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sleeping lion about music and more sleeping lion about music and more about me posted by ordbajs january 11 2009 the count still counts australian sound engineer robert parker developed a unique way of making simulated stereo recordings out of old 78s extracting far more sonic detail from these ancient recordings than one would have ever thought possible on this disc he turns his expertise to count basie jazz snobs and jazz purists refuse to admit it but the fact is that jazz was once part of pop culture back in the late 30s swing wasn t regarded as ultra intellectual complicated inaccessible music for the select few it reached the masses and it heated up the juke boxes neighborhood bars house parties and high school dances that would subsequently be dominated by rock or r b count basie was an artist but he was also an entertainer and much like earth wind fire in the 1970s or prince in the 1980s he provided music that had a brain as well as a beat spanning 1937 1939 this superb collection takes you back to a time when basie s big band was on the cutting edge of african american music this 24 song cd which nimbus released in 2000 isn t the last word on basie in the late 30s some essential favorites from that period are missing including going to chicago blues and how long blues but the material that nimbus does provide is excellent definitive recordings of one o clock jump jumpin at the woodside swinging the blues and oh lady be good are an essential part of any swing collection five star soloists like trumpeters buck clayton and harry sweets edison and tenor saxophonist lester young are employed and singer jimmy rushing a seminal blues shouter who influenced everyone from joe williams to king pleasure and eddie jefferson is featured on about half of the selections including sent for you yesterday good morning blues the blues i like to hear and i keep remembering 1 comment posted in music posted by ordbajs november 1 2008 eat out out to lunch was eric dolphy s only recording for blue note records as a leader today it is generally considered one of the finest albums in the label s history as well as one of the high points in 1960s jazz avant garde and in dolphy s discography the title of the album s first track hat and beard refers to thelonious monk the song contains a famous percussive interlude featuring tony williams and bobby hutcherson something sweet something tender includes a noteworthy duet between richard davis on bass and dolphy on bass clarinet the third composition gazzelloni was named after classical flautist severino gazzelloni but is otherwise the album s most conventional bop based theme the second side features two long pieces for alto saxophone the title track and straight up and down intended according to the original liner notes to evoke a drunken stagger tony williams had turned eighteen a few months before this recording and is listed as anthony williams on the album cover a few months after recording this album dolphy went on a european tour with charles mingus he died shortly thereafter of a diabetic coma 1 comment posted in music posted by ordbajs november 1 2008 madness in mexico the legendary 4 lucia di lammermoor by donizetti mad scenes from the mexico june 1952 performance by maria callas question which is mad the callas lucia or her frenzied public wrote claudia cassidy for maria s chicago 1954 performances this applies even more strikingly to callas debut lucias in mexico on june 1952 what we have here are the 3 full mad scenes from the june 10th 14th and 26th performances plus the bis from the opening night just listen to the first june 10th pazzia then to the demented applause of the lucky bellas artes audience and the telling commentaries of the breathless and stunned mexican radio broadcaster and you will understand why maria had to bis the scene not only to please her amazed public but also and mostly to please herself by correcting some slight technical problems she had encountered in the first rendition and perfects herself if these words mean anything this work in progress is obviously felt by comparing all 4 versions we can just touch the psychological development of the caracter and check the technical progress it is there for everyone to experience yes she had never sung lucia on stage before yes there was not a stage director either yes her conductor and orchestra were excecrable yes after and between her 3 lucias she had also to perform tosca june 28th and make her debut as gilda june 16th assoluta sacred monster super human yes all that and even more lucia being thus sung back in 1952 by a dramatic soprano d agilita was revolutionary visionary utterly beyond anything anyone could have thought possible well then this extraordinary document should be in every maria and opera lover s collection nb there is no previously unpublished material as the cover proclaims the sound is 50s mono mexican broadcast not very good but perfectly adequate to enjoy what s happening here i would pitty anyone giving this document a miss on these grounds only quote above from unknown but passionate internet opera expert give these recordings a chance they are transferred from the shellac originals that formerly belonged to callas herself 1 comment posted in music posted by ordbajs october 31 2008 bill live bill withers must be one of the best modern american songwriters ever his songs tend to be intensly melodic yet quite simple constructions with a irrestible funky beat withers started his singer songwriter career at 30 years of age after a 10 year stint in the army and had his first big hit with ain t no sunshine making it to number three in the pop charts and certified gold in the september 1971 withers began touring and recording in 1972 with a band assembled from los angeles based members of the watts 103rd street rhythm band drummer james gadson guitarist bernoce blackmon keyboardist ray jackson and bassist melvin dunlap and recorded live at carnegie hall in 1973 for sussex records it finds finds bill at the top of his game and is considered one of the best live releases from the 70s he is now retired from performing and is running a publishing company in beverly hills la a documentary still bill was made about him in 2008 where he can be seen jamming with his old band 1 comment posted in music posted by ordbajs september 30 2008 billie the way she really sounded from allmusic com australian sound engineer robert parker has developed a unique way of making simulated stereo recordings out of old 78s extracting far more sonic detail from these ancient recordings than one would have ever thought possible on this disc he turns his expertise to 20 old 78s by billie holiday recorded between 1935 and 1949 working with both big bands conducted by sy oliver gordon jenkins and toots camarata and smaller groups most of them led by teddy wilson holiday simply comes alive on these tracks the imaging brings the music more alive than it s been probably since the day it was recorded obviously some discs fare better than others on this set but you simply haven t heard these sides until you hear what robert parker has done with them here check the link to jazz classics in stereo to the right for more on robert parker 1 comment posted in music posted by ordbajs august 26 2008 latin dimensions con roberto torres 1972 debut album from this largely unknown band a very solid record no weak songs fantastic tempos and strong players the two violins one of them alfredo de la fe blend beautifully with the horns and there is something for everyone montunos con charanga for dancers slow son in draculita with flutes and violins electric guitar in comparación and in very funky ri ki ta tun and violins again plus heavy horns in tumbando caña and aqui esta mi rumba not much known about the band they made 2 more albums and then vanished no cd reissues not much info in the internet mike martinez is musical director ira herscher is arranger and roberto torres is on vocals killer album don t miss it 1 comment posted in music posted by ordbajs august 17 2008 john lee supercharged serves you right to suffer is probably the best sounding album by john lee hooker i ever heard and is a absolute joy to listen to recorded in 1965 just like hodoo man blues on the impulse label and produced by bob thiele its a john lee tour de force in raw and earthy blues john lee is on this album backed by an interesting band of session musicians and maybe this is what makes the album stand out a bit on bass is milt hinton regarded by many as one of the greatest jazz bassists of all time drummer panama francis played with cab calloway and duke ellington and also played on many pop hits like buddy hollys peggy sue and the platters only you on guitar is barry galbraith again a jazz musician who played with miles and billie holiday and appears on the ultra hip stan getz eddie sauter led soundtrack to mickey one there is a wonderful light feel to this album that shines through john lees hard and hypnotic narrative the re mastering also makes a fantastic job in making this cd sound as if it was made today 1 comment posted in music posted by ordbajs august 17 2008 hoodo man blues when i was 16 17 years old i used to play guitar in a couple of blues bands and there were a few records we always listened too door to door with albert king otis rush chicago bound with jimmy rogers and this album hodoo man blues with junior wells on delmark it is junior wells debut lp he had previously only released on 7 and 10 and became delmark s best seller establishing wells career and receiving critical acclaim as being among the best albums wells ever produced and even among the greatest blues albums ever made juniors sidemen on the record are buddy guy on guitar jack myers on bass and fred warren on drums the overall sound is naked and economic almost like they ve been influenced by the mgs somehow with buddy guitar being very clean and upfront and jack myers innovative slightly distorted bass way back in the mix listen to jack myers imposing both major and phrygian modes on buddys minor chords in hound dog contrasting to the sparse backing are juniors totally raw and convincing harmonica and vocals compelling stuff 1 comment posted in music posted by ordbajs august 11 2008 there s no place like america today there s no place like america today by curtis mayfield my favorite album at the moment this and bill withers still bill gorgeous music lovely dry mid 70s production meaningful lyrics phil upchurch on guitar from allmusic the title is intended in an ironic way as illustrated not only by the cover a grim parody of late 40s early 50s advertising imagery depicting white versus black social reality but the grim yet utterly catchy and haunting opening number billy jack a song about gun violence that was years ahead of its time it s scored to an incisive horn arrangement by richard tufo when seasons change is a beautifully wrought account of the miseries of urban life that contains elements of both gospel and contemporary soul the album s one big song so in love which made number 67 on the pop charts but was a top ten soul hit is only the prettiest of a string of exquisite tracks on the album including blue monday people and jesus and the soaring finale love to the people broken up by the harder edged hard times the album doesn t really have as clearly delineated a body of songs as mayfield s earlier topical releases but it s in the same league with his other work of the period and represents him near his prime as a composer right on 1 comment posted in music posted by ordbajs august 9 2008 festival time it is summertime and the living is easy it is also the time for jazz festivals and to celebrate this here are some recent live recordings from stockholm jazz festival and north sea jazz festival both concerts are grabbed from radio and therefore is the sound quality decent enjoy first out is sf jazz collective stockholm jazz festival skeppsholmen nya scenen outdoor venue stockholm sweden july 18 2008 as some of you might know sf jazz collective is a group that is commissioned each year to arrange and play the works of a jazz great past years have been ornette coleman 2004 john coltrane 2005 herbie hancock 2006 and thelonious monk 2007 this year s group arranged wayne shorter tunes the band for 2008 is joe lovano dave douglas stefon harris miguel zenón robin eubanks renee rosnes matt penman and eric harland something of a jazz supergroup in other words check out stefon harris playing his ass off on track 2 stefon harris rocks this is actually a lovely concert and then there is sharon jones the dap kings north sea jazz festival 2008 33rd edition congo ahoy rotterdam the netherlands holland 2008 07 12 sharon jones vocals gabriel roth band leader bass neal sugarman tenor sax ian hendrickson baritone sax dave guy trumpet tom brenneck binky griptite guitar homer steinwess drums fernando velez jordan matthew kirkwood susan laurent even if they sound like some 60 soul revue sj the dps consists of bunch of white guys from brooklyn with a former corrections officer at new york s rykers island on vocals and the records they make are of this century incredible enjoy live 3 comments posted in music older posts categories geek music weird recent posts the count still counts eat out madness in mexico bill live billie the way she really sounded links all about jazz blue note extreme brazil giant steps interview hangin with andy interview juan flores 2006 jazz classics in stereo jazz discography project jazzever kcrw music thing other music the hound wfmu why records do all sound same zero g sound blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed sleeping lion sign me up have a wordpress com account log in now privacy sleeping lion view site in reader manage subscriptions sign up log in report this content collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email required name required 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