What Are You Listening To?
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Bob R
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Dennie[/quote]
Hey Dennie,
When I bought this one back in the mid-90's, I liked it, but did not really appreciate Joan's talents as much as I do now. Obviously I am in a much different place with musical tastes than I was back then, however I hope for suggestions for some of her other albums.
Keith[/quote]
HeeMan:
I'm not Dennie but I am a rabid Joan Osborne Fan.
This one is her latest release and is in the car deck now.
Hey Dennie,
When I bought this one back in the mid-90's, I liked it, but did not really appreciate Joan's talents as much as I do now. Obviously I am in a much different place with musical tastes than I was back then, however I hope for suggestions for some of her other albums.
Keith[/quote]
HeeMan:
I'm not Dennie but I am a rabid Joan Osborne Fan.
This one is her latest release and is in the car deck now.
Bob R said:
Hey Dennie,
When I bought this one back in the mid-90's, I liked it, but did not really appreciate Joan's talents as much as I do now. Obviously I am in a much different place with musical tastes than I was back then, however I hope for suggestions for some of her other albums.
Keith[/quote]
HeeMan:
I'm not Dennie but I am a rabid Joan Osborne Fan.
This one is her latest release and is in the car deck now.
Thanks Bob! It's on my list, what else can you recommend from Her?
Also, how are you liking the Studio 20's???
Keith
Bob R said:
Yea Bob, I run Studio 60's Version 1 for my Left and Right Front and have always loved them for Stereo and of course they are great for the 5.1. I have recently started to listen to Stereo Music with the Onkyo Set at Pure Audio so the only speakers on are the 60's and some of the material is just amazing it is dependent upon the material and recording just like any other speakers. I have never heard any of the newer version 60's so I am not sure if they have improved dramatically or not. I have seen a couple of good deals on 60's v1 and v 2 on ebay. I have had good luck on ebay with both pairs of 20's that I have purchased.
Have Fun!
Keith
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Classic Bebop, recorded Feb. 13th, 1950 at Birdland....... :text-bravo:
Bird and Diz -- CD
Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie w/ Thelonius Monk-Piano, Curly Russell-Bass, Buddy Rich-Drums
1950/1986 Verve Records
The Triumvirate Summit, April 19, 2004
By David Gedalecia "DGed" (Wooster, OH USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Bird & Diz (Audio CD)
This session had real possibilities, but, as Max Harrison, Ira Gitler, Martin Williams, and recently Carl Woideck all point out, the presence of Buddy Rich, and his rim-shot/heavy-on-the-bass drum swing approach in the company of Parker, Gillespie and Monk, puts a drag on the proceedings. But this is not a diatribe on Rich. No doubt his inclusion was Norman Granz's idea, since he used Rich a lot in the JATP sessions in more appropriate musical contexts. What saves things are the many new intricate bop pieces that one finds only here, the teaming up of Monk with Bird and Diz, and some wonderfully inspired playing. One is hard-pressed, beyond Dean Benedetti's brief snippets, to find a Parker-Monk combination, and a Diz-Monk match-up is probably non-existent. It is especially interesting to hear Monk play behind Gillespie: all sorts of fascinating harmonic ideas emerge. All three are in fine form, and had Max Roach, or Kenny Clarke, or Roy Haynes been chosen to form a quadrumvirate, this would have been an even more unique session than it is, for they had given modern jazz drumming an independent voice, beyond just rhythmic accompaniment. Even so, the union of the triumvirate means that this is a five-star recording. It has been reissued on Polygram with alternate takes, though none of "Bloomdido" or "Mohawk," two of the real stand-outs.
