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Paul Bley - Fragments
Paul Bley (Piano), John Surman (Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet), Bill Frisell (Guitar) and Paul Motian (Drums).
Streaming on Qobuz (44.1/16)… continuing on this afternoon with this fantastic quartet! A wonderful album and love the space and interplay between the musicians, just superb. One very sweet album!
Jack Johnson On and On
James Taylor’s Greatest Hits
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Bill Frisell - The Best of Bill Frisell, Volume 1: Folks Songs
Streaming on Qobuz (44.1/16)… returning from an afternoon walk and taking Bill out for another spin and he is sounding sublime! One lovely album and just love the guitar on the album cover…
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Bill Frisell - Beautiful Dreamers
Bill Frisell (Guitar), Eyvind Kang (Viola) and Rudy Royston (Drums).
Streaming on Qobuz (44.1/16)… continuing on this evening with Bill and this fabulous trio with this 2010 album release and they are sounding sublime! Perhaps not for everyone but I do enjoy Bill’s work across so many types of music and with the hundreds of people he has worked with throughout his career.
Superb…
Hungover - everyone else also suffering - so kick start the morning with this wonderful desert blues offering. Mdou Moctar Afrique Victime. Tidal on phone - can’t wait to hear on vinyl through the main system. At times lilting at times urgent and forceful. Brilliant guitar work both electric and accoustic, lovely harmonies, interspersed with atmospheric field recordings of Niger life. Stonking!
The only good thing about a hangover is you know your going to improve as the day goes on, eventually. Horrible way to start your day, hope it was worth. 
Interesting, agree that Diamond Dogs is very special and was part of a wave of energetic creativity, but I think the following albums also push the boundaries even further (Berlin trilogy specifically), some of which took a while for me to appreciate fully. Really like some of the later work too - Lets Dance (gateway album), Outside, The Next Day, and (for me especially) Heathen , and then there’s the final chapter with Blackstar - an awe inspiring body of work.
Love this album!
Allison Russell, outside child. Thanks @SneakyPete for this. Good on her for sharing such personal past trauma and I hope she experienced much healing and finds release, joy, pride and hope in her new life and music. 
It’s a favourite of mine as well, wanted to hear it through my new gear.
I loved DDs the 3 part Sweet Thing tracks are brilliant, but I also appreciated the next direction. Young Americans is a better album than critics claimed, the track Can You Hear Me is imo his best ballad.
Someone posted this yesterday (sorry I forgot who, apologies)
Initially caught my eye as I thought he had a bit of a resemblance to Linton Kwesi Johnson.
A new name to me, great driving Blues n soul, cheers!
Robert Finley - Sharecropper’s Son
Quite fitting given the current Black Keys love in here, produced and co written by Dan Auerbach
