What Are You Listening To? June 2018

[JazzyRandy]

David Sanchez, Stefon Harris & Christian Scott - Ninety Miles (2011)

Cuban-flavord Jazz at a high level.

Over a year of red tape was required to bring Harris, Sánchez and Scott together with two outstanding Cuban piano quartets—one led by Rember Duharte, the other by Harold López-Nussa, ... but it was clearly worth the effort. ... [it includes] a new look at the title track to the vibraphonist's Black Action Hero (Blue Note, 1999) that's faithful, but achieves far greater liftoff, thanks to López-Nussa's drummer, brother Ruy A Lopez Nussa and percussionist Edgar Martinez Ochoa. It's a song that defines the entire set, filled with irresistible rhythms, memorable melodies and some of the most flat-out exhilarating playing heard from everyone involved.

 

[Ojai Sam]

@JazzyRandy I’m wearing out my keyboard liking all of your posts. It’s great to have you back!

 

[Unsomnambulist]

@JazzyRandy I’m wearing out my keyboard liking all of your posts. It’s great to have you back!

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[JazzyRandy]

Thanks guys! I wonder if things are back to normal, or if this is just the summer "bounce" effect for me. Let's hope it's a new normal.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

^ and ^^ and ^^^

I was just about to post the same thing. Great having Randy posting so much

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (1973)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Fabrizio d'Andre - Storia di un impiegato (1973)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

Oh yeah and there's this little album from 1973 too - it's a'right I suppose

Haven't even played a number of great 1973 albums yet but the fact that there are still so many good ones still boggles my mind

 

[JazzyRandy]

Herbie Hancock - Man-Child (1975)

Perhaps the funkiest album of Herbie Hancock's early- to mid-'70s jazz/funk/fusion era

This album moves beyond funk as introduced by Sly Stone and others, and carries the genre into complicated intersecting patterns that recall classic traditional African music and/or modern day minimalism.
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Not as raw or bold as the JBs or Sly, Hancock's funk has a polished intellectual approach that weaves countless instruments together in a dense contrapuntal texture that is damn near impossible to reproduce with the relaxed finesse that this crew has.

If you like Headhunters, you should like this. If you don't like Headhunters, keep on moving 'cause there's nothing to hear here. Although, on what other album can you hear both Wayne Shorter's sax and Stevie Wonder's harmonica?

 

[JazzyRandy]

I went with a Hubbard twofer to start the day ...
Freddie Hubbard - Breaking Point (1964)
Freddie Hubbard - Outpost (1981)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Melody's Echo Chamber - Bon Voyage (2018)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Tears For Fears - Elemental (1993)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Faith No More - Angel Dust (1992)

 

[Nickyboy]

Ali Farka Toure and Ry Cooder- Talking Timbuktu (1994)



I had forgotten just how beautiful this album is. Required listening for anyone who appreciates foreign, soulful music.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Isaac Hayes - Joy (1973)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Grover Washington Jr - Soul Box (1979)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Here Lies Man - You Will Know Nothing (2018)

 

[JazzyRandy]

James Carter + Friends - Heaven On Earth (2009)

A groovy good-time live set.

Together they carve out a groove that captures the buzz and vitality of jam-jazz at its most exhilarating. Recorded live at the Blue Note in New York, the group throws down the funk on Django Reinhardt’s “Diminishing,” Larry Young’s “Heaven On Earth,” Leo Parker’s “Blue Leo,” and the songbook standard, “Street Of Dreams.”

 

[lpfreak1170]

Melody's Echo Chamber - Bon Voyage (2018)

How is it?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

How is it?

I like it but the vocals are kind of awkward in spots.