What Are You Listening To?

[Batman]

I've enjoyed scores by Hans Zimmer going back to Gladiator and earlier, and my fondness has only grown after recent collaborations with Chris Nolan...Off this CD, I'm particularly fond of track 12 "Time" which the film ends on, but it has a familiar two-note motif that is carried throughout multiple scenes in the film. Although very simple, that two-note sound definitely strikes a chord emotionally...

 

[Dennie]

Picked this one up yesterday and I am going to be on the look out for more of theirs.... :handgestures-thumbup:

Luv In The Afternoon -- CD

Jeannie & Jimmy Cheatham and The Sweet Baby Blues Band

1990 Concord Jazz

The Sweet Baby Blues Band is a perfect mixture of big band swing (with colorful arrangements by Jimmy Cheatham), jazz soloing and the blues. Unlike most blues bands that utilize a horn section, there is a generous amount of solo space for nearly all of the sidemen but, unlike most jazz groups, a blues star such as Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown can also feel at home sitting in on three numbers as he does on this release. Jeannie Cheatham's vocals are both properly emotional and easy to understand while her piano playing is a credit to the Kansas City blues tradition. The tunes on this CD range from Muddy Waters' "Baby Please Don't Go", Buddy Johnson's "You Won't Let Me Go" and Danny Barker's famous "Don't You Feel My Leg" (done here as an instrumental featuring trumpeter Snooky Young) to a variety of original blues and the bluish ballad "Trav'lin Light." With the other soloists including altoist Curtis Peagler, clarinetist Jimmy Noone, Jr. and trumpeter Nolan Smith, Luv in the Afternoon is very enjoyable and highly recommended. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

1. Messin' Round With the Boogie
2. Luv in the Afternoon
3. Mama's Blues
4. Comin' Back to South Chicago
5. Trav'lin' Light
6. Don't You Feel My Leg
7. You Won't Let Me Go
8. Wee Baby Blues
9. Baby Please Don't Go
10. Raunchy Rita

 

[Dennie]

The Worm -- CD

Jimmy McGriff Organ and Blues Band

1968/2002 Blue Note Records

Jimmy McGriff's B-3 sound was always rooted in blues and gospel, and his soloing could be very smooth and polished. But every once in a while, he had to break out of his own soul box and tear it up on a session.

The Worm, issued on Solid State Records in 1968, is the very first place he did. This is the first true, all-out funky burner from McGriff, and it sounds very different from most of the other titles on his shelf. Having a band like this helps: trumpeter Blue Mitchell, tenor saxophonist Fats Theus (with Bob Ashton on baritone and Danny Turner on alto), alternating drummers Mel Lewis and Grady Tate, bassist Bob Bushnell, and guitarist Thornel Schwartz were all in their prime in 1968. The title track, written by McGriff, Theus, and producer Sonny Lester, sets the tone for the whole platter. The saxophone section lays in the cut and is prodded on in a driving, funked-up, hard soul groove by the expanded rhythm section (a B-3 album with a bassist wasn't unheard of, but it wasn't standard procedure either).

Solos by both McGriff and Mitchell are choppy and punchy in the extreme. The trumpeter is amazing here, offering a small taste of the sound he displayed on 1969's Collision in Black. But check out the next two tunes, both McGriff originals that push the LP into the red zone and keep it there.

"Keep Loose" takes the organist head-to-head against Schwartz's electric six-string, and forces a showdown. McGriff is like an out-of-control soul singer (James Brown in a concert setting comes to mind), incessantly forcing his band to play faster, greasier, and choppier on chorus after chorus. He ups the intensity level until there is nowhere to go but over the ledge. He takes them there on "Heavyweight," the very next number, a swinging boppish blues. The horns actually keep the track grounded as McGriff gets terse, dense, and finally unhinged: he's more adventurous in this solo than he had been before, then he double- and even triple-times the entire band! He brings Bushnell's bass up the ever-narrowing stairs of the riff until they become a single player, all groove, grit, and grease. McGriff's cover of Aretha Franklin's "Think" keeps the exuberance level high.

As the horns move right into the Memphis soul vamp, McGriff again plays the part of a vocalist: charging up and down the melody on his keyboards, popping in slippery side chords and harmonic flourishes. Tate's drums swing freely yet forcefully, and bass and guitar lines are simply nasty. The readings of Kenny Burrell's "Lock It Up" and Billy Strayhorn's "Take the 'A' Train" are the closest things to "straight" jazz here, though they're full of razored edges and hard angles. The reading of Neal Hefti's "Girl Talk" features the horns strolling leisurely on the melody and vamp, but McGriff goes into overdrive again and his solo hits the stratosphere.

