So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[EKE BBB]

Billy Strayhorn ‎– The Peaceful Side (Capitol, 1963)

[soulpope]

[Brad]

[EKE BBB]

Grant Stewart Trio ‎– Roll On (Cellar Live, 2017)

[soulpope]

[Justin V]

I was happy to score a CD reissue of this a couple of years ago.  It's a shame that Sam Dockery dropped out of the national scene, because he didn't wilt when playing with Blakey or Haynes.  I need to find my physical copy to see if the liner notes say whether this was a working band.

Edited August 7, 2018 by Justin V

[soulpope]

[Justin V]

 

[soulpope]

5 minutes ago, Justin V said:

 

(Underappreciated) classic ....

[Justin V]

32 minutes ago, soulpope said:

(Underappreciated) classic ....

I would love to hear an expanded reissue.  When it Haynes, it roars:

 

[soulpope]

[duaneiac]

I've been listening to this disc over and over in the car for the past few days --

It had been  a long time since I last listened to this, and I forgot just how good it is.  Brian Wilson can still make pop music do things that most other songwriters no longer attempt -- making music which is both catchy and complex, breezily enjoyable yet also occasionally unusually intimate, music which simultaneously brings forth a smile and some tears.  These are songs which could only have come from Brian Wilson.  Any other songwriter could come up with a ditty about their first love; Brian Wilson writes about that subject in "Forever She'll Be My Surfer Girl" and there's a whole lot of history there ("Summer, '61 / A goddess became my song"), both for him and us.  The lines that always get to me are :  "I had this dream / Singing with my brothers / In harmony, supporting each other".  Whether he's talking about a dream from 1958 or 2008, we all know how that dream turned out and it's a relief to hear him sing "Oh, it's magical / I'm glad it happened to me / Fell asleep in the band room / Woke up in history".  This is really happy, enjoyable and contented music from the perspective of a man whose life had for so long been none of those things.  Special in so many ways!

 

 

Edited August 7, 2018 by duaneiac

[Brad]

This is a somewhat maddening release as Solar seems to cut off some of the songs. 

[sidewinder]

50 minutes ago, soulpope said:

[sidewinder]

Yazz Ahmed ‘La Saboteuse’ (Naim)

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[Brad]

Emily Remler. Never heard of her before but like the sound. Sadly, she died very young. From what I read, her heroin addiction contributed to her death at the age of 32 of heart failure.

 

Edited August 7, 2018 by Brad

[JSngry]

17 minutes ago, soulpope said:

                  

[Larry Kart]

18 minutes ago, Brad said:

Emily Remler. Never heard of her before but like the sound. Sadly, she died very young. From what I read, her heroin addiction contributed to her death at the age of 32 of heart failure.

 

I think heart failure was a euphemism for overdose.

[Brad]

9 minutes ago, Larry Kart said:

I think heart failure was a euphemism for overdose.

Yes, probably. I’m just doing some reading about her and it sounds like she was becoming a pre-eminent musician when she died; she had wowed people like Herb Ellis. 

[duaneiac]

Next time, instead of watching or listening to another depressing, aggravating newscast, I'm just gonna listen to this over and over . . .

 

[BillF]

1 hour ago, Brad said:

Yes, probably. I’m just doing some reading about her and it sounds like she was becoming a pre-eminent musician when she died; she had wowed people like Herb Ellis. 

A good source of information on Emily Remler:

https://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/emily-remler-a-musical-remembrance/

 

[Brad]

28 minutes ago, BillF said:

A good source of information on Emily Remler:

https://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/emily-remler-a-musical-remembrance/

 

Thanks.  Actually, there is a very good article in Jazz Times, which was published yesterday. 

https://jazztimes.com/features/emily-remler-rise-decline/

[John Tapscott]

[Bluesnik]