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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Hi astro58go,

Nice to see another Luna fan here. I read a review on Amazon about Luna, it went something like this... "if there is a house band in heaven, Luna would be it". I concur.

Happy Listening.
A weeks worth of 80's music...one day at a time....

Talk Talk "It's My Life"
Psychedelic Furs "Mr. Jones"
Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls"
Eurythmics  "Sweet Dreams"
INXS "Devil Inside"

!!!!!!



..just one more.....it just speaks So deeply...

Smog "Teenage Spaceship"

Happy Listening!
Nutty,

Your post of David Bowie, moved me to listen through "Let's Dance" for the first time in years.

I have fond memories. This (lp) was playing on a system that included Spica TC-50 speakers years ago when I was a budding audiophile. At the time, I had Klipsch KG-4's. I later sold them and purchased a pair of Spica TC-50i's. They are still in a closet.

Bowie will always be awesome!
Nutty,

Ronnie Montrose... I was always really bummed when really, no one much, acknowledged his passing years ago.  IMO, he was one of the greats!
Nutty,

FWIW.... M.Ward does an interesting interpretation of "Let's Dance" that you may enjoy. I always liked it.

Cheers!
just to name a couple of artists' records he played on/with...

Van Morrison "Tupelo Honey"
Edgar Winter  "They Only Come Out at Night"
mofi,

Interesting. I posted this lp in another thread a couple of hours before this.

Good taste is infectious!

Merry Christmas
one more please??

I listened to my copy of (Classic Records) Led Zeppelin "S/T" the other week.

It sounded fantastic! It needs to be on a list of best freshman lps of all time.

"Your Time Is Gonna Come"!

give it another chance?
moofoo,

I think astro58go referred to Shuggie's version earlier. Thanks for clearing it up!
A (hopefully funny story)...

I was at a local Music Matters event around 3 years ago in which M Fremer attended with one of his (shows).

Somehow, a relevant opening appeared... ( I think the current talk was Classic Records)...I said from my back row seat,,, "like the LAST sticker on the "Rough Mix" lp? Fremer kind of bowed his head after he realized what I meant.
The way the story went as I remember it...

Hobson contacted Fremer for his copy of "Rough Mix" to duplicate for the Classic Records release.

Fremer provided his personal copy. It wasn't caught until later that Fremer's copy had a LAST sticker on the back jacket cover.

If you own the Classic Records copy, look and you'll see. It really does blend in if you aren't looking for it.
David Gilmore "On An Island"

Mofimadness,

I dusted off my 30 some year old, well worn copy of REO "Riding The Storm Out" (I too, had a snow storm event)

Mind you, this is my original copy from over 30 years ago in which I partied to frequently. Looking at it now, I'd be hard pressed to pay $1.00 for.

After very slow steaming, and a good 6 minutes in my AD cleaner...
Walla! (Should I say Violla?)

It sounds great! This really is a damn good sounding (live) lp!

Monkees: An underappreciated band! Ask Steven Stills?


mofimadness,

by the way, I own the SHEL cd even though I have no cd player in my home system. I was so struck by them after seeing them on tv, I purchased the cd.