A track for...(darkness fish)

[fange]

Oh good track, freap, cheers man. I know Clarke's playing as a sideman in the 50s and 60s (Miles, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell, Dexter Gordon) much better than his solo or Boland-band records, sadly; something i clearly need to remedy properly. I enjoyed this track a lot, even the expansive drum solo I am a big fan of this smaller segment of jazz, the late-60s to late-70s big band style where there was so much mixing and blending of sound and approach. When done well it is simply brilliant. I will be checking out this group in greater detail today, thanks for the heads up!

Ok, let me think of someone else...

[fange]

Keeping the jazz theme going, here's one for OSGOOD.

I remember you were really enjoying getting into Miles' first great quintet/sextet period a little while ago, so this should be right up your alley too, Os.

Released in '58, this is a killer hard bop sextet record by Donald Byrd, John Coltrane, Curtis Fuller, Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers and Art Taylor. Sonny Clark died way too young; his relatively small but wonderful catalogue is full of gems i would highly recommend.

[osgood]

Thanks fange, this requires a proper listening, I'll give it a go later today.

[osgood]

Cheers Fange, very much up my street. Clearly of its time and you can feel its belonging to a sort of transitional period in the difference between Clark and Fuller's solos, to my ears still clinging to the harmonic scale, albeit with some superb moments of tension/resolution, and Coltrane's hardly unexpectedly more adventurous approach. In any case, a most enjoyable track from ptobably my fave jazz era. I'll explore further this record and some others of his.

Will come back soon with something for somebody.

[osgood]

For unknown reasons this tune came to my mind yesterday. It's from a London band that apparently only had some success in Germany and Spain. My older brother had it as B side of a stupid rendition of "London Bridge Is Falling Down"*. I think this is a fine piece of Brit pop of the era that would sit nicely on Village Green Preservation Society (but this is earlier)



I propose it to JC

*yes, that London Bridge Is Falling Down, and no, you don't want to hear it.

[Ollard]

Thanks Pepe!

I tend to like most things from this period - this is very much your lighter side of psych, I think, but it's groovy. I like the Brian Auger keyboards (Hammond?), although the vocal's a bit generic. But definitely a hit! (and now I'm going to listen to the A-side 🙂)


This one's for G

[loveless]

Sept 19, 2024 8:02:07 GMT Ollard said:

This one's for G

I cannae see it!

[Ollard]

Try this (starts at 0:55)




or this

[Stacy Heydon]

Sorry for the delay on replying. Thanks for the nomination J. The track wasn't really to my taste - nice guitar sound, but the vocal melody never really got going, it seemed a bit of a mess. Nevertheless there was enough that was distinctive about it to make me mildly curious about the artist.

Now for one of the happiest songs I know and it's for Loveless.

[loveless]

And I love it!

Thanks for that, it's got a great feel and sound! Is there more where that came from?

Let me send one to riggers:

[Stacy Heydon]

Oh he has a big catalogue and there a lot of goodies to be picked.

Of his albums Clube da Esquina is regarded as a classic and a good starting point..although not a solo album strictly speaking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clube_da_Esquina_(album)

[riggers]

Sept 26, 2024 21:36:56 GMT loveless said:

And I love it!

Thanks for that, it's got a great feel and sound! Is there more where that came from?

Let me send one to riggers:

Gaah! Finally found time to listen/reply and it's 'video unavailable'...What was it?

[Charlie O.]

"April Suzanne" by Robert Lester Folsom.

[riggers]

Cheers Charlie. Oh, that's nice. The sort of thing the algorithms chuck my way all the time.
It reminds me a little of Emmet Rhodes, Nilsson etc, but vocally it has more of a melancholic Englishness to it. It's almost like a warmer Roy Harper, or a cooler Gibert O' Sullivan (not that there's anything wrong with Gilbert, you understand).

How about this one for Ray. One of those new fangled modern bands, that have been tickling my fancy a bit.

bar italia-'the only conscious being in the universe'

[adamcoan]

Finally a decent track is posted on a thread that has seen standards dropping like a stone. Well done Riggers.