jeffcrom Posted April 20, 2011 Report Posted April 20, 2011 "Long Hard Journey Home" by The Radiators, from New Dark Ages. (Apologies to all the uninterested parties about my current Radiators obsession.) This song is simultaneously sweet, sad, and very funky, with a swampy New Orleans groove. It's Ed Volker's fantasy about the late Professor Longhair looking down on New Orleans: "Keep on playing, children; it's a long, hard journey home." The Radiators have been together for 33 years; they've got seven more weeks before their last show at Tipitina's. Quote
kh1958 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Posted April 20, 2011 Ben Allison, Some Day We'll All Be Free, Action-Refraction (Palmetto) Quote
Bigshot Posted April 20, 2011 Report Posted April 20, 2011 This song turned up in my random rotation today, and it had my jaw on the floor. I've never heard anything like it before Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted April 21, 2011 Report Posted April 21, 2011 best i've heard this yearwithout doubt, this whole piece......... Quote
Tom 1960 Posted April 25, 2011 Report Posted April 25, 2011 From the Coleman Hawkins album "At Ease" the ballad "Mighty Like A Rose". Hawkins and Tommy Flanagan are great here. Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted May 11, 2011 Report Posted May 11, 2011 Jaki Byard 'Olean Visit' ....played it several dozen times in the car last week. Quote
kenny weir Posted May 15, 2011 Report Posted May 15, 2011 Lyn Taitt & The Jets - Rainbow Valley. Like Everlasting Love, it's a Mac Gayden song. I feel a rocksteady thread coming on. Quote
ghost of miles Posted May 19, 2011 Report Posted May 19, 2011 Duke Ellington's "Way Low" (from the new Mosaic set), which is full of mood and nuance and features a superlative clarinet solo from Barney Bigard. Also from the same set (and disc), "The Sergeant Was Shy," a track of which Larry has written wonderfully and at length: The Sergeant Was Shy Quote
Neal Pomea Posted May 19, 2011 Report Posted May 19, 2011 (edited) Time Passes Slowly, Bob Dylan -- New Morning, 1970 (raspy vocal, piano, 2 crazy electric guitars, drums) Went to See the Gypsy, Bob Dylan -- New Morning, 1970 (nonsensical lyrics, of course, but good guitar, voice, organ mix) Edited May 19, 2011 by Neal Pomea Quote
ghost of miles Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 Right now, Miles Davis' "Blue in Green"... good music for making a late-night funk go down a bit easier. Quote
B. Goren. Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 Stan Getz & Kenny Barron play "Autumn Leaves". Quote
John Tapscott Posted May 21, 2011 Report Posted May 21, 2011 (edited) "Gerrylike" from Nick Brignola's "Flight of the Eagle" (Reservoir) - not sure it's the "best", but it is a nicely swinging track and the melody really sticks with me. Edited May 21, 2011 by John Tapscott Quote
Sundog Posted May 24, 2011 Report Posted May 24, 2011 Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs- Repo Man Pretty rockin' tune for someone known mainly as a "soulful folkie" Quote
B. Goren. Posted June 8, 2011 Report Posted June 8, 2011 "Spanish Lady" by John Handy quintet. Mosaic Select, disk # 2. Quote
BillF Posted June 8, 2011 Report Posted June 8, 2011 Howard Roberts, "Relaxin' at Camarillo" from The Jazz Guitar Album Quote
Neal Pomea Posted June 10, 2011 Report Posted June 10, 2011 Midnight Blues, from Bunk Johnson "The King of the Blues," American Music Records AMCD-1. Can't get that song out of my head! Bunk Johnson, trumpet George Lewis, clarinet Jim Robinson, trombone Baby Dodds, drums Lawrence Marrero, banjo Alcide Pavageau, bass Quote
Chicago Expat Posted June 10, 2011 Report Posted June 10, 2011 Jean Lapouge - "Des Enfants" Guitar, vibes, and trombone. Just a terribly pretty tune. Appeals to me much in the same way as Bill Frisell's old "Quartet" album does. Can't figure out what album it's on, though. I only heard it on his myspace. Quote
jazzbo Posted June 10, 2011 Author Report Posted June 10, 2011 (edited) "Ysabel's Table Dance" This is such a fantastic album. Every listen, year after year, I still get drawn into the energy, imagination and stellar arranging. Edited June 10, 2011 by jazzbo Quote
jeffcrom Posted June 10, 2011 Report Posted June 10, 2011 Midnight Blues, from Bunk Johnson "The King of the Blues," American Music Records AMCD-1. Can't get that song out of my head! Bunk Johnson, trumpet George Lewis, clarinet Jim Robinson, trombone Baby Dodds, drums Lawrence Marrero, banjo Alcide Pavageau, bass That was recorded by Bill Russell switching his disc recorder from 78 to 33 RPM and asking for a long blues, just to see what would happen. Since it was recorded several years before the introduction of the LP, he never expected it to be released. It's also one of my favorites. Quote
Peter Friedman Posted June 14, 2011 Report Posted June 14, 2011 How Deep Is The Ocean - Dave Cliff Duo with Geoff Simpkins on alto sax and Cliff on Guitar from CD - Dave Cliff Duo & Quartet - Sipping At Bells on Spotlite Quote
BillF Posted June 14, 2011 Report Posted June 14, 2011 How Deep Is The Ocean - Dave Cliff Duo with Geoff Simpkins on alto sax and Cliff on Guitar from CD - Dave Cliff Duo & Quartet - Sipping At Bells on Spotlite Fine musician, Dave Cliff! Knew him in our student days in Leeds. He certainly benefited from Peter Ind's tuition on his course. Quote
colinmce Posted June 15, 2011 Report Posted June 15, 2011 Sonny Clark w/ Ike Quebec, "Deep In A Dream" off Leapin' & Lopin' which I listened to for the first time. Exceptional, like everything Ike did at the time. Quote
Chicago Expat Posted June 15, 2011 Report Posted June 15, 2011 (edited) "Burrito" from the new album Bienestan by Guillermo Klein and Aaron Goldberg. Streamed here... Sunnyside Jazz Bandcamp page Edited June 15, 2011 by Chicago Expat Quote
paul secor Posted June 15, 2011 Report Posted June 15, 2011 Little Son Willis: "Harlem Blues" from Bad Luck n' Trouble (Arhoolie) and Roscoe Mitchell Quintet: "Page Two A" from Turn (RogueArt) Quote
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