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"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.
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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"Goin’ Down To Sing In Texas" by Iris DeMent, found on her new album Workin’ On A World. The first thing I heard was the wonderful combination of piano and Hammond B3 organ/Leslie speaker, along with brush-played drums and what sounds like an upright bass. Then Iris started singing, and what I heard was not only wonderful as is usual with her, but something that very much reminded me of Dylan’s singing on his great album "Love And Theft" (quotations not of my doing, but his). A very casual, relaxed, "playful" use of phrasing. Iris is a FANTASTIC singer! And songwriter; the album is full of great ones. Iris will be back at The Aladdin Theater in Portland in August (last time was in early-2020), and I will again be there to see and hear her. If she is coming to your area, do yourself a huge favour and go see/hear her! |
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That's a good one @curiousjim . That entire disc is really good. I'll listen to it tonight. |
Great choice @curiousjom! I first heard "I’m Just A Country Boy" on Albert Lee’s fantastic 1979 album Hiding, but Albert and the rest of Heads Hands & Feet had first recorded the song for their self-titled 1971 album (the version you named). Albert always closes his live shows with the song, which never fails to bring down the house. It’s his "signature" song. I became aware of Albert when he appeared on Dave Edmunds’ 1979 album Repeat When Necessary. Albert’s incredible Telecaster playing can be heard on hundreds of other albums, including those of Emmylou Harris, The Everly Brothers, Eric Clapton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Rosanne Cash, Carlene Carter (Rosanne’s step-sister), John Prine, Ricky Skaggs, Joe Cocker, Rodney Crowell, Nanci Griffith, Foster & Lloyd, Brad Paisley (Brad obviously used the guitar playing of Albert as the model for his own playing), Jackson Browne, many many others---even Herbie Mann! A guitarists’ guitarist, amongst the handful of greatest. |