Trumpet player.
My continuing search for new sounds and directions in Jazz has led to the discovery of Mathias Eick.
And a bonus with beautiful cover art!! Which has become a general necessity these days to be added to my collection.
AND it's on vinyl!!!
There's two additional recordings currently in the mail. It appears that I'm officially hooked.
I don't know why I'm doing this. Don't know why I'm torturing myself. Few things make me so achingly nostalgic. So sad for lost youth. But here goes. A Steely Dan playlist .....
Doctor Wu ..... These days, this is where Steely Dan's music starts for me.
My Old School ..... Might as well just get out the old yearbook and inflict nostalgic memories of what once was. Remembering the old faces and places as I listen.
Rikki Don't Lose That Number ..... This is the one that now says, high school to me. And I don't think it actually received radio play until I was out of high school.
Deacon Blues ..... I wasn't much of a fan initially. But the album, 'Aja' grabbed my attention. By then I had some getting acquainted to do.
Dirty Work
Throw Back the Little Ones
Kid Charlemagne ..... "And I'm never going back to my old school." It is more difficult than I would have ever thought.
Hey Nineteen ..... "Please take me along when you slide on down."
Only A Fool Would Say That
Neil Swainson Quintet - '49th Parallel'
A recent vinyl reissue of this 1989 album arriving at my front door. I'm really loving when that happens.I love the packaging on this record. Gatefold sleeve with liner notes and an interview. Just the way that it all is presented ..... catches my eye.
Previously unknown Jazz sounds. Neil Swainson is a bass player. Original songs except for one Joe Henderson cover. And there's a bonus download track to be found in the packaging.
It's amazing how there's always something old, especially with Jazz, that's exciting and unique to discover. That's new to one's ears.
Trumpeter Woody Shaw's final studio recording.
I do wish that they had kept the original 1989 album cover for this reissue. I would have purchased that upon first sighting, no song samples needed .....
You just might see his photo next to an entry in your dictionary for Indie singer/songwriter. Early stripped down Neil Young meets Nick Drake and Elliott Smith.
Not my first Damien Jurado experience. I have at least a half dozen of his albums. Was feeling extreme frustration at the ongoing non-delivery of his latest and discovered this gem while messaging amazon support. So great things do sometimes arise from displeasure. And I've been assured that the initial frustration will ease by this coming Friday .... "at the latest." I'll likely play this album three or four times before then.
From 2000 on Sub Pop records. Usually an indication of quality. Beautiful melodies are to be found within!!
On the song 'Paxil' he shows that he can switch direction and rock as well as anyone. Surrounding it are more acoustic sounds. 'Walk With Me' reminds of Neil Young's, 'Love in Mind.'
If I could sit down and create s mix-tape tonight for you, wherever you are .....
I know next to nothing about Bill Callahan. He's a new voice for me that I stumbled across while perusing possibly Amazon or itunes, where he seems to be very popular.. A low key singer/songwriter that I've been trying to decide who he reminds me of. Maybe a cross between Bill Morrissey, Greg Brown and Tom Rush .... which certainly adds up to a good thing. More Bill Morrissey than the others.
This recording has just been released.
A recent vinyl find of this 1971 recording.
I think my introduction to his music was forty years ago with the 'No Nukes' benefit concert compilation and his contribution, 'We Almost Lost Detroit.'
Great lyricist.
"I saw my daddy greet the mailman And I heard the mailman say "Now don't you take this letter to heart now Jimmy Cause they've laid off nine others today" He didn't know what he was saying He could hardly understand That he was only talking to Pieces of a man."
Another Saturday playlist. Just because. Just stuff heard on the radio in hopes of hearing something new where I feel the need to investigate further .....
A vinyl find!! Indie Rock.
A new band for me, discovered in the wake of my record store closing and the resulting increase in research for new sounds. I just can't physically stumble onto new things like usual. Discovering that there is something exciting about finding new music on your doorstep.
Incredible cover art, which is also on display inside the gatefold and individual record sleeves. (It's a double LP with a bonus cd.) Eye catching cover art has become a huge purchasing factor for me these days.
