Tune of the Day


"Blue Rondo a la Turk"  on the Two Generations of Brubeck album.  Wow.

There are many fine versions of this tune, but this one gets me dancing, clapping, fist-pounding, whatever, every time....and it's not easy to dance in, what, 9/8?  I love tunes that grow, build, develop, and move through changes.  This one just picks me up and takes me right along with it.  Great melding of jazz and rock idioms, too.  It's fun to imagine Dave Brubeck setting the groove and then sitting back to hear where his kids and their friends take it. 

You can continue exploring Dave and the kids on Two Generations of Brubeck, "The Great Spirit Made Us All".  And Chris Brubeck's rock/jazz band Sky King on "Secret Sauce".

For extra credit, give a "spin" to Chase, "Bochawa" from their last album, Pure Music.

Anyway, that's my two cents today.




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@bdp24 ,
I hope you have John Hiatt "The Eclipse Sessions" on vinyl. An outstanding performance....along with outstanding SQ!
Primal Scream "Everybody Needs Somebody" great rock n soul.
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@bdp24

I understand what you are referring to when you say "the players are holding back". I always describe that as "less is more". Nice!


Jim Lauderdale "Wearing Out Your Cool"
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@bdp24,

Do you have JL "Time Flies"? Came out last year on Yep Roc Records. Highly recommended!
It's great @bdp24 , that's why I contacted you here my friend!
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band  "The Road to Babylon"
@bdp24 

I love Mary! It seems part of your accolades for her is her technical song-writing ability. Regarding The Beatles, I certainly don't have any real  musical or song-writing training, so I come at it on my end by just what I find interesting. Regarding your last statement....(from my perspective) The Beatles as individual song-writers had great to moderate success. All of them hard charting songs.  It seems you're kind of hard on them. I do appreciate your perspective though.

I heard the other day that Paul said in an interview that John never told him but once that he wrote a good song.