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.




77jovian

April 13th 50 years ago?  First Native American band to break into the Hot 100 and #5.

 

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@ghosthouse 

My pleasure. My musical tasted are all over the map, but SD has so many amazing tunes, it’s hard not to post one or two.😁

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@curiousjim 

We must listen to the same radio station...

A nice string of sold tracks from you.  

SD's Countdown is superb.  The plain vanilla RedBook CD I have is one of their better sounding "classic" recordings.  Two from it that always connect for me:

The Boston Rag

King Of The World

 

@slaw 

As ever, forza fratello.

 

 

@slaw 

Nice hearing from you.  Yeah, that Petty song is one of his better ones you ask me.  Hits close to home.  Not a fan of everything he's done but spending time with Echo lately.  A pretty solid album front to back.  

Counting On You

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Hard Promises

Something Big

"...he was not looking for romance, just someone he could trust
[Chorus]
And it wasn't no way to carry on
It wasn't no way to live
But he could put up with it for a little while
He was working on something big...."

 

"Back in the Doghouse" & "Underneath a Blue and Cloudless Sky" Seasick Steve