Best track you heard all week

[jeffcrom]

I'm going to cheat and list two, because I can't decide:

Louis Armstrong - I Double Dare You. Recorded in a period (1938) that's not supposed to be Armstrong's best - between his youthful triumphs and later superstardom. The casual brilliance of Armstrong's trumpet solo slays me every time - he doesn't sound like he's straining at all, but constructs a perfect 32 bars of spontaneous melody. And J.C. Higginbotham represents Social Circle, Georgia pretty well, too.

Miles Davis - Round Midnight, from In Person at the Blackhawk Complete.This track didn't even make the cut for the original albums, but of the scores of recordings Miles made of "Round Midnight," this might be my favorite - abstract, yet grounded, and seemingly deeply felt.

[Balladeer]

William Bolcom - The Graceful Ghost Rag
(played by Spencer Myer on William Bolcom: Piano Rags, Steinway & Sons)

[soulpope]

 

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Edited August 14, 2017 by soulpope

[paul secor]

4 hours ago, soulpope said:

 

Nice one! Thanks for posting it.

[soulpope]

John „Rootman“ Henry "Who Am I" (Brownstown/Dig 7071) 1972 ..... excellent gritty singer, (IMO) bettering this (earlier) version :

 

[soulpope]

Jimmy Bo Horne „The Road Of Love (Dig D-905/Alston 4606) 1971

 

Edited August 15, 2017 by soulpope

[soulpope]

The Vibrations "Who`s Gonna Help Me Now" (Neptune N-19)         1969

Edited August 15, 2017 by soulpope

[soulpope]

Mel & Tim „That’s The Way I Want to Live My Life“ (Stax STN-0224) .... Prince Phillip Mitchell written track and Muscle Shoals Studios magic anno 1973 .....

[soulpope]

Margie Alexander "Can I Be Your Main Thing" (Atlantic 45-2828)           1971 .... situationally upstages even Aretha Franklin ....

[soulpope]

Rudy Mockabee "Think About It" (ATCO  45-6748)         1970

Edited August 17, 2017 by soulpope

[soulpope]

Robert Thomas „A Soul Of A Man“ (Charay 87)       1969

[soulpope]

Bobby Bennett „Days Go By“ (Philadelphia International ZS7 3506)

[soulpope]

 

Hersey Taylor „Let Me Make You Happy“ (Future Stars CC 1001)        1971

[Cyril]

 

[paul secor]

5 hours ago, soulpope said:

Rudy Mockabee "Think About It" (ATCO  45-6748)         1970

 

4 hours ago, soulpope said:

Robert Thomas „A Soul Of A Man“ (Charay 87)       1969

 

4 hours ago, soulpope said:

Bobby Bennett „Days Go By“ (Philadelphia International ZS7 3506)

 

4 hours ago, soulpope said:

 

Hersey Taylor „Let Me Make You Happy“ (Future Stars CC 1001)        1971

You're the Soul Man this morning.

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, paul secor said:

 

 

 

You're the Soul Man this morning.

Glad you`re enjoying the sounds, Paul .... there was a time I was heavily collecting Deep Soul 45`s and on occasion - like today - these ballads are still haunting me  ....

Edited August 17, 2017 by soulpope

[Cyril]

 

[kinuta]

 

[soulpope]

10 hours ago, kinuta said:

 

Didn't know this one, thnx for sharing .... this more expressive style of singing suits Hathaway well and the wailing within the song' s final minute is powerful indeed ....

[soulpope]

 

Lee Jones And The Sounds Of Soul „On The Other Side/THis Heart Is Haunted"“ (Amy 11.008)      1968 .... sensational doublesider by the early incarnation of the Masqueraders recorded by Chips Moman @American Studios, Memphis ....

[soulpope]

 

Ann Sexton "Love, Love, Love" /"You`re Gonna Miss Me" (Seventy Seven Records 77-133)       1973

[soulpope]

Melvin Carter "Ace Of Spades" (previously unreleased) .... superb version of the O.V. Wright classic, which saw the light of day via this compilation

obviously a mix up of tapes caused the inclusion (still mistakingly credited to O.V. Wright) ......

 

[soulpope]

Betty Fikes & The Passions „I Can`t Lie To My heart“ (Southbound 437)         1974

[HutchFan]

One of Clare Fischer's many interesting takes on "Lennie's Pennies":

from the album Clare Fischer with Woodwinds featuring Gary Foster - Whose Woods Are These (Discovery, 1984)

 

Edited August 28, 2017 by HutchFan