What Are You Listening To? August 2023
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axolotl
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Many hands make light work.
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axolotl
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Herb appears to be a carnivore.
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Carl Perkins - Introducing... (1956)
No, not Mr. Blue Suede Shoes. Wiki tells the brief but sad story of this jazz pianist:
Perkins was born in Indianapolis but worked mainly in Los Angeles. He is best remembered for his performances with the Curtis Counce Quintet, which also featured Harold Land, Jack Sheldon and drummer Frank Butler. He also performed with Tiny Bradshaw, Big Jay McNeely in 1948–49, and played dates with Miles Davis in 1950. Following a short stint in the Army (January 1951 to November 1952), he worked intermittently with the Oscar Moore Trio (1953-1955) and the Clifford Brown–Max Roach group in 1954. He recorded with Frank Morgan in 1955, and with his own group in 1956. Perkins composed the standard "Grooveyard".
His playing was influenced by his polio-affected left arm, which he held parallel to the keyboard. He used his elbow to play deep bass notes. He was thus known as "the crab".
He died of a drug overdose at age 29, in Los Angeles, California. He recorded one album, Introducing Carl Perkins, and a short series of singles under his own name. Authors Paul Tanner, Maurice Gerow, and David Megill cite Perkins as one of the best "funky", or hard bop, piano players, but his early death prevented him from leaving a legacy.
No, not Mr. Blue Suede Shoes. Wiki tells the brief but sad story of this jazz pianist:
Perkins was born in Indianapolis but worked mainly in Los Angeles. He is best remembered for his performances with the Curtis Counce Quintet, which also featured Harold Land, Jack Sheldon and drummer Frank Butler. He also performed with Tiny Bradshaw, Big Jay McNeely in 1948–49, and played dates with Miles Davis in 1950. Following a short stint in the Army (January 1951 to November 1952), he worked intermittently with the Oscar Moore Trio (1953-1955) and the Clifford Brown–Max Roach group in 1954. He recorded with Frank Morgan in 1955, and with his own group in 1956. Perkins composed the standard "Grooveyard".
His playing was influenced by his polio-affected left arm, which he held parallel to the keyboard. He used his elbow to play deep bass notes. He was thus known as "the crab".
He died of a drug overdose at age 29, in Los Angeles, California. He recorded one album, Introducing Carl Perkins, and a short series of singles under his own name. Authors Paul Tanner, Maurice Gerow, and David Megill cite Perkins as one of the best "funky", or hard bop, piano players, but his early death prevented him from leaving a legacy.
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White Hills - The Revenge Of Heads On Fire (2022)
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Carl Perkins - The Sun Years (Charly comp. 1982)
Vinyl Spin of the Day.
The second of Charly's encyclopedic Sun boxes focused on Carl Perkins. In three LP's we follow him on his journey from stone country weepers to rockabilly raveups. Bear Family covered the same territory later with a few more unessential rarities but this big box and full size illustrated booklet have all you need in that warm analog sound that can't be beat.
Vinyl Spin of the Day.
The second of Charly's encyclopedic Sun boxes focused on Carl Perkins. In three LP's we follow him on his journey from stone country weepers to rockabilly raveups. Bear Family covered the same territory later with a few more unessential rarities but this big box and full size illustrated booklet have all you need in that warm analog sound that can't be beat.
axolotl
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Carl Perkins - The Sun Years (Charly comp. 1982)
Vinyl Spin of the Day.
The second of Charly's encyclopedic Sun boxes focused on Carl Perkins. In three LP's we follow him on his journey from stone country weepers to rockabilly raveups. Bear Family covered the same territory later with a few more unessential rarities but this big box and full size illustrated booklet have all you need in that warm analog sound that can't be beat.
Is this Mr. Blue Suede Shoes?
Or, Mr. Pink Pedal Pushers?
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Right on both counts. Carl had an extensive wardrobe, yet a matchbox could hold his clothes.
Zeeba Neighba
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The Jacksons - Triumph (1980)
Unsomnambulist
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Boris Mourashkin - Bio-Energetic Psychotropic Music (1995)
Zeeba Neighba
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Taj Mahal - The Natch'l Blues (1968)
axolotl
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What impelled you to listen to that?Boris Mourashkin - Bio-Energetic Psychotropic Music (1995)
Secondly, how bad or good is it?
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Zeeba Neighba
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Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway (2003)
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The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters (1973)
axolotl
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I don't know whether that makes you neurodivergent or not, based on the original review.
W could ask Zeeba; he knows everything about neurons and some other 'rons, as well.
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