What is spinning?

[bobsticks]

[nobody]

Oh, are we playin' some blues?


Blues at Montreux: King Kurtis & Champion Jack Dupree

This live set from the Montreux Jazz festival in 1971 is the last recording of King Kurtis. His tenor sax melds perfectly with the piano blues of Champion Jack Dupree. A fantastic, laid back set.

[bobsticks]

Sittin' around playing the waiting game, boredom cured only by the new, self-titled disc by the The Virgins. I like to call 'em The Clash for the new millenia...fun, unabashed pop. Clearly too accessible for many around here to like but the world is a cold place.

[bobsticks]

...still waiting but not bored.

Jaybo, I don't know if you've picked up In The Reins but it's outstanding and, accordingly, helps see the hours pass more pleasantly.

[JohnMichael]

Hey Bert, I thought that jim clark and I were the only ones that had that album. Good stuff.

NP:Sharon Jones & the Dep Kings' 100 Days, 100 Nights

Upon pushing play I instantly recognised this as having been one of the favorites off of Nobody's 2007 YEC. Well, I'm glad to report that the whole frikken' album is great. For fans of Amy Winehouse, come on over to the light. Sharon is the real thing...better songs, better sonics and won't barf on ya. If Amy had half this amount of talent she wouldn't have to smoke crack.

It is a great album and spinning at 33 1/3 revolutions right now.

[bobsticks]

Perhaps some of you have heard Trent Reznor's newest release. No, not Ghost, but his collaboration with slam poet Saul Williams improbably titled The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust.The results? Caustic, fractious, funky and inciteful.

With hearts of poets and souls of technopunks the two combine sounds and perspectives for, IMO, one of the freshest and most thought-provoking albums in some time.

http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2008...niggy-tardust/

[Auricauricle]

Happy Birthday, Kate Bush!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7523462.stm

[jrhymeammo]

Perhaps some of you have heard Trent Reznor's newest release. No, not Ghost, but his collaboration with slam poet Saul Williams improbably titled The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust.The results? Caustic, fractious, funky and inciteful.

With hearts of poets and souls of technopunks the two combine sounds and perspectives for, IMO, one of the freshest and most thought-provoking albums in some time.

http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2008...niggy-tardust/

I picked that up about 2 weeks and go, my strong impression was that it's really different from other SW that I'm used to. Defintely one of the freshest MC around.

Here's what I've been listening to:

Machines grinding metal and Japanese coordinators screaming. All I can say is Hai! Hai! Hai! Hai! Looks like I'll hit another 70+ hours this week. Better get back to work....

J

[basite]

it was a quite busy around here (musical though, did a world music festival, Sfinks, lasted 3 days...)

It was great


anyways, back to the regular summer break life rhythm

music!

NP:
Deus - Vantage point (cd)
and vinyl, most of the time,
here were some of the best I've played:

Oscar Peterson piano solo - Tracks (if you ever see this album somewhere (preferably on vinyl), don't hesitate, just grab it, probably The best jazz piano solo I have ever heard, bar none.)
Duke Ellington - Indigos
Sade - Promise
Miles Davis - Kind of blue (a 180g reissue)
Herbie Hancock - Head hunters

Keep them spinning,
Bert.

[jrhymeammo]

Sade - Promise
Keep them spinning,
Bert.

Hey Bert,

How is Sade? I've noticed you like her quite a bit. I've always stayed away from it, without knowing what it is.
Any particular album I should try out?

Hiro

[Bert]

Ron Hawkins and The Rusty Nails: Crankstatic



Bert

[basite]

Hey Bert,

How is Sade? I've noticed you like her quite a bit. I've always stayed away from it, without knowing what it is.
Any particular album I should try out?

Hiro

Sade is great (IMHO...)

sweet voice and nice music, exceptionally good actually for such 'popular' music, she sings something between soul & jazz, and against all my expectations, it's actually really well recorded (I used to avoid her too, well, not anymore now )

of the albums I know, I'd recommend 'Promise' or 'Stronger than pride', both include some hits you'll know, but I find these hits to be less good than the rest of the album...

you shouldn't have too much trouble finding those albums

try her out, I think you'll like her

Keep them spinning,
Bert.

[Auricauricle]

[bobsticks]

For what little it's worth, Sade scores high points around these parts. Pretty sure I have the entire collection give or take an old one but I concur with Bert insofar as "Stronger Than Pride" usually gets the nod.

Right now spinning is a preview copy of Carried to Dust from the forthcoming Calexico album, sent courtesy of our brother of the wet and squishy noises. Done in (Lame 3.97 v2 mp3)
the sound is very good, so much so that I must ask myself if I haven't been eternally though falsely predisposed tothink negatively against MP3 of all stripes. Even sounds good on the big rig which can be a bit analytical.

