What Are You Listening To?

[PaulyT]

Bit of a throwback to my MTV days in early high school...

 

[Flint]

 

[heeman]

Watched/Listened to Uncle Ted late yesterday afternoon.............just raw Ted!!

 

[Dennie]

Hell Freezes Over -- CD

Eagles

1994 Geffen Records

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Indeed, there were many who thought that it would take an event as cataclysmic as the one described in the album title to get these seminal '70s soft-rockers back together. But here they are, revisiting some of their most beloved tunes as well as four new ones, on this mostly live, largely acoustic disc. Frey, Henley, Walsh, Schmit, and Felder tackle iconic Eagles standards like "Hotel California," "Tequila Sunrise," "Take It Easy," "Desperado," and "Life in the Fast Lane" and new tunes like "Get Over It" and "Love Will Keep Us Alive" with the smoothly cocky assurance that originally made them icons. --Scott Schinder

1. Get Over It
2. Love Will Keep Us Alive
3. The Girl From Yesterday
4. Learn To Be Still
5. Tequila Sunrise
6. Hotel California
7. Wasted Time
8. Pretty Maids All In A Row
9. I Can't Tell You Why
10. New York Minute
11. The Last Resort
12. Take It Easy
13. In The City
14. Life In The Fast Lane
15. Desperado

 

[heeman]

:text-+1: x10 For Eagles Hell Freezes Over

 

[Dennie]

Fleetwood Mac -- CD

Fleetwood Mac

1975/1990 Warner Bros. Records

Amazon.com essential recording

With the "classic" Fleetwood Mac and departed guitarists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer a fading memory, namesakes and rhythm section Mick Fleetwood (drums) and John McVie (bass), along with second generation survivor Christine McVie (vocals, keyboards), let go of their British blues heritage and linked with a failed Californian pop-rock duo, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. That move, born of desperation, yields this 1975 classic: unveiling a taut, well-oiled pop rock band boasting three distinctive singers and songwriters in Buckingham, Nicks, and Christine McVie; Buckingham's extraordinary arrangements and versatile acoustic and electric guitars; and the undeniable horsepower of the founding fathers' rock-solid rhythm work. Buckingham's rave-ups, Nicks's sultry rock ballads, and Christine McVie's soulful, sunny pop form the template for Rumours, which would follow two years later. --Sam Sutherland

1. "Monday Morning" (Lindsey Buckingham) – 2:48
2. "Warm Ways" (Christine McVie) – 3:54
3. "Blue Letter" (Rick Curtis, Mike Curtis) – 2:41
4. "Rhiannon" (Stevie Nicks) – 4:11
5. "Over My Head" (C. McVie) – 3:38
6. "Crystal" (Nicks) – 5:14
7. "Say You Love Me" (C. McVie) – 4:11
8. "Landslide" (Nicks) – 3:19
9. "World Turning" (Buckingham, C. McVie) – 4:25
10. "Sugar Daddy" (C. McVie) – 4:10
11. "I'm So Afraid" (Buckingham) – 4:22

LINKY ---> http://www.amazon.com/Fleetwood-Mac/dp/B000002KD5/ref=pd_sim_m_4

 

[Dennie]

Rest In Peace George Shearing, you touched many, many lives......

The Rare Delight of You -- SACD

John Pizzarelli with The George Shearing Quintet

2002 Telarc Jazz

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The CD photo of this intergenerational collaboration between guitarist-vocalist John Pizzarelli and pianist George Shearing resembles the cover of the 1961 LP Nat King Cole Plays, George Shearing Plays. Like that legendary recording, this project offers clean and lean jazz. The pianist is backed by a combo featuring vibraphonist Ted Piltzecker and drummer Dennis Mackrel. With Pizzarelli's laid-back vocals, the group delivers some beautiful new songs and interesting interpretations of pop standards made famous by Cole, Nancy Wilson, and Peggy Lee. Their version of "If Dreams Come" has an ingenious contrapuntal guitar-piano breakdown. On "The Lady's with You," Shearing slyly drops in a few bars of Duke Ellington's "I'm Beginning to See the Light." And "Something to Remember Me By" has melodic tinges from Claude Thornhill's "Snowflake." "Lost April" captures Pizzarelli and Shearing in a heartfelt duet. Shearing's no-frills piano lines and Pizzarelli's bouncy guitar work are inspired and in-the-pocket. --Eugene Holley Jr.

