So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[rostasi]

 

[Peter Friedman]

[mjzee]

[Pim]

disc one

[soulpope]

8 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Orchestra Harlow – Hommy (A Latin Opera)

I'm not sure how long this obsession with salsa is going to last (presumably into the flat wall of Monday morning), but I'm enjoying where it is taking me.

A funky opera for sure 😎 ....

[Gheorghe]

16 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

Good album ! 

I didn´t have Kenton until my wife bought this a few years ago as a Chrismas present. Until then I had seen him only on TV when I was a teenager. Good stuff, or let´s say "Somethin´ Else" than what I usually hear.....

[Rabshakeh]

Willie Colon and Ruben Blades - Canciones Del Solar De Los Aburridos

I'm not a Spanish speaker and a lot of the appeal of Ruben Blades is therefore possibly lost on me. I find I have the same reaction to Blades records as I do to later Bob Marley in Reggae: whatever it is that was responsible for their crossover successes in their respective genres is probably also what I am least interested in those genres. 

But at least this record has some very catchy tunes that I can enjoy, and a good focus on chunky horns. It's just a funky fun record, with a conscious, but one that doesn't over-load it.

[optatio]

[Referentzhunter]

[jazzbo]

Duke Ellington “Fresh Up” Lob/Solid Records Japan cd
(I think this is a post-Duke Mercer Ellington led session with a very prominent electric bass guitar and interesting re-arrangements)

Followed by

Doug Watkins “Soulnik” New Jazz Japanese cd

Yusef Lateef!

[Referentzhunter]

 

[soulpope]

56 minutes ago, optatio said:

😍 ....

[Rabshakeh]

Frankie Dante & Orquesta Flamboyan con Larry Harlow

Love this one. 

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

Frankie Dante & Orquesta Flamboyan con Larry Harlow

Love this one.

+ 1 ....

[Rabshakeh]

Celia Cruz Y La Sonora Ponceña – La Ceiba

Listening to Hommy last night got me in the mood for some more Celia Cruz, so this was the soundtrack to a rainsoaked trip down the Essex Road to buy a Christmas tree.

[mjazzg]

39 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Celia Cruz Y La Sonora Ponceña – La Ceiba

Listening to Hommy last night got me in the mood for some more Celia Cruz, so this was the soundtrack to a rainsoaked trip down the Essex Road to buy a Christmas tree.

I was in rain soaked Essex Road too, no Salsa or Xmas tree though

4 hours ago, Referentzhunter said:

 

👍

[Rabshakeh]

5 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

I was in rain soaked Essex Road too, no Salsa or Xmas tree though

👍

Flashback?

[Peter Friedman]

[mjazzg]

20 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Flashback?

No, lunch with mother in law

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

Celia Cruz Y La Sonora Ponceña – La Ceiba

 .... this was the soundtrack to a rainsoaked trip down the Essex Road to buy a Christmas tree.

🤓🌲🤓 .... makes me think of Willie Colon "Asalto Navideno" (Fania) 👹 ....

[Rabshakeh]

41 minutes ago, soulpope said:

🤓🌲🤓 .... makes me think of Willie Colon "Asalto Navideno" (Fania) 👹 ....

Another one I've just been listening to.

I think Celia wins out. She always does. It is not a fair fight.

53 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

No, lunch with mother in law

Interested to know where you went?

[mjazzg]

1 minute ago, Rabshakeh said:

Another one I've just been listening to.

I think Celia wins out. She always does. It is not a fair fight.

Interested to know where you went?

Just off Essex Road, Hunter's Arms in Southgate Road. M-in-L's local so easy for her. Nice place, good veggie Sunday roast and non veggie menu looked ok. Lots of millennials and younger, we raised average age considerably. Looked kid friendly too.

Mulled cider a hit

[soulpope]

5 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Another one I've just been listening to.

I think Celia wins out. She always does. It is not a fair fight.

Right .... btw love the hilarious cover art of the Colon platter ....

[Rabshakeh]

9 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Just off Essex Road, Hunter's Arms in Southgate Road. M-in-L's local so easy for her. Nice place, good veggie Sunday roast and non veggie menu looked ok. Lots of millennials and younger, we raised average age considerably. Looked kid friendly too.

Mulled cider a hit

The Hunter S?

Standard Sunday evening last-night-before-school pint of Guinness place, for me. 

In summer, reliably assured a spot by the bins in the sunshine chatting to the mad elder locals who still go there no matter what happens. Lots of happy memories there.

12 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Right .... btw love the hilarious cover art of the Colon platter ....

Colon might have had the best run of cover art of any artist.

[soulpope]

5 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Colon might have had the best run of cover art of any artist.

At least a serious contender ....