What Are You Listening To?

[jazzboCR]

Avishai is dynamite!

[video=youtube;OjvE0scNI4Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjvE0scNI4Q&feature=player_detailpage[/video]

Wonder if he and the Family Cohen have or would even want to collaborate? The mind wanders late at night...

[jazzboCR]

Peter Green Splinter Group - Soho: Live at Ronnie Scott's



A nicely tight band, playing a mix of originals & covers, with a good sprinkling of Robert Johnson songs.

Good to hear a good Blues band recorded in a small club...

Most of his mental troubles behind him, PG comes roaring back with this live album. NOTE: the cuts I play are not from this disc or engagement--they are representative of his playing however.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiN2rN1LNq8 << he can be subtle but it's still, well, magic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEFid88Bclo << Cozy Powell on drums on these
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SESKEYRD0bw << alrighty I wanna hear some hot volume and see some body parts moving...or do I gotta take your pulse?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3nBcfNWuwA << OMG--catch a groove...now work it brilliantly

BONUS #1: Here's the live perf: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67jRxREFg-U << audio only
BONUS #2: Carlos liked his version so much, he insisted on playing it with him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIMrU8qcbs8 << some on-point, lotsa asinine comments--worth a scan

[jazzboCR]

Larry Coryell's acoustic album called Bolero

Not the whole album but the title piece in front of some of its homies, including Basque homies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jYR8Ra2SIQ
<< These folks grew up with this music--that appreciation was real
Same piece 20 years later: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HnkIpHbrjE << you can't but lay back and let it come to you

[jazzboCR]

[video=youtube;nf5Lp39XYnU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf5Lp39XYnU[/video]

Discovered McFarland a few months back through Bill Evans, whom Im also a big fan of. He is one of the most underrated jazz musicians I have ever heard in my life. Some of his compositions are just breathtaking!

When you are sought out by the cerebral (Bill Evans, John Lewis, Steve Kuhn) but your main recording career is instrumental pop-jazz, you got a schizo thing going on. Died of poisoning in a NYC bar at 38. Excellent vibist and big band leader/arranger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te-JRvVfUF4 << they were co-owners in a record label
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ3-xcBTSFo << classic piece
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dW0c8aE-C4 << all charts by GM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfs0detiNDs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhojreQVmK4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G61iK-3GSnM

[jazzboCR]

listened online



Instrumental funk jazz album, so not for me, though I'm sure it appeals to somebody. Mostly horn dominated, although they do show a liking towards that organ. Highly praised by allmusic, so I guess there's something there. Just hard for me to grasp. I realize that's my bias taking over. All yours instrumental enthusiasts.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - all

Best Track - none

1) Rite Of The Ancients - 1.0 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu5930DuVTk
2) Black Venom - 1.0 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VluKTBNq5U
3) The River Serpentine - 1.0
4) Unbroken, Unshaven - 1.0 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7P0v2ZttJc
5) Natures Wrath - 1.0
6) Golden Dunes - 1.0 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsreoxjiGsE
7) Budos Dirge - 1.0 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwLMRIrnFFY
8) Raja Haje - 1.0
9) Crimson Skies - 1.0 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVN_0YGtnqw
10) Mark Of The Unnamed - 1.0 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV-eTynR6L8
11) Reppirt Yad - 1.0

Average Rating - 1.0

Well you are of course entitled but anything from the Daptone Records group gets my attention (if they were even in the same room as Sharon Jones...). OK Staten Island Afro-funk may appeal to a limited audience but these lads ain't rippin'--there pretty much keeping it real.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqMaTkWZ0Gg << 4 tunes from Budos II back-to back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj17sBZ48Ls << from the comments, they have some hearty fans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXe48Yiyyyg << from Budos I with a WTF vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv_Cn-QFnxQ

At least Music Head had the good grace to bring this to our attention, for us to individually judge. What this Site's about...

[jazzboCR]

listened online



Could have posted this in a variety of threads. Yes I should have known better. Couldn't help myself. I love them both, so it couldn't be bad, right? Ok, fine, it wasn't terrible. Would just take some plays probably to move 'em up a notch. Too bad it will never get those plays. I guess Brian got on a nostalgia kick. Really nice production and Brian sounds as fine as always. Beautiful Beach Boy harmonys. I guess I just have trouble mixing these genres, especially when it involves superb musicians in their own right. Don't think Brians voice fits at all with some of these classics. I did like 2 songs, just too many yucks. The real judge of this album would be someone who is not familiar with the songs.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'

Best Track - I Got A Crush On You

1) Rhapsody In Blue - 1.0
2) The Like In I Love You - 1.5 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6P_FNQyDSY
3) Summertime - 1.0 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud2o38cJtDY
4) I Loves You, Porgy - 1.5 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbqQ4jSygx0
5) I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - 1.0 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OE1eulu68g
6) It Ain't Necessarily So - 2.0 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzDHJsdQgr0
7) 'S Wonderful - 1.5
8) They Can't Take That Away From Me - 1.0 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_i3gsLwRZg
9) Love Is Here To Stay - 1.5
10) I've Got A Crush On You - 2.0 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAgD3Z_uQeI
11) I Got Rhythm - 1.0 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1DOjrGGDiM
12) Someone To Watch Over Me - 1.0
13) Nothing But Love - 1.5 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUpXkEtHxss
14) Rhapsody In Blue (Reprise) - 1.0

Average Rating - 1.3

This was a well-meant vanity project--Mr. Wilson just doesn't have the chops to pull it off. What happens when nobody can say "No!" to you and make it stick. Damned shame.