The Worm is a monster album through and through. Not only is it a revelatory example of McGriff on the wild, it marks one of the first places where the new funky urban soul met jazz and blues and evolved into jazz-funk.

1 The Worm »» 03:17
2 Keep Loose »» 05:54
3 Heavyweight »» 06:15
4 Think »» 03:14
5 Lock It Up »» 05:11
6 Girl Talk »» 04:29
7 Blue Juice »» 04:56
8 Take The "A" Train 03:45

Blue Mitchell - Trumpet
Danny Turner - Alto Sax
Fats Theus - Tenor Sax
Bob Ashton - Baritone Sax
Thornel Schwartz - Guitar
Bob Bushell - Electric Bass
Grady Tate or Mel Lewis - Drums

LINKY ---> http://www.amazon.com/Worm-Jimmy-Mcgriff/dp/B000065TS4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298341960&sr=1-1

 

[Dennie]

The Best of the Song Books -- CD

Ella Fitzgerald

1993 Verve Records

Amazon.com

Trying to cull a single-CD "Best of" from the 16-CD set of The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books may seem like a daunting task, but it's also foolproof. The complete set is a monument to the century's greatest songs and, arguably, its greatest singer, and this selection is a series of gems programmed to simulate a Fitzgerald performance, carefully sequencing joyous uptempo swingers and moving ballads. Recorded between 1956 and 1964, Fitzgerald's finest years, the CD includes arrangements by Nelson Riddle, Billy May, and Buddy Bregman, as well as a superb rendering of "I've Got It Bad" with the Ellington orchestra and Johnny Hodges. Balancing the orchestral settings are some intimate small-group performances, including a witty rendition of Cole Porter's "Miss Otis Regrets" and Rodgers and Hart's "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered." This is an ideal introduction to the "Song Books," a selection so good it will appeal to owners of the box sets. --Stuart Broomer

01. Something's Gotta Give
02. Love Is Here To Stay
03. Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered
04. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
05. The Lady Is A Tramp
06. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
07. Miss Otis Regrets
08. 'S Wonderful
09. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
10. Love For Sale
11. They Can't Take That Away From Me
12. Midnight Sun
13. Hooray For Love
14. Why Was I Born
15. Cotton Tail
16. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye


LINKY ----> http://www.amazon.com/Best-Song-Boo...=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1298346013&sr=1-1




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[Dennie]

My last one for the evening....

Winelight -- CD

Grover Washington, Jr.

1980/1990 Elektra Records

Truly Classic Smooth Jazz, October 27, 2004
By Dwight W. Pitman (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)


This review is from: Winelight (Audio CD)

There are certain pieces of work that must be included in any decent music collection no matter what your taste in music. We usually refer to these as "classics". "Winelight" is one of those. A delight from beginning to end! More than just fine musical workmanship and technique, Mr. Washington captures the soul and essence of each melody. I first owned this album on vinyl, then moved to tape, and finally CD. Put this album on when you are feeling mellow and want to find a content mood.

1. "Winelight" (William Eaton)
2. "Let It Flow (for "Dr. J")" (Grover Washington, Jr.)
3. "In the Name of Love" (Ralph MacDonald, Grover Washington, Jr.)
4. "Take Me There" (Grover Washington, Jr.)
5. "Just the Two of Us" (Bill Withers, William Salter, Ralph MacDonald)
6. "Make Me a Memory (Sad Samba)" (Grover Washington, Jr.)

 

[Dennie]

Today's work truck music....

Greatest Hits - Rock 'n Soul Part 1 -- CD

Daryl Hall & John Oates

1983/1990 RCA Records

Amazon.com

Raised on Philly soul, Daryl Hall and John Oates hit their stride in the mid-'70s, when they abandoned the misguided folkish direction of their early albums for a sound that accurately reflected their roots in mainstream pop and smooth R&B--"rock 'n' soul" as they accurately called it. A string of brilliant hits followed, from the gorgeous "Sara Smile" and "She's Gone" to the wicked, finger-pointing "Rich Girl" and "Maneater" to Top 40 manna such as "Kiss on My List," "Private Eyes," and "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)." At only 12 tracks, this best-of collection is a little skimpy, but it'll do until the inevitable Hall & Oates box set arrives. --Daniel Durchholz

