Recently have stumbled across a treasure of vinyl recordings from Hindsight Records. "The Uncollected" series of live Big Band Jazz recordings made from radio broadcasts primarily in the 1930's and 1940's. Each album with fascinating liner and song notes. Every recording is a joy to listen to. Especially when framed against one's knowledge of world events of those years. What radio used to be.
Hindsight Records Website
From starting out listening to my parents records to staying up late at night listening to the radio to being introduced to album collecting as a teenager to making mix-tapes and into the present, it seems that I've always been searching for and listening to music of widely varied genres. Here's an idea of what I've been hearing along the way ....
Sunday, November 2, 2014
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'I Don't Know' by Ignatz. Ignatz is Belgian musician Bram Devens. Sparse haunting piano over (and below) soundscapes created f...
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Duke Ellington - The Ellington Suites. An antique shop find on vinyl. Jazz pieces recorded in 1959 and the early 1970's. Three separate ...
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A compilation from 2001 and Oxford American magazine. I think they would put out an annual collection of Southern music. I found two or thr...
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New vinyl titled, 'Terrain' from Portico Quartet. Discovered this group about a year ago while searching for new directions in jazz....

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