A1. Bloomdido
A2. An Oscar For Treadwell
A3. An Oscar For Treadwell (Alternate Take)
A4. Mohawk
A5. Mohawk (Alternate Take)
B1. My Melancholy Baby
B2. Leap Frog
B3. Leap Frog (Alternate Take)
B4. Leap Frog (Alternate Take)
B5. Relaxin' With Lee
B6. Relaxin' With Lee (Alternate Take)
Bird and Diz -- CD
Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie w/ Thelonius Monk-Piano, Curly Russell-Bass, Buddy Rich-Drums
1950/1986 Verve Records
The Triumvirate Summit, April 19, 2004
By David Gedalecia "DGed" (Wooster, OH USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Bird & Diz (Audio CD)
This session had real possibilities, but, as Max Harrison, Ira Gitler, Martin Williams, and recently Carl Woideck all point out, the presence of Buddy Rich, and his rim-shot/heavy-on-the-bass drum swing approach in the company of Parker, Gillespie and Monk, puts a drag on the proceedings. But this is not a diatribe on Rich. No doubt his inclusion was Norman Granz's idea, since he used Rich a lot in the JATP sessions in more appropriate musical contexts. What saves things are the many new intricate bop pieces that one finds only here, the teaming up of Monk with Bird and Diz, and some wonderfully inspired playing. One is hard-pressed, beyond Dean Benedetti's brief snippets, to find a Parker-Monk combination, and a Diz-Monk match-up is probably non-existent. It is especially interesting to hear Monk play behind Gillespie: all sorts of fascinating harmonic ideas emerge. All three are in fine form, and had Max Roach, or Kenny Clarke, or Roy Haynes been chosen to form a quadrumvirate, this would have been an even more unique session than it is, for they had given modern jazz drumming an independent voice, beyond just rhythmic accompaniment. Even so, the union of the triumvirate means that this is a five-star recording. It has been reissued on Polygram with alternate takes, though none of "Bloomdido" or "Mohawk," two of the real stand-outs.
A1. Bloomdido
A2. An Oscar For Treadwell
A3. An Oscar For Treadwell (Alternate Take)
A4. Mohawk
A5. Mohawk (Alternate Take)
B1. My Melancholy Baby
B2. Leap Frog
B3. Leap Frog (Alternate Take)
B4. Leap Frog (Alternate Take)
B5. Relaxin' With Lee
B6. Relaxin' With Lee (Alternate Take)
Dennie
Well-Known Member
This is a terrible recording, all kinds of back/foreground noise, it sounds like something is buzzing most of the time.
But, this is a fantastic piece of Jazz History, which makes it very easy to listen and enjoy.
This is the very beginning of BeBop........
Charlie Parker & Miles Davis -- CD
Charlie Parker & Miles Davis
2001 LaserLight Records
The Classic recordings (at a bargain price) February 27, 2002
By nadav haber
Format:Audio CD
These are ten of the tracks that created bebop - the 1945-46 sessions with Parker and Davis. Miles' cool approach followed by Bird's explosive flights. These were the historic recordings, that will be listened to as long as people exist.
There are only 10 track, and many great tracks from that era are missing - but then the price is as low as it gets.
This may not be the choice of Parker collectors, but for anyone who wants a taste of Parker's greatness this is certainly it.
1. Don't Blame Me
2. Drifting On A Reed
3. Dewey Square
4. Bird Of Paradise
5. Quasimodo
6. My Old Flame
7. Embraceable You
8. Night In Tunisia
9. Moose The Mooch
10. Klact-Overseds-Tene
But, this is a fantastic piece of Jazz History, which makes it very easy to listen and enjoy.
This is the very beginning of BeBop........
Charlie Parker & Miles Davis -- CD
Charlie Parker & Miles Davis
2001 LaserLight Records
The Classic recordings (at a bargain price) February 27, 2002
By nadav haber
Format:Audio CD
These are ten of the tracks that created bebop - the 1945-46 sessions with Parker and Davis. Miles' cool approach followed by Bird's explosive flights. These were the historic recordings, that will be listened to as long as people exist.
There are only 10 track, and many great tracks from that era are missing - but then the price is as low as it gets.
This may not be the choice of Parker collectors, but for anyone who wants a taste of Parker's greatness this is certainly it.
1. Don't Blame Me
2. Drifting On A Reed
3. Dewey Square
4. Bird Of Paradise
5. Quasimodo
6. My Old Flame
7. Embraceable You
8. Night In Tunisia
9. Moose The Mooch
10. Klact-Overseds-Tene
Dennie
Well-Known Member
This one was released today...... 