1. "Say It Isn't So" - 4:17 (Daryl Hall)
2. "Sara Smile" - 3:07 (Hall, Oates)
3. "She's Gone" - 3:24 (Hall, Oates)
4. "Rich Girl" - 2:23 (Hall)
5. "Kiss on My List" - 3:48 (Hall, Janna Allen)
6. "You Make My Dreams" - 3:10 (Hall, Oates, Sara Allen)
7. "Private Eyes" - 3:29 (Hall, S. Allen, J. Allen, Warren Pash)
8. "Adult Education" - 5:39 (Hall, Oates, S. Allen)
9. "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" - 3:39 (Hall, Oates, S. Allen, J. Allen)
10. "Maneater" - 4:34 (Hall, Oates, S. Allen)
11. "One on One" - 3:53 (Hall)
12. "Wait for Me (Live Version)" - 6:09 (Hall)

LINKY ----> http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Hits...=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1298389145&sr=1-4

 

[Botch]

My last one for the evening....

Winelight

Great disk! RIP, Mr. Washington...

 

[PaulyT]

After watching that Tom Dowd documentary, decided to give this one another spin. Glad I did; the first time I listened to this I really was kinda on the fence about it. I like it much more this time around.

 

[Botch]

In 5.1 SACD... :music-listening:

 

[Dennie]

Adele's second album came out today. If you like Amy Winehouse or Duffy, she has very similar style and sound....

PS If you buy it at Target, you get a bonus disc! :handgestures-thumbup: I received mine from Amazon. :angry-banghead:

21 (she names here albums what ever her age is at the time of release) CD

Adele

Today XL/Columbia Records

Product Description

21 is the eagerly awaited sophomore album from British singer-songwriter Adele. It’s the follow up to Adele’s critically acclaimed, Grammy award winning debut album 19 (both named after her age at the time the songs were written). Recorded in Malibu and London, 21 offered Adele the opportunity to work with such luminary producers and songwriters as Rick Rubin, Paul Epworth, Ryan Tedder, Dan Wilson and Fraser T. Smith, as well as continuing to work with Francis “Eg” White and Jim Abbiss.

This new collection of songs showcases the growth of this incredible artist, who at the very young age of twenty two, exhibits the poise of a seasoned veteran. Adele’s music takes some new direction while staying true to her signature style. “I discovered lots of artists I'd never heard of, particularly Wanda Jackson, Allison Krauss, Yvonne Fair, Andrew Bird, Neko Case, Lady Antebellum and Steel Drivers who I fell in love with. Then I delved in to more from artists I've loved forever - Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Elbow, Mos Def, Alanis Morissette, Tom Waits and Sinead O'Connor. There's something in every single one of these artists that have really really inspired 21.”

1. "Rolling in the Deep" Adkins, Paul Epworth Epworth 3:48
2. "Rumour Has It" Adkins, Ryan Tedder Tedder 3:43
3. "Turning Tables" Adkins, Tedder Jim Abbiss 4:10
4. "Don't You Remember" Adkins, Dan Wilson Rick Rubin 4:03
5. "Set Fire to the Rain" Adkins, Fraser T. Smith Smith 4:02
6. "He Won't Go" Adkins, Epworth Rubin 4:38
7. "Take It All" Adkins, Eg White Abbiss 3:48
8. "I'll Be Waiting" Adkins, Epworth Epworth 4:01
9. "One and Only" Adkins, Wilson, Greg Wells Rubin 5:48
10. "Lovesong" Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Roger O'Donnell, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst, Boris Williams Rubin 5:16
11. "Someone Like You" Adkins, Wilson Wilson, Adkins 4:45

 

[Dennie]

My last one for the evening....

Winelight

Great disk! RIP, Mr. Washington...

Oh Yeah! It was so smooth, I ended up listening to it Twice! :text-bravo:

RIP Grover Washington, jr., you are missed! :eusa-clap:


Dennie

 

[Dennie]

After watching that Tom Dowd documentary, decided to give this one another spin. Glad I did; the first time I listened to this I really was kinda on the fence about it. I like it much more this time around.

I'm glad you gave it a second chance Pauly, it really is a great set! :handgestures-thumbup:


Dennie

 

[Botch]

This one also came out today. I'll say this for Mr. Beck, he gives you a lot of music for the money: 27 songs, 164 minutes! :banana-dance:

 

[PaulyT]

Ha, just ordered that BD about an hour ago!

