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

"Greens Of June" "Behind The Armory" "Best Kept Secret"

Case/Lang/Veirs

 

"'Til I Die", music and lyrics by Brian Wilson, found on The Beach Boys' Surf's Up album.

 

Loggins & Messina, "Golden Ribbons"

Tom Waits, "The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)"

Jerry Jeff Walker, "Song for the Life" (Tony Rice's version is good, too).

^ Nice one @dayglow . I played it recently....really brings me back to a time I loved. 🏆

"Dreamville" "Like A Diamond"             

Tom Petty/Heartbreakers 

"Misfit Kid" is dynamically expressive....

code for F....king Awesome 

 

"God Only Knows", in this video in which Rick Beato dissects the song from a technical point of view.

 

https://youtu.be/HrpxOva8rBQ?si=C6RgWjeX0uBwcvgM