bscene-drinkingcheers:
Heroes -- CD
Willie Nelson
2012 Sony Legacy
Willie Nelson Shows No Sign Of Slowing Down. May 15, 2012
By M. Mariba TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
Legendary country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson is back in 2012 with a great new album titled 'Heroes'. At the age of 79, Willie Nelson shows no sign of slowing down. He collaborated very well with Wynton Marsailes & Eric Clapton in 2011 (a wonderful live CD release) & he's no different here with an uncompromising country CD (14 tracks) release. It's a home coming release with Legacy Records for him with 12 brand new songs & an interesting rock band Pearl Jam's cover "Just Breathe" as well as "The Scientist" from Coldplay's 2002 album. He has guest musicians including Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson & Jamey Johnson in "Roll Me Up" & "Hero" ; Sheryl Crow in "Come To The House"; Merle Haggard; Billy Joe Shaver; Ray Price & his two sons Lukas & Micah Nelson. Song compositions are great, execution & production immaculate as the legend Willie Nelson would. Stand-outs/gems/solid tracks include "A Horse Called Music" (beautiful opening track with wonderful melody, vocals & harmonies. A duet with Merle Haggard), "No Place To Fly" (a great duet with son Lukas Nelson : wonderful melody, accordion & harmonies) & "The Sound Of Your Memory" (another great duet with Lucas Nelson). Great tracks include "Roll Me Up" (up-tempo track with great guitar), "That's All There Is To This Song", "Every Time He Drinks He Thinks Of Her" (wonderful rhythm guitar & duet with Lukas Nelson), "Come On Up To The House" (featuring Sheryl Crow & Lukas Nelson), "Hero" (great violin & harmonica featuring Jamey Johnson & Billy Joe Shaver and this is where the title of this album comes from), "My Window Faces Tha South" (a hunky-tonky/bluesy track with great piano featuring Lukas Nelson), "Cold War With You" (slow-tempo bluesy-country track featuring Lukas Nelson & Ray Price), "Just Breathe" (up-tempo track with a great melody, harmonica & vocals featuring Lukas Nelson), "Come On Black Jesus" (gospelly country track with great harmonica featuring Lukas & Micah Nelson. Sound of the track reminiscent of the late country singer Johnny Cash singing gospel) & "The Scientist" (slow-tempo track, song from Coldplay's 2002 album). Okay track is "Home In San Antone" (a hunky-tonky/bluesy track).
On overall, you have quite a winner here from the legendary Willie Nelson in 'Heroes' album release, a highly recommended CD listening.
1. "A Horse Called Music" (featuring Merle Haggard and Lukas Nelson) Wayne Carson 4:37
2. "Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die" (featuring Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson, Jamey Johnson) Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon, Rich Alves, John Colgin and Mike McQuerry 3:25
3. "That's All There Is To This Song" Buddy Cannon 3:01
4. "No Place To Fly" (featuring Lukas Nelson) Lukas Nelson 5:06
5. "Every Time He Drinks He Thinks Of Her" (featuring Lukas Nelson) Lukas Nelson 2:48
6. "Come On Up To The House" (featuring Lukas Nelson and Sheryl Crow) Tom Waits 5:16
7. "Hero" (featuring Billy Joe Shaver and Jamey Johnson) Willie Nelson 4:38
8. "My Window Faces the South" (featuring Lukas Nelson) Bob Wills 2:32
9. "The Sound Of Your Memory" (featuring Lukas Nelson) Lukas Nelson, Elizabeth Rainey 6:10
10. "Cold War With You" (featuring Lukas Nelson and Ray Price) Floyd Tillman 4:04
11. "Just Breathe" (featuring Lukas Nelson) Eddie Vedder 4:02
12. "My Home In San Antone" (featuring Lukas Nelson) Fred Rose 4:09
13. "Come On Back Jesus" (featuring Billy Joe Shaver, Lukas Nelson and Micah Nelson) Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon and Micah Nelson 3:24
14. "The Scientist" Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin 5:05
Total length:
58:37
bscene-drinkingcheers:
Heroes -- CD
Willie Nelson
2012 Sony Legacy
Willie Nelson Shows No Sign Of Slowing Down. May 15, 2012
By M. Mariba TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
Legendary country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson is back in 2012 with a great new album titled 'Heroes'. At the age of 79, Willie Nelson shows no sign of slowing down. He collaborated very well with Wynton Marsailes & Eric Clapton in 2011 (a wonderful live CD release) & he's no different here with an uncompromising country CD (14 tracks) release. It's a home coming release with Legacy Records for him with 12 brand new songs & an interesting rock band Pearl Jam's cover "Just Breathe" as well as "The Scientist" from Coldplay's 2002 album. He has guest musicians including Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson & Jamey Johnson in "Roll Me Up" & "Hero" ; Sheryl Crow in "Come To The House"; Merle Haggard; Billy Joe Shaver; Ray Price & his two sons Lukas & Micah Nelson. Song compositions are great, execution & production immaculate as the legend Willie Nelson would. Stand-outs/gems/solid tracks include "A Horse Called Music" (beautiful opening track with wonderful melody, vocals & harmonies. A duet with Merle Haggard), "No Place To Fly" (a great duet with son Lukas Nelson : wonderful melody, accordion & harmonies) & "The Sound Of Your Memory" (another great duet with Lucas Nelson). Great tracks include "Roll Me Up" (up-tempo track with great guitar), "That's All There Is To This Song", "Every Time He Drinks He Thinks Of Her" (wonderful rhythm guitar & duet with Lukas Nelson), "Come On Up To The House" (featuring Sheryl Crow & Lukas Nelson), "Hero" (great violin & harmonica featuring Jamey Johnson & Billy Joe Shaver and this is where the title of this album comes from), "My Window Faces Tha South" (a hunky-tonky/bluesy track with great piano featuring Lukas Nelson), "Cold War With You" (slow-tempo bluesy-country track featuring Lukas Nelson & Ray Price), "Just Breathe" (up-tempo track with a great melody, harmonica & vocals featuring Lukas Nelson), "Come On Black Jesus" (gospelly country track with great harmonica featuring Lukas & Micah Nelson. Sound of the track reminiscent of the late country singer Johnny Cash singing gospel) & "The Scientist" (slow-tempo track, song from Coldplay's 2002 album). Okay track is "Home In San Antone" (a hunky-tonky/bluesy track).
