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

Introduced to this man by my late best friend who was only 37 back in 2012. 
Worthy of a listen and in my honest humble opinion the entire album is spectacular…

Remy Shand - The Way I Feel 

RIP my music lover brother. 

Wow! This one showed up in my Spotify Discover Weekly playlist this week. I love this kind of music... Captain Beyond - "Sufficiently Breathless"

 

 

English rock band … Spacehog - Ship Wrecked

(alternative rock, glam rock, space rock) 

 

Olivia Vedder (Flag Day Motion Picture Soundtrack) - "My Father's Daughter"

@slaw  - It think I saw you post the album on the "what's playing" thread a week or two ago. Streamed the album via Spotify. The opening track of Olivia singing "my Father's Daughter" is the star of the record IMHO. It's all pretty good, but this song is special...

Joanne Shaw Taylor, The Blues Album, CD Produced by best friend Joe Bonnamossa. A collection of cover tracks that really focus on J.S.T.'s vocal abilities.  "Let Me Down Easy"

 

Happy New Year 

N

"The Times They Are A-Changing" by Bill Kirchen and Austin De Lone. Now my favorite version of this great song, found on the pair’s Transatlanticana album (reviewed by myself in the What’s In Your CDP Tonight thread.). Goosebump-inducing!

Sorry LP purists, available on CD only.

Air - Alone in Kyoto. Highlights that the Electronic/Dance genre can produce beautiful music. 

I don't have that one Eric. The "S/T" lp has some interesting cover art.

@slaw: Good to see you giving The Rubinoos their due. Do you also have their Back To The Drawing Board album? It contains a fantastic song entitled "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend", very high energy Power Pop (with a great guitar solo by Tommy Dunbar). It shoulda been a hit single! They are also a great live band (I saw them in both the 80’s and 90’s).

Julie Miller with Buddy Miller: "When You Go Down". From Buddy and Julie's Lockdown Album, digital streaming only, but I heard the song on YouTube. The object of Julie's ire will become apparent when you watch the video.

That would have been a nice fund to have for future lp purchases, @dabel.

@slaw 

Laying down some ZZ Top the other day. Nice! Geez, If only I'd received a dollar for every time I spun that track. 

Coffee anyone?

Here's some morning coffee, 1st cup ... Scorpions - Sails Of Charon

2nd cup ... YRO Racer X with Paul Gilbert - Street Lethal

3rd cup wind down ... Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown