WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?

[ryan_p]

John Zorn - The Mysteries. Beautiful and mystical. Bill Frisell on guitar, Kenny Wolleson on vibes and Carol Emmanuel on harp.

I have listened to Zorn's The Gift and absolutely drool over the arrangements, a very enjoyable disc.  Will have to check out The Mysteries.

Thanks, Will check out The Gift.

[David Houck]

Just listened to Dance of Sappho from Zorn's The Mysteries; lovely.  Might listen to some more of this.

And listened to Makahaa from his The Gift; very different from The Mysteries, a delightful, laid back, surf guitar piece.

[David Houck]

John Zorn live with, among others, Marc Ribot from The Gift on Guitar, and Kenny Wollesen from The Mysteries on Vibes.  Very cool piece.

[edwardofhuncote]

Regarding recording rehearsals Dave, we never have, but that's a good idea... we just have a general understanding that any Friday night not booked is practice night, unless somebody calls 'hot date'. 

Seriously though, our first recorded project together is tracked, and about 60% mixed. We hope beyond hope to have it out by Summer's end. I'll post some tracks here as soon as they are presentable.

I just can't seem to get enough of Alison lately. I wore out her Windy City CD in the car while on a looooong road trip this weekend. This old Roger Miller song jumped out at me.

I love the gentle cadence she places between peaks. Miller was a song-writing genius. And Alison is a once-in-a-generation treasure.

*yesterday was her birthday too, come to think of it. (she's 46 now...)

[pauldo]

John Zorn live with, among others, Marc Ribot from The Gift on Guitar, and Kenny Wollesen from The Mysteries on Vibes.  Very cool piece.

I did listen to The Mysteries and this ^^^ and while listening it occurred to me that much of Zorn's music is an audio take on  murmurations (starlings).  The music spins and twirls and spreads out in different directions and then just as suddenly it pulls back together heading in a single direction only to 'disperse' again...

On the heels of that I found this:
John Zorn O'o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0gXGwk27Zo
"Named for an extinct Hawaiian bird whose delightful song will sadly never be sung again, O'o is the exotic follow up to The Dreamers, one of Zorn's most popular and appealing musical projects. Featuring the same dynamic band of masters from Zorn's inner circle, O'o presents twelve more lyrical and adventurous instrumentals combining world music, surf, exotica, soundtracks, easy listening, minimalism and more into a fabulous and exciting new music. Beautifully packaged in original artwork by Chippy, this is charming and adventurous music passionately performed by a downtown super group."

His musical library is vast.

[pauldo]

Vallejo - Forever (Is a Long Time)/ Siesta/ Cold Monkey from their 1997 self titled album.

Siesta is a 59 second gap between the songs... leading one to believe the disc is over.  One of the bands that I was in covered Cold Monkey - truly a fun song to play.

[ryan_p]

John Scofield - Quiet. Steve Swallow takes a lovely solo on one track.

Also, tracks from Sofield' s Bar Talk, in YouTube - Swallow (again) is SO expressive. A brilliant musician - sample these :

[pauldo]

My brother sent this to me, interesting insight behind the music... you never know when your big break will happen.
http://www.boom973.com/2017/06/27/behind-the-vinyl-takin-care-of-business-randy-bachman-from-bachman-turner-overdrive/

[edwardofhuncote]

Def Leppard - "Hysteria". I suddely felt compelled this afternoon to play some 80's hair/glam metal... needed to work with a pick for a while anyway. I enjoyed it, and don't care who knows it. So there. 

[tbrannon]

Hope, by Fat Freddy's Drop.   

[ryan_p]

Def Leppard - "Hysteria". I suddely felt compelled this afternoon to play some 80's hair/glam metal... needed to work with a pick for a while anyway. I enjoyed it, and don't care who knows it. So there. 

Pour some sugar on me : my air guitar song for more than a decade.

[edwardofhuncote]

Def Leppard - "Hysteria". I suddely felt compelled this afternoon to play some 80's hair/glam metal... needed to work with a pick for a while anyway. I enjoyed it, and don't care who knows it. So there. 

Pour some sugar on me : my air guitar song for more than a decade.

The air-guitar part is harder than the bass part was.   

It really was a fun exercise... I don't get to use a pick much.

[pauldo]

Toby,
I enjoyed Hope.  Bass line was just a little greasy and the whole song had plenty of soul.

[tbrannon]

Glad you enjoyed it.  Fat Freddy's drop is always a fun musical adventure 

[pauldo]

Santana and the Isley Brothers -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpeAUXq6NmA