What Are You Listening To? February 2023

[axolotl]

Horace Parlan ~ Happy Frame of Mind (Archival, 1963)

Happy Frame of Mind - Horace Parlan | Album | AllMusic

Happy Frame of Mind by Horace Parlan released in 1963. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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If this doesn't put you in a happy frame of mind, it's your own damn fault.

 

[axolotl]

Wendy Carlos ~ Beauty in the Beast (1986)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

R.E.M. - Green (1988)

 

[Nickyboy]

Various Artists - Swedish Jazz History Vol. 10: Watch Out! (rec. 1965-69, Caprice comp. 2005)

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Swedish and "Watch Out!"? I wonder if that was the influence for this:

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Some Carl Nielsen today
His Fourth Symphony “The Inextinguishable” (by Chicago Symphony)
Now his Fifth Symphony (by Bernstein and the NY Philharmonic)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Shame - Food For Worms (2023)

 

[axolotl]

Some Carl Nielsen today
His Fourth Symphony “The Inextinguishable” (by Chicago Symphony)
Now his Fifth Symphony (by Bernstein and the NY Philharmonic)

Wow! Loves me some Carl Nielsen Symphonies. Especially, those two later ones.

P. S. You may have given me the idea to follow in your tracks today.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Swedish and "Watch Out!"? I wonder if that was the influence for this:

Or maybe this....

 

[Ojai Sam]

Wow! Loves me some Carl Nielsen Symphonies. Especially, those two later ones.

P. S. You may have given me the idea to follow in your tracks today.

Beat you to it, Axo:

Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Fabio Luisi, cond.) - Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 (2002)

For some reason, this recording sank beneath the icy waves of the North Sea (or was it the Baltic?) too quickly. It can be yours on Amazon...for $83.99 new or used, take your pick at the same price.

This review on Discogs says all you need to know:

This is a neglected new recording which is absolutely up to date and highly recommended. The sound recording is just amazing and also one realizes that Nielsen is in the bodies of the members of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra - if you just have to chose one recording of Nielsen´s symphonies - here it is.

Recording 10/10
Performance 10/10
Repertoire value 10/10

Trust me !

 

[JazzyRandy]

Joshua Redman - Still Dreaming (2018)

 

[axolotl]

Beat you to it, Axo:

Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Fabio Luisi, cond.) - Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 (2002)

For some reason, this recording sank beneath the icy waves of the North Sea (or was it the Baltic?) too quickly. It can be yours on Amazon...for $83.99 new or used, take your pick at the same price.

This review on Discogs says all you need to know:

This is a neglected new recording which is absolutely up to date and highly recommended. The sound recording is just amazing and also one realizes that Nielsen is in the bodies of the members of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra - if you just have to chose one recording of Nielsen´s symphonies - here it is.

Recording 10/10
Performance 10/10
Repertoire value 10/10

Trust me !

Available on Spotify is good enough for me rn. Thanks!

 

[Ojai Sam]

Miklos Rozsa - Young Bess (soundtrack 1953)

Rosza adapted his typically brassy epic style to a more nuanced, string driven sound for this M-G-M biopic starring Jean Simmons as Elizabeth I and Charles Laughton as Henery VIII, he is. Note the different title used for overseas release.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Bruce Springsteen - Only the Strong Survive (2022)

The only Bruce album that I have hesitantly waited to spin - now four months after it's release. This is Bruce covering the songs he loves by The Supremes, Four Tops, Wilson Picket, Jerry Butler , The Commodores. Glad Bruce loves soul music - I too love soul music - that doesn't mean you hear me recording it. Not horrible - The Boss has a gruff soulful style in many of his songs, but the originals are just so much better. Plus, he doesn't bring anything new to the songs. Hopefully the couple he's been doing in his concerts sound better live

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Spotify's "This is Ween" playlist

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Spotify's "This is Ween" playlist

Dean Ween and Gene Ween thank you for making them .000001 cent richer.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Dean Ween and Gene Ween thank you for making them .000001 cent richer.

I didn't realize they were touring - in NOLA April...hmmm

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Los Tabanos Experience - A Conscious Dream (2022)

 

[Ojai Sam]

BBC Philharmonic (Richard Hickox, cond.) The Grainger Edition Vol. 15 (Orchestral works 3) (2000)

Lots of goodies here, including four premiere recordings:

1 Green Bushes (Passacaglia On An English Folk-tune)
2 Hill-Song No. 2
3 The Merry King
4 Eastern Intermezzo (For Percussion Ensemble)
5 Colonial Song
6 Spoon River
7 Lord Maxwell's Goodnight
8 The Power Of Rome And The Christian Heart
9 The Immovable Do (The Cyphering C)
10 Irish Tune From County Derry (County Derry Air)
11 Ye Banks And Braes O' Bonnie Doon
12 English Dance No. 1

 

[Nickyboy]

Dean Ween and Gene Ween thank you for making them .000001 cent richer.

From New Hope, PA. Great town. The oddest town in PA, also.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Amalia Bakas - Amalia! Old Greek Songs In The New Land (rec. 1923-50, Folklyric comp. 2002