What vinyl are you spinning right now??

HutchFan · Friday at 05:25 PM

Next up:

Bruce Forman - 20/20 (Muse, 1982)

mjazzg · Friday at 05:26 PM

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Now spinning:

Willem Breuker Kollektief - Live in Berlin (BV Haast/FMP, 1976)

Saxophone, Clarinet, Arranged By – Willem Breuker
Alto Saxophone – Bob Driessen
Tenor Saxophone – Maarten van Norden
Flute – Ronald Snijders
Horns – Jan Wolff
Trombone – Bernhard Hunnekink, Willem van Manen
Trumpet – Boy Raaymakers
Piano – Leo Cuypers
Bass – Arjen Gorter
Drums – Rob Verdurmen

The Kollektief are one of my most memorable live experiences and I never really found the LPs to live up to it. Not sure I tried this one though

HutchFan · Friday at 05:57 PM

3 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

The Kollektief are one of my most memorable live experiences and I never really found the LPs to live up to it. Not sure I tried this one though

I'm jealous that you had a chance to see the Breuker Kollektief live.

If you'd like to sample Live in Berlin, you can listen to a couple cuts here: https://destination-out.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-berlin . . . FWIW, Bandcamp calls it one of Breuker's "most important albums."

I'm not at all a Breuker expert. I only know a few of his recordings, and this LP is new to me. But I love the crazy mixture of different elements in his music, how it veers all over the place stylistically from madcap to tender.

Another Muse LP now on my 'table: