What Are You Listening To?

[Dennie]

Yeah, I like a lot of his stuff nowadays. But as a kid he seemed pretty uncool. Times change. I guess we grow up and stop caring about what our peers think is cool or not. (Thank goodness, because I'd hate to be stuck listening to whatever seems popular these days... Please, no more bar bands that sound like Nickelback. Thank you.)

Exactly! I also found that it helped to see other people listening to the "uncool" artists. I mean, if you would of asked me when I was 20 yrs old, do you like Barbra Streisand? I would have said NO or Hell No! And I would have been telling the truth.

But, today...... I like Barbra Streisand!

Doesn't bother me at all! :liar:

:laughing-rolling:

I'm Joking, I like Barb, Neil, The Bee Gees, Abba, etc.... Hell, you guys know what I like, you've seen some of it.

Life is short, Enjoy it!

I "now" can never make fun of someones choice in music, if they like it, that's ALL that matters!


Dennie

 

[Dennie]

My last one for the evening.... :bow-blue:

Sunflower -- Limited Edition CD

Milt Jackson - Herbie Hancock - Freddie Hubbard - Ron Carter - Billy Cobham

1973/1997 CTI/Epic Legacy

Recorded over two days in December of 1972 at Rudy Van Gelder's Englewood, New Jersey home studio, vibraphonist Milt Jackson's Sunflower is the first -- and best -- of his three albums for Creed Taylor's CTI imprint. (And one of the finest offerings on the label.) With a core band consisting of Herbie Hancock (playing electric and acoustic piano), bassist Ron Carter, drummer Billy Cobham, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, drummer/percussionist Ralph McDonald, and guitarist Jay Berliner. A chamber orchestra exquisitely arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky adorns the session as well. Jackson's "For Someone I Love," opens the five-tune set, with Berliner playing solo flamenco guitar before the vibes, trumpet, and elements from the chamber orchestra delicately, impressionistically color the background. It gradually moves into a languid, bluesy ballad that slowly gains in both texture and dynamic until the strings trill tensely. Hubbard and Hancock engage them in solos that gently swing out the tune. The reading of Michel Legrand's "What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life" is a gorgeous showcase for Jackson; his solo dominates the arrangement. Carter gets downright funky on his upright to introduce Thom Bell's "People Make the World Go Round," and Hancock follows him on Rhodes. Jackson takes the melody, striking a layered contrast as Hubbard slips around all three playing an extension of the melody with requisite taste, fluidity, and taut phrasing. Hancock gets funky to the bone in his brief solo, as the vibes soar around and through his phrases. The title track is a Hubbard composition that floats and hovers with a Latin backbeat before shifting tempos as the solos begin. The expanded harmonic palette of trumpet with the reeds, woodwinds, and strings on the melody add an exotic textural palette for his solo. Jackson's "SKJ" closes the set with an old-school, swinging hard bop blues with barely detectable embellishments by Sebesky. While Sunflower sometimes feels more like a group session rather than a Jackson-led one, that's part of its exquisite beauty. ~ Thom Jurek

Track listing

1. For Someone I Love
2. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
3. People Make The World Go Round
4. Sunflower
5. SKJ

 

[Botch]

Toy Matinee, in 5.1 DVD-A:

 

[Dennie]

Take 6 -- CD

Take 6

1988 Reprise Records

Take 6, released in 1988 on Warner Bros. Records, is the debut album by American contemporary Gospel music group Take 6. The album won the group their first two Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo, Group, Choir, or Chorus. It also earned the group their first three Dove Awards for Group of the Year, Contemporary Black Gospel Album of the Year, and Contemporary Black Gospel Song of the Year.

The album Take 6 is often mistakenly thought to be named do be doo wop bop, because that phrase appears on the album cover under the letters of the group's name. The album's legal title is Take 6, and the cover's designer, Kav DeLuxe, has stated the phrase "do be doo wop bop" was included simply as a "design element."

"Gold Mine" - 3:52
"Spread Love" - 3:29
"If We Ever" - 4:59
"A Quiet Place" - 2:43
"Mary" - 3:31
"David and Goliath" - 4:25
"Get Away, Jordan" - 4:23
"He Never Sleeps" - 3:10
"Milky-White Way" - 4:47
"Let the Words" - 00:55

 

[Dennie]

Hush

Yo Yo Ma & Bobby McFerrin

1992 Sony Music

Amazon.com
The idea here was to put two masters together--one classical cellist, one improvisational singer/sound-effects performer--and voilà! instant amazing, unique, hip--and, hopefully, hit--record. The intriguing setup was to see what would happen when each led the other through the unfamiliar territory of his own specialty. The success of this recording lies not so much in the music or even in the overall performances, but in the fascinating and fun opportunity to sit in on the musicians' good-natured, respectful give-and-take, to witness an uncommon form of artistic chemistry that allows each performer to expand his vision and even his technique. On one hand we get Bobby McFerrin's impressionistic, improvisatory jazz/pop; on the other we enjoy Yo-Yo Ma's highly refined, formalized musicianship. Originally planned as a disc for children, Hush goes far beyond its initial premise, with each of the 13 tracks demonstrating these musicians' unique gifts and showing that, whether it's Vivaldi or jazz, it's all music and it's all a lot of fun. --David Vernier

Grace
Composed by Bobby McFerrin
with Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma

Double Mandolin Concerto, for 2 mandolins, strings & continuo in G major, RV 532 Andante
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
with Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma

The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), opera in 4 acts with a prologue The Flight of the Bumblebee
Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
with Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma

Stars
Composed by Bobby McFerrin
with Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma

Hush Little Baby
Composed by Traditional
with Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma

Vocalise, song for voice & piano, Op. 34/14
Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
with Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma

Musette for keyboard in D major (AMN II/22; doubtful), BWV Anh. 126
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
with Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma

Coyote
Composed by Bobby McFerrin
with Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma

Sonata for 2 cellos, No 10 in G Allegro Prestissimo
Composed by Jean Barriere
with Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma

Ave Maria, for voice & piano (or other vocal arrangements; after Bach's Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Composed by Charles Gounod
with Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma

Hoedown!
Composed by Bobby McFerrin
with Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 Air
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
with Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma

Good-bye
Composed by Bobby McFerrin
with Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma

 

[Botch]

 

[Botch]

Take 6 -- CD

Huh, that's next on deck for me, too! :handgestures-thumbup:

 

[Deleted member 133]

Cooling my jets in yet another airport, waiting to fly home, listening to three CD collections that fill big gaps in my collection:

The Box Tops: The Best of the Box Tops - Soul Deep

The Rascals: The Rascals Anthology 1965-1972

The Turtles: Save The Turtles - The Turtles Greatest Hits

Some great music!

Jeff

 

[heeman]

A little Van Hagar

I read Sammy's book Red, and it was very interesting!

 

[Botch]

 

[Kazaam]

I'm Joking, I like Barb, Neil, The Bee Gees, Abba, etc.... Hell, you guys know what I like, you've seen some of it.

Bee Gees. Now that's another one that's a lot better than I wouldv'e expected. Granted, disco is still disco. But they've got some nice songs dating back to their pre-disco days and (gasp!) even some of the disco-pop is sort of catchy. Makes decent radio fodder, right?

 

[Kazaam]

Toy Matinee, in 5.1 DVD-A:

Highly recommended!!! :handgestures-thumbup:

The band name and lame album artwork put me off for the longest time, but once I finally gave it a listen I was quite happy with my purchase. Anyway...

This is another DVD-Audio that is starting to go up in price. It wasn't long ago that you could buy it for under ten bucks, but right now someone thinks they should be asking close to $30 used over at Amazon. So if anyone is at all on the fence and happens to come across it for cheap, I'd say go for it. I'm sure it's gotta be sitting around at cheaper prices somewhere... either brick and mortar... or maybe even eBay prices go up and down... right now there's a slightly cheaper one on eBay but it's not located in the US (if that matters). Still not dirt cheap, unfortunately.

Oh... and, if I'm not mistaken, I think there is also a DTS-CD version of this album available, too. That is in addition to the DVD-Audio that the DTS-label put out. Not sure if the mixes are the same, though. But the DVD-A kicks ass!

 

[Kazaam]

A little Van Hagar

I read Sammy's book Red, and it was very interesting!

What... No "Balance"??!!!

You know what's funny is that back when "Poundcake" was first released off of For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, I absolutely HATED it. But now I kind of dig it! I mentioned that a few weeks ago when I was visiting my brother. (He had the CD playing in his car.) He disagreed and said "Poundcake" still sucks.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAm7-Ao9UQc[/youtube]

 

[Botch]

Highly recommended!!! :handgestures-thumbup:

The band name and lame album artwork put me off for the longest time, but once I finally gave it a listen I was quite happy with my purchase. Anyway...

This is another DVD-Audio that is starting to go up in price. It wasn't long ago that you could buy it for under ten bucks, but right now someone thinks they should be asking close to $30 used over at Amazon. So if anyone is at all on the fence and happens to come across it for cheap, I'd say go for it. I'm sure it's gotta be sitting around at cheaper prices somewhere... either brick and mortar... or maybe even eBay prices go up and down... right now there's a slightly cheaper one on eBay but it's not located in the US (if that matters). Still not dirt cheap, unfortunately.

Oh... and, if I'm not mistaken, I think there is also a DTS-CD version of this album available, too. That is in addition to the DVD-Audio that the DTS-label put out. Not sure if the mixes are the same, though. But the DVD-A kicks ass!

It really is killer, and a damn shame an ordinary CD isn't in print at all. I've followed Patrick Leonard, the producer/keyboardist, for years, he used to have great columns in Keyboard magazine.
He left Toy Matinee and became the producer for some chick, what was her name, oh yeah: Madonna.

 

[Botch]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAm7-Ao9UQc[/youtube]

I played keys and fiddle for many years in bar bands. When this video came out, I started bringing a cordless drill to gigs and worked it into my fiddle solo on Orange Blossom Special. Rather than using a bit and destroying my instrument like Eddie does, I chucked a mandrel into the drill and mounted a large felt polishing wheel, and then rosined-up-the-wheel

Didn't sound that great, but it was good for a laugh...

 

[Kazaam]

That would've been a sight to see!

 

[Dennie]

Where The Light Is - Live In Los Angeles -- 4 180gram LP Set

John Mayer

2008 Columbia Records

US only 4 LP 180 gram vinyl pressing. Includes a download insert. This album captures the multi-Grammy Award winning, platinum selling singer and songwriter in the element where fans love him the most - Live on stage! The special concert includes three sets: an acoustic performance, a rare set with John Mayer Trio (with Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino), as well as a set featuring Mayer's full band, all recorded during the night of December 8, 2007 at the Nokia Theater in LA. This album features the quintessential performer as an acoustic songwriter, electric guitar slinger, bluesman and vocalist. Highlights include many of Mayer's biggest hits, 'Waiting On The World To Change' new interpretations of cover songs, 'Free Fallen' and a previously unreleased Mayer gem 'In Your Atmosphere'.

Disc one: John Mayer acoustic set
No. Title Writer(s) Original release Length
1. "Neon" John Mayer, Clay Cook Inside Wants Out (1999) 5:55
2. "Stop This Train" Mayer Continuum (2006) 5:00
3. "In Your Atmosphere (LA Song)" Mayer Previously unreleased 5:45
4. "Daughters" Mayer Heavier Things (2003) 5:04
5. "Free Fallin'" (Tom Petty cover) Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne Previously unreleased 4:23
Total length:
26:07
Disc one: John Mayer Trio set
No. Title Writer(s) Original release Length
6. "Everyday I Have the Blues" Blues standard Previously unreleased 4:14
7. "Wait Until Tomorrow" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover) Jimi Hendrix Try! (2005) 4:19
8. "Who Did You Think I Was" Mayer Try! (2005) 4:23
9. "Come When I Call" Mayer "Who Did You Think I Was" (2005) 3:23
10. "Good Love Is on the Way" Mayer, Steve Jordan, Pino Palladino Try! (2005) 4:18
11. "Out of My Mind" Mayer Try! (2005) 10:10
12. "Vultures" Mayer, Jordan, Palladino Try! (2006) 5:19
13. "Bold as Love" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover) Hendrix Continuum (2006) 8:38
Total length:
44:44
Disc two: John Mayer band set
No. Title Writer(s) Original release Length
1. "Waiting on the World to Change" Mayer Continuum (2006) 3:50
2. "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" Mayer Continuum (2006) 5:19
3. "Why Georgia" Mayer Room for Squares (2001) 4:27
4. "The Heart of Life" Mayer Continuum (2006) 3:40
5. "I Don't Need No Doctor" (Ray Charles cover) Joseph Armstead, Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson That's What I Say: John Scofield Plays the Music of Ray Charles (John Scofield ft. John Mayer) (2005) 6:02
6. "Dreams to Remember (Otis Redding cover) / Gravity" Mayer Try! (2005) 9:41
7. "I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)" Mayer Continuum (2006) 8:44
8. "Belief" Mayer Continuum (2006) 6:03
9. "I'm Gonna Find Another You" Mayer Continuum (2006) 5:40
Total length:
53:26

