Listenings of interest

Tony Rice - Church Street Blues YouTube (Wikipedia)

Vince Guaraldi is the guy who plays the Peanuts piano, and it's quite pleasant, including the Christmas album. He died at 47 of a heart attack.

Introducing Kenny Cox 1968

Kenny Cox - piano

Charles Moore - trumpet

Leon Henderson - tenor saxophone

Ron Brooks - bass

Danny Spencer - drums

Composer of the Week: Bud Powell on BBC. I feel like he's rushed. That's bebop maybe. I didn't know he spent time in a psych ward after being arrested in 1945. He had ideas of reference, and was in Creedmoor for quite a long time, and got ECT in 1946.

The Charismatic Voice is Elizabeth Zharoff education about vocalizing. She's a classically trained singer, and teacher, and she puts words to music. She has great facial expressions, and she doesn't really know the history of rock and roll, and she's enjoying breaking down great songs. It's really quite fun somehow. The way she breaks down a song and goes back and relistens is really interesting, I feel like when I listen to her analyse a song, that I really know it. It makes me love rock and roll again. She is so pleasantly surprised by music she's never hear. Her focus is supposed to be the voice, but she's gutted by the lyrics sometimes.

"What A Fool Believes"

"Sympathy For The Devil"

"Bloodletting"

"Wish You Were Here"

"Paradise By The Dashboard Light"

London Calling (1979)

Lots of death in music, Peter Sinfield of King Crimson.

Jazz In Memoriam collects them.

Roy Haynes is the latest (NY Times).

How have I not known about Ted Gioia! I want to read his history of Jazz.

Fastest bluegrass

Comments

Tenorio jr

There's a movie on Netflix, They Shot The Piano Player (2023). It's about the disappearance of Tenório Jr. I'm really surprised, I couldn't find a previous post about Tenório Jr . Born in 1940, he disappeared in 1976 when he was 34, just coming into his powers. He came out with his first and only album in Embalo in 1964 ( Spotify ). He's an accompanist on many other albums. I tracked down all the albums mentioned on the Wikipedia page on Spotify and made a playlist . Lots of the albums were not present, and some had to be hunted for, did not come up on the search for the title. Embalo on YouTube .

Female vocalist I like

My friend asked for more women vocalists. I sent him Right Back To It by Waxahatchee, which is my current favorite. Kathryn Crutchfield is the singer. Unfortunately when I’m meditating, these kinds of questions obsess me as a kind of distraction. My first thought was Joni Mitchell , and Brandi Carlile . Those two are giants. There’s nobody like Ella Fitzgerald , I think she’s the top. I like her work with Duke Ellington best. Billie Holiday is a favorite. I love it that J. Edgar Hoover sent an agent to get the dirt on her, and he fell in love with her. I love her albums with Lester Young . Alison Krauss has such a sweet voice, from bluegrass to pop. Her latest albums have been with the guy who sang for Led Zeppelin. Linda Ronstadt constantly amazed me. Blue Bayou is amazing. Lately I've been listening to Sophie Milman . Indigo Girls have some solid hits. Galileo , Closer To Fine , Tiny Desk Concert . Tiny Desk Concerts are amazing. Power of Two on Spotify . ...

Laura Marling latest album Patterns in Repeat

I'm not sure if I've ever heard a song of Laura Marling , but I saw a review in The Guardian of her latest album, Patterns in Repeat : "she is probably the closest artist her generation has to a Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez or Patti Smith". Wikipedia reports: Her sixth record, Semper Femina, was also nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Folk Album category, as was Song for Our Daughter. Links: Her Instagram , album on Spotify . Folk Alley Review : "patterns blossom and fade, reminding us of the cycles of life through which our family members have passed and through which we and future generations will also pass. Laura Marling’s airy and spacious Patterns in Repeat gently meditates on the cyclical character of life: the persistent departures and returns that animate our relationships." No Depression review: "Laura Marling’s latest album, Patterns in Repeat, was inspired by the birth of Marling’s daughter and the singer-songwriter’s initiation into mot...

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