So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[dougcrates]

[EKE BBB]

[EKE BBB]

[EKE BBB]

Two Billie Holiday discs to soothen an awful morning at work.

 

[EKE BBB]

[jazzcorner]

MGM E3390 / [Japan 1995 POJJ-1576] - West Coast Versus East Coast / A Battle Of Jazz with Leonard Feather" - rec. 1956?



 

[Gheorghe]

1 hour ago, EKE BBB said:

Two Billie Holiday discs to soothen an awful morning at work.

 

Here too Billie Holiday this morning. 

In my case, listening is most almost for a certain purpose.

I´m scheduled this evening to play at Jazzland and the leader´s wishlist includes "Crazy He Calls Me", which is usually done in F, but Billie sings it in Db so just to have the chords in my head I listened to her version. 
Anyway I love the key Db.

And same with the title tune "Lover Man". Many folks here play it in F, and I think the RB changes are also in F, but she sings it in Db and that´s also the famous Loverman version Sarah Vaughan did with Bird´n Diz. The intro , the outing, everything.......

It´s very very good to hear Billie´s treatments of certain songs if you play ´ em on instruments, I always say play a ballad know at least some parts of the lyrics of it and how the singer phrases it, to get the knowledge you must have for playing a fine ballad.....

 

[EKE BBB]

[BillF]

22 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

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12 hours ago, EKE BBB said:

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[John Tapscott]

[BillF]

[rostasi]

[Chuck Nessa]

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[John Tapscott]

56 minutes ago, BillF said:

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Now:

Discs 1 & 2 

[Peter Friedman]

[BillF]

[HutchFan]

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[JSngry]

[JSngry]

This is a quietly major record, imo. More attention is merited!!! 

[Justin V]

[dougcrates]

[Chuck Nessa]

2 hours ago, Justin V said:

An old friend, and sad to say I haven't listened to that one in years.

[BillF]

[EKE BBB]

Two O'Days to start the day...

 

[HutchFan]

NP:

Recorded in 1977