So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[bluemonkey]

Terry Pollard: A Detroit Jazz Legend

 

[paul secor]

[Justin V]

The Dick Katz material from Discs 10 & 11

[Morganized]

Edited August 7, 2018 by Morganized

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, Morganized said:

👍👍!!

[BillF]

10 hours ago, soulpope said:

Definitely underrated .... often shining brightly as sideman (Rouse "Soul Mates" and late 80's early 90's Mark Murphy platters come immediately to my mind ....) he probably never hat a real breaktrough production as leader (although f.i the Lee Morgen hommage project would have been a suitable contender) ....

Reservoir Records gave him a number of leader dates in the 90s. Available on Spotify and well worth a listen.

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[Balladeer]

Herman Chittison - 1944-45 & 45-50 (Classics)

[EKE BBB]

Canned Heat (Liberty, 1967)

[BillF]

[John Tapscott]

[EKE BBB]

Billy Strayhorn ‎– The Peaceful Side (Capitol, 1963)

[soulpope]

[Brad]

[EKE BBB]

Grant Stewart Trio ‎– Roll On (Cellar Live, 2017)

[soulpope]

[Justin V]

I was happy to score a CD reissue of this a couple of years ago.  It's a shame that Sam Dockery dropped out of the national scene, because he didn't wilt when playing with Blakey or Haynes.  I need to find my physical copy to see if the liner notes say whether this was a working band.

Edited August 7, 2018 by Justin V

[soulpope]

[Justin V]

 

[soulpope]

5 minutes ago, Justin V said:

 

(Underappreciated) classic ....

[Justin V]

32 minutes ago, soulpope said:

(Underappreciated) classic ....

I would love to hear an expanded reissue.  When it Haynes, it roars:

 

[soulpope]

[duaneiac]

I've been listening to this disc over and over in the car for the past few days --

It had been  a long time since I last listened to this, and I forgot just how good it is.  Brian Wilson can still make pop music do things that most other songwriters no longer attempt -- making music which is both catchy and complex, breezily enjoyable yet also occasionally unusually intimate, music which simultaneously brings forth a smile and some tears.  These are songs which could only have come from Brian Wilson.  Any other songwriter could come up with a ditty about their first love; Brian Wilson writes about that subject in "Forever She'll Be My Surfer Girl" and there's a whole lot of history there ("Summer, '61 / A goddess became my song"), both for him and us.  The lines that always get to me are :  "I had this dream / Singing with my brothers / In harmony, supporting each other".  Whether he's talking about a dream from 1958 or 2008, we all know how that dream turned out and it's a relief to hear him sing "Oh, it's magical / I'm glad it happened to me / Fell asleep in the band room / Woke up in history".  This is really happy, enjoyable and contented music from the perspective of a man whose life had for so long been none of those things.  Special in so many ways!

 

 

Edited August 7, 2018 by duaneiac

[Brad]

This is a somewhat maddening release as Solar seems to cut off some of the songs. 

[sidewinder]

50 minutes ago, soulpope said:

[sidewinder]

Yazz Ahmed ‘La Saboteuse’ (Naim)