 

[Dennie]

This one also came out today. I'll say this for Mr. Beck, he gives you a lot of music for the money: 27 songs, 164 minutes! :banana-dance:

I added the CD (no Blu for me) to my wishlist a week or so ago, but decided to wait, as it was $18.98.

I just checked Amazon and it is only $10.00 today. Bought it with "One Click", it will be here Thursday! :handgestures-thumbup:

Thanks for Posting it Botch, you're saving me money.........I think? :think:


Dennie :happy-smileygiantred:

 

[Botch]

The CD was $18.98??? I paid $15 for the Bluray at BB today. :scared-yipes:

 

[Botch]

This one also came out today. I'll say this for Mr. Beck, he gives you a lot of music for the money: 27 songs, 164 minutes! :banana-dance:

This whole gig was a tribute to Les Paul, and there's more musical talent in the crowd than there is at the Grammy's! Interesting set so far. The first few songs featured a Darrel Higham on vocals, and it was all I-IV-V fifties rock, bored me to tears (I'm extremely tired of that kind of music). Now a gal named Imelda May has joined, and they're playing more 50's bigband, sounds GREAT, with some incredible harmonies, but there's no backup singers. I can tell by the precision its a Vocal Harmonizer, but the precision of the chords tells me it was arranged extremely well. :handgestures-thumbup:
The guest list also includes Brian Setzer, Gary US Bonds, and Trombone Shorty (!), so it should be a varied set remainder...

 

[Dennie]

Thanks for the update Botch!

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

The Melody At Night, With You -- CD

Keith Jarrett - Solo Piano

1999 ECM Records

Piano...memories...and the time with you., March 9, 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: The Melody At Night, With You (Audio CD)

Finally there's a solo piano album in my collection that can match John McArthur's `HIDDEN', Brad Mehldau's "Elegiac Cycle", Bill Evans' "Alone" and Keith Jarrett's legendary "Koln Concert". It's Keith Jarrett's `The Melody At Night With You'. Haven't heard such a great piano solo album in years. "The Melody At Night With You" was a revelation to me. Jarrett finally prooves that he CAN be the kind of piano player we new he could be. He tones down his signature moans and grunts, his beating of the piano and he plays, honestly and sincere. As a gift to his wife, Jarrett's playing takes your breath away. His playing is daring and adventurous, and because he has a perfect sense of structure as well, he never gets lost and keeps everything in perfect balance. And on top of this, his playing is deeply moving. I hear a lot of McArthur and Evans in Jarrett's playing on this album, but, much more important, I hear foremost a pianist with a distinct style of his own, that is warm and not pretentious. He is distinct. You will not regret buying this album.
All tracks are jazz standards or traditional songs (5 & 9), by other composers, except the second half of track 6 ("Meditation"), which is an improvisation by Jarrett

1. "I Loves You, Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) - 5:50
2. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 7:10
3. "Don't Ever Leave Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 2:47
4. "Someone to Watch over Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 5:05
5. "My Wild Irish Rose" (Traditional) - 5:21
6. "Blame It on My Youth/Meditation" (Edward Heyman, Oscar Levant/Jarrett) - 7:19
7. "Something to Remember You By" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 7:15
8. "Be My Love" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) - 5:38
9. "Shenandoah" (Traditional) - 5:52
10. "I'm Through With Love" (Gus Kahn, Fud Livingston, Matty Malneck) - 2:56

LINKY ------> http://www.amazon.com/Melody-At-Night-You/dp/B00002EPJH/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298436756&sr=1-1

 

[heeman]

This one also came out today. I'll say this for Mr. Beck, he gives you a lot of music for the money: 27 songs, 164 minutes! :banana-dance:

Botch, thanks for the review........this is a must get for me!!

 

[Dennie]

Todays work truck music.....

