And then there were … Liner Notes
From the start I knew this was going to be a banner week with releases from:
Cats In Space’s Atlantis
Girls In Airports’ Dive
Mica Paris’s Gospel
Silje Nergaard’s Hamar Railway Station
Tenderlonious’ Ragas from Lahore – Improvisations with Jaubi
VOS’ Charlatan
And then the unexpected:
I’m a huge Martha Argerich and a sucker for transcriptions of Beethoven Symphonies for 2 pianos ever since listening to the Contiguglia Brothers’ recording of Beethoven’s 9th. This week Argerich and Theodosia Ntokou entreat us to Beethoven’s 6th and what a pastoral romp it is.
Lee Ritenour was just about everywhere in the 90’s when cool jazz was a thing and the GRP recording label was itself ubiquitous. So here’s comes Lee with his latest Dreamcatcher and he hasn’t missed a beat. In keeping with one of his earlier albums, this one of his is True Rit.
Steve Perry’s alternate take on his album Traces reminds us of that voice that so many of us recall, and is in fact indelible. Great to hear and I found myself listening all the way through a couple of times.
I reckon from the album title, On Vacation, it might solve the riddle, what’s become of Bob James. It’s been some time since I’ve seen or heard, but with Till Bronner, the duo have made 2020 somewhat more palatable.
Blasts from the past courtesy of Yusuf “Cat Stevens” with his Super Expanded and re-masted Mona Bone Jakon and Tea For The Tillerman. Lots of discs here with reworked tracks, live ones and interviews. The live tracks most of which I had not heard before, provided and interesting insight into how Cat Stevens interacted with his audiences, and the interviews indeed peeled away some of the layers, but that leaves me with the re-masters and in comparing them to the originals … I’ll leave that decision to you all.
The EP’s from Paul McCartney and the Beatles while always welcome, are definitely for the die-hard fans. Nice to have on hand, but not sold on just how much they add to the mix.
Been a while, far too long, that I’ve heard anything re-released from Ace of Base and Alice in Chains. What a great 1-2 combo! Memories are made of this.
New Releases
Antonio Rey – Flamenco Sin Fronteras
Arctic Monkeys – Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Cats In Space – Atlantis
Chris Potter – There is a Tide
Ed Harcourt – Monochrome to Colour
Eric Clapton – Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 (Live)
Girls in Airports – Dive
GoGo Penguin – Live from Studio 2
HakonKornstad – Out of the Loop
Lee Ritenour – Dreamcatcher
Lionel Loueke – HH
Martha Argerich, Theodosia Ntokou – Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 & Piano Sonata No. 17
Mica Paris – Gospel
Nils Frahm – Tripping with Nils Frahm
Paul Ji – Piano
Pyramid Peak – Symmetry
Roman Emilius – The Spath Organ in St. Oswald Regensburg
Silje Nergaard – Hamar Railway Station
Steve Perry – Traces (Alternate Versions & Sketches)
Tenderlonious – Ragas from Lahore- Improvisations with Jaubi
Till Bronner & Bob James – On Vacation
Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes – What Kinda Music (Bonus Tracks) EP
Various Artists – The Hague Songbook Exchange
VOS – Charlatan
Re-Issues, Re-Masters & Miscellany
Ace of Base – Hidden Gems, Vol. 2
Alice In Chains – Facelift
Eddie Bert – Like Cool- The Contemporary Trombone of Eddie Bert (Remastered from the Original Somerset Tapes)
Idris Muhammad – Black Rhythm Revolution!
John Lee Hooker – Live At Montreux
Paul McCartney – Love (EP)
The Beatles – Got To Get You Into My Life (EP)
Yusuf – Cat Stevens – Mona Bone Jakon (Super Expanded)
Yusuf – Cat Stevens – Tea For The Tillerman (Super Expanded)
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