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

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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...

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 . ...

Listen to an album a day in 2025

I want to force myself to read more, and putting on an album isn't the best way, would be better to just read with a timer to commit, but there's noise outside my window, so I like to put on pleasant things, and it's cool to hear music. So I'm going to list albums I'm listening to. I'm going to favor instrumental albums and update, and change if I don't actually listen to albums I'm projecting into the future. Will link to wikipedia page of famous albums. And artist. 12/30/2024. Hot Rats (1969) by Frank Zappa . Second track has vocals. ( Spotify ). Frank Zappa – guitar, octave bass, percussion Ian Underwood – piano, organus maximus, flute, all clarinets, all saxes Also featuring Captain Beefheart – vocals on "Willie the Pimp" Max Bennett – bass on all tracks except "Peaches en Regalia" Shuggie Otis – bass on "Peaches en Regalia" John Guerin – drums on "Willie the Pimp", "Little Umbrellas" and "It M...

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