All due respect to our resident primate but this is a no-brainer IMO. This bad boy is, without a doubt, gonna appear on the Top 10 List for the season and potentially occupy a high spot. Excellente, mi amigos.

[Auricauricle]

Can't blame you about Sade: her silky vocals and the dark, urban tones from the band helped define the eighties (which--in my POV--needed a lot of help)!

Always partial to "Is it a Crime?" or "Jezebel".

[Bernd]

For what little it's worth, Sade scores high points around these parts. Pretty sure I have the entire collection give or take an old one but I concur with Bert insofar as "Stronger Than Pride" usually gets the nod.

Right now spinning is a preview copy of Carried to Dust from the forthcoming Calexico album, sent courtesy of our brother of the wet and squishy noises. Done in (Lame 3.97 v2 mp3)
the sound is very good, so much so that I must ask myself if I haven't been eternally though falsely predisposed tothink negatively against MP3 of all stripes. Even sounds good on the big rig which can be a bit analytical.

All due respect to our resident primate but this is a no-brainer IMO. This bad boy is, without a doubt, gonna appear on the Top 10 List for the season and potentially occupy a high spot. Excellente, mi amigos.

Snap. Just this lunch time I get a very generous pointer to sample the mentioned new Calexico tune collection from the same brother. And damn fine it is indeed. It's just what I needed right now. Thank you. This will figure pretty high.

[bobsticks]

...a smooth and soul-soothing Sunday afternoon...

"Stolen Moments", the opening track, is a modal masterpiece that stands comparison with anything on "Kind Of Blue". The band (Oliver Nelson (alto and tenor saxophone), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone and flute), George Barrow (baritone sax), Bill Evans (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Roy Haynes (drums)) is exceptional. Oliver Nelson's writing and arrangement is at its most direct, basing the composition on a 16 bar C minor blues form. The openness and space created allows great solos from Freddie Hubbard, Eric Dolphy (flute), Oliver Nelson and Bill Evans to flow on top of a seemingly timeless backdrop. There is nothing quite as good as this on the rest of the album but the remaining tracks are very good by any normal standard.

There are challenging solos by Eric Dolphy on alto sax that contrast perfectly with the laid back full ensemble backing – first on "Yearnin'" (a standard blues in C) and then on "Teenie's Blues" (a more complex blues on which Oliver Nelson also joins on alto). "Cascades" (an uptempo workout using a modified version of the structure of George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm") allows great interplay between Freddie Hubbard and Bill Evans while "Butch and Butch" and the less successful "Hoe Down" allow solo opportunities for all. George Barrow on baritone gets a special mention in Oliver Nelson's liner notes for his fine supporting lines, giving the whole a rich, filled out sound.

A welcome re-release of a great album.

An interesting read: http://100greatestjazzalbums.blogspo...-released.html

[nobody]

Available only as a 4 track 7" with Amy doing some 2 Tone numbers including a couple Specials tracks a Skatallites tune and a cover of Sam Cooke's Cupid in an upbeat reggae style. I believe most of these tunes are collected from her single b-sides over the last year or so. I'll be listening to this a lot this summer.

[Auricauricle]

Really nice, to be sure, 'Sticks....Am a Big Fan of Hubbard. Have you head this one? Creed Taylor should be credited as well....

[bobsticks]

Hmmmnn...not familiar with that one. I'm not a member of the vinyl brigade so if it's unavailable on the little, shiny, silver disc it may have escaped my scrutiny. I'll have a looksie though.

NP:

[Auricauricle]

Oh, 'tis available and a bee-yootiful disc she is, sir!

[Slosh]

The DTS DVD version (with the TV off)

NP:

[jrhymeammo]

Here is something I didn't expect at all.
A little gift from our boy in Indianapolis

The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall SACD.

It's always a treat to hear older recordings thru modern technology.
I'm almost forced to go out and buy this on LP, so I can look at a real cover while grooving to it.

Thanks mate,

H

[jrhymeammo]

...a smooth and soul-soothing Sunday afternoon...

That is a superb album. I used to check that LP out of a library of my university. I found a mint copy for $15 and am kicking myself for not grabing it. First Light is a good album, but more of a Open Sesame kinda guy. If you haven't heard the Blues and the Abstract Truth, you owe it to yourself for a 40 some minutes of time-warp.

Never knew you had such good taste.

JRA

THat i

[JohnMichael]

That is a superb album. I used to check that LP out of a library of my university. I found a mint copy for $15 and am kicking myself for not grabing it. First Light is a good album, but more of a Open Sesame kinda guy. If you haven't heard the Blues and the Abstract Truth, you owe it to yourself for a 40 some minutes of time-warp.

Never knew you had such good taste.

JRA

THat i

It is great too bad I only have it on cd.