What are you listening to? - February 2019

[lpfreak1170]

Keith Richards - Talk Is Cheap (1988)

 

[axolotl]

Gum Takes Tooth ~ Arrow (2019)



This is good. Thanks, Unsom.

 

[axolotl]

Florian Hoefner Group ~ Songs Without Words (2012)


Quite a few favorable reviews inside hyperlink:
https://originarts.com/oa2/recordings/recording.php?TitleID=22089

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Okay Champ - Dead About Thinking (2018)

 

[Nickyboy]

Gum Takes Tooth ~ Arrow (2019)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Florian Hoefner Group ~ Songs Without Words (2012)

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Quite a few favorable reviews inside hyperlink:
https://originarts.com/oa2/recordings/recording.php?TitleID=22089

That's an enticing series of reviews! It opens with one from emusic, a name that hasn't crossed my mind in years, yet I had once almost loved. And it ends with The Jazz Society Of Oregon, just mouthing those words makes me want to be a member.

 

[JazzyRandy]

Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings (2018) disc 1 of 2
FlIsTeN
Very interesting listen and ostensibly up my proverbial alley ... but requires more listening to determine if a wrong turn was taken somewhere or if I simply don't know I'm right where I want to be already.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Teeth Of The Sea - Your Mercury (2010)



This is fairly unique. Might be of interest to @axolotl and @Nickyboy, if they're not already familiar.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Alpha Stone - Stereophonic Pop Art Music (1996)

 

[Nickyboy]

Teeth Of The Sea - Your Mercury (2010)



This is fairly unique. Might be of interest to @axolotl and @Nickyboy, if they're not already familiar.

I am not! Thanks.

 

[axolotl]

Manuel Valera ~Vientos (2007)



https://www.allmusic.com/album/vientos-mw0000480318

 

[axolotl]

MARS 4-Tet ~ The Blind Watchmaker (2014)



http://www.summitrecords.com/releas...ne-frank-russo-drums-donato-soveiro-guitar-2/

 

[axolotl]

Jeff Guthery ~ Black Paintings (2016)



http://thevinylanachronist.blogspot.com/2016/10/jeff-gutherys-black-paintings-on-cd.html

This shape-shifter of an album, composed by percussionist Guthery, is designed as a soundtrack of sorts--each piece is influenced by one of Francisco Goya's Black Paintings. These 14 works, painted on the walls of a villa in Madrid, were the result of Goya's extreme paranoia after chronic illness, deafness, war, the death of his wife and finally his "falling out of favor" with the Spanish monarchy. In other words, these are portraits of madness. Goya never spoke of these paintings, completed just before the end of the 18th century, since they were completed in a private residence. The existence of the Black Paintings was not discovered by the public for 50 years, and their first public exhibition--they were lifted to canvas by the owner of the villa--did not occur until 1878.

I read a review of this album that said:

The album represents an endeavor to translate individual and collective, improvised interpretations of a distinct set of visual art into aural art. The non-traditional configuration of both the orchestra and string ensemble on Two Monks, as well as the frequent appearance throughout of improvised jazz, spoken in quartet form, either alongside the orchestra or in stand-alone mode, are intended to convey an overall aural mood commensurate to impressions gained through visual interaction with a select nine of the 14 Goya Black Paintings. While the orchestra parts were composed and rehearsed, the quartet sections were completely improvised. Kenny [Wheeler], George [Garzone], and Bruno [Raberg] were intentionally kept in the dark about the music until the day of recording. For these improvised sessions, hand-painted reproductions of the paintings were placed in the studio within view of all, and the players were instructed to play their individual and collective impressions of what they saw. The paintings were, in a certain sense, the fifth member of the ensemble.

Bolded emphasis mine.

 

[JazzyRandy]

Jeff Guthery ~ Black Paintings (2016)

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http://thevinylanachronist.blogspot.com/2016/10/jeff-gutherys-black-paintings-on-cd.html



I read a review of this album that said:
Bolded emphasis mine.

That's recording/composing process is all over the place. I am very intrigued! It sounds like it's worth a listen just to experience it at least once. Hey, and it's cheap too!

 

[axolotl]

That's recording/composing process is all over the place. I am very intrigued! It sounds like it's worth a listen just to experience it at least once. Hey, and it's cheap too!

It's on Spotify, also.

 

[JazzyRandy]

It's on Spotify, also.

Spotify (and its brethren) still don't automatically come to my mind in situation like this. I continue to think first of seeking to purchase a used CD.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Spotify (and its brethren) still don't automatically come to my mind in situation like this. I continue to think first of seeking to purchase a used CD.

You should at least use Spotify to try out an album, to see if it's worth purchasing the CD.

 

[Nickyboy]

You should at least use Spotify to try out an album, to see if it's worth purchasing the CD.

That's how I use it.

 

[axolotl]

That's how I use it.

Me three.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Beirut - Gallipoli (2019)



This is good.