Yes, we’re quarantined. Yes, we’re locked down. No, that does not give you a reason, a rationale, an excuse to trod out some introspective navel-gazing shallow attempt at impressing with your depth, or in this case lack thereof. Lady Gaga’s SHALLOW notwithstanding, no artist/musician/composer gets a pass on NARP. There are NO free rides. No legacies, no phoning it in.
Enough with my ranting:
Joe Hisaishi is known for his soundtracks and rightfully so, but I just took a listen to his take on Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring leading the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and his restraint and subsequently that of the orchestra endeared me to this recording all the more.
If you’re not familiar with Ambrose Akinmusire you’d better start now. He’s always on the road to somewhere, there’s no indecision here. It may take you as long to make the journey, but that’s Ambrose setting it all out in front of you.
Jazz Sabbath took me for quite the unexpected ride. If I”m honest I thought this just might be a cheese-take on Black Sabbath but boy was I wrong, even though such a project could yield some gems. Do yourself a solid this Sunday (tomorrow) and plonk yourself down for a listen.
Famous Groupies’ Rehearsing The Multiverse… the album cover speaks for itself. You should be able to determine from and by whom the record is influenced.
I’m an unabashed fan of Penderecki’s composition and will take them anyways I can get them and the Atom String Quartet’s jazzy approach is both novel and inviting. A great introduction to the late great Krzysztof Penderecki.
And some bullets:
- Jonas Kaufmann – Verdi: Otello
- Norah Jones – Pick Me Up Off The Floor
- Slum Village & Abstract Orchestra – Fantastic
- Muete – Puls
- Eduard & Johannes Kutrowatz – Astor Piazzolla: Tango Nuevo
- The Great Belgian Songbook – The Great Belgian Songbook
New Releases
Adam Caine – Transmissions
Agnes Obel – Myopia (Instrumentals)
Ambrose Akinmusire – On The Tender Spot Of Every Calloused Moment
Atom String Quartet – Penderecki
Boney James – Solid
Eduard & Johannes Kutrowatz – Astor Piazzolla: Tango Nuevo
Famous Groupies – Rehearsing The Multiverse
Hania Rani – Home
Jazz Sabbath – Jazz Sabbath
Joe Hisaishi, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra – Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Jonas Kaufmann – Verdi: Otello
Liam Gallagher – MTV Unplugged (Live At Hull City Hall)
Muete – Puls
Norah Jones – Pick Me Up Off The Floor
Ryuichi Sakamoto & Taylor Deupree – Live in London
Samoa Wilson & Jim Kweskin Band – I Just Want to Be Horizontal
Sayag Jazz Machine – Quantic Jumping
Slum Village & Abstract Orchestra – Fantastic
Steve Hackett – Genesis Revisited_Live at The Royal Albert Hall
The Great Belgian Songbook – The Great Belgian Songbook
ReIssues & ReMasters & Miscellany
Dee Dee Bridgewater – Dee Dee Bridgewater, Just Family, Bad for Me, Dee Dee Bridgewater (Robinsongs)
Erroll Garner – Magician
Johnny Winter – Ready For Winter (1960-1968)
Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against the Soul
Toto – The Seventh One
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