Archive through July 24, 2009

 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10178
Registered: Feb-05
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10179
Registered: Feb-05
Wilco - Wilco The Album

The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10180
Registered: Feb-05
Beck - Odelay

Beck - Mutations

Arcade Fire - Funeral
 

Silver Member
Username: Sem

NY/CA USA

Post Number: 898
Registered: Mar-04
Hey Art, how's that Levon Helm cd? I saw he was on Letterman this past week and I tried to stay up to watch, but I fell asleep. Should have DVR'd it.
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10181
Registered: Feb-05
Dirt Farmer is outstanding. Levon at his most grounded. Both rich and meaningful as well as full of humor and wit...a great listen. I have it on good authority that his just released "Electric Dirt" is even better. Buy 'em both you won't regret it.

BTW his daughter Amy can be heard on both albums...way good!
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10182
Registered: Feb-05
Let me add Sem that the Dirt Farmer album bares little if any resemblance to the music of The Band. It's more acoustic and organic than that, however Electric Dirt is more along the lines of The Band as it may have progressed naturally over the decades. Dirt Farmer is well recorded and catches Levon shortly after recovering from throat cancer and with a voice that's still rough from the experience. Electric Dirt on the other hand shows a Levon Helm who has recovered sufficiently to have regained strengtth in his voice and with strength comes the confidence that the next note will be there when you summons it.

Holly Cole - Holly Cole
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10183
Registered: Feb-05
Regina Carter - Rhythms of the Heart
 

Silver Member
Username: Sem

NY/CA USA

Post Number: 899
Registered: Mar-04
Thanks Art
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10186
Registered: Feb-05
My pleasure Sem.

Blossom Dearie - My Gentleman Friend

Roberta Gambarini - Easy to Love
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10187
Registered: Feb-05
Herbie Hancock - The New Standard

Potentially exciting speaker news in the next month or so...

Upload

Keeping my fingers crossed!
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10190
Registered: Feb-05
Bill Frisell - Unspeakable
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10191
Registered: Feb-05
John Scofield - This Meets That
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10194
Registered: Feb-05
Sean Jones - Gemini
 

Silver Member
Username: Jazzman71

Phoenix, AZ USA

Post Number: 770
Registered: Dec-07
Freddie Hubbard - First Light
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10195
Registered: Feb-05
Great album Neil.
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10198
Registered: Feb-05
Herbie Mann/Phil woods - Beyond Brooklyn
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10199
Registered: Feb-05
Bill Charlap Trio - Somewhere/The Songs of Leonard Bernstein
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10200
Registered: Feb-05
Marcin Wasilewski Trio - Self Titled Debut
 

Platinum Member
Username: Nuck

Post Number: 12916
Registered: Dec-04
Very nice on the Helm, Art.
I just ordered both.

Mike sent me a couple of Pic's from a Keith Urban concert last nite, hope to get a review there as well.

Maybe Mike, you could include a shot of your lovely wife in the next ones...
 

Platinum Member
Username: Nuck

Post Number: 12917
Registered: Dec-04
Max Webster...Universal Juveniles

M 4.4
SQ 4.055 wavering
Nostalgia 4.9
 

Platinum Member
Username: Nuck

Post Number: 12918
Registered: Dec-04
Last album from Kim Mitchell and the Max.
The band had just started a tour for this, their best album, and the wheels came off in Dallas opening for Rush, on what would have been a hugly successful tour, no doubt.
The Max blew up, Rush carried on, and Kim is a DJ in Toronto, after collecting gold records with Peter Fredette (traffic, Joe Walsh), playing every instrument that you could carry to the stage, and singing like Meatloaf on steroids and vise grips on his nuts. This man is unreal, google him.

Rush toured with ZZ top on that tour for a few nights in Austin, a local band covered a bunch of Max, including performing 'Battlescar' with Rush.
This is a song that is meant to test your speakers, amp, neighbors, wife's sense of humour, dog's urinal tract integrity, windows, roof, etc.
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10204
Registered: Feb-05
Joaquim Serra
Orchestral Works
Emili Brugalla, Piano
El Valles Symphony Orchestra
Salvador Brotons, Conductor
Naxos Spanish Classics Series
 

