Thanks, Greg. Hectic visit this time - lots of hopping from place to place lecturing for different groups. Yesterday Oslo, today Tonsberg, tomorrow Stavanger.
@GP it sounds a bit like my stepson's work visit to the States a month or so ago - New York, Chicago, Kamsas City and Boston in three days! He only really saw airports, hotels, and taxis!
This is a Norwegian jazz album I've just discovered in recent new releases - coincidence or not?? The samples sounded OK, so I downloaded, still on first track, verging on avant garde so far
My knowledge of Scandinavian languages is limited, BN, so I take your word for that! I'm now about two thirds through the album. It is the kind of thing that I would not have even considerd listening to six months ago, but I like it. You could almost go as far as describing it as experimental as welll as avant garde jazz. I'd recommend it as worth a listen to you BN, as well as GP, Jonah and others.
@ Greg: Before I answer, check to see what price 7digital is selling the I Wanna Go Backwards and Luminous Groove boxsets in England. Here they are $10.
Greg, I think you'd like many of his albums: Black Snake, I Often Dream of Trains, Element of Light, probably several of the more recent ones (I love Propellor Time, though you might like Spooked more.) Some of his albums late 80s/early 90s albums go too far into surrealist lyrics and quirky, jangly pop.
@BT - I can't get 7 digital to open at the moment but Luminous Grove is nearly £30 on Amazon and £37.80 on emusic (but actually costs me much less because of my grandfathered plan - 90 tracks works out at £18 actual cost, but would take nearly a month of credits). I wanna go backwards is £40 on Amazon, not on emusic. 7 digital update - I've just got the equivalent of their oops page!
@Greg: I believe their prices are comparable, and Luminous Groove has two of the albums I recommend (as well as Eye and off-album tracks from the same era).
When I posted earlier about getting a ukulele I remembered I had obtained this during one of my AmieStreet binges. IIRC it got pulled from Amie by the time I got around to trying to post about it's availability there here.
Dexter Gordon tenor and soprano saxophone
Frank Wess alto saxophone, flute, piccolo
Woody Shaw trumpet, fluegelhorn
Benny Bailey lead trumpet, fluegelhorn
Slide Hampton trombone
Wayne Andre lead trombone
Howard Johnson tuba, baritone saxophone
Bobby Hutcherson vibes
George Cables piano
Rufus Reid bass
Victor Lewis drums
I've been investigating the various versions of the Smile Sessions. I've decided to probably buy the actual CDs - better quality overall, certainly with the equipment I will lsiten to it, so this will have to do whilst I await the parcel from Amazon!
@Greg: I'm back and forth on whether to recommend Luminous Groove (also 7.99). It contains Fegmania, Element of Light, and the live Gotta Let this Hen Out. The Egyptians were a tight musical outfit. Fegmania was a favorite of mine in college, perhaps in no small part to Hitchcock's own playing (heavily influenced by Roger McGuinn). The lyrics were starting to become impenetrable. Gotta Let This Hen Out is a decent live album, nothing special. Element of Light is more relaxed than Fegmania, more often decribed as his "Beatles" album. "Raymond Chandler Evening", "The President", and "Somewhere Apart" are incredible pop songs. Of course, you'd pay the same amount just to get Element.
Last night I listened to Globe of Frogs, his best A&M album, just to confirm that my feelings about it changed. I like it and Perspex Island when younger, but now feel they are uptight affairs. One can almost imagine the producer in the booth saying, "we need more songs about insects, Robyn."
Thanks BT - I did listen to a number of tracks on Spotify earlier this morning from the Chronology set - what struck me most was the psychadelia influence of some. I'll play a few more there before deciding whether to download. It is certainly a gap in my musical background though!
I'm really liking this current album - A Jonah recommendation form the other place
Cloudkicker - The Map is Not the Territory - this is (or was) available from Free Metal Albums - it's instrumental, and has a lot to love for anyone into post-rock, although still with a metal edge. It's really incredibly good; every time I hear it I can't believe it's free.
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I love, love, love it when an album you are waiting on to be the Amazon deal of the day, actually is! Still $3.99 if anyone is interested.
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Free on Amazon UK - as usual a bit of a varied feast!
Welcome back to this side of the Atlantic, GP!
Currently listening to I Often Dream of Trains by Robyn Hitchcock.
This is a Norwegian jazz album I've just discovered in recent new releases - coincidence or not?? The samples sounded OK, so I downloaded, still on first track, verging on avant garde so far
Migrations - Trondheim Jazz Orchestra &
How fortunate that
Ukeleles for Christmas. My teen daughter got a uke for Christmas last year, loves it.
My search for the link to put above lead me to this: Smells like Teen Spirit - The Ukulele Orchestra
Dexter Gordon tenor and soprano saxophone
Frank Wess alto saxophone, flute, piccolo
Woody Shaw trumpet, fluegelhorn
Benny Bailey lead trumpet, fluegelhorn
Slide Hampton trombone
Wayne Andre lead trombone
Howard Johnson tuba, baritone saxophone
Bobby Hutcherson vibes
George Cables piano
Rufus Reid bass
Victor Lewis drums
I've been investigating the various versions of the Smile Sessions. I've decided to probably buy the actual CDs - better quality overall, certainly with the equipment I will lsiten to it, so this will have to do whilst I await the parcel from Amazon!
Live At Eurosonic 2011
Last night I listened to Globe of Frogs, his best A&M album, just to confirm that my feelings about it changed. I like it and Perspex Island when younger, but now feel they are uptight affairs. One can almost imagine the producer in the booth saying, "we need more songs about insects, Robyn."
Thanks BT - I did listen to a number of tracks on Spotify earlier this morning from the Chronology set - what struck me most was the psychadelia influence of some. I'll play a few more there before deciding whether to download. It is certainly a gap in my musical background though!
I'm really liking this current album - A Jonah recommendation form the other place
I'd forgotten how good this is!