1. If Dreams Come True
2. The Lady's In Love With You
3. Everything Happens To Me
4. Lulu's Back In Town
5. Something To Remeber You By
6. Lemon Twist
7. Lost Apirl
8. Problem
9. The Rare Delight Of You
10. Shine On Your Shoes
11. Indian Summer
12. Be Careful It's My Heart
13. September In The Rain
14. I Predicit (2001)
15. Lucky To Be Me

 

[Dennie]

All For You - A Dedication to the Nat "King" Cole Trio -- CD

Diana Krall

1996 GRP Records

Amazon.com essential recording

All for You is a tribute to the Nat "King" Cole Trio of the 1940s, when Cole performed as both a singer and a pianist. Krall, like her heroes Lena Horne and Carmen McRae, is also a singer-pianist, and she plays both roles on most of the songs here. She's able to link her singing to her piano playing in sympathetic ways and projects tremendous feeling through both. Like Cole in the '40s, Krall plays with a drummerless trio--here with guitarist Russell Malone and bassist Paul Keller. Their sense of intimate rapport is especially valuable on ballads such as "You Call It Madness" and "I'm Thru with Love," but also allows such uptempo tunes as "Hit That Jive Jack" to swing with surprising lightness. --Geoffrey Himes

1. "I'm an Errand Girl for Rhythm" (Nat King Cole) – 2:55
2. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 4:07
3. "You Call It Madness" (Russ Columbo, Con Conrad, Gladys Dubois, Paul Gregory) – 4:57
4. "Frim Fram Sauce" (Redd Evans, Joe Ricardel) – 5:01
5. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 6:27
6. "Baby Baby All the Time" (Bobby Troup) – 5:56
7. "Hit That Jive Jack" (John Alston, Skeets Tolbert) – 4:16
8. "You're Looking at Me" (Troup) – 5:55
9. "I'm Thru with Love" (Gus Kahn, Fud Livingston, Matty Malneck) – 4:26
10. "Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 5:52
11. "A Blossom Fell" (Howard Barnes, Harold Cornelius, Dominic John) – 5:15
12. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 4:55
13. "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) (Bonus Track)

LINKY ---> http://www.amazon.com/All-You-Dedic...=sr_1_8?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1297736677&sr=1-8

 

[Botch]

:ugeek:

 

[Dennie]

Careless Love -- CD

Madeleine Peyroux

2004 Rounder Records

Product Description

Boasting an enthralling voice many have regarded as reminiscent of Billie Holiday's, Madeleine Peyroux burst onto the music scene eight years ago with the extremely successful release of Dreamland. Championed by major publications such as The New York Times and Time Magazine, Peyroux was immediately recognized as a remarkably talented singer with a promising future. With the release of her long awaited follow-up album Careless Love, Peyroux's potential as an artist is truly realized. Her smoky voice and knowing delivery make each song her own, whether she's singing vintage tunes by W.C. Handy and Hank Williams, or contemporary songs by Leonard Cohen and Elliott Smith. Producer Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Shawn Colvin) weaves strands of acoustic blues, country ballads, classic jazz, torch songs and pop into a vibrant fabric that is both timeless and thoroughly up to date, with Peyroux's arresting vocals always front and center.

1. "Dance Me to the End of Love" (Leonard Cohen) - 3:56
2. "Don't Wait Too Long" (Madeleine Peyroux–Jesse Harris–Larry Klein) - 3:10
3. "Don't Cry Baby" (Saul Bernie–James P. Johnson–Stella Unger) - 3:16
4. "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" (Bob Dylan) - 3:26
5. "Between the Bars" (Elliott Smith) - 3:42
6. "No More" (Salvador Camerata–Bob Russell) - 3:31
7. "Lonesome Road" (Gene Austin–Nathaniel Shilkret) - 3:10
8. "J'ai Deux Amours" (Vincent Scotto–Géorges Koger–Henri Varna) - 2:54
9. "Weary Blues" (Hank Williams) - 3:39
10. "I'll Look Around" (George Cory-Douglas Cross) - 4:47
11. "Careless Love" (William C. Handy-Martha Koenig–Spencer Williams) - 3:50
12. "This Is Heaven to Me" (Frank Reardon–Ernest Schweikert) - 3:12

LINKY ----> http://www.amazon.com/Careless-Love-Madeleine-Peyroux/dp/B0002NRRAG/ref=pd_sim_m_20

 

[heeman]

:ugeek:

Oh Baby!!

 

[Dennie]

Today's work truck music...

A Decade of Steely Dan -- CD

Steely Dan

1996 MCA Records

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The notion of a Steely Dan greatest-hits collection is suspect at best, if only because their biggest public successes ("Reelin' in the Years" from Can't Buy a Thrill, Prezel Logic's "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," and Aja's "Peg") are also in many ways their least typical. Indeed, after the craft-conscious Thrill, the duo of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen showed an almost perverse penchant for swimming against the prevailing pop current, despite the protestations of numbskull critics who Didn't Get It in a big way. That said, here's the duo's best-known public works and radio fodder (including all of the above), a sampler that will satisfy the hit-hungry and tempt the less acquainted to sample B&F's more colorful musical adventures. --Jerry McCulley

1. "FM (No Static At All)" – 4:50 (from the movie FM)
2. "Black Friday" – 3:33
3. "Babylon Sisters" – 5:51
4. "Deacon Blues" – 7:26
5. "Bodhisattva" – 5:16
6. "Hey Nineteen" – 5:06
7. "Do It Again" – 5:56
8. "Peg" – 3:58
9. "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" – 4:30
10. "Reelin' In the Years" – 4:35
11. "East St. Louis Toodle-oo" (Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley) – 2:45
12. "Kid Charlemagne" – 4:38
13. "My Old School" – 4:46
14. "Bad Sneakers" – 3:16

 

[PaulyT]

I LOVE this band:

GOt this one on now. Nice! I do like their style. Mike, have you heard Neko's solo albums? If you don't have Fox Confessor and especially Middle Cyclone, I highly recommend them!

 

[Botch]

A Decade of Steely Dan -- CD

Steely Dan

1996 MCA Records

1. "FM (No Static At All)" – 4:50 (from the movie FM)

Read an interview with Roger "The Immortal" Nichols, the golden-eared engineer of many of the Dan tracks, and he talked about retirement and even gave his future address on the island of "Nos Tatic Atoll"...

Sadly, he now has pancreatic cancer and insufficient health insurance...

 

[Dennie]

Gonna spin this one again....

Jerry Garcia & David Grisman -- CD

Jerry Garcia & David Grisman

1991 Acoustic Disc

Amazon.com essential recording

After nearly dying in 1986, Jerry Garcia not only spiritually revived the Grateful Dead but also rekindled his love for acoustic music. To that end, in 1989 he recorded Almost Acoustic with his 1960s Palo Alto folkie pals and also began collaborating with his longtime friend and mandolin master David Grisman. This 1991 set offers a brilliant assortment of acoustic music that ranges from bluegrass-inspired stomps to B.B. King covers, age-old folk songs, standards by Irving Berlin and Hoagy Carmichael, and an exotic album-ending modal-jazz journey. The playing is stellar throughout, but the mood is warm and welcoming as well. --Marc Greilsamer

1. "The Thrill is Gone" (Hawkins, Darnell)
2. "Grateful Dawg" (Garcia, Grisman)
3. "Two Soldiers" (traditional)
4. "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, Hunter, Dawson)
5. "Russian Lullaby" (Berlin)
6. "Dawg's Waltz" (Grisman)
7. "Walkin' Boss" (traditional)
8. "Rockin' Chair" (Carmichael)
9. "Arabia" (Grisman; middle part based on the Cuban folk theme "Hasta Siempre")


* Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
* David Grisman – mandolin
* Jim Kerwin – bass
* Joe Craven – percussion, fiddle

 

[Dennie]

A Decade of Steely Dan -- CD

Steely Dan

1996 MCA Records

1. "FM (No Static At All)" – 4:50 (from the movie FM)

Read an interview with Roger "The Immortal" Nichols, the golden-eared engineer of many of the Dan tracks, and he talked about retirement and even gave his future address on the island of "Nos Tatic Atoll"...

Sadly, he now has pancreatic cancer and insufficient health insurance...

Well, that is just sad!


Dennie

 

[Dennie]

One more.....

Been All Around This World -- CD

Jerry Garcia & David Grisman

2004 Acoustic Disc

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This (possibly) final installment in the Garcia/Grisman series leans heavily on a country music repertoire, as the pair tackles tracks by Jimmie Rodgers, Merle Travis (a jazzed-up "Nine Pound Hammer"), George Jones, Mel Tillis (a bluesy, gently shuffling "I Ain't Never"), and Freddie Hart. They also make detours into the realms of traditional folk, reggae (Jimmy Cliff's "Sittin' Here in Limbo"), soul (Garcia's passionate run through James Brown's "I'll Go Crazy" gets an E for effort), and Bob Dylan (a delightfully understated "Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest"). Sure, Garcia's vocal cords might have seen better days, but you can never find fault with his heartfelt, emotionally captivating singing. The picking here is tasteful and low-key, and the overall result is a warm, relaxed stroll through the duo's many musical influences. --Marc Greilsamer

