left. Saw everything clearly, could have heard everything clearly from the back of the parking lot!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 10/05/24 at 18:56:56 Yeah, I suspect you could have heard these shows from the freeway.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Gilf on 10/08/24 at 00:10:47 Sean Kuti - Heavier Yet

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 10/15/24 at 20:17:02

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Gilf on 10/19/24 at 02:24:34 Really enjoying this tonight. Reminds me of early Neil Young. Well mixed for a live album, too. The drums are clearly stereo but center stage, between the guitars. Mise en place. Live: Vanquishers Songs: Ohia

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Gilf on 10/29/24 at 00:23:01 Fall is a good time to enjoy a gin and tonic and there’s never a bad time for John Prine. Maybe not high fidelity but great songs nonetheless.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 12/15/24 at 04:14:56

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 12/15/24 at 17:20:15 crank it up!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 12/15/24 at 18:44:38 George Winston - December I always play this several times, this time of year.  It just captures the mood so well.  I had only heard it for many years on cd. A few years ago, I got a vinyl copy, and it is soooooo much better.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 12/20/24 at 23:34:47 Several years ago, I started searching out quad recordings. I stumbled upon one - Santanas Greatest Hits - the sound was unbelievable, like a different recording (there are small parts that are slightly different. Anyway, this recording of Mountain is one of the better ones I’ve heard. Love Leslie West, and Felix Pappalardi (his vocals are so great on Theme For an Imaginary Western.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 12/21/24 at 01:03:11 Another old favorite.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 12/28/24 at 00:32:28

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by MikeinMontana on 01/30/25 at 03:37:09 My wife had ordered this box set for me recently. I have been going through it and absolutely love the blu Ray 2020 24/48 mix from this set. A beautiful recording. Same with the other Cat Stevens Mona Bone Jakon box set. The Zen amp is going strong and still playing most evenings for a few hours. Love that lil' amplifier! [smiley=icqlite20.png] Take care all. Mike

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 01/30/25 at 10:35:49 Ike Quebec "Easy Living" Blue Note Japan cd Ike was very important to the Blue Note label. Had he lived longer we would have had more interesting work from him as a leader, sideman and A&R man. . . but then we would have not had the Duke Pearson albums we did. He had such a great sound. Here he has great players with him. Ike Quebec - tenor saxophone Bennie Green - trombone (tracks 1–5) Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone (tracks 1–5) Sonny Clark - piano Milt Hinton - bass Art Blakey - drums

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 01/30/25 at 11:51:20 Orrin Evans "The Magic of Now" Smoke Sessions cd. Orrin with Immanuel Wilkins. A great listen.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Dominick on 01/30/25 at 22:09:34 Had the chance to enjoy this album from Art Tatum.  Very clean album which allows you to hear how technical he was on the ivory’s.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by gkalvel on 02/01/25 at 15:56:28 I'm listening Cell - Live At Kumharas Very beautiful calm, ambient music. Every tune in this seven-track selection remains exclusive to this album. I like a lot the "Under Your Mind" song.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 02/02/25 at 15:55:48

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 02/02/25 at 16:06:01 Yes! Those volumes are pretty cool.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by JBzen on 02/03/25 at 11:27:24 Digging up some old favorites Ten Years After, Spirit, Steely dan, Los Lobos, Chick Corea, Dead Can Dance, Madonna. Now playing Genesis, "We Can't Dance". After a front end refresh, the system is the best ever. Immersive, detailed, and revealing new sounds never heard in very familiar material. A new laser in the transport, new caps in the DAC, and the C-9 made a huge step towards the grail.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 02/03/25 at 15:51:22 Quote: Posted by: JBzen      Posted on: Today at 03:27:24 Digging up some old favorites... Los Lobos... <TMI>I was born on Sunset Blvd. I like to tell people it was in a taxi outside the Whisky but in fact it was the nearest in network hospital to my parents in 1961. And while I've never listened to a lot of "rock and roll" I have always taken an interest in "LA Bands" e.g. Beachboys, Doors, Red Hot Chili Peppers. But my favorite, and by a good margin, is Los Lobos. For me they are one of the great, and greatly underappreciated, bands of all time.</TMI> On CD. Desert Island album for me.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by JBzen on 02/04/25 at 13:29:00 Yeah man! That Kiko is a fun listen. Love how it just tears down the walls in the Chariot. I only have Kiko. Any other you might recommend? Another one that uses very little compression is Innovators:

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by CAJames on 02/04/25 at 16:44:54 Los Lobos have made like a bazillion albums over the last 40 years, but if I were to pick the one to listen to after Kiko it would be How Will The Wolf Survive? On CD. It was their breakout album and isn't as polished as Kiko, but all the energy and emotion, and musicianship, is on full display. Good Morning Aztlan and By The Light of The Moon are standouts for me as well.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 02/09/25 at 17:14:55 Hendrix - The Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge. What else would you listen to on a Sunday morning ;) [url=https://ibb.co/39PMq3nC]

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by JBzen on 02/09/25 at 18:23:51 How about Dire Strait's "Brothers in Arms" Remasters! A change in tubes could never match a fresh laser and caps. Amazing!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 02/09/25 at 18:52:27 Not my cup of tea, that music. What I'm listening to now instead.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by JBzen on 02/09/25 at 19:41:11 Probably not this one either. Opening track has Jimmy's haze.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 02/09/25 at 20:53:33 You're right, not something I listen to.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 03/09/25 at 16:08:57

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 03/15/25 at 18:37:45

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 03/22/25 at 17:35:48

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 03/23/25 at 16:08:02 I have been wanting to find a quality vinyl copy of this for years. Found out about this 2011 Friday Music edition. I read mixed reviews about it, but took a chance on it. Glad I did, because it sounds very good!

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Lon on 03/23/25 at 18:36:34 I'm a big T-Bone Walker fan, he was one of the inspirations for me to try to play guitar. My favorite work of his is for the Black & White label.

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by ozark1 on 03/28/25 at 23:41:53

Title: Re: What Have You Been Listening to lately??? Post by Geno on 04/06/25 at 18:37:11

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