Platinum Member
Username: Nuck

Post Number: 12920
Registered: Dec-04
Si
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10205
Registered: Feb-05
Thomas Pittfield
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2
Anthony Goldstone, Piano
Peter Donohoe, Piano
Royal Northern College of Music Orchestra
Andrew Penny, Conductor
Naxos British Piano Concertos Series
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10206
Registered: Feb-05
Walter Piston
Chamber Music
1999 Australian Festival of Chamber Music
Naxos American Classics Series
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10207
Registered: Feb-05
Elliott Carter
Orchestral Works
Ursula Oppens, Piano
SWF Symphony Orchestra
Michael Gelen, Conductor
Arte Nova
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10209
Registered: Feb-05
Tsontakis
Violin Concerto No. 2
Claire de Lune
The Past, The Passion
Steven Copes, Violin
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Douglas Boyd, Conductor
Koch
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10210
Registered: Feb-05
Antonin Dvorak
Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8
London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, Conductor
Mercury Living Presence
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10211
Registered: Feb-05
Alan Hovhaness
Mysterious Mountain
Igor Stravinsky
The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento
Sergei Prokofiev
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, Conductor
RCA Living Stereo
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10212
Registered: Feb-05
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6
Serenade for Strings
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniele Gatti, conductor
Harmonia Mundi
 

Gold Member
Username: Mike3

Wylie, Tx USA

Post Number: 2055
Registered: May-06
As to the Keith Urban concert, as I posted previously, I go to about one big ticket concert a year. After last night's event at the American Airlines Center, where to Mavs and Stars play, I am so glad I ponied up the scalper prices for main floor seating, even if we had to stand the whole concert. My idea was to take my wife to a show she would enjoy. Keith Urban is one of those performers that my wife would like wake up to one morning. After last night I would have to say there are thousands of his female fans who feel that way. I learned that if you really need another reason to go to a concert go see a stud like Urban. There had to be a six hotties to every guy there, all of them groovin' away to his every lick and vocal.

As to Keith Urban and his band, probably the best live performance I ever seen. He is so enthusiastic about playing, not to mention one of the best guitarists I ever heard live, Robert Cray and Eric Clapton notwithstanding, that the entire arena is just grabbed up and swept away with the show. His live show is nothing like I ever heard on his CDs. The man loves to perform and takes everything to another level altogether.

I went expecting my wife to have a good time attending this heart throb's performance. She had a wildly wonderful experience. I got to listen to a real artist. Oh yeah, I also got to be "the guy" who aced her birthday gift!

His tour continues, catch it if you can. (Your sweetie will love you for it too!)
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10213
Registered: Feb-05
My sweetie would kill me, but I know what you mean and glad you enjoyed it.
 

Gold Member
Username: Mike3

Wylie, Tx USA

Post Number: 2056
Registered: May-06
Costco purchase for $6.99

The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971
CD

An unusual variety of music. The songs were mastered by Chris Athens at Sterling Sound, New York.

I highlight the mastering as all of these songs are near reference quality. The vocals are very clear and precise.

Oh, yeah, and it's Johnny Cash on almost half of the cuts.

M - 4.5
S - 4.95
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10214
Registered: Feb-05
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult, conductor
EMI Classics
 

Gold Member
Username: Mike3

Wylie, Tx USA

Post Number: 2057
Registered: May-06
Thanks Art. Too bad you vacation is near end. By your recent posts it seems like you snatched up a lot good new music on your trip and online (Naxos).
 

Gold Member
Username: My_rantz

Australia

Post Number: 2320
Registered: Nov-05
Mike, Urban is not our cup of tea, maybe after your report we'll have to rethink that. But then I won't be taking my wife to him. I want me to be her heart-throb.

He comes from a little town about 100 or so miles north of us here. Queesnslanders do have talent :-)

Glad you both enjoyed it.
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10215
Registered: Feb-05
Yep Mike, back to work tomorrow.

It's ok by me, it's that contrast that makes the weekends and vacations so wonderful and I'm grateful to have a job.

English String Miniatures
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
Naxos
 

Gold Member
Username: Frank_abela

Berkshire UK

Post Number: 3703
Registered: Sep-04
Rachmaninov 2nd Piano Cto/Rhapsody on a Theme by Pananini
Leonard Bernstein Conducting the NY Phil
Gary Graffman, Piano

Grew up with this 1963 recording. Still one of my faves.
 

Gold Member
Username: Frank_abela

Berkshire UK

Post Number: 3704
Registered: Sep-04
Nick Drake

Five Leaves Left
 

Gold Member
Username: Frank_abela

Berkshire UK

Post Number: 3705
Registered: Sep-04
XLO Test & Burn In disc

LOL
 

Gold Member
Username: My_rantz

Australia

Post Number: 2323
Registered: Nov-05
XLO Test & Burn In disc

That made me look up your profile Frank to see what you had now.

You tease you :-)
 

Silver Member
Username: Jazzman71

Phoenix, AZ USA

Post Number: 771
Registered: Dec-07
Brad Mehldau - The Art of the Trio, Volume 1
 

Gold Member
Username: Dmitchell

Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 2822
Registered: Feb-07
Bruce Dickinson - Tyranny of Souls

I've been a Maiden fan for probably 20 years, and Bruce is one of my favourite vocalists. Picking up the disc was a no-brainer for me.