On overall, you have quite a winner here from the legendary Willie Nelson in 'Heroes' album release, a highly recommended CD listening.
1. "A Horse Called Music" (featuring Merle Haggard and Lukas Nelson) Wayne Carson 4:37
2. "Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die" (featuring Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson, Jamey Johnson) Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon, Rich Alves, John Colgin and Mike McQuerry 3:25
3. "That's All There Is To This Song" Buddy Cannon 3:01
4. "No Place To Fly" (featuring Lukas Nelson) Lukas Nelson 5:06
5. "Every Time He Drinks He Thinks Of Her" (featuring Lukas Nelson) Lukas Nelson 2:48
6. "Come On Up To The House" (featuring Lukas Nelson and Sheryl Crow) Tom Waits 5:16
7. "Hero" (featuring Billy Joe Shaver and Jamey Johnson) Willie Nelson 4:38
8. "My Window Faces the South" (featuring Lukas Nelson) Bob Wills 2:32
9. "The Sound Of Your Memory" (featuring Lukas Nelson) Lukas Nelson, Elizabeth Rainey 6:10
10. "Cold War With You" (featuring Lukas Nelson and Ray Price) Floyd Tillman 4:04
11. "Just Breathe" (featuring Lukas Nelson) Eddie Vedder 4:02
12. "My Home In San Antone" (featuring Lukas Nelson) Fred Rose 4:09
13. "Come On Back Jesus" (featuring Billy Joe Shaver, Lukas Nelson and Micah Nelson) Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon and Micah Nelson 3:24
14. "The Scientist" Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin 5:05
Total length:
58:37
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Temptation -- CD
Shelby Lynne
1995 Morgan Creek Records
Amazon.com
Only after leaving Nashville did Shelby Lynne reinvent herself as a soulful R&B singer. During her Music City days of the early '90s, she gained critical raves that didn't translate into wider success. One reason was this fetching 1993 Nashville-produced album of big-band Western swing, produced by Brent Maher, which appeared long before the words swing revival crossed anyone's lips. It revealed Lynne's assets in a stronger showcase than her earlier Epic recordings. She's radiant and sensual on the torchy "Little Unlucky at Love," but the uninhibited swing tunes, including her explosive performance of the title number, defined the album. She maintained that finger-popping momentum with "Some of That True Love" and "The Rain Might Wash Your Love Away." Lynne turned seductress on "Tell Me I'm Crazy" and honky-tonker on "I Need a Heart to Come Home To," the album's most overtly country number. Now that Lynne's gained wider exposure, it's worth remembering that pushing the envelope is nothing new for her. --Rich Kienzle
"Temptation" (Shelby Lynne, Brent Maher, Jamie O'Hara) – 3:04
"Feelin' Kind of Lonely Tonight" (Maher, O'Hara) – 3:00
"Tell Me I'm Crazy" (Rory Michael Bourke, Mike Reid) – 3:44
"Little Unlucky at Love" (Maher, O'Hara) – 3:01
"Some of That True Love" (Lynne, Maher, O'Hara) – 2:47
"The Rain Might Wash Your Love Away" (Maher, Don Potter, Don Schlitz) – 4:34
"Don't Cry for Me" (Maher) – 2:43
"I Need a Heart to Come Home To" (John Jarvis, Russell Smith) – 4:20
"Come a Little Closer" (Maher, O'Hara) – 3:15
"Where Do We Go from Here" (Maher, Potter, Reid) – 3:38
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Today's work truck music.....
