mikeweil

Hervé Niquet successfully kills the image of stiff and stately attitudes in music from French baroque court circles.

Thanks - will check it out as soon as there is some space in the cellar.

Yesterday it was the CD, the ensemble's debut recording; today it's the DVD recorded in 2015. Excellently played, sung, and enacted, and great fun to watch. The participants have humorous ideas in abundance. Highly recommended for any lover of French 18th century opera.

Yesterday's listening - both excellent performances.

Looks good - you got an online source for it?

Nice blend of Negroamaro with ten percent Malvasia nera - tasty, but needs to have the right temperature and breathe some before drinking.

One of the real great ones, I think I have three books with his photographs. R.I.P.

Columbia Legacy C4K-52945 is the 4 CD Brubeck career retrospective and includes only one track from the Compadres LP plus one from the concert recordings that was issued much later.

Saturday was Lunceford day: The Mosaic box with the Decca sides: The French CBS LP box with the Columbia sides: ... and to fill the gaps with the Victor sides:

Not exactly jazz, but great music and lovingly compiled by Bloomfiled's buddy Al Kooper:

I wish she would have recorded more during her Blue Note years. She got a bitt jazzier then, with great results, but her perfectionism was against it, I suppose. And bad luck: I read somewhere she had a whole album done when clicking noises were discovered caused by a defect in the mixing board rented for the project ... She is stunning on this DVD:

I have the two Decca CDs Orrin Keepnews compiled - the vocals therein are all real hip. Without them the band wouldn't have been what it was. Same here, when I had a closer listen to the Decca/GRP CDs. I think it's not exaggerating when I put the band in one league with Ellington during the years covered by this set.

Just ordered the Lunceford. That's the one I want the most. Now if they put the Chick Webb on Last Chance next month, too, I'll pass out.

Ugh - the Linceford and the Hines at the same time ....

A masterpiece that never was on CD ...

This is music pianist Ulrich Gumpert composed for Germany's leading crime tv series, "tatort", taking place in Berlin shortly after the reunion, with a slightly melancholy, partly resignative feel. Excellently played in a postmodern cool style, with Günter Baby Sommer brushing as coolly as it can be.

Under that topic, the title should read "Dreamin' The Blues"!

Indispensable!!!

I had that Japanese pressing, too; sold it after the Connoisseur CD came out and I needed shelf space. I remember it sounded excellent. And the music is great, too. Watkins was something special.

The first music I am able to listen to with my flu-type head ... This is scheduled for release in February - as I took part in the crowdfunding I already got my copy. Lovely music, excellently played, Kirkman (1746-1812) was the nephew of the well-known British builder of harpsichords with the same name. More under http://www.medeabindewald.com

Just found a video of the 1968 Don Ellis Orchestra performance at Tanglewood with Strozier: https://archive.org/details/calauem_000152 The Ellis part starts at about 26.30 .... Strozier plays the opeing solo on K.C. Blues, probably the only piece in 4/4 the band ever played, including Ellis' transcription of Charlie Parker's solo for the horns.