What are you listening to Part the Third

[Hopstretch]

Kind of reminds me of Dead Can Dance.

[mikeymad]

Thankful
by Natalie Cole (1977)

https://album.link/wmxqjwcnt0mcj

Example:

I didn't know this part of her career. I found her in the late 80s and listened to the late 90s. I have missed a lot. Amazing release in the middle of disco area that is so full of soul and great production.

[mikeymad]

On 5/21/2025 at 9:18 AM, mikeymad said:

{also a reminder that the February release - ARBORESQUE - is still in my queue}

Because of ^^

ARBORESQUE
by Artemis (2025)

https://album.link/43rqkf2zqcx6s

Example:

They deliver the goods, and being on Blue Note does not hurt at all. This will be in rotation for a bit. 

[aerius]

When an Italian comedy band is more metal than most metal bands

 

[robm321]

Rainbow - Difficult to Cure

SACD

Edited May 28 by robm321

[Dusty Chalk]

Supertramp, Live in Paris '79 -- great gig, all their top songs, zero filler, very great.

I was reminded how the second half of "Child of Vision" is just one long -- stonkin' -- piano solo, very much like The The's "Uncertain Smile".  Compare:

 

[Voltron]

I don't really remember the details of the show, but I took a girl to see her favorite band REO Speedwagon in late 1979 even though I wouldn't have been caught dead there otherwise. I do recall it was a good show, and I also recall I didn't get even a proper kiss for my efforts. 

[mikeymad]

50yo

Nils Lofgren
by Nils Lofgren Band (1975)

https://album.link/tfvx4chsvnb0g

Example:

Some good playing, the songs are okay to me. 

[mikeymad]

Search For The New Land
by Lee Morgan (1966)

https://album.link/qkcjcfrch3whp

Example:

Opening with this 16 minute monster, Lee had something to say in '66. With Wayne, Herbie and the boys, just a stellar set. {RVG of course}

[Torpedo]

Zim Ngqawana - Zimphonic Suites

It's in Qobuz and other sites

New to me artist who came recommended at another website. Kind of fun jazz, pretty straight ahead with African influence.

 

[dsavitsk]

 

[mikeymad]

Sonny Meets Hawk!
by Sonny Rollins (1963)

https://album.link/s94wfwvvrgh6z

Example:

Sonny, Hawk. Hawk, Sonny. Nice to meet you.

Good colab. They play with themes and sounds back and forth the entire album. With some experimental things going on as well. 

[mikeymad]

Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works
by Yuja Wang (2025)

https://album.link/cw0v6b3mzztxf

Example:

Up to all the standards that one would expect. 

[mikeymad]

Copland: Our Town Suite, The Red Pony Suite & El Salón México
by Aaron Copland (1988)

https://album.link/kjqzqbb7js4mt

Example:

Finally getting back to finish off the trio of CBS Masterworks: Copland v Copland... Like the others, just lovely, maybe not the most audiophile of the recordings out there, but super lush and the performance is unquestionably good. I may poke around a little bit more for other recordings, I have a few others in my queue (Bernstein, MTT, Marriner), but I feel that in the future, I will probably just come back to these. 

[robm321]

Funny, I just came here to post what I listened to yesterday. The sound quality is pristine. I've always been a fan of HDCD, especiallly in Reference Recording's hands. 

YMMV, but I very much enjoy the performance as well. I've had this disc for years. 

 

[mikeymad]

50yo

Wind On The Water
by Crosby & Nash (1975)

https://album.link/5vnkkwtcmj2vj

Example:

There were a couple albums of just the duo. Nice set of tunes. 

[mikeymad]

Shazam
by The Move (1970)

https://album.link/gwvsqbsvnzrxh

Example:

The short lived but fun 'The Move'.  

[mikeymad]

https://youtu.be/o4qbnQAsC-8?si=eobRwZGPAQeQF-40

"The link could not be embedded because youtu.be does not allow embedding of that video."  

 

Anyway -   Hania Rani - Nancy Jazz Pulsations 2023 - ARTE concert

Just posted a few days ago of the 2023 performance. 

Worthy as always. 

[HiWire]

The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops

 

Shpongle - Codex VI

[mikeymad]

Personal History
by Mary Chapin Carpenter (2025)

https://album.link/gtnmzvcxr3szp

Example:

Warm and sometimes brooding. A set of tunes from one that seems to know who they are and where they are in their life. 

[robm321]

 

[mikeymad]

19 hours ago, robm321 said:

 

^^ this.

I had it high in my queue and your post pushed it forward. Not an easy listen. Not that it is not really good. It is pretty great. But it is not for the faint of heart. There are a lot of notes, and they are not in the order that I would expect. But listening deeply there are themes and phrases that emerge that are very rewarding. And some tunes that are absolutely beautiful.  Well recorded and minimizes the Jarrett mumble. 

Side note - last week when I had a friend visiting, I tried to explain - The Köln Concert - It was hard with someone that does not listen to jazz and had never heard of it before.