Royce da 5'9" - Layers (2016)
What Are You Listening To? May 2022
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Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On the Edge of Town (1978)
David Murray - Hope Scope (1991)
Prince - 1999 (1982)
Hard to believe this was released 40 years ago!
Hard to believe this was released 40 years ago!
Ojai Sam
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Various Artists - A Night At The Apollo (Vanguard 1956)
Vinyl Rip Of The Day.
Here's the next entry in Vanguard's "Theatre Showcase" series and it's a keeper. Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater needs no introduction, but this album is special. It shines a spotlight on an overlooked period of Black entertainment and music between the big band era of WWII and the rocking late 50's.
The house band identified as the "Apollo Band Of The Year" is actually Count Basie's orchestra under an alias to avoid annoying Verve Records who held Basie under an exclusive recording contract at the time. Over the course of an hour, we are treated to a tap dancing team, two soulful vocal groups and the Amateur Night. "Amateur" is the operative word here, with four singers so bad that the audience took great delight in hooting them off stage after MC Leonard Reed, a famous performer in his own right, poked fun at their ineptitude.
The two keynote performers are comedians George Kirby and Moms Mabley, each of whom receive about 15 minutes. Moms, one of the first openly gay performers, had been working the stage with much the same unfiltered commentary on the battle of the sexes since the 1920's. For his set, Kirby regaled the audience with a more contemporary act consisting of a series of series of spot on impressions.
Seven years later, James Brown would blow the doors off the Apollo with his groundbreaking live album. Vanguard gives us a rare opportunity to hear the very different style of entertainment enjoyed by an earlier generation.
Vinyl Rip Of The Day.
Here's the next entry in Vanguard's "Theatre Showcase" series and it's a keeper. Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater needs no introduction, but this album is special. It shines a spotlight on an overlooked period of Black entertainment and music between the big band era of WWII and the rocking late 50's.
The house band identified as the "Apollo Band Of The Year" is actually Count Basie's orchestra under an alias to avoid annoying Verve Records who held Basie under an exclusive recording contract at the time. Over the course of an hour, we are treated to a tap dancing team, two soulful vocal groups and the Amateur Night. "Amateur" is the operative word here, with four singers so bad that the audience took great delight in hooting them off stage after MC Leonard Reed, a famous performer in his own right, poked fun at their ineptitude.
The two keynote performers are comedians George Kirby and Moms Mabley, each of whom receive about 15 minutes. Moms, one of the first openly gay performers, had been working the stage with much the same unfiltered commentary on the battle of the sexes since the 1920's. For his set, Kirby regaled the audience with a more contemporary act consisting of a series of series of spot on impressions.
Seven years later, James Brown would blow the doors off the Apollo with his groundbreaking live album. Vanguard gives us a rare opportunity to hear the very different style of entertainment enjoyed by an earlier generation.
Luther Vandross - Forever, For Always, For Love (1982)
George Duke - The Aura Will Prevail (1975)
Guru - Jazzmatazz: Volume 1 (1993)
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Garageland - Last Exit To Garageland (1996)
Ojai Sam
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Ojai Sam
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Bavarian Radio Orchestra and Chorus (Eugen Jochum, cond.) - Haydn: The Creation (1966)
What better musical team for Haydn's masterful oratorio than the leading Bavarian orchestra and conductor of their day? Wiki tells us that Haydn employed a massive group of about 120 instrumentalists and 60 singers for its public debut, which was received with tumultuous acclaim:
The first performance the next day was a private affair, but hundreds of people crowded into the street around the old Schwarzenberg Palace at the New Market to hear this eagerly anticipated work. Admission was by invitation only. Those invited included wealthy patrons of the arts, high government officials, prominent composers and musicians, and a sprinkling of the nobility of several countries; the common folk, who would have to wait for later occasions to hear the new work, so crowded the streets near the palace that some 30 special police were needed to keep order. Many of those lucky enough to be inside wrote glowing accounts of the piece.
What better musical team for Haydn's masterful oratorio than the leading Bavarian orchestra and conductor of their day? Wiki tells us that Haydn employed a massive group of about 120 instrumentalists and 60 singers for its public debut, which was received with tumultuous acclaim:
The first performance the next day was a private affair, but hundreds of people crowded into the street around the old Schwarzenberg Palace at the New Market to hear this eagerly anticipated work. Admission was by invitation only. Those invited included wealthy patrons of the arts, high government officials, prominent composers and musicians, and a sprinkling of the nobility of several countries; the common folk, who would have to wait for later occasions to hear the new work, so crowded the streets near the palace that some 30 special police were needed to keep order. Many of those lucky enough to be inside wrote glowing accounts of the piece.
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Chris Parker ~ Late in Lisbon (2003)
A nice find today while thrifting, following my first in-person hearing in 25 months.
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A nice find today while thrifting, following my first in-person hearing in 25 months.
Late in Lisbon - Chris Parker | Album | AllMusic
Late in Lisbon by Chris Parker released in 2003. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Chris Parker Late in Lisbon (OA2 22004)
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Goon - Six Covers (2022)
“SIX COVERS EP available only today FRIDAY MAY 6th 2022, exclusively on Bandcamp. All proceeds will be donated to the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund.”
“SIX COVERS EP available only today FRIDAY MAY 6th 2022, exclusively on Bandcamp. All proceeds will be donated to the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund.”
Zeeba Neighba
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Playlist Friday (not official by why do, I seem to break random playlists out at work at week's end).Taking a break from the 1950s Mojo selections to play my 1979 playlist - From "London Calling" and "Another Brick in the Wall" all the way to "Ride Like the Wind" and "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"
Horace Silver - The Cape Verdean Blues (1965)
Royce Da 5'9" - Success Is Certain (2011)
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA (1984)
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