What are you listening to? May 2019

[JazzyRandy]

John Coltrane - Crescent (1964)

In the Listening Club thread, Zeebs answered a question from Sam by guessing that Crescent might be my favorite Coltrane album. Ever since, that album keeps creeping into my mind ... usually when I'm not home and available to listen to it. Today, it came to mind as I was thinking of listen to while cooking.

I'd forgotten how ... pretty this album is to listen to. Good selection, Zeeba!

 

[Ojai Sam]

Tommy Dorsey - 1935-39 (Sunbeam comp. 1973)

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Vinyl Rip Of The Day.

After finishing Benny Goodman, what better place to turn than T.D.? This LP gathered 16 of Tommy's more obscure Bluebird 78's, including one jazzy side from the Clambake Seven.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Hugh Masekela - grrr (1965)

Don't mess with my horn.

 

[JazzyRandy]

Wayne Shorter - The All Seeing Eye (1966)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Rudresh Mahanthappa - Gamak (2014)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Jackie McLean - Demon's Dance (1970)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The National - I Am Easy To Find (2019)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Paul McCartney - McCartney (1970)

Seeing McCartney Thursday - first time and probably the last of the classic giants of music that I've never seen (not counting those unable to be seen) - excited! Gonna listen to some Macca!

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

David Holt - Let It Slide

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

David Holt - Let It Slide

Interestingly, Holt plays Hawaiian fingerpick technique with no slide on the record at all

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

Interestingly, Holt plays Hawaiian fingerpick technique with no slide on the record at all

What? Now I have to listen to it again.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Paul McCartney/Linda McCartney - Ram (1971)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Ambrose Akinmusire - A Rift in Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard (2017) disc 2 of 2

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Wings - Wild Life (1971)

Wings debut - album not fondly reviewed on release but Ram wasn't either so gonna take with a grain of salt, clearly there was a post-Beatles backlash for Paul (and an unfair comparison with John's first two albums before he dropped off). Light, loose, homey - not tremendous, don't think it was meant to be. Odd cover of "Love is Strange" and "Bip Bop" is a bit too quirky, but "Wild Life" and "Some People Never Know" are really nice. That's it - a nice album

 

[JazzyRandy]

David "Fathead" Newman - Captain Buckles (1971)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Paul McCartney & Wings - Red Rose Speedway (1973)

Doubt I'm going to get through all of McCartney's discography before his concert (and looking at his overseas setlists, don't need to - playing a lot of Beatles songs) but I'm happy to hit many of these albums. I've never been tremendously fair to his album output typically relying on singles collections (which are great of course) and a few albums (McCartney, Ram, Band on the Run). Sure I'll break out others but not often (and really I'm not sure it's truly necessary) - still over the years, I feel McCartney has been redeemed with focus on him as a pop craftsman when 70s listeners really wanted Beatles-level creativity.

One thing I've done though in creating a playlist today has been to add in some non-album tracks from the era like "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" (Paul's rare foray into political commentary), "Mary Had A Little Lamb" (a light children's song), and "C Moon" (which given its goofiness, I'm always surprised I enjoy so much).

There's no doubt as I've aged, McCartney's simple statements of love appeal to me more - "My Love" is so sappy compared to an honest statement like "Maybe I'm Amazed", and yet I find myself singling along when it comes on.

 

[JazzyRandy]

Vijay Iyer - Historicity (2009)

 

[axolotl]

Kosheen ~ Resist (2001)



Trip Hop, Downtempo, Ambient Pop

 

[axolotl]

Snowblow ~ Noi Albinoi (2004)



Film Score, Ambient, Minimal Wave

 

[axolotl]