The "what are you listening to now" thread

[Mad Cook]

In the car - Artie Shaw on CD - '40s swing. (When my contemporaries were going mad for the Beatles & the Rolling Stones, I was into American "Big Bands" and British equivalents.). Said by many that he was one of jazz's finest clarinetists.

I was introduced to big bands by my uncle who was a musician.

 

[Just Cooking]

In the car - Artie Shaw on CD - '40s swing. (When my contemporaries were going mad for the Beatles & the Rolling Stones, I was into American "Big Bands" and British equivalents.). Said by many that he was one of jazz's finest clarinetists.

I was introduced to big bands by my uncle who was a musician.

As a teenager in the 50's R&B was my public favorite... but... I was introduced to Jazz by my musician brother and Jazz was and is my go to music.. We had Jazz concerts here.. One venue in particular was/is Sunset Auditorium.. A guy named Jimmy Lyons presented a series called Jazz At Sunset.. I sat through many a Jazz performance, one in particular was Errol Garner recording "Concert by the Sea".. Over 60 years I have had every technical version produced of that album.. Any Jazz pre 70's brings back memories I cherish...

Ross

 

[ixamnis]

https://youtu.be/Yq4KA0mUnC8


This one is new by PostModern Jukebox.

 

[caseydog]

https://youtu.be/Yq4KA0mUnC8


This one is new by PostModern Jukebox.

Now I need to watch the video again, and pay attention to the music.

Some of you will understand that.

CD

 

[Steve Kroll]

This one is new by PostModern Jukebox.

Morgan James! I'm actually going to see her here in Minneapolis in a couple of weeks at the Dakota Jazz Club.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Nice, Steve! She can cover Joni Mitchell better than Joni can. Joni's voice hasn't aged as well as Joan Baez or OMG Judy Collins. Judy is wonderful in a small-venue concert.

Nice lip-sync video. I can't really tell if these kids are good, or just have good producers. Definitely no Freddie Mercurys in that video...

Hey, I like Pentatonix, too. No need to be judgmental! Different people have different preferences in music. No one is making you listen to their music. Just because YOU prefer something doesn't mean everyone else has to listen to it. Well, unless you're playing Zeppelin...and they live next to you...

Still, Led Zeppelin IS in my collection...along with Jim Brickman, Shinedown, Michael W. Smith, Diana Krall, Heart, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Floyd, Joe Walsh with or without Jame Gang... I could go on and on because I have a multiple-personality-music-preference.

Wouldn't it be boring if we all liked the same music? I think so.

 

[jd_1138]

From 1981, Blue Oyster Cult:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipqqEFoJPL4

 

[Caslon]

This one is new by PostModern Jukebox.

I like the way modern bands are reworking old songs.

 

[Caslon]

Can I Make It Last (Or Will It Just Be Over).

This song beautifully ends this album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_insxlS5jU

 

[Caslon]

(Takes mic out of trash, gently cleans it off, and puts it away. Because microphones are expensive.)

The microphone for this private audition song is practically a museum piece.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe4gQTABqNA

 

[caseydog]

Another video I just happened to stumble upon. This is not even a whole song. Guitar string breaks... no problem if you are SRV.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIFdMbhCa94

CD

 

[rodentraiser]

I'm going to be listening to Shawn Phillips in a few minutes, starting with Breakthrough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH18SmqpSME (man, can that guy hold a note!)

and ending with Storm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUlvALzEleg

 

[Caslon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-x1KoPlJTI

Buy one get one free

 

[CakePoet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wtfhZwyrcc

 

[cjmmytunes]

Top 20 Countdown on CMT.

 

[Caslon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWSDMYWJzDY

 

[Caslon]

Light up the incense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sssaFfYTVtQ

 

[Caslon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UoIMwQEgL8

 

[Caslon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P_-tb5UYbE

 

[Caslon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqWdiroB3AU