1. "Been All Around this World" (Traditional)
2. "I'll Go Crazy" (James Brown)
3. "Take Me" (George Jones/Leon Payne)
4. "Handsome Cabin Boy Waltz" (Traditional)
5. "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest" (Bob Dylan)
6. "I'm Troubled" (Traditional)
7. "Blue Yodel #9" (Jimmie Rodgers)
8. "Nine Pound Hammer" (Merle Travis)
9. "I Ain't Never" (Michael Pierce/Mel Tillis)
10. "Sittin' Here in Limbo" (Plummer Bright/James Chambers)
11. "Dark as a Dungeon" (Merle Travis)
12. "Drink up and go Home" (Freddie Hart)

LINKY ---> http://www.amazon.com/Been-All-Around-This-World/dp/B0001CCYD8/ref=pd_sim_m_2

 

[Dennie]

Great Gonzos -- CD

Jerry Jeff Walker

1991 MCA Records

Amazon.com essential recording

It's ironic that the man who made his reputation by writing "Mr. Bojangles," one of the most enduring and oft-covered tunes of the late 20th century, succeeded in his career as a performer by singing the works of others, but that's the case. Walker has always been a fine judge of material, and over the years, picked up on some great stuff, such as Billy Joe Shaver's "Old Five and Dimers Like Me," Guy Clark's "Desperados Waiting for the Train" and "L.A. Freeway," Gary Nunn's "London Homesick Blues," Ray Wiley Hubbard's "Up Against the Wall Redneck," and Rusty Weir's "Don't It Make You Wanna Dance." This set gathers those remarkable cuts together with some of Walker's own songs, such as the party anthem "Sangria Wine," "Railroad Lady" (written with Jimmy Buffett), and, of course, "Bojangles." Great Gonzos gives you the flavor and the laid-back aesthetic of Jerry Jeff's seminal work of the '70s. There's more to the story, but this is where it all began. --Daniel Durchholz

Track Listing
1. Gettin' By
2. Sangria Wine
3. Mr. Bojangles
4. Desperados Waiting for a Train
5. Pick Up the Tempo
6. Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother
7. London Homesick Blues
8. Takin' It as It Comes
9. Backslider's Wine
10. Old Five and Dimers Like Me
11. Charlie Dunn
12. Railroad Lady
13. L.A. Freeway
14. Don't It Make You Wanna Dance?

LINKY ---> http://www.amazon.com/Great-Gonzos-...2OHN/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297827646&sr=1-1

 

[Dennie]

My last one for the evening......

East of the Sun -- CD

Scott Hamilton

1993 Concord Jazz

"Hamilton's playing is an inspiration - from the heart", February 12, 2001
By J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
(TOP 50 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)

When you thought you heard the best album Scott Hamilton had recorded, this release gives you a kick - "East Of The Sun", truly an astonishing confident performance. Hamilton appeared in the mid '70s with his appealing swing-style on tenor sax, mixing Zoot Sims, Ben Webster and Lester Young during the fusion era before settling on now his-own distinctive style. Moved to New York in 1976, toured and has recorded over thirty albums for Concord Jazz, as sideman and solo...with Gene Harris, Ray Brown, Rosemary Clooney, Ruby Braff, Charlie Byrd and Cal Tjader.

Supported by Carl E. Jefferson (executive producer), Scott seized the opportunity to fulfill a cherished ambition to record with his regular British trio - Brian Lemon (piano), Dave Green (bass) and Allan Ganley (drums) - like Scott, Dave and Allan are self-taught and learned while they earned. Recorded at Lansdowne Recording Studios Ltd., London, England...August 31, 1993.

Of course there stand outs - "IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU" (Burke/Van Heusen), great standard recorded by many crooners Crosby and Sinatra, this bossa-nova Hamilton arrangement is rhytmically-intoxicating..."IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND" (Rodgers/Hart), magnificent version of a like-minded team who work together regularly, so natural...and the highlight is - "BERNIE'S TUNE" (Miller/Lieber/Stoller), completely fresh interpretation, shades of Henry Mancini come to mind - every jazz player's dream is to swing, and swing it does!

Total Time: 63:13 on 11 Tracks...Concord Jazz CCD-4583...(1993)

1. Autumn Leaves
2. Stardust
3. It Could Happen to You
4. It Never Entered My Mind
5. Bernie`s Tune
6. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
7. Time After Time
8. Setagaya Serenade
9. That`s All
10. All the Things You Are
11. Indiana

LINKY ---> http://www.amazon.com/East-Sun-Scott-Hamilton/dp/B0000006MN/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297829830&sr=1-1

 

[topper]

(rel. 2004)


Track Listing . . .
1. Rock Daniel
2. Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down
3. Get Up Get Ready
4. Lean On Me
5. Bessie's Advice
6. Good Stuff
7. Rolling Log
8. Gotta Serve Somebody
9. Travelin' Woman Blues
10. Little Rain
11. Maggie Campbell
12. Give A Little More
13. My Sisters And Brothers