 

[Dennie]

Living Inside Your Love

Earl Klugh

1976 Blue Note Records

Product Description

Living Inside Your Love was the second collaboration by Klugh and the production team of Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen. This album was recorded in New York and the groove that Will Lee and Steve Gadd lay down is decidedly stronger, but no less subtle than on Earl Klugh. Much of the success of this album is the pocket they create for tunes like "Captain Caribe" and "I Heard It Through The Grapevine."

"Captain Caribe"
"Living inside Your Love"
"The April Fools"
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
"Kiko"
"Felicia"
"Another Time, Another Place"

 

[Dennie]

All The World's A Stage - LIVE -- 2 LP Set

RUSH

1976 Mercury Records

All the World's a Stage is a double live album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1976. The album was recorded at Massey Hall in Toronto on June 11 through 13 during their 2112 tour. Similar to the track "Limelight" from 1981's album Moving Pictures, the title of this album alludes to William Shakespeare's play As You Like It.

According to the liner notes, this live album (Rush's first) marks the end of the "first chapter of Rush," and would mark the start of a trend of releasing a live album after four studio albums. That trend was broken in the 2000s when the band would release a studio album then a live album from the ensuing tour. Songs like "Bastille Day" and "Anthem" are similar to their studio versions with the addition of Neil Peart's drum solo during "Working Man".

All the World's a Stage would be Rush's first US Top 40 charting album and would go Gold, alongside A Farewell to Kings and 2112 on November 16, 1977. It was certified Platinum in 1981 after the release of Moving Pictures.

All songs written by Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart, except where noted.

"Bastille Day" – 4:57
"Anthem" – 4:56
"Fly by Night/In the Mood" (Lee, Peart)/(Lee) – 5:03
"Something for Nothing" (Lee, Peart) – 4:02
"Lakeside Park" – 5:04
"2112" – Total Time: 15:45
"I. Overture" – 4:16
"II. The Temples of Syrinx" – 2:12
"III. Presentation" (Lifeson, Peart) – 4:27
"IV. Soliloquy" – 2:22
"V. Grand Finale" – 2:28
"By-Tor & the Snow Dog" – 11:57
I. At the Tobes of Hades
II. Across the Styx
III. Of the Battle
1. Challenge and Defiance
2. 7/4 War Furor
3. Aftermath
4. Hymn of Triumph
IV. Epilogue
"In the End" (Lifeson, Lee) – 7:13
"Working Man/Finding My Way" (Lifeson, Lee)/(Lifeson, Lee) – 14:56
"What You're Doing" (Lifeson, Lee) – 5:39

8653

 

[Dennie]

I'm Joking, I like Barb, Neil, The Bee Gees, Abba, etc.... Hell, you guys know what I like, you've seen some of it.

Bee Gees. Now that's another one that's a lot better than I wouldv'e expected. Granted, disco is still disco. But they've got some nice songs dating back to their pre-disco days and (gasp!) even some of the disco-pop is sort of catchy. Makes decent radio fodder, right?

Hell, I even like most of their Disco Stuff! :shhh:



Dennie