Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners (Riverside RISA-226-6) Rollins, Roach, Pettiford, Monk. Quite a band.
Ornette Coleman: Beauty Is A Rare Thing (The Complete Atlantic Recordings) 6 CD set released in 1993. Checked out from my local library and downloaded to my iPod Nano. Started out late yesterday afternoon with the piece "Beauty is Rare Thing" from This Is Our Music and let it roll from there as I weeded, raked, and etc.
NP: Bill Connors -Step It 1984 Drums, Mixed By – Dave Weckl Electric Bass – Tom Kennedy Guitar [Second] – Steve Khan (tracks: 6) Guitar, Composed By, Mixed By – Bill Connors
I was walking home tonight from a disappointing show at a local jazz bar when this song came on my earbuds , this version by Roberta Flack ( Ballad of The Sad Young Men ) I can say with confidence that without being a member of this thread and without your relentless dedication to highlighting neglected artists or tunes Tribute , I would not have known of this song. I did a search to find this recent series of posts. As much as I hate algorithmic playlists , I must have listened to this song a couple of times after this , for it to be inserted into my earbuds , and it just killed me. No histrionic vocals , just heartfelt understatement set to unvarnished words. I was surprised by the emotional wallop and did some online sleuthing and found this interesting obsessive ( in a good way ) tale of discovery and having a nephew who has transitioned to a place of contentment , I can relate to it in a most profound and fortunately positive way , it added a rich emphasis to already richly embedded lyric. Mark Shilansky Thanks for the place for this to happen @Lonson , I tend to take it for granted.
I played that album so much when it was released, still my favorite Santana. I saw Santana at the Greek Theater in Berkely, 5th row, about the same year.
Probably most of us are not in New York City and/or well-heeled enough to buy tickets to tomorrow's Jazz Foundation of America's benefit Gala "A Great Night in Harlem", but it will be live streamed for free (real time only, I believe.)
Haven't enjoyed this cd in a while. I was thinking of my late first wife Helen, and that led me to think of listening to Helen Merrill, and I saw this one, which was sitting neglected on a shelf a long time. Helen Merrill featuring Stan Getz "Just Friends" Emarcy cd
Phil Woods, Tom Harrell "The Jazz Masters" Groove Merchant/Solid Records Japan cd Just in from Japan, these recent Groove Merchant reissues sound really good, and I've always enjoyed this band. Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Phil Woods Bass – Steve Gilmore Drums, Producer – Bill Goodwin Piano – Hal Galper Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Tom Harrell
My daughter has some clothes in this fashion though I don't see her wearing them much. Just the other day my mother-and-law and I were looking at a ripped up sweater in the wash wondering where it came from and almost threw it out.
Up early today as I had to drive my wife to the hospital for a heart procedure. She’s likely going to need surgery. Listening on the way home to Disc 3.
