Ronny Jordan the quiet revolution / 1993 Island / France CD / CID80095182542
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That led me to a bit of a Jeff Beck Fest
Had these on vinyl when I first had my LP12
Re enjoying this
Jeff Beck - Truth
Next up
Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow
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CD - EMI Classics : )
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf died 15 years ago today
Schwarzkopf died in her sleep during the night of 2–3 August 2006 at her home in Schruns, Vorarlberg, Austria, aged 90. Her ashes, and those of (husband) Walter Legge, were buried next to her parents in Zumikon near Zürich, where she had lived from 1982 to 2003.
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf 1915-2006
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Portishead - Dummy
A few others have posted this recently, which nudged me to play it. Currently playing on Qobuz because I don’t own a copy. I’ve come close to owning a copy on at least three occasions, but somehow have never quite managed it. Listened to it for the first time yesterday and am now on second play. It’s quite hypnotic in places!
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Glad you’re enjoying them, Clive. Only “Third” left to go to complete the trilogy of their studio albums. There’s also Roseland NYC live.
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AllMusic Review by Rick Anderson
Some may be surprised to know that reggae music actually has deep roots in jazz. Ska, reggae’s stylistic precursor, came into being as a fusion of Jamaican mento, calypso, and American R&B, but some of its earliest and best players were Kingston jazz musicians, and early ska tunes were very often characterized by swinging rhythms and walking basslines. Ska eventually slowed down and its rhythms shifted, resulting first in the short-lived “rocksteady” style before it slowed further and became reggae, which dominated the island’s music scene for a decade and a half before eventually being supplanted by the more raucous dancehall style. Pianist Monty Alexander has been bringing jazz back to reggae music (and vice versa) for decades; Harlem-Kingston Express finds him in a live setting, continuing to explore the connections between traditional reggae and straight-ahead jazz while also forging new ones. An example of the latter approach is his strange but intriguing take on the dub reggae classic “King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown.” The original tune was a dub remix of Jacob Miller’s “Baby I Love You So,” mixed by the legendary producer King Tubby and embellished by Augustus Pablo’s melodica; it is considered by many to be the finest example of 1970s dub ever recorded. Alexander starts out playing the tune more or less straight, taking the melodica part himself – then suddenly, the ensemble erupts into a frantic Afro-Cuban middle section before modulating and coming back to the original theme. Elsewhere, he delivers a brisk but unexceptional take on “Sweet Georgia Brown,” a partly successful reggae adaptation of the jazz standard “Freddie Freeloader,” and a surprisingly perfect arrangement of Bob Marley’s “No Woman No Cry.” Alexander continues to be a highly effective ambassador between two once-fraternal musical styles that have sadly lost touch with each other since childhood.
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Sigur Ros, (), bandcamp
Subtle and soothing background.
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Monty Alexander’s brilliant JA infused interpretations of Thelonious Monk
Well worth checking out
Wareika Hill - Rastamonk Vibrations
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Fela Kuti who passed away yesterday 2 Aug 1977
Fela Kuti - The Best Of The Black President
So much great music I think its impossible to compile a “best of” but a few choice tracks here.
(Not keen on the sound on this comp compared to the original album tracks)
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