I don't think this is the gig (it's more recent), but you get the idea:
An old favourite (that I don't have a copy of) has been remastered. I love these Maceo live albums - I saw him in about 1993 at the Astoria, Charing Cross Road. Insane and the tightest thing you've ever heard, both at the same time.
Check the album out on your favoured streaming service.
Edit: Having listened to it again, I'm not sure it is anything but a cleaned-up bootleg, not the album I thought I had. It's still fun, though.
Me I like a bit of "smooth Jazz" Been roaming around YouTube, Radio Paradise and others and really haven't found anything to engage me, so I have gone back to books. "Spirits" not for me, sorry
Usually I play stuff from my NAS drive, but it's been a Qobuz morning so far, with this, again:
Jazz is Dead 018 - Tony Allen (or is it the other way round?)
The great Afrobeat drummer looped around and smushed in with American brass players (very different from Fela's Nigerian brass sections). I like it, although it's only this side of repetitive.
Now, that's an album that has a lot to answer for! One of those turning points that I've promised to own up to, but I haven't had time to think about the list properly.
Found VF in the mid?late 60s, everyone around me were listening to led zepplin Beatles etc. A few years later found this man, JJ Cale never looked back.
Found VF in the mid?late 60s, everyone around me were listening to led zepplin Beatles etc. A few years later found this man, JJ Cale never looked back.
Yep sure did, along with many others. Their previous history in one form or another is quite amazing. Who they (in different forms) played along side is amazing, Zapper to mention but one, but sooo much more (Just love them) and they are my go to when little else grabs me
Big influence for me, if you have never been there give it a go?
I had a little sesh with VF, lead me to Season of the Witch, switched to Donovan which in turn lead me way off in another tangent because Deep Purple did a wonderful cover of Lalena (think I've posted that up before)....sort of returning to VF's raison d'etre.
I love a bit of Polly Jean every so often. She's up there with Joni for rotation in Ugly Towers.
Who can deny a little dabble with PJ? She's a very unique artist that demands attention.
I went to a U2 concert (yeah, yeah, I know, some albums are a guilty pleasure) with a few rather keener fan buddies where she supported and for me, at least, was the highlight. It was the the infamous Salman Rushdie ( a rather poetic surname for a man with a Fatwah over his head ) appearance on stage with U2.
It was a good night, great music and atmosphere....
I love a bit of Polly Jean every so often. She's up there with Joni for rotation in Ugly Towers.
Who can deny a little dabble with PJ? She's a very unique artist that demands attention.
I went to a U2 concert (yeah, yeah, I know, some albums are a guilty pleasure) with a few rather keener fan buddies where she supported and for me, at least, was the highlight. It was the the infamous Salman Rushdie ( a rather poetic surname for a man with a Fatwah over his head ) appearance on stage with U2.
It was a good night, great music and atmosphere....
I've been playing her all day (maybe I'll post the albums here in a minute). Just like Joni, when I'm in the mood, only she will do.
I'd sit through U2 to see Polly Jean. My fave U2 album, the only one I own, is Rattle and Hum (I think we may have had this convo before). It's probably the album U2 fiends like least, but do I care? They are my lug 'oles.
Bit of a cheek, this. It's some of what I've been listening to this weekend.
If you liked Bowie's Blackstar, you might like this. The musicians on it are basically Bowie's backing band on his last album, and you can hear the influence.
Something very different for me, YouTube led me to it and I found it quite lovely......
Just a thought. He's playing it on a double bass, JLW played it on a cello, and Paganini would have played it on a violin. I'm not stringing you along, either
I know your not I used to watch the south bank show. The thing that drew me to it was the double bass. As for JLW as good as it was I would like to hear Jacquine De Pre play it. Did you know Paganini also owned many string instruments, among which were many guitars? I have just one or two vinyl recordings of him. They get played too rarely.
I used to sell and own one of these. I know more about it than the composer/maestro, although I have now read up.
Very pleasant sounding machine. Unfortunately I had it paired with the same manufacturers Puccini se amp, together a snadge too smooth for me but separately very good indeed with the right partners.
They were purchased as much for looks as sound, to be brutally honest! It was the first system in my/our newly-weds first home.
Partnered with silver cassette deck and tuner from Onkyo, the very capable Project 2.9 Classic (cherry finish) and Opera Primas also in cherry.
Sounded plenty good enough, looked lovely and with wife friendly ease of use.
Strangely enough, it doesn't do a great deal for me, either. It's not as fiery as Parker can get and the old-fashioned chugging rhythm. Nah!
I start taking notice of jazz sometime around the mid-50s (with some music from the early 50s, but that's a rarity), when people like Mingus and Monk are chewing the edges and coming up with their own music, confident in what they're doing.
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Maceo Parker - Make It Funky
I don't think this is the gig (it's more recent), but you get the idea:
An old favourite (that I don't have a copy of) has been remastered. I love these Maceo live albums - I saw him in about 1993 at the Astoria, Charing Cross Road. Insane and the tightest thing you've ever heard, both at the same time.
Check the album out on your favoured streaming service.
Edit: Having listened to it again, I'm not sure it is anything but a cleaned-up bootleg, not the album I thought I had. It's still fun, though.
So, I've been listening to some pretty mainstream spiritual jazz this morning. Sometimes this stuff edges towards smooth jazz, but this doesn't.
The Circling Sun - Spirits
Jazz is Dead 018 - Tony Allen (or is it the other way round?)
The great Afrobeat drummer looped around and smushed in with American brass players (very different from Fela's Nigerian brass sections). I like it, although it's only this side of repetitive.
Keep 'em coming!
The Ornette Coleman Quartet - This Is Our Music
The Beauty is a Rare Thing box set of all their Atlantics is something you must have, Chris
The mighty John Hiatt is another matter. He's been a Chews favourite over the years.
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
I love a bit of Polly Jean every so often. She's up there with Joni for rotation in Ugly Towers.
I'd sit through U2 to see Polly Jean. My fave U2 album, the only one I own, is Rattle and Hum (I think we may have had this convo before). It's probably the album U2 fiends like least, but do I care? They are my lug 'oles.
Is This Desire?
A Woman A Man Walked By
So much more to my liking than White Chalk that came out not so long before.
If you liked Bowie's Blackstar, you might like this. The musicians on it are basically Bowie's backing band on his last album, and you can hear the influence.
Donny McCaslin - Blow.
South Bank Show, as Chris says.
I've never heard of him, though.
I start taking notice of jazz sometime around the mid-50s (with some music from the early 50s, but that's a rarity), when people like Mingus and Monk are chewing the edges and coming up with their own music, confident in what they're doing.