What are you listening to? August 2024

[Unsomnambulist]

Protomartyr - No Passion All Technique (2012)

 

[Nickyboy]

This unusual and quite hard-to-find two sided LP

Wait a second. Don't all LPs have two sides?

 

[JazzyRandy]

Arthur Blythe - Metamorphosis (recorded 1977, released 1979)

This album was originally two discrete albums: Metamorphosis and The Grip, which were both recorded from a single concert. When released on CDs a dozen years later, the two albums were combined.

Not for everyone. Sometimes I wonder what to play, choose a Blythe album, and a couple of minutes into it, choose something else. Really hits the spot when I feel substantially off kilter, or perfectly in kilter. In the middle, I listen to other music. Consider him the Kafka of Jazz.

Blythe - alto sax
Ahmed Abdullah - trumpet
Abdul Wadud - cello
Bob Stewart - tuba
Muhammad Abdullah - percussion

 

[axolotl]

Wait a second. Don't all LPs have two sides?

Let's all settle down so we can hear Sam's side of this.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Smote - A Grand Stream (2024)

@axolotl might enjoy this. Or he might find it too trippy. IDK.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Let's all settle down so we can hear Sam's side of this.

It's simple. Walt produced this album with just the score from "Switzerland". When Mickey heard it he said, "Please, sir. I want Samoa."

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (1975)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Ray Budzilek - Polish Songs Mama Never Taught Me (1964)

Vinyl Spin of the Day.

 

[axolotl]

Ray Budzilek - Polish Songs Mama Never Taught Me (1964)

Vinyl Spin of the Day.

Na zdrowie!

 

[Ojai Sam]

Na zdrowie!

I had no idea what this meant so I asked Sophia Bella, our Pomeranian. She set me straight.

 

[Nickyboy]

I had no idea what this meant so I asked Sophia Bella, our Pomeranian. She set me straight.

Dann stammt sie definitiv aus Hinterpommern und nicht aus dem Westteil.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Patti Smith - Horses (1975)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986)

 

[Ojai Sam]

What's next, Zeeb? Maybe...

I have that one somewhere in the vault but I'm going to go for...

Baby Washington - Not A Baby Anymore (Cat King Cole comp. 2012)

No indeed.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Allah-Las - Zuma 85 (2023)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Azmari - Maelström (2023)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Jon Hopkins - Ritual (2024)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Bobby Watson - Urban Renewal (1995)

Though this cover looks like it was created by the intern's boyfriend's cousin who works as a gardener, this is a scintillating album.

 

[JazzyRandy]

Jason Palmer - Places (2014)