Young Lust - The Aerosmith Anthology -- 2 CD Set

Aerosmith

2001 Geffen Records

Amazon.com

Aerosmith's reign as America's greatest hard-rock heroes seemed all but over at the end of the '70s, the victim of internal squabbles, drug abuse, and a cocooned, decadent environment. Set against that backdrop, their '80's label switch and resurgence--and an eventual iconic, widespread acceptance even more pervasive than during their "prime"--was initially as gratifying as it was unlikely. This double-disc, 34-track compilation of the Geffen years chronicles a not-so-young band clawing their way back to the top with a hungry frenzy that shamed many upstarts half their age. With all the high points intact (including their groundbreaking rock-rap redux of "Walk this Way" with Run D.M.C., "Rag Doll," "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)," "Love In an Elevator," "Janie's Got a Gun," "The Other Side," Cryin'" et al.), this compilation offers up the expected live extras (a handful of old hits and '90's staples), soundtrack cuts ("Deuces Are Wild" and the Doors' "Love Me Two Times") and sundry rarities (including the non-album cuts "Don't Stop" and "Can't Stop Messin'," B-side "Head First," and Japan-only "Ain't Enough")--though, sadly, no "Theme to Wayne's World." But by its waning tracks, it also documents the encroaching influences of hired-gun tunesmiths like Desmond Child and Glen Ballard, and the band's troubling tendency to hew ever closer to the middle-of-the-road as its fame burgeoned. Younger listeners may well treasure this album as a history of Aerosmith's golden years, B.D.--as in before Diane (Warren). --Jerry McCulley
Disc One

1. "Let the Music Do the Talking" (Perry) – 3:45
2. "My Fist Your Face" (Aerosmith) – 4:21
3. "Shame on You" (Aerosmith) – 3:20
4. "Heart's Done Time" (Child, Perry) – 4:41
5. "Rag Doll" (Knight, Perry, Tyler, Vallance) – 4:24
6. "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (Child, Perry, Tyler) – 4:23
7. "Angel" (Child, Tyler) – 5:06
8. "Hangman Jury" (Perry, Tyler, Vallance) – 5:33
9. "Permanent Vacation" (Tyler, Whitford) – 4:48
10. "Young Lust" (Perry, Tyler, Vallance) – 4:19
11. "The Other Side" (Dozier, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland, Tyler, Vallance) – 4:06
12. "What It Takes" (Child, Perry, Tyler) – 5:10
13. "Monkey on My Back" (Perry, Tyler) – 3:57
14. "Love in an Elevator" (Perry, Tyler) – 5:21
15. "Janie's Got a Gun" (Hamilton, Tyler) – 5:27
16. "Ain't Enough" (Perry, Tyler) – 4:57
17. "Walk This Way (with Run-D.M.C.)" (Perry, Tyler) – 5:11

* Tracks 1-3 from Done with Mirrors (1985)
* Tracks 4-9 from Permanent Vacation (1987)
* Tracks 10-15 from Pump (1989)
* Track 16 previously released as a b-side to "Love in an Elevator"
* Track 17 from Run-D.M.C. album Raising Hell (1986)

Disc Two

1. "Eat the Rich" (Perry, Tyler, Vallance) – 4:32
2. "Love Me Two Times" (Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore) – 3:15
3. "Head First" (Perry, Tyler, Vallance) – 4:42
4. "Livin' on the Edge" (Acoustic Version) (Hudson, Perry, Tyler) – 5:37
5. "Don't Stop" (Perry, Tyler, Vallance) – 4:02
6. "Can't Stop Messin'" (Blades, Perry, Shaw, Tyler) – 4:34
7. "Amazing" (Orchestral Version) (Supa, Tyler) – 5:34
8. "Cryin'" (Perry, Rhodes, Tyler) – 5:08
9. "Crazy" (Child, Perry, Tyler) – 5:16
10. "Shut Up and Dance" (Blades, Perry, Shaw, Tyler) – 4:50
11. "Deuces Are Wild" (Tyler, Vallance) – 3:32
12. "Walk on Water" (Blades, Perry, Shaw, Tyler) – 4:53
13. "Blind Man" (Perry, Rhodes, Tyler) – 3:57
14. "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" (live) (Ballard, Perry, Tyler) – 3:25
15. "Dream On" (live) (Tyler) – 4:53
16. "Hole in My Soul" (live) (Child, Perry, Tyler) – 5:37
17. "Sweet Emotion" (live) (Hamilton, Tyler) – 5:52

* Tracks 1, 4, 7-10 from Get a Grip (1993)
* Track 2 from Air America (1990)
* Tracks 3, 5, 6 released as B-sides (1993–94)
* Tracks 11-13 from Big Ones (1994)
* Tracks 14-17 from A Little South of Sanity (1998)

LINKY ---> http://www.amazon.com/Young-Lust-Ae...QEO2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298475218&sr=1-1