What are you listening to? July 2017

[JazzyRandy]

Dexter Gordon - Dexter Rides Again _1958_

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Long Distance Calling - Avoid The Light (2009)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Art Farmer - Farmer's Market _1958_

 

[axolotl]

Richard Buckner ~ Since (1998)

 

[lpfreak1170]

Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition



Trying to sorta stay caught up with the prog thread.

 

[Nickyboy]

Joi- One and One is One (1999)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else _1958_

A quarter century ago, when I was just undertaking my Jazz excursion, this album came up repeatedly as a classic that should be in everyone's collection. I'll ignore for now that it was then and is often now mislabeled as a Miles Davis album -- this is an Adderley album with Miles as a sideman.

Somehow, I ended up with two copies of the CD. Thanks Columbia House! I listened and was left wondering "WTF is all the fuss?" It wouldn't be overstating things to say I almost hated it. Fast forward to now and I love this. I can't pinpoint exactly where in my personal Jazz excursion I realized how great this is, but it happened. Now, when I hear the opening notes of the opening track, it's like bumping into old dear friends while walking downtown. This is my favorite version of "Autumn Leaves".


EDIT: Oops, the star colons don't work on MG2.0

 

[axolotl]

Mindhead ~ How Not to Get There (2003)




Mineral ~ The Power of Failing (1997)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

^How alphabetical of you!

 

[axolotl]

^How alphabetical of you!

...and side by side, oddly enough!

 

[JazzyRandy]

Lee Morgan - City Lights _1958_

Hard to believe Lee was just 19 years old when this was recorded. He fits right in with this group of experienced musicians. I can only imagine older bandmates hearing young Lee for the first time and having preconceived notions being washed away by his ability.

 

[axolotl]

Interestingly, two other CDs that came out side-by-side:

Lambchop ~ Aw C'mon (2004)



Lambchop ~ No You C'mon (2004)



They are on Merge Records, so I merged them into one jewel case that can hold both discs.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Colour Haze - She Said (2012)

 

[Markonomicon]

This ugly beast of a collection. Thrashed out ugly vile hardcore punk from 1984-1986.

https://bloggedquartered.blogspot.com/2010/02/born-without-face-1984-1986.html

 

[axolotl]

Chet Baker, Jim Hall & Hubert Laws ~ Studio Trieste (1982)

 

[axolotl]

Robert Ellis ~ The Lights from the Chemical Plant (2014)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Game Theory - The Big Shot Chronicles (1986)

 

[Nickyboy]

Transglobal Underground- Psychic Karaoke (1996)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Solange - A Seat At The Table _2016_
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Listening to this for the first time makes me wonder if I need to go back and get her previous album.