I'm not a fanbase. Apologies for the Internet sarcasm. I should have known better. oh, for crying out loud...I'll see you and raise you Dengue Fever, Last Exit, Bongwater, Vijay Iyer...and, um, Wes Montgomery, playing "Misty."
This album is so good. It's kinda meditative jazz (?) . Perfect for chillin' with some bourbon of course Unfortunately not able to find clips on YT.
Moving back to Dead, but previously listened to the remaster of The Flying Teapot from the Love from the Planet Gong box. I am, you are, we are, crazy!
I really feel like recommending giving you this album by Michel Petrucciani. The music, here recorded live at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1998, is truly sublimely played. Petrucciani is a miracle of the piano, his bandmates here are in splendid form. We've got Steve Gadd on drums, and man, what does he sound like, really, there's a few... There's Anthony Jackson on electric bass (6-string bass: AMAZING!), Denis Leloup with trombone, Stefano di Battista on sax (alto and soprano) and that monster by Flavio Boltro on trumpet and flugelhorn. The CD is well recorded, it is very pleasant to listen to, without audiophile exaggerations. There is a second CD (bonus) with 3 long pieces, always live, I find it very interesting, it's worth it! The DVD of the 1998 concert is identical to the music of the first CD, but we also have here the videos of the 6 musicians on stage. Jazz concert footage rarely offers many extras, as often happens in rock (lights, smoke, film, flying pigs, collapsing walls, etc...). This is not necessary in jazz: it's the the music to be enjoyed! Here, our musicians have found a more than excellent interplay. Boltro is one of the best known Italian trumpet players, he is still very young here but, in addition to Gadd and Michel, he is the : ane who drags the others along. The public (very demanding) gets involved in the big forward. Simple movies, then, but beautiful enough to be really appreciated big time!. And then, come on, let's say it. It is tender to see the great MICHEL PETRUCCIANI arrive on stage, play like few others, greet and thank the spectators for the applause and well-deserved ovation. It's tenderness, but, be careful: NOT COMPASSION!!! he didn't want any. He felt like a lucky man, to be able and able to play the piano. A GIANT! nothing else to add. Michel Petrucciani : Both worlds live (North Sea Jazz Festival)
Every Picture Tells A Story may be the greatest thing Rod's ever done. Ronnie Wood really awakens something in him. You'd never know from Kenney Jones' lackluster work with the Who that he could slam the drums to an inch of their lives as in Small/Faces (I always seem to come into these things backwards) - He's like a middle ground between Ringo and Moon -- loose swing like the former, falling-down-stairs style of the latter. And McLagan and Lane unfairly get buried, their instrumental and writing talent are wonderful. "(I Know) I'm Losing You" makes the Faces sound like the coolest mf'ers on the planet. There's a militarily precise debauchery to that whole run that just astonishes me. Some great ballads from Rod too, you wouldn't expect that depth from him (I don't mean "wouldn't expect that depth" as a reflection of his background, but rather compared to his later work). Also his autobiography is actually very good.
I’m not familiar with him, but have some friends who at least pre-pandemic were going from here in the SF Bay Area to the North Sea Jazz Festival every year for about a couple decades, and they always had great things to say about both the festival and the community that it draws.
Interesting that, although it’s on the album, “l Heard It Through The Grapevine” isn’t amongst the tracks mentioned on the front cover.
King Crimson - May 28th 1971 Green's Playhouse, Glasgow. Great show with a couple of unfortunate cuts.
This album is absolutely gorgeous. Miles Davis — trumpet Cannonball Adderley — alto saxophone John Coltrane — tenor saxophone Bill Evans — piano Paul Chambers — double bass Jimmy Cobb — drums
In the need of some relaxing, good sung, melodic wave, on this rainy Italian morning. We had to go out with our band in about 2 hours, but it's such a rainy day, so I'll start with some good music: Elvis Presley, 24 Karat hits! Elvis always brings some SUN in our house...
Music night at Jowcol Towers was brought forward by 24 hours this week to avoid a clash with England v Senegal at the World Cup. We caroused to the sounds of Jason & The Scorchers - Fervor Aretha Franklin- 30 Greatest Hits Van Morrison- It’s Too Late To Stop Now Joni Mitchell- The Hissing Of Summer Lawns The Only Ones- Even Serpents Shine Lyle Lovett & His Large Band Waylon Jennings - Dreaming My Dreams Paul Kelly & The Messengers - Comedy Robert Earl Keen, Jr - West Textures Millie Jackson - Feelin’ Bitchy Follakzoid- I Feeling remarkably chipper this morning all things considered
Django Bates Belovèd, Confirmation, 2012 (I couldn't find the album version, so here's a live version of the penultimate track of "Confirmation")
