What Are You Listening To? November 2018

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Old Uncle Toe said:
I agree the band was best together, but I consider the last Pink Floyd album to be The Wall. In my opinion Final Cut was a Roger Waters album that the rest of the band played on with him. And yes, Momentary Lapse was a David Gilmour album and I agree it wasn't as good as previous Pink Floyd. No argument there.

As far as solo albums go, Waters is too artsy, experimental, challenging for me. I just don't enjoy his solo work. Gilmour is more melodic and fits my choice of music better.

My apology to the Roger Waters fans among us. I probably shouldn't sacrifice an artist for a punch line.
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David Gilmour remains my favorite guitarist after Hendrix. I agree that Pink Floyd was at its best with all four members (post Syd).

Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd was like a different band. A great band, but different.
 
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David Gilmour remains my favorite guitarist after Hendrix. I agree that Pink Floyd was at its best with all four members (post Syd).

Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd was like a different band. A great band, but different.
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Gilmour is amazing - he doesn't seem to be as technically adept as folks like Clapton, Jimmy Page, or Jeff Beck, but his use of space and the emotion he wrenches out of his solos is incredible. I appreciate him more than I do many of the more-technical guitarists.
 
The Milk Carton Kids ~The Ash & Clay (2013)




In syntax worthy of mine, I quote from an RYM post:

That being said, the harmonies are ridiculous.
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Antonin Dvorak - Symphony #9 "From the New World" (Rafael Kubelik/Berlin Philharmonic)

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Yusef Lateef ~ Meditations (1990)



The great multi-instrumentalist Lateef, late in his career, makes a strong play toward melding Chamber Jazz and New Age music. Most commenters do not seem to like it. I do, however. This is not Yanni or John Tesh; those describing it as such are pathetically mistaken, or simply closed off from development.

For whatever reason, "Meditation #9" reminds me of the solo sax played in the background of Hitchcock's Rear Window.
 
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Benny Goodman - The Benny Goodman Show (1946, Sunbeam comp. 1977)

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Vinyl Rip Of The Day.

After WWII, Benny Goodman was able to keep his big band going, albeit with many new faces. During the summer of 1946, on Monday nights from 9:30 to 10 radio listeners could tune in NBC to enjoy "The Benny Goodman Music Festival", hosted by Bud Collyer. For this special series, the master brought back alumni (and alumnae) from his legendary pre-war group.

The two shows here from August featured songbird Martha Tilton and skin pounder Gene Krupa, both of whom had gone on to solo success. The latter program includes an electrifying "drum duet" with Krupa and Louis Bellson, Goodman's current drummer. Goodman's orchestra deployed some of the lush arrangements characteristic of the late forties without sacrificing the ability to swing hard, not an easy balance.
 
Matmos ~ A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure (2001)



Glitch, Minimal Techno

An RYM reviewer wrote:
Excellent fuckery/glitch derived from various sounds from medical procedures and the like. In theory, you might think the concept gimmicky but this is surprisingly good. Electro Musique concrète!
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