Happy Xmas! :sparkle: :party:


"All That Meat And No Potatoes" (5:14)
Satch Plays Fats, 1955
writers Fats Waller & Ed Kirkeby, 1941
performers Louis Armstrong with Velma Middleton and his All Stars

Silversun Pickups has changed their approach:


Much different than the concerts I went to.

Inspired by the short story and comments - 'Frozen Bodies, Warm Hearts':
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/13817/frozen-bodies-warm-hearts

Gotta love me a bit of saxophone :fire: :cool:

WHATEVER GETS YOU THRU THE NIGHT. (Ultimate Mix, 2020) - John Lennon (official music video HD)


The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love



Take care. Stay well @180 Proof :heart: :flower:

A Few of My Favorite Things... :hearts:

I love that. Believe it or not, I even bought the CD!
I was introduced to Coltrane during a module on 'How to Listen To Music'.
The best OU experience ever with exceptional student discussions sharing favourites and own music.
A real ear-opener I will never forget :sparkle:

La vie en rose - Zaz

That was the track that got me into jazz. To this day I never tire of it, which is more than I can say for some of the other stuff I was into at the time.

:up: :100:

I'd have to say that Chick Corea/Return to Forever first got me into the jazz vicinity (i.e. fusion), but it was Coltrane- and the track "Afro Blue" specifically (which I've probably listened to literally hundreds of times, and never get tired of)- that got me into jazz proper. Music just doesn't get any better than Johnny C.

(and if you enjoy My Favorite Things, you should also check out Blue Train and especially Giant Steps- two of my absolute favorite albums of all-time)

T.R.A.M.- Seven Ways Till Sunday

I'd have to say that Chick Corea/Return to Forever first got me into the jazz vicinity (i.e. fusion — busycuttingcrap

Oddly, for a long time the only fusion I really listened to was Weather Report. It’s only recently that I’ve begun to listen to Chick Corea/Return to Forever (which is even more weird because I went to see him in concert many years ago). I’ve been enjoying Romantic Warrior and The Leprechaun. The latter is total cheese but these days I can enjoy such things without shame.

Weather Report is great, too. Love me some Jaco Pastorius. But Stanley Clarke and Return to Forever are on another level (imo), and Romantic Warrior especially (that was the first RtF album I ever heard, and I was instantly hooked).

And yeah some of that 60-70s fusion/prog can get a little corny at times, but the musicianship is always legit :fire:

Seen (heard) them twice before. They keep circling into their own groove.

Happy New Year! :death: :flower:

Giant Steps, 1960 (37:03)
John Coltrane & co.

:fire: :strong:

The G.O.A.T. (seriously, it may be the best album ever). I had to re-burn myself a new copy just the other day because the one I had was so scratched and beaten up from use (I still live in the stone age and use CDs/CD players almost exclusively).

(I still live in the stone age and use CDs/CD players almost exclusively). — busycuttingcrap

:clap: :100: Yep, can't shake my attachment to CDs & DVDs (the way I shook off vinyl and tape over thirty years ago).

I will say, though, that I enjoy the hell out of Spotify (which I use on my computer); being able to listen to pretty much any music you can think of without having to find and pay for particular CDs is pretty awesome (especially live albums or rare releases). I've discovered a lot of bands and musicians that I probably otherwise would never have heard of or had a chance to listen to.

And then when I find something I like, I'll often then go and buy the CD version. But there's no way I'm giving up on my CD collection, I've been curating that sucker for ~30 years at this point!

:100:

@Agent Smith agree

It is what it is! :cool:

Wow, I'm ashamed of how far behind I am on this thread. Some wiki rabbit trail today put me back on to this obscure English early modern composer. There's an austerity that speaks to my present musical mind.



As to the Coltrane conversation re: @busycuttingcrap @Jamal @Amity @180 Proof, I'm partial to his last years. This track, Welcome, is to me his magnum opus. Devastatingly beautiful and life affirming. A true "tune" in the tune-iest sense.

:pray: :fire:

It is what it is! :cool: — Agent Smith

Does this mean you agree or disagree? Your statement is quite obtuse... :chin:

Does this mean you agree or disagree? Your statement is quite obtuse... — Changeling

Well, I would have to agree.

thanks for clearing that up. I cannot fathom anything beyond the agree/disagree continuum...

thanks for clearing that up. I cannot fathom anything beyond the agree/disagree continuum... — Changeling

We're all in the same boat mate! The song is like a website - you havta know how to listen to it!

Good Morning.

It’s too early in the day for vaporwave!