Album of the Evening

[Melvin]

Superb in every way.

[TAV]

On 11/22/2018 at 5:15 PM, Daccord said:

Nice voice and overall a pleasant album, but I think she misses the point on every song.

 

Care to elaborate?  ..... misses the point on every song? 

[Daccord]

6 hours ago, TAV said:

 

Care to elaborate?  ..... misses the point on every song? 

From "That Don't Make it Junk":

Quote

Too late to fix another drink
The lights are going out
I'll listen to the darkness sing
I know what that's about.

Did you get any darkness from her rendition of the song? She recited the lines without understanding the meaning.

 

The next track, Cry To Me, is also supposed to be dark, but again, I didn't get any sense of darkness. I wasn't ready to give up until she finished the Joni Mitchell song, which she delivered in the same style as the first two. No inner conflict, just pretty singing.

[TAV]

7 hours ago, Daccord said:

From "That Don't Make it Junk":

Did you get any darkness from her rendition of the song? She recited the lines without understanding the meaning.

 

The next track, Cry To Me, is also supposed to be dark, but again, I didn't get any sense of darkness. I wasn't ready to give up until she finished the Joni Mitchell song, which she delivered in the same style as the first two. No inner conflict, just pretty singing.

 

Ahh,  thanks for clarifying that.  

[Hugo9000]

Time again for the greatest Christmas album of all time!  (Actually, I listen to this album throughout the year ❤️   )

 

Leontyne Price ❤️❤️  ❤️  ❤️ 

Herbert von Karajan/Wiener Philharmoniker/Wiener Singverein

[semente]

[Melvin]

[graham]

Recent purchase from Qobuz during sale (3€ down from 15€)
Superb playing and well recorded.

[WAM]

Some "new" jazz for me this evening (new for me, anyway): 

 

 

[biosailor]

18 minutes ago, WAM said:

Some "new" jazz for me this evening (new for me, anyway): 

 

 

This is a fantastic album!!! Great choice.

[biosailor]

Terrible recording, still great fun to listen to!

 

 

[Musicophile]

19 hours ago, WAM said:

Some "new" jazz for me this evening (new for me, anyway): 

 

 

Mobley is great! also check out "Soul Station". 

 

https://musicophilesblog.com/2015/06/13/the-legacy-of-the-jazz-messengers-2-hank-mobley-soul-stationso/

 

 

[WAM]

Yep, I will, it's on the greed-list. Now listening to

 

 

[TAV]

Gary Peacock- Jan Garbarek .. "Guamba"

 

[Melvin]

Inspired by the mere mention of Hank Mobley ..

 

[WAM]

Some more nice jazz for me this evening: Joshua Redman, Back East

 

 

[sphinxsix]

38 minutes ago, WAM said:

Some more nice jazz for me this evening: Joshua Redman, Back East

 

 

I don't know most of his late albums (got to check them out some day) but I like his early stuff - in particular his first album - 'Wish'.

[Hugo9000]

Modest Mussorgsky

Pictures at an Exhibition (arranged by Ilkka Pälli for low strings)

Sinfonia Lahti Cello and Bass Ensemble

 

I love this recording!  Classical buffs will know that this piece was written by Mussorgsky for solo piano.  The most common practice is to perform the version for orchestra created by Maurice Ravel, but there are many other arrangements/orchestrations.  Leopold Stokowski wrote a spectacular orchestration, for example, which is probably my favorite of the versions for full orchestra.  This one has a completely different effect, being solely for cellos and double basses--intimate and foreboding!  Incidentally, for the piano original by Mussorgsky, my favorite recording is by Leif Ove Andsnes.

[Melvin]

A classic from 1959.

[sphinxsix]

IMHO an underrated vocalist.

 

[TAV]

38 minutes ago, sphinxsix said:

IMHO an underrated vocalist.

 

 

Couldn't agree more.  Wonderful recording. 

[STC]

 

 

[AnotherSpin]

2 hours ago, TAV said:

 

Couldn't agree more.  Wonderful recording. 

 

Your avatar – I recalled an interesting detail. As it is well known Miles Davis performed extremely rare as guest on other musicians albums. Shirley Horn's other album was one of such cases.

[TAV]

11 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

Your avatar – I recalled an interesting detail. As it is well known Miles Davis performed extremely rare as guest on other musicians albums. Shirley Horn's other album was one of such cases.

 

Wasn't aware of that.  Thanks for sharing.  

[Musicophile]

A great classic: