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Michael Connolly: The Brass Verdict (A Lincoln Lawyer Novel)

Mingus: The Clown

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I had no idea this existed. For others who are ignunt like me, here's a quote from https://siskiyou.sou.edu/2022/02/20/hans-zimmers-dune-sketchbook-is-a-masterpiece-of-the-century/: "Hans Zimmer’s Dune Sketchbook is one of three soundtracks he made for Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Dune. There is the Dune (Orignal Motion Picture Soundtrack) which is the official film score. Then, The Dune Sketchbook soundtrack expands the songs of the movie. The Sketchbook dives deeper into the world and explores the film score’s tracks further. The third soundtrack is Zimmer’s The Art and Soul of Dune, which follows along with Tanya Lapointe’s behind-the-scenes movie companion book." Thanks for hipping me to this, @rostasi! I will DEFINITELY give it a listen.

Just read this, a shock. He leaves a legacy that's for sure

Steve Albini, Storied Producer and Icon of the Rock Underground, Dies at 61

This one is even better in my opinion. The Klaus Schulze track is really great.

This worked really well live, haven't heard the album yet https://www.discogs.com/master/3288400-Mike-Reed-The-Separatist-Party

Oh wow. That looks interesting!

Often wonder about that top one, I should seek out a listen someday and stop wondering. Second looks interesting if only for WLS and Hopkins

One of my close friends is a big fan of David Lynch -- and he L-O-V-E-S that soundtrack! *************** Another Hans Zimmer soundtrack -- again in collaboration with Villeneuve -- that impressed me:

Both highly recommended on both counts.

Some interesting recommendations here. Few more spring to mind: Jorge Amado - Guia Das Ruas E Dos Mistérios Da Cidade Do Salvador Da Bahia (with Egberto Gismonti's Academia de Danças) Michael Mantler - Hapless Child (with Robert Wyatt, Carla Bley, Terje Rypdal, Steve Swallow & Jack DeJohnette)

Just finished Tom O'Neill's 2019 book Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties Good book and rec'd if the topic is of interest.

Colette Magny's series of records for Le Chant Du Monde with collaborators including Barre Phillips, Beb Guérin, François Tusques, Noël McGhie, Workshop de Lyon, and Dharma Quintet would qualify. They're interesting documents and less chanteuse-focused than her earlier work. Jayne Cortez: duo with Richard Davis on Strata-East, "Celebrations and Solitudes," and her later Firespitters group (three LPs with Denardo Coleman, Bern Nix, Jamaladeen Tacuma, et al.) are cornerstones in this area. Also, her performance with Clifford Thornton on side two of his "Communications Network" is worth hearing. K. Curtis Lyle "The Collected Poem for Blind Lemon Jefferson" on Mbari (feat. Julius Hemphill) is a wonderful recording. Barry Wallenstein's two LPs on AkBa with Cecil McBee, Stanley Cowell, Charles Tyler, et al. are worth checking out. Isolated tracks but LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) with the New York Art Quartet and Sunny Murray are iconic. Maybe "jazz-adjacent" but of interest is The Jihad album "Black and Beautiful," street corner rap/soul with free-ish embellishments, featuring & released by Jones. Hart Leroy Bibbs with Sunny Murray on the Shandar & Pathé LPs is wonderful tool. Sunny's own poetry on "An Even Break," Archie Shepp's poetry, Amos Mor with Muhal Richard Abrams... all important. More recently, Steve Dalachinsky's CDs with Joëlle Léandre, Matt Shipp, and Dave Liebman are all incredible. Amina Baraka & The Red Microphone, a newer CD with Rocco John Iacavone and Ras Moshe Burnett, is good and worth hearing too. If we're talking beats, the Kenneth Patchen Reads with Jazz in Canada LP is fun and interesting. I love Patchen even without the jazz. Mike Pearson reading Patchen with Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet is also awesome: https://www.discogs.com/release/1790932-The-Peter-Brötzmann-Chicago-Tentet-Featuring-Mike-Pearson-Be-Music-Night

Speaking of soulful voices .... btw this gem a mighty fine hour of Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers ....

I'm a big fan of Kazuko Shiraishi's album, words are spoken in Japanese but it has a great feeling to it, obviously helped by the presence of Sam Rivers, Abdul Wadud and Buster Williams https://www.discogs.com/master/332790-Kazuko-Shiraishi-Featuring-Sam-Rivers-Dedicated-To-The-Late-John-Coltrane-And-Other-Jazz-Poems Of a lot more recent vintage is Aja Monet https://www.discogs.com/release/27677148-Aja-Monet-When-The-Poems-Do-What-They-Do

Just read The Music of Chance. The film was better than the novel it was based on. Usually this isn't the case, in my experience.

The Jacksons „Destiny“ (Epic) 1978 …. Funk, Disco and soulful voices .... somehow still an overlooked quality album recorded shortly before Michael Jackson went solo successfully ....

Raul Marrero Y Su Orquesta "Quien Dijo Miedo" (Salsa Internacional) 1980 .... makes me feel like dancing ....

I was planning on ordering this but I see that I have about half the albums on cd and since Bobby Hutcherson isn’t someone I play a lot, I’m going to pass, for now anyway.