What Are You Listening To? July 2021

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Sly and the Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On (1971)

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Paul Gilbert - Werewolves of Portland (2021)

Werewolves of Portland


Getting to @Unsomnambulist recommendation for me (Thanks again!) Wasn't expecting an all-guitar album, but good stuff. You're right about the 70s feel - sometimes sounds like Brian May, other times has a Rush flavor. Some nice jams. Didn't know him by name but turns out he's the 90s band Mr. Big guitarist. Very talented guy (who during the pandemic decided to record this playing all the instruments himself):thumbsup:
 
Augie Meyers - I Know I Could Be Happy, If Myself Wasn't Here (2019)

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Apart from the atrocious grammar and punctuation in the title, this album has another flaw: Augie's voice. Nice horn-based blues arrangements, though.
 
Please bring/draw Zeeba's recent post over here. It deserves July recognition.

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Prestige Jazz [Concord Music Group] (2007)

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Surprisingly good for what it is. What it is, is a Jazz compilation.

Tracks:​

  • 1. The Modern Jazz Quartet: Django
  • 2. John Coltrane: Like Someone In Love
  • 3. Red Garland: If I Were A Bell
  • 4. Coleman Hawkins: Speak Low
  • 5. Miles Davis: I Could Write A Book
  • 6. Gene Ammons: Canadian Sunset
  • 7. Kenny Dorham: Lotus Blossom
  • 8. Kenny Burrell/John Coltrane: Why Was I Born?
  • 9. Thelonious Monk: Work
  • 10. Eric Dolphy: Feather
  • 11. Sonny Rollins: St. Thomas
 
axolotl said:
Please bring/draw Zeeba's recent post over here. It deserves July recognition.

Prestige Jazz [Concord Music Group] (2007)

Surprisingly good for what it is. What it is, is a Jazz compilation.

Tracks:​

  • 1. The Modern Jazz Quartet: Django
  • 2. John Coltrane: Like Someone In Love
  • 3. Red Garland: If I Were A Bell
  • 4. Coleman Hawkins: Speak Low
  • 5. Miles Davis: I Could Write A Book
  • 6. Gene Ammons: Canadian Sunset
  • 7. Kenny Dorham: Lotus Blossom
  • 8. Kenny Burrell/John Coltrane: Why Was I Born?
  • 9. Thelonious Monk: Work
  • 10. Eric Dolphy: Feather
  • 11. Sonny Rollins: St. Thomas
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Copping from Andy Griffith are you, Axo?
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Ojai Sam said:
Copping from Andy Griffith are you, Axo?
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Probably. I heard a few of his bits in childhood.

From the flip side of this one:
“Hark,” he says, “What light by yonder winder shines?” … he did … and lemme tell you, Julie-et stepped out of her bedroom winder onto this stoop and SHE give a soliloquy, she did, friends, and somewhere in it she says: “Romeo, Romeo,” she says, “Wherefore art thou Romeo?” And he popped up and says, “I’m right here!”
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Unsomnambulist said:
My god. I have never seen Andy Griffith that young.
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I have, but I have never seen anybody hold a hot dog like that.
 
Herbie Mann - Memphis Underground (1969)

Memphis Underground


Came upon a list this weekend of Hunter S. Thompson's top 10 albums of the 1960s - most well known late 60s classics - couple of Dylans, Surrealistic Pillow, Let It Bleed - but this one came in as his top album. Though Mann is a very talented flautist, never delved deeply into his jazz crossover material, but wanted to check it out. Mann mixes his jazz flute with some funky soul (ex. Aretha's hit "Chain of Fools", Sam & Dave's "Hold On, I'm Coming"). In most song, Mann lets his supporting players shine - I'm not sure who's fuzz guitar freakout is on "Hold On, I'm Coming" (Reggie Young is the main guitarist, but knowing Sonny Sharrock like I do, suspect it's him) but wow! Roy Ayers vibes are pretty great too. On the finale, Mann is front and center (with some subdued guitar and drums) on "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and is damn impressive.

Not sure I'd agree with Hunter S. that it's the 60s best (though if I was eternal stoned or dropping acid) it would raise up in the ranks, but a pretty nice album - mellow soul-rock-jazz mix :cool:
 
Charlie Parker - Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Collection

Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Collection


Was in Kansas City, MO this weekend visiting my daughter who is doing an internship there this summer. We caught a Royals game and visited their great WWI museum. Went to the Negro Leagues Museum - right next to that is the American Jazz Museum. Was excited to go, but it was small, and you get the impression there's a larger, better jazz museum out there (but maybe other jazz museums are just as small). Their big item/draw is the plastic saxophone that Parker borrowed for the famous Massey Hall concert. Looked around and finally found the display only to discover it's on loan to EPCOT in Disney for a "Soul of Jazz: An American Experience" exhibit :mad:

Here's the sax I DIDN'T see at Disney

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Anyhow, it did inspire me to listen to this nice Parker 2-disc set today - so not all bad
 
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