So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[sonnyhill]

[HutchFan]

[duaneiac]

Another excellent Ace compilation.  A great assortment of Leiber & Stoller songs (some written in collaboration with others) sung by such artists as Ben E. King, Jimmy Scott, Tommy Roe, Irene Reid, The Shangri-Las, Solomon Burke, Carmen McRae, The Walker Brothers and more.  There are some well known hits, the best known being perhaps Peggy Lee's "Is That All There Is?" (which had an enormous impact on me as a boy), but even the more obscure tunes make for great listening.  The liner notes are very informative.  For example, Mike Stoller wrote "Juicy" (a hit for Willie Bobo) as a TV commercial jingle for the Florida Citrus Commission and Jerry Leiber got co-writing credit on Johnny Cash & June Carter's hit "Jackson" by helping songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler edit and restructure his song, basically telling him to dump several verses and begin the song with his last verse and that unforgettable "We got married in a fever / hotter than a pepper sprout" line.

 

Edited October 31, 2017 by duaneiac

[BillF]

[duaneiac]

in addition to music I also enjoy listening to old time radio programs.  The theater of the mind created by some of those shows is really wonderful  Appropriate for Halloween, here's a classic episode from the Suspense series called "Three Skeleton Key".  It's about three men who staff a lighthouse on a small, lonely island miles from the nearest coast.  One stormy day a seemingly deserted ship crashes upon the shore of their island -- but it is not deserted for it bears on its decks and in its holds thousands and thousands or hungry, ravenous rats.  With the sound effects used and the presence of star Vincent Price, this is a truly scary, suspenseful story.  You can listen to it (with the lights out, of course) here:

http://ia800500.us.archive.org/26/items/OTRR_Suspense_Singles/Suspense_561111_673_Three_Skeleton_Key_-128-44-_28101_29m53s.mp3

[soulpope]

[JohnS]

Some very nice Murray here.  Sparkling piano from John Hicks and top notch playing from Ray Drummond and idris Muhammad.  Branford Marsalis guests on two tracks..

[soulpope]

[jazzbo]

Hermeto Pascoal "Slave's Mass"

[John Tapscott]

[alankin]

Mario Schiano – Uncaged (Splasc(h) Records)
— Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone), Mario Schiano (alto sax), Marcello Mellis (double bass), Famoudou Don Moye (drums, percussion)

Nice!
 

[HutchFan]

Donald Brown - The Classic Introvert (Space Time Records)
Solo piano

[Buddha the Magnificent]

John Aram Quintet - Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Coup Perdu, 2011).  John Aram - trombone; Andy Scherrer - tenor sax; Colin Vallon - piano; Phil Donkin - bass; Norbert Pfammatter - drums.  Guest: Kenny Wheeler - trumpet.  Another swell recording discovered tracking down everything I can find with Colin Vallon playing.

[Peter Friedman]

[alankin]

Do Tell – Hotend: Do Tell Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill (Amirani Records)
— With Dan Clucas (cornet), Mark Weaver (tuba), Dave Wayne (drums, electronics); notes by Alex Cline.

 

Edited October 31, 2017 by alankin

[duaneiac]

OK -- the album was recorded in 1986.  That explains, but does not excuse, the hair.

[mikeweil]

You don't have to look at the cover all the time while listening ...... 

Now playing a new arrival I had been searching for a few years:

Now here's another underappreciated singer ...

[alankin]

Randy Weston — Vishnu Wood Duo – Perspective (Denon / Nippon Columbia Japan) — piano & bass

 

[HutchFan]

Pat Martino - Think Tank (Blue Note)

[Tom 1960]

[jazzbo]

Steven Wilson "To the Bone" Blu-ray edition.

[duaneiac]

The CD reissue pairs this Kenyon Hopkins album with this one:

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, alankin said:

Randy Weston — Vishnu Wood Duo – Perspective (Denon / Nippon Columbia Japan) — piano & bass

 

and many more !!!

[BillF]

[paul secor]

6 hours ago, soulpope said:

 

6 hours ago, soulpope said:

Two winners.