redline Posted June 1, 2017 Posted June 1, 2017 Real rock music played through Marshalls, Ampeg Scramblers, and concert toms... 2 Quote
JohnnyB Posted June 2, 2017 Posted June 2, 2017 (edited) Spinning a couple of jazz trio albums anchored by the late pianist extraordiare Hank Jones. Yesterday I spun "Hanky Panky". The trio is filled out with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Grady Tate. I first became aware of Tate and Carter from the Quincy Jones A&M albums my sister sent me in the late '60s. The other slbum is titled "Just for Fun, and Hank's collaborators are at least as impressive--Ray Brown on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, and guitarist Howard Roberts on about half the tracks. Sorry, I can't find any cuts from Just For Fun on YouTube. Edited June 2, 2017 by JohnnyB 1 Quote
JohnnyB Posted June 3, 2017 Posted June 3, 2017 I just spun Lou Rawls' first album, Stormy Monday, cut in 1962. Back in the '70s when I lived in SoCal, I heard this awesome album playing over the sound system at Tower Records. It was unmistakably Rawls, but this was a bluesy jazz album. Instead of middle-of-the-road pop, it was a jazz trio, and a really good one at that. I was particularly taken by the piano, both accompaniment and improvised solos. This is Lou Rawls' equivalent of early Nat King Cole, singing and playing (in Nat's case) in a jazz trio before the corporate suits stepped in and turned everything into a big middle-of-the-road production. 3 Quote
mudshark Posted June 4, 2017 Posted June 4, 2017 Memphis + Tex Mex = Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs 3 Quote
stonge Posted June 22, 2017 Posted June 22, 2017 The Nashville Sound by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Quote
Camstone Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 Toots Thielemans "The Brazil Project 2" This has been in my car for the last month and I can't seem to want to take it out. Wonderful! 1 Quote
JohnnyB Posted June 27, 2017 Posted June 27, 2017 I was first turned onto Ry Cooder 40 years ago when this album made its way into a Cincinnati AM jazz station. I bought a copy immediately and have had one ever since. I spun it again a couple of days ago. Quote
DaveL Posted June 28, 2017 Posted June 28, 2017 Bowling For Soup, Acoustic, Live in a freakin old English Church... they are pretty good acoustically... Waysted "Vices" the Pete Way solo band, loved this cd back in the day and just finished his book. One of my heroes, but kind of a sad read as he never seemed to pull it together... Quote
Brooks Posted June 28, 2017 Posted June 28, 2017 On 6/1/2017 at 8:15 PM, JohnnyB said: Hank's collaborators are at least as impressive--Ray Brown on bass, Shelly Manne on drums, and guitarist Howard Roberts on about half the tracks. The Poll Winners! I used to have one of their cds Quote
gorch Posted July 19, 2017 Posted July 19, 2017 Bought some used LPs, 70s, 80s stuff. Wire Train - ...in a chamber Urban Heroes - The Age Of... Nazareth - Snaz Ian Cussick - Treasure Islands 1 Quote
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