Re; instrumentalists with vocalists; John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman is a really great album; worth a listen if you get a chance. Although maybe Hartman doesn't count as a random vocalist.
"Never Will I Marry" - video link
Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
Nat Adderley - cornet
Louis Hayes - drums
Sam Jones - double bass
Joe Zawinul - piano
Nancy sitting in "as a sort of easy-going third horn." Just makes me melt. Drummer is the same Louis Hayes as on that new Smoke Sessions album!
Paul Dresher - Concerto for Quadrachord & Orchestra - "The Quadrachord is an invented musical instrument with four strings and is 15 feet long.
On this composite recording, the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra conducted by Joana Carneiro performed the 1st and 2nd movements, Oct. 2012
The La Jolla Symphony conducted by Steven Schick performed the 3rd movement, March 2013"
I'm spending the day external examining 25 post graduate assignments - not quite the same as assessing, as I basically have to agree or otherwise the marks given (GP and others in universities will understand!) I need fairly gentle music in the background....
Craig - I too saw the US v Belgium game, but with English commentary. The US did well, especially Tim Howard in goal. An amazing weekend of sport coming up here - Wimbledon finals, British Grand Prix, and the Tour de France start in Yorkshire, besides the World Cup soccer. I'm off to see the TdF on Monday when it starts in Cambridge and goes on to London.
Bugge Wesseltoft & Henning Kraggerud - "Last Spring"
-Some peaceful piano & viola/violin/etc duets on the ACT Music label. Good stuff for a peaceful morning, and feeling shell-shocked following a haunting night of migraines. People in good health will probably enjoy it, too.
Here's an old review on my site. This morning, I was able to add an embedded track and some additional retail links since when I originally pubbed the review back in (probably) 2012.
-Terrific collaboration between Tucker Martine, Lee Townsend, Bill Frisell, Eyvind Kang, Ron MIles, Matt Chamberlain and Mike Elizondo. Electronica and Frisellian Americana. A little more lively than their self-title debut (which I enjoyed more), but plenty to love here, too.
Another old review that I updated with embedded audio and additional retail links...
Mount Analog - "New Skin"
-A sort of pre-Floratone collaboration of Tucker Martine and Bill Frisell (and many many others). Really great stuff. I posted about it somewhere on eMusers back in the day, but had forgotten about the album until last week. Been listening to it like mad, and now that I'm going through a small stretch of burnout, I'm turning to older albums and writing more blog-y posts about them. Like this here...
Comments
When We're Gone - by BettySoo
Gosh, 2014 is really turning out to be a fantastic year for new releases.
Good weather for Airstrikes- A Home for You
NYOP Bandcamp
Craig
This is one where the CD definitely sounds better than the MP3.
Instrumental greats should avoid adding random vocalists to tracks.
N.P. Straight, No Chaser
"Never Will I Marry" - video link
Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
Nat Adderley - cornet
Louis Hayes - drums
Sam Jones - double bass
Joe Zawinul - piano
Nancy sitting in "as a sort of easy-going third horn." Just makes me melt. Drummer is the same Louis Hayes as on that new Smoke Sessions album!
Smiley Smile keeps growing on me; there are parts of it I think I like better than Smile.
Rats, was just contemplating going on hold and emusic does another double-your-money booster pack sale. Hard to refuse those prices.
Paul Dresher - Concerto for Quadrachord & Orchestra
- "The Quadrachord is an invented musical instrument with four strings and is 15 feet long.
On this composite recording, the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra conducted by Joana Carneiro performed the 1st and 2nd movements, Oct. 2012
The La Jolla Symphony conducted by Steven Schick performed the 3rd movement, March 2013"
I'm spending the day external examining 25 post graduate assignments - not quite the same as assessing, as I basically have to agree or otherwise the marks given (GP and others in universities will understand!) I need fairly gentle music in the background....
Craig - I too saw the US v Belgium game, but with English commentary. The US did well, especially Tim Howard in goal. An amazing weekend of sport coming up here - Wimbledon finals, British Grand Prix, and the Tour de France start in Yorkshire, besides the World Cup soccer. I'm off to see the TdF on Monday when it starts in Cambridge and goes on to London.
- More wonderful stuff from Mr. Dresher . . .
ETA: and I'm the only one in the whole wide Last.fm world who has listened to this.
- What a shame !
Then
Bugge Wesseltoft & Henning Kraggerud - "Last Spring"
-Some peaceful piano & viola/violin/etc duets on the ACT Music label. Good stuff for a peaceful morning, and feeling shell-shocked following a haunting night of migraines. People in good health will probably enjoy it, too.
Here's an old review on my site. This morning, I was able to add an embedded track and some additional retail links since when I originally pubbed the review back in (probably) 2012.
http://www.birdistheworm.com/bugge-wesseltoft-henning-kraggerud-last-spring/
Floratone - "Floratone II"
-Terrific collaboration between Tucker Martine, Lee Townsend, Bill Frisell, Eyvind Kang, Ron MIles, Matt Chamberlain and Mike Elizondo. Electronica and Frisellian Americana. A little more lively than their self-title debut (which I enjoyed more), but plenty to love here, too.
Another old review that I updated with embedded audio and additional retail links...
http://www.birdistheworm.com/floratone-floratone-ii/
And this album will, hopefully, be leading into a Safety Net review I post later, from the similar ensemble Mount Analog.
Mount Analog - "New Skin"
-A sort of pre-Floratone collaboration of Tucker Martine and Bill Frisell (and many many others). Really great stuff. I posted about it somewhere on eMusers back in the day, but had forgotten about the album until last week. Been listening to it like mad, and now that I'm going through a small stretch of burnout, I'm turning to older albums and writing more blog-y posts about them. Like this here...
http://www.birdistheworm.com/before-floratone-mount-analog-new-skin-a-safety-net-review/
FS Blumm - "Lichten"
Nice peaceful stuff. An old Amie St pickup.
Matthew Halsall - "When the World Was One"
Yo, stream & purchase it on Bandcamp.
EDIT: Thanks, GP. I fixed my link, too. I had some syntax in there that shouldn't have been.
@jp, that Mount Analog sounds lovely - thanks.
Your Matthew Halsall link is bad - here's another.