Best track you heard all week

[Shrdlu]

"Jaded", by Deadmau5. It's very simple melodically, but excellent. Swings like crazy, with intricate time displacement, and has great harmonies.

[save0904]

Monk's Mood - Thelonious Monk Thelonious Himself

[JohnS]

Joe Lovano playing William Walton's 'Touch Her Sweet Lips and Part' from Peter Erskines Sweet Soul. This variation on a folk tune never fails to impress me.

Isn't that a William Walton piece from his Henry V music rather than a folk tune? (sorry...just being pedantic!)

http://www.williamwalton.net/works/film/henry_v_suite_chorus.html

I don't know that record, but Erskine also recorded it on one of the trio albums he made with John Taylor on ECM. It's a lovely tune.

Yes, it was written for Henry V. But I've always believed the melody is based on a folk tune, or maybe it's the way Lovano plays it. It's become something of a jazz standard since Erskine's version. Lord lists some 15 or 16 recordings. Apart the versions quoted above, another posiible notable recording was made by Lynne Arriale. I can recall reading a cd review not so lomg ago whiche credited the pice to Cedar Walton!

Sweet Soul is a fine album which I can recommend.

[A Lark Ascending]

Yes, it was written for Henry V. But I've always believed the melody is based on a folk tune, or maybe it's the way Lovano plays it. It's become something of a jazz standard since Erskine's version. Lord lists some 15 or 16 recordings. Apart the versions quoted above, another posiible notable recording was made by Lynne Arriale. I can recall reading a cd review not so lomg ago whiche credited the pice to Cedar Walton!

Sweet Soul is a fine album which I can recommend.

Yes, I have that Arriale. I agree it has a folkish feel. Which is unusual for Walton who generally steered clear of the folk-influenced style of RVW, Holst and others.

I've put the record on 'save for later' on e-music for when I refresh in a few days time. Erskine did a marvellous concert at Cheltenham (or was it Bath?) about ten years back with music written specifically for a British jazz orchestra. Never appeared on disc.

Thanks for the recommendation, John.

[Matthew]

Coltrane's Welcome: off Kula Se Mama. Such a beautiful song.

[A Lark Ascending]

Coltrane's Welcome: off Kula Se Mama. Such a beautiful song.

Indeed. And there's a lovely version on Santana's album of the same name.

There's a bunch of great ballads by Coltrane from that era - 'Dear Lord', 'After the Rain', 'Alabama', 'Soul Eyes'.

[jazzbo]

This week I keep returning to "Bandit" from Neil Young's "Greendale." A very moving sound and performance.

[Matthew]

Coltrane's Welcome: off Kula Se Mama. Such a beautiful song.

Indeed. And there's a lovely version on Santana's album of the same name.

There's a bunch of great ballads by Coltrane from that era - 'Dear Lord', 'After the Rain', 'Alabama', 'Soul Eyes'.

That's the thing about Coltrane (or any other great musicians for that matter), is that there is so much there, you never get there, if you know what I mean...

[Jazzmoose]

This week, easy: Maggot Brain. I need to hear this at least every six months or I forget...

[John L]

J.R. Monterose playing All the Things You Are on live recordings from the 80s. J.R. really playing that one beautifully.

[Shrdlu]

Fats Waller playing "Impressions". It sounds great with a stride left hand.

[jazzbo]

Who put the Benzedrine in Mr. Shrdlu's Ovaltime?

This week "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me" by the Keith Jarrett Trio from "The OUt oF Towners." Just caught my fancy with its rubato intro adn main section full of drive.

[WorldB3]

Aretha Franklin – Let It Be - This Girl's In Love With You

[ejp626]

Bombay Bicycle Club: Emergency Contraception Blues

Yeah mostly because of the title, but it's the first cut off "I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose," which isn't a bad album at all in the indie vein.

[Peter Friedman]

Los Malos Hombres from the Duke Pearson album "The Right Touch".

Very swinging solos by Stanley Turrentine, Freddie Hubbard and Duke Pearson.

[JohnS]

Too much good stuff this week but I'm going for -

The nght has thouand eyes by the Steve Kuhn Trio with Joe Lavano; Mostly Coltrane on ECM.

I'm always struck by the superb piano sound on Avatar studio recordings. Plaudits to James Farber (in thie instance) and James Anderson.

[BillF]

"Martians Go Home" from Shorty Rogers, The Swinging Mr Rogers (Cllectables)

Might get rid of Martians, but I'd stay to listen!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

"Yolele" by Kandia Kouyate with the Ensemble Instrumental du Mali - Disco Stock (Syllart)

14 minutes of most terrific singing!

MG

[JohnS]

"Martians Go Home" from Shorty Rogers, The Swinging Mr Rogers (Cllectables)

Might get rid of Martians, but I'd stay to listen!

I love those martians - let 'em stay.

[blind-blake]

An old favorite - Wesley Wallace playing No. 29.

Just heard this for the first time. Really nice cut! Thanks.

[Peter Friedman]

"Romantic Love" by David Fathead Newman from his recent CD -. THE BLESSING

Newman's tenor solo is pure delight. The solos of Steve Nelson and David Leonhardt are

also very fine.

[Guest Bill Barton]

"Zeibekiko" by Joe Maneri from the new Art-I-Fact: Great Performances from 40 Years of Jazz at NEC

Edited January 28, 2010 by Bill Barton

[CJ Shearn]

Orchestrion: Pat Metheny

[BillF]

"Matchmaker, Matchmaker" from Eric Alexander, The Second Milestone, featuring Alexander and Harold Mabern.

Edited January 31, 2010 by BillF

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

"Nanfule" by Maa Hawa Kouyate and Soundioulou Cissokho, from the album "Le couple royal de la musique traditionalle" GBR. Long, long out of print. I think my copy is probably a pirate. This track never fails to captivate me; pure melody, exultant, but restrained.

MG