What are you listening to? June 2023
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Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet ~ Out of This World [Album, Collaboration] (1961)
Along with Laymon Jackson on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums, they give some kid named Herb Hancock a whirl on the piano.
It's his debut on record. Wonder what became of him....
P. S. Pushing the meme in memorial.
Along with Laymon Jackson on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums, they give some kid named Herb Hancock a whirl on the piano.
It's his debut on record. Wonder what became of him....
P. S. Pushing the meme in memorial.
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Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop (1973)
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Charlie Parker - One Night in Birdland: The Charlie Parker Quinter Live
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Julius Wechter - The Julius Wechter Quartet & Quintet 1956-1957 (Fresh Sound comp 2023)
Julius Wechter is one of those musicians you didn't know that you knew. His Wiki entry tells the story of his remarkable life:
Wechter (1935-1999) played vibraphone (vibes) and percussion for the Martin Denny group in the 1950s. In the early 1960s, he moved on to movie soundtracks and television, as well as session work for the likes of The Beach Boys, Sonny and Cher and various Phil Spector productions. His Beach Boys contributions include the climactic timpani during the choruses of "Do You Wanna Dance?" and prominent vibraphone on "Let's Go Away for Awhile."
He began his long and successful association with Herb Alpert and his Tijuana Brass when he played percussion on the Tijuana Brass's first hit, "The Lonely Bull", in 1962. He later composed "Spanish Flea". Playing marimba and vibes on many of the songs on Alpert's subsequent albums in the 1960s, as well as writing at least one song on most of those albums, Wechter contributed much to the Tijuana Brass sound and style without receiving public credit for it at the time.
Encouraged by Alpert, Wechter formed the The Baja Marimba Band c. 1963 and was quite successful. The "BMB" placed four chart songs in Billboard's Top 100, and many more on its Easy Listening Top 40. When the band disbanded in the mid 1970s, Wechter turned his attention to TV and movies again, scoring the Disney film "Midnight Madness". He continued to play with Herb Alpert, joining his touring version of the Tijuana Brass in the mid 1970s.
In his later years, he devoted himself to psychology, earned a master's degree, and served as vice president of the Southern California chapter of the Tourette Syndrome Association.
This brand new release from Fresh Sound collects two small group sessions from the Fifties, one of which was never released. Both are outstanding cool jazz. Wechter's joyous playing is full of fresh ideas.
Julius embraced fully the faux mariachi vibe of The Tijuana Brass. Not bad for a kid from Chicago.
Julius Wechter is one of those musicians you didn't know that you knew. His Wiki entry tells the story of his remarkable life:
Wechter (1935-1999) played vibraphone (vibes) and percussion for the Martin Denny group in the 1950s. In the early 1960s, he moved on to movie soundtracks and television, as well as session work for the likes of The Beach Boys, Sonny and Cher and various Phil Spector productions. His Beach Boys contributions include the climactic timpani during the choruses of "Do You Wanna Dance?" and prominent vibraphone on "Let's Go Away for Awhile."
He began his long and successful association with Herb Alpert and his Tijuana Brass when he played percussion on the Tijuana Brass's first hit, "The Lonely Bull", in 1962. He later composed "Spanish Flea". Playing marimba and vibes on many of the songs on Alpert's subsequent albums in the 1960s, as well as writing at least one song on most of those albums, Wechter contributed much to the Tijuana Brass sound and style without receiving public credit for it at the time.
Encouraged by Alpert, Wechter formed the The Baja Marimba Band c. 1963 and was quite successful. The "BMB" placed four chart songs in Billboard's Top 100, and many more on its Easy Listening Top 40. When the band disbanded in the mid 1970s, Wechter turned his attention to TV and movies again, scoring the Disney film "Midnight Madness". He continued to play with Herb Alpert, joining his touring version of the Tijuana Brass in the mid 1970s.
In his later years, he devoted himself to psychology, earned a master's degree, and served as vice president of the Southern California chapter of the Tourette Syndrome Association.
This brand new release from Fresh Sound collects two small group sessions from the Fifties, one of which was never released. Both are outstanding cool jazz. Wechter's joyous playing is full of fresh ideas.
Julius embraced fully the faux mariachi vibe of The Tijuana Brass. Not bad for a kid from Chicago.
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Dizzy Gillespie - Afro (1954)
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Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019)
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Joni Mitchell - Mingus (1979)
For her tenth studio album, Joni went about as far out of the mainstream as you can get. At the time it came out, I hated it. Now, after several decades of mind expansion through free jazz, I can see this for the work of genius it really is. Jaco Pastorius sets the outre tone here with his fretless bass, joined by Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock (on electric piano), with a percussion section of Peter Erskine and Don Alias. Joni has to be the only vocalist I can think of who could keep up with this crew. Someone with a sense of humor even released "The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines" as a single.
on the Sam-O-Meter. As a shrink friend of mine says, better a slow learner than a non-learner.
For her tenth studio album, Joni went about as far out of the mainstream as you can get. At the time it came out, I hated it. Now, after several decades of mind expansion through free jazz, I can see this for the work of genius it really is. Jaco Pastorius sets the outre tone here with his fretless bass, joined by Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock (on electric piano), with a percussion section of Peter Erskine and Don Alias. Joni has to be the only vocalist I can think of who could keep up with this crew. Someone with a sense of humor even released "The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines" as a single.
on the Sam-O-Meter. As a shrink friend of mine says, better a slow learner than a non-learner.
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Raoul Jobin, Irma Kolassi, London Symphony Orchestra (Anatole Fistoulari, cond.) - Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust; Massenet: Werther (1955)
There's no shame in enjoying excerpts from a couple of operas if you don't have a couple of hours to kill. That is especially true when the performances are as brilliant as these are.
Jobin as Faust
Irma Kolassi
Anatole Fistoulari
There's no shame in enjoying excerpts from a couple of operas if you don't have a couple of hours to kill. That is especially true when the performances are as brilliant as these are.
Jobin as Faust
Irma Kolassi
Anatole Fistoulari
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