Anyone who likes Iron Maiden (Nick? where are you?) should get this. Production quality is amazing.
 

Silver Member
Username: Jazzman71

Phoenix, AZ USA

Post Number: 774
Registered: Dec-07
Alan Broadbent - You and The Night and The Music

Broadbent's piano leaves a little to be desired at times, but Brian Bromberg on bass is amazing. Acoustic bass fans should give a listen.
 

Silver Member
Username: Jazzman71

Phoenix, AZ USA

Post Number: 779
Registered: Dec-07
Tomasz Stanko Quartet - Suspended Night
ECM

Reference quality. Although I have not yet experimented with it, I suspect it would be a good disc to check room treatments with.
 

Silver Member
Username: Kbear

Canada

Post Number: 162
Registered: Dec-06
Heart - Little Queen
Heart - Dreamboat Annie

Great albums, you can definitely hear the Zeppelin influence in Heart's music. Lots of nice acoustic guitar featured on these two albums, and the sound quality is also very good.
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10234
Registered: Feb-05
Chiara Civello - Last Quarter Moon
 

Silver Member
Username: Jazzman71

Phoenix, AZ USA

Post Number: 782
Registered: Dec-07
Oscar Peterson - A Summer Night In Munich

Art, I missed your earlier post. Yes, I like that Hubbard recording.
 

Silver Member
Username: Jazzman71

Phoenix, AZ USA

Post Number: 783
Registered: Dec-07
Charlie Haden Quartet West - Now is the Hour
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10237
Registered: Feb-05
Suspended Night then a little OP followed by Now is the Hour...a wonderful night of listening.

Eliane Elias - Bossa Nova Stories

Hot Club of Detroit - Self Titled
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10242
Registered: Feb-05
Anat Cohen - Notes From the Village

Wynton Marsalis - He and She

On the Apes!
 

Gold Member
Username: Mike3

Wylie, Tx USA

Post Number: 2067
Registered: May-06
Having work done on my tuner so I have been running it lately. Back to Les for some resistor replacement.

Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
180 Gram vinyl

It is as good as the last time I spun it.
 

Gold Member
Username: Dmitchell

Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 2833
Registered: Feb-07
Cool choice Mike.
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10244
Registered: Feb-05
Tierney Sutton - Something Cool
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10249
Registered: Feb-05
Roy Hargrove - Nothing Serious
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10251
Registered: Feb-05
Roy Haynes - Praise
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10252
Registered: Feb-05
Anthony Louis Scarmolin
Orchestral Works
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Joel Eric Suben, conductor
Naxos American Classics Series
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10254
Registered: Feb-05
Miles Davis - Miles Smiles
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10257
Registered: Feb-05
Herbie Hancock - Speak Like a Child

Time for a couple I just listened to for comparison.

Chiara Civello - Last Quarter Moon

Eliane Elias - Bossa Nova Stories

Cassandra Wilson - Loverly
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10258
Registered: Feb-05
Russell Gunn - SmokinGunn

Robert Glasper - Canvas
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10259
Registered: Feb-05
Sean Jones - Kaleidoscope

Milt Jackson - Sunflower
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10260
Registered: Feb-05
Manu Katche - Playground

Norah Jones - Not too Late
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10261
Registered: Feb-05
Lucinda Williams - Essence
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10262
Registered: Feb-05
Shelby Lynne - Suit Yourself
 

Silver Member
Username: Jazzman71

Phoenix, AZ USA

Post Number: 784
Registered: Dec-07
Early Elton John:

Elton John
Tumbleweed Connection
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10265
Registered: Feb-05
Last night before bed...awesome on the apes.

Traincha - The Look of Love

Traincha - Who'll Speak for Love

Outstanding arrangements of Burt Bacharach's music.

Today so far

Joaquin Rodrigo
Orchestral Works Vol. 1
Asturias Symphony Orchestra
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Naxos

Imani Winds - The Classical Underground
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10266
Registered: Feb-05
Cyrus Chestnut - Cyrus Plays Elvis

Dave Holland Sextet - Pass it On
 

Silver Member
Username: Jazzman71

Phoenix, AZ USA

Post Number: 785
Registered: Dec-07
Bill Evans - The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings (1961), Disc 2
 

Silver Member
Username: Jazzman71

Phoenix, AZ USA

Post Number: 787
Registered: Dec-07
Brad Mehldau - The Art of the Trio, Volume 1
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10267
Registered: Feb-05
George Benson - Bad Benson

