Thread: What Are You Listening To?

Thelonious Monk - Sophisticated Lady

Seasick Steve - Dog House Music

More of the same...

What do you reckon, genuine Bluesman, or novelty act ???

Originally Posted by Tiggi

Seasick Steve - Dog House Music

More of the same...

What do you reckon, genuine Bluesman, or novelty act ???

Personally Tigger, there are far too many 'Blues Police' about!
Steve does what he does well and I've never seen him panned on any Blues Forum yet.
Some of them would probably say I'm not 'Blues' either and I truly couldn't give a shit!

Kicked my morning off listening to some great Count Basie from 1970



Presently getting my head around a little Sonny Landreth - one of my favourite guitarists.



And will follow it up with:

Sun Ra - Enlightenment

Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All The Roadrunning

In the garden on the iPod...

Country & Bluegrass collection. Perfect for a spot of therapeutic relaxation.

Van Morrison - What's Wrong With This Picture ?

Lush & soothing, this is Jazzier than most of his stuff.

Should be listened to when horizontal, I think...

Various - Motown: The Complete No. 1s

A 10-disc set (cased in a replica of the Hitsville Building !!) released to celebrate Motown's 50th anniversary.

Most of this is essential stuff - and indeed, a fair amount of it is already in my collection - but things go a bit goat-shaped during the last couple of discs. Boyz II Men have now infected my lovely collection, and I may never play the last disc again...

Despite these minor caveats, this is a fantastic release.

I've got that one too. It's quite awesome (especially the design).

Wadada Leo Smith & Jack DeJohnette - Red Trumpet from America [Tzadik, 2009]

Originally proposed to ECM Records in 1979, the collaboration of trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and drummer Jack DeJohnette has finally found new life in America. Recorded last year in Bill Laswell’s New Jersey studio (but without his heavy-handed production aesthetic), this unadorned acoustic session documents two of the world’s most versatile and virtuosic improvisers working through a set of six new compositions written by Smith.
Legendary veterans whose seminal innovations can be traced to the late ’60s, Smith was a charter member of the AACM, while DeJohnette served with Miles Davis during his influential fusion period. Their finely tuned rapport was rekindled in the company of pianist Anthony Davis and late bassist Malachi Favors in the first version of Smith’s Golden Quartet. Favors passing in 2004 disbanded the original line-up, leaving their first two albums, Golden Quartet (Tzadik, 2000) and Year of the Elephant (Pi, 2002) as definitive examples of creative improvised music for the new century.

- allaboutjazz.com