[jazzboCR]

[video=youtube;sewgmfo0A7M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sewgmfo0A7M[/video]

Outstanding jazz guitarist whom I discovered today. This particular album features the late Chet Akins with his trademark sound.

Bogus link and without more--Who is it?

[jazzboCR]

from my library (vinyl)



These guys sure were fun to watch. I remember watching a PBS special back in the day. Must have had an impact. The group wouldn't quit on trying to revive the 40's doo-wop era. I think we all knew that wouldn't translate to record sales, but I'm sure they were an awesome live act. Formed in 1969 jazz remakes were their forte. Not sure if they ever did any original material. Surely they had to have given it a shot at some point. This is their 8th studio album and there is only one standout for me, Baby Come Back To Me, and I can't recall the original artist, sorry. A brilliant demonstration of that doo-wop sound. There are some live trakcs on the album from a concert in Japan. There are some real duds here though with a fast Unchained Melody topping that list. Album gets a barely passing grade for me. Only made it to #127 on the U.S. overall chart but #11 on the jazz charts. A single of my favorite, screeched to a halt at #83 with Route 66 at #78. Bad audio clip included for Baby Come Back To Me, only because it is an excellent choreographed line dance routine to the song.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Unchained Melody

Best Track - Baby Come Back To Me

Dit dot ditty dit dot a ditty ditty
Dit dot ditty dit dot a ditty ditty
Dit dot ditty dit dot a ditty ditty
Dit dot ditty, baby come home to me

I sent my baby a telegram asking to be her man
Begging her to come back home to me (baby come home to me)
Oh i dotted the i's and i crossed the t's
And i'm begging pretty please
Honey honey, come back home to me (baby come home to me)

Dit dot?.
Baby i want your love
Woo-oo
Baby i need your love
Ooo
Honey honey come back home to me (come back home to me)
Dit dot?
Got to have your love
Woo-oo
Can't live without your love
Woo-oo
Honey honey come back home to me (come back home to me)

Oh i made mistakes, yes that's the truth
But the biggest one i made with you
Honey honey, come back home to me (baby come home to me)
I thought that you would understand
I'm just a one woman man
Not like before so come back home to me (baby come home to me)

Dit dot...
Baby i want your love
Woo-oo
Baby i need your love
Ooo
Honey honey come back home to me (come back home to me)
Dit dot...
Got to have your love
Woo-oo
Can't live without your love
Woo-oo
Honey honey come back home to me (come back home to me)

Dit dot ditty dit dot a ditty ditty
Ooo, aahh (baby come home to me)
I said
Come back come back to me
Come back come back to me
Come back baby come back to me
Come back come back to me
Come back come back to me
Come back baby come back to me
(repeat to fade)

1) Route 66 - ** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZnJNUM8GHA
2) Jeannine - * - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2hJPU2nlrk
3) My Cat Fell In The Well - **
4) The Duke Of Dubuque - *
5) How High The Moon * - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebxSOrqC1GM
6) Baby Come Back To Me - *** video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFqwwsieXA4
7) Safronia B - **
8) Heart's Desire - ** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JJrTbcP-LY
9) That's The Way It Goes - ** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDD6Qn0wIMY
10) Unchained Melody - *

3's - 1
2's - 5
1's - 4

Rating - 1.7

Avoid their first album Jukin'--it's pre-ManTran and a bunch of scraps. After that with that sterling line-up, they get realer. You want Mecca for Moderns or Vocalese or Swing or ...Even ...Meets Tubby the Tuba works well. My fave is one AMG thinks is sh!t--Tonin', most done with the original artists. And any vocal group strapping on the Chick Corea canon, well: http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-chick-...0000826997

[jazzboCR]

this may ruffle a few feathers but i never rated Ole Blue Eyes as a great singer, i thought he was overrated, dino on the other hand i rate highly, he has a beautiful voice that few can match, that said, i cannot stand the movies he made with jerry Lewis.

...So you're not French? Great debate in my household growing up: my dad was a good natural singer who studied at the Sorbonne after WWII to study singing. He could not stand Frankie, vastly preferring the technically better Bing Crosby; my mom, being a NYC bobby-soxer, was rapturous about Mr. Sinatra. And then the battle raged on...

[jazzboCR]

carinet which is one of my least favorite wind instruments, slightly above the kazoo and the comb.

I understand and share your feeling--too often it's sweet and sticky and kitschy. It doesn't need to be that way, as Jimmy Giuffre amply demonstrates:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUGPqEjJVx8 << this edges close to the popular, though with 2 monster players (Jim Hall and Bob Brookmeyer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2GCfIPbI4U << 3 years later and much more adventurous, with Paul Bley and Steve Swallow 40 minutes long concert
He recently died at 86, but these thoughts were prompted by this loving appreciation in June, '14: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/arts/m...ation.html << he was a deeply troubled princeling but deserved way more respect than he got.