Crossroads -- CD
Tracy Chapman
1989 Elektra Records
On her second album, Tracy Chapman goes the traditional singer-songwriter route--think Carly Simon, James Taylor, etc.--by largely writing about the effects on her life of the unexpected success of her first album. The title track, standard blues imagery aside, is as self-analytical and autobiographical as any one of Joni Mitchell's early '70s albums. Other songs, like "Material World," address the same concerns in more subtle fashion.
Elsewhere, Chapman looks at freedom and oppression in such songs as the Nelson Mandela tribute "Freedom Now" and "All That You Have is Your Soul." Chapman and producer David Kershenbaum add subtle touches like horns, slide guitar (courtesy of Neil Young), and accordion, opening up the guitar-and-voice canvas of her self-titled debut and fleshing out the strongly melodic songs without overpowering them.
"Crossroads" – 4:11
"Bridges" – 5:24
"Freedom Now" – 4:02
"Material World" – 3:02
"Be Careful of My Heart" – 4:39
"Subcity" – 5:09
"Born to Fight" – 2:46
"A Hundred Years" – 4:20
"This Time" – 3:43
"All That You Have Is Your Soul" – 5:16
Crossroads -- CD
Tracy Chapman
1989 Elektra Records
On her second album, Tracy Chapman goes the traditional singer-songwriter route--think Carly Simon, James Taylor, etc.--by largely writing about the effects on her life of the unexpected success of her first album. The title track, standard blues imagery aside, is as self-analytical and autobiographical as any one of Joni Mitchell's early '70s albums. Other songs, like "Material World," address the same concerns in more subtle fashion.
Elsewhere, Chapman looks at freedom and oppression in such songs as the Nelson Mandela tribute "Freedom Now" and "All That You Have is Your Soul." Chapman and producer David Kershenbaum add subtle touches like horns, slide guitar (courtesy of Neil Young), and accordion, opening up the guitar-and-voice canvas of her self-titled debut and fleshing out the strongly melodic songs without overpowering them.
"Crossroads" – 4:11
"Bridges" – 5:24
"Freedom Now" – 4:02
"Material World" – 3:02
"Be Careful of My Heart" – 4:39
"Subcity" – 5:09
"Born to Fight" – 2:46
"A Hundred Years" – 4:20
"This Time" – 3:43
"All That You Have Is Your Soul" – 5:16
the very unique but talented bluesman Otis Taylor
(2012 Telarc release)
1. The Devil's Gonna Lie
2. Yell Your Name
3. Look To The Side
4. Romans Had Their Way
5. Blind Piano Teacher
6. Banjo Boogie Blues
7. 2 Or 3 Times
8. Contraband Blues
9. Lay On My Delta Bed
10. Your 10 Dollar Bill
11. Open These Bars
12. Yellow Car, Yellow Dog
13. Never Been To Afirca
14. I Can See You're Lying
(2012 Telarc release)
1. The Devil's Gonna Lie
2. Yell Your Name
3. Look To The Side
4. Romans Had Their Way
5. Blind Piano Teacher
6. Banjo Boogie Blues
7. 2 Or 3 Times
8. Contraband Blues
9. Lay On My Delta Bed
10. Your 10 Dollar Bill
11. Open These Bars
12. Yellow Car, Yellow Dog
13. Never Been To Afirca
14. I Can See You're Lying
Dennie
Well-Known Member
The 'Bird' Returns -- Mini Lp CD
Charlie Parker
1948/2005 Savoy Records
Although a restless and brilliant improviser like Charlie Parker's true home will always be the stage--as evidenced by the literally dozens of exciting live recordings still being recovered decades after his death in 1955--there are those who feel, with some justification, that his late-'40s sides for Savoy Records are the essence of bebop. Certainly Parker's backing groups at the time, starring such up-and-comers as trumpeter Miles Davis, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, and drummer Max Roach, were among the greatest in jazz history, but throughout THE BIRD RETURNS, the focus is always on Parker's endlessly questing alto sax. Not for nothing is the opening track called "Chasin' the Bird," because when Parker was in the midst of one of his fluid, breathtaking improvisations, all the band could do was catch up. The only fault with THE BIRD RETURNS is that its 30 minutes leave listeners longing for more.
Track listing
1. Chasin' the Bird
2. Thriving on a Riff
3. Ko Ko
4. Half Nelson
5. Scrapple From the Apple
6. Cheryl
7. Barbados
Personnel: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Lucky Thompson (tenor saxophone); Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham (trumpet); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Al Haig (piano); Tommy Potter (bass); Max Roach (drums).