What Are You Listening to? July 2022
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Red Norvo - The Legendary V-Disc Masters Vol. 1 (rec. 1943-44, VJC comp. 1990)
Vibist Red Norvo never got enough credit for his contribution to cool jazz over the years. Here we have a collection of his largely unheard noncommercial small group sessions waxed for the military during WWII. The jams are extended, the sidemen talented and the results uniquely intimate.
Vibist Red Norvo never got enough credit for his contribution to cool jazz over the years. Here we have a collection of his largely unheard noncommercial small group sessions waxed for the military during WWII. The jams are extended, the sidemen talented and the results uniquely intimate.
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Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice (2017)
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The William Loveday Intention - The Baptiser (2022)
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The William Loveday Intention - Cowboys are SQ (2022)
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These guys are great! In early 1966, they did an unusual session in Nashville with country singer Don Gibson. Sadly, it never saw the light of day until years later when Bear Family dug it out for a comprehensive Gibson reissue program. As you can hear, the crossover worked really well with Gibson's country soul style.
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Orchestre National De L'Office De Radiodiffusion-Television Française (Jean Martinon, cond.) - Roussel: Aeneas
(1970)
Roussel's brilliant 1935 ballet received its definitive treatment from Jean Martinon.
"In Aeneas, Roussel marries in a ravishing and captivating manner the richness of sound and dramatic character of the ballet with the grandeur and cohesive architectural artistry of the symphony, giving us a sort of hybrid work of unique stature which (like his ballet-opera Padmâvati op. 18) has never been part of the regular repertoire and is only rarely performed today precisely because of this attitude that combines the genres - and because of the course of events containing little action and much homage. From a purely musical point of view, this is to be regretted. The chorus is not used to promote the action, but to comment in the manner of ancient Greek tragedy, finally singing the praises of the mighty greatness of the hero, who uncompromisingly put all his strength into the service of the one visionary task that his destiny commanded."
-Christoph Schluren
(1970)
Roussel's brilliant 1935 ballet received its definitive treatment from Jean Martinon.
"In Aeneas, Roussel marries in a ravishing and captivating manner the richness of sound and dramatic character of the ballet with the grandeur and cohesive architectural artistry of the symphony, giving us a sort of hybrid work of unique stature which (like his ballet-opera Padmâvati op. 18) has never been part of the regular repertoire and is only rarely performed today precisely because of this attitude that combines the genres - and because of the course of events containing little action and much homage. From a purely musical point of view, this is to be regretted. The chorus is not used to promote the action, but to comment in the manner of ancient Greek tragedy, finally singing the praises of the mighty greatness of the hero, who uncompromisingly put all his strength into the service of the one visionary task that his destiny commanded."
-Christoph Schluren
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Mogwai - Black Bird (2022)
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