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  1. Now spinning: Sabicas - Flamenco Virtuoso (MHS); licensed by CSP I just noticed an odd coincidence. Like the Fajardo LP I posted above, this Sabicas LP was also originally released on Columbia (see below): I understand that Sabicas was a huge influence on Paco de Lucía. Listening now, it's not hard to understand why.
  2. Disc 1 - Sonatas by Scarlatti & Mozart
  3. @rostasi, I thought it was a little surprising that Solaris didn't make the list. Good call. And I had NO IDEA that Gil Melle did the music for The Andromeda Strain. !!!
  4. First time I've heard these compositions or this pianist. Very impressed, so far.
  5. This is fun to consider: https://www.discogs.com/digs/music/essential-sci-fi-soundtracks/ Good to see John Williams' Empire Strikes Back soundtrack on the list. I got that album for Christmas in 1980 when I was 12 years old! One could hardly ask for a better introduction to classical music, and I still have the double-LP. I'm interested in hearing about which Sci-Fi soundtracks didn't make the list but should've. My suggestion: As a sort companion piece to Vangelis' Blade Runner soundtrack, I might add Hans Zimmer's & Benjamin Wallfisch's soundtrack to Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049. What say you?
  6. Bruce Gertz - Red Handed (Double Time, 1999) I have several Gertz albums, but this one is my favorite. Killer band. Strong compositions. Lots of personality.
  7. I have Rattle's also. But Ozawa's version flogs that one thoroughly. Among the three that you have, do you have a preferred version, @Chuck Nessa?
  8. Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony / Seiji Ozawa, Toronto SO, Yvonne Loriod, Jeanne Loriod (RCA Red Seal)
  9. Yessir. I love the sound of piccolo flutes in Latin music -- and Fajardo is KING of that.
  10. Now playing: Etta Jones - My Mother's Eyes (Muse, 1978) Etta is so soulful. . . . Rufus Reid is prominent in the mix. He sounds great too.
  11. Discogs > Philadelphiamusic. I order from them regularly. Same place that did the HALF OFF sale a while back.
  12. Now spinning: Jose Fajardo - Sabor Guajiro (Columbia, 1963) Caliente/Columbia Special Products reissue from 1974
  13. Now: Debussy: Images; Études / Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Warner Classics) Earlier: Charles Ives: Radical in a Suit and Tie: Premiere Recording (Él/Cherry Red) All three of these premieres are very strong, idiomatic performances. Especially Masselos' reading of Ives' First Piano Sonata, which remains among the finest ever (imo).
  14. Clara Haskil performs with Henry Swoboda & the Winterthur Symphony Orchestra: - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19 in F Major, K.459 - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
  15. Another thumbs up for Swing to Bop from me also. I read it early on in my jazz explorations, and it was massively helpful.
  16. The Albert Mangelsdorff Quartet - Never Let It End (MPS, 1971) with Heinz Sauer (ts, as), Günter Lenz (b), and Ralf Hübner (d) Brilliant band. Brilliant album. If MPS ever reissued this on vinyl, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
  17. Al Di Meola - Soaring Through a Dream (Manhattan, 1985) Al Di Meola – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, classical guitar, Synclavier guitar Phil Markowitz – Steinway grand piano, synthesizers Chip Jackson – electric bass, acoustic bass Danny Gottlieb – drums Airto Moreira – percussion, vocals This is one of my favorite jazz records of the 1980s. I bought it when it first came out, during my junior year in high school, when I was first diving into jazz. I must've listened to it a thousand times. (I literally wore out the LP.) . . . It's an atypical Di Meola album, much less jazz-rock fusion, much more dreamy & Brazilian. That's largely due to Airto, who brings his usual soulful brilliance, both as a vocalist and percussionist. Fair warning: Like many 80s jazz albums, Soaring Through a Dream is very synth heavy. But unlike many 80s jazz albums, the synths really work well here. They add to the gauzy, otherworldly aspects of the music; they actually open up musical avenues, rather than sounding like nifty gizmos that are added on as technological afterthoughts. That said, as much as this music in engrained in my brain, it's likely impossible for me to hear it like most folks do. So, there's that.
  18. Now spinning: Ronnie Foster - Two Headed Freap (Blue Note, 1972) Recent 180 gram vinyl reissue
  19. Next up: Eddie Harris - Silver Cycles (Atlantic, 1969)
  20. Now spinning: Actually, it's my second spin of this LP today. I enjoyed it so much the first time that I decided to listen again.
  21. NP: This 1976 LP is a re-titled version of What's New!!!, which Roulette first released in 1966. The original title speaks to the fact that Stitt uses a new-at-the-time Varitone sax throughout. Back in 2011, Marc Myers wrote an interesting blogpost about Stitt's use of the Varitone. It's worth a look, if the Stitt and/or Varitone saxes interest you. I may be repeating myself (!) -- but I really dig that cover. It's striking. Simple but potent. That type of design can look dated (not unpleasantly so, but you know what I'm saying). This one still looks fresh. I bet the music is good too.
  22. More from the Stokowski Decca/Phase 4 Stereo set: CD 21
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