Chick Corea - The Leprechaun

Hubert Laws - Morning Star

Pat Metheny Group - First Circle

Terje Rypdal - Waves

Vinyl
 

Silver Member
Username: Jazzman71

Phoenix, AZ USA

Post Number: 788
Registered: Dec-07
Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth
(w/ Paul Chambers, Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, Roy Haynes, and Freddie Hubbard)

"Stolen Moments" is as good as it gets. Impulse "Originals" CDs include the original LP liner notes.
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10269
Registered: Feb-05
Charles Lloyd - Big Sur Tapestry
 

Silver Member
Username: Jazzman71

Phoenix, AZ USA

Post Number: 789
Registered: Dec-07
Keith Jarrett - My Song
 

Silver Member
Username: Jazzman71

Phoenix, AZ USA

Post Number: 791
Registered: Dec-07
Terence Boylan - self titled
 

Silver Member
Username: Sem

NY/CA USA

Post Number: 900
Registered: Mar-04
What do you think of it Neil?

I can't believe I missed it back in the 70's.
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10275
Registered: Feb-05
Miles Davis - Nefertiti

Dexter Gordon - Gettin' Around
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10277
Registered: Feb-05
The Paul Desmond Quartet - Live

Jim Hall - Concierto
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10279
Registered: Feb-05
Stefon Harris & Blackout - Evolution
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10282
Registered: Feb-05
Tom Harrell - The Art of Rhythm
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10283
Registered: Feb-05
Herbie Hancock - The New Standard
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10284
Registered: Feb-05
Branford Marsalis Quartet - Romare Bearden Revealed
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10286
Registered: Feb-05
The Roy Hargrove Quintet - Earfood
 

Silver Member
Username: Scorpio1

PA USA

Post Number: 309
Registered: Nov-07
Michael Jackson - Thriller

Maxwell - BLACKsummer'snight

Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
 

Silver Member
Username: Jazzman71

Phoenix, AZ USA

Post Number: 792
Registered: Dec-07
Hey Sem. It's a pretty good listen. I'm with you--I don't know how this stayed under my radar. You have another one by him as well, don't you?
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10302
Registered: Feb-05
Wayne Shorter - Native Dancer

Esperanza Spalding - Esperanza
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10304
Registered: Feb-05
Archie Shepp - Kwanza
 

Silver Member
Username: Jazzman71

Phoenix, AZ USA

Post Number: 793
Registered: Dec-07
Al Stewart - Time Passages
 

Silver Member
Username: Sem

NY/CA USA

Post Number: 901
Registered: Mar-04
Hi Neil. I only have Terrence Boylan's debut self titled cd. Been meaning to pick up "Suzy" but just haven't gotten around to it yet.

Thumbs up for "Time Passages" - I recently picked that up on vinyl. In the past I'd been lukewarm on Stewart, but just the last few years I've started buying some of his albums, fueled I think after seeing him live. Great show, solo acoustic. He impressed.
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10305
Registered: Feb-05
Roy Haynes - Te Vous !

Brad Mehldau Trio - Day is Done
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10306
Registered: Feb-05
Miles Davis - Filles de Kilimanjaro
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10307
Registered: Feb-05
Thelonious Monk - Criss-Cross
 

Platinum Member
Username: Nuck

Post Number: 12981
Registered: Dec-04
Art, you must be burning up vacation time.

Just back from 11 on the road, high mileage.

A.K. and Union StationLive, 180g master vinyl.

M 4.5
S 4.8

Paul Simon GH, cd

I love the guy, so 5.0
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10308
Registered: Feb-05
I use it all up in the summer & the holidays. July is usually when I use the most. BTW, monday I was sick as a dog with the flu...still lingering today, we were short this week so I worked Tues and Wed. Today is comp for testifying in federal court next friday.

Lou Donaldson - Gravy Train
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10309
Registered: Feb-05
Charles Mingus - The Clown

Bobby Hutcherson - Montara

McCoy Tyner - Fly with the Wind
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10310
Registered: Feb-05
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10313
Registered: Feb-05
Cal Tjader - Plays the Comtemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil

Chick Corea & Gary Burton - The New Crystal Silence, disc 1 with the Sydney Symphony
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10315
Registered: Feb-05
Last listens last night:

Bobo Stenson Trio - Cantando

SF Jazz Collective - Self Titled

Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around

Mary Gauthier - Filth & Fire
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10319
Registered: Feb-05
Louis Armstrong - JSP Box, Hot Fives and Sevens disc 4

Roy Eldridge - Little Jazz
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10323
Registered: Feb-05
Anat Cohen - Notes from the Village

Miles Davis - Four & More

Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine

Miles Davis - E.S.P.
 

Platinum Member
Username: Artk

Albany, Oregon USA

Post Number: 10326
Registered: Feb-05
Dinah Washington - I Wanna be Loved

Nancy Wilson - Something Wonderful
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