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Benson's returned to his "less-commercial" roots recently. He's headlining a jazz fest i'm going to later in the year...hoping for a little more "wes" and a little less "manilow"....
listening to a rudolph johnson record from the black jazz label right now...excellent stuff....i think the label only put out 25 or so records...all of them first-rate....
"we know it's a bit late but we hope you don't mind if we stay"
Hey - can you hear me now
As I fade away
And lose my ground
Maybe you'd like to know
What I'd have to say
If I was still around
Now I'm made of smoke
You see through me
It's the strangest joke
Can't touch the Invisible Man
Can't stop the Invisible Man
Why did the lights go down
Or onto someone new
Well let them learn
I used to own this town
Now I'm watching you
Now it's my turn
Now I'm made of mist
Will you know
When you've been kissed
Can't touch the Invisible Man
Can't stop the Invisible Man
Now I'm almost free
Disappearing
Don't cry for me
Can't touch the Invisible Man
Can't stop the Invisible Man
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-06-24 22:42 by tatters.
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Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
StonesTod
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Date: June 22, 2012 22:38
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tomcasagranda
Stonestod,
CTI was an amazing label, with an excellent live album by the CTI Allstars from 1971.
CTI had George Benson record for them, before he descended into the smooth quagmire. Deodoto also did some good stuff on CTI, as did Chet Baker. Impulse, though, was absolutely fantastic.
I have never heard anything from Black Jazz, but will research it now.
Benson's returned to his "less-commercial" roots recently. He's headlining a jazz fest i'm going to later in the year...hoping for a little more "wes" and a little less "manilow"....
listening to a rudolph johnson record from the black jazz label right now...excellent stuff....i think the label only put out 25 or so records...all of them first-rate....
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
Bostonstranglerno9
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Date: June 22, 2012 22:58
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
Bostonstranglerno9
()
Date: June 22, 2012 23:39
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
tomcasagranda
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Date: June 22, 2012 23:43
Stonestod,
The trouble with Benson was that he made Breezin, which was the beginning of the smooth nightmare. Benson worked with Miles on Miles In The Sky, and he also appeared on Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff albums, which show an excellent jazz man. Giblet Gravy and his cover of White Rabbit are excellent.
The story is that Benson, a Jehovah's Witness, didn't twig what White Rabbit was about, thinking, correctly, that it was a cross between Ravel's Bolero and Sketches of Spain, and that he had no idea that Grace Slick had written a song extolling drug use.
I cannot abide, however, Benson's cover of This Masquerade, though it did bring in some royalties for Leon Russell. What annoys me, also, is that Breezin had some great musicians on it, i.e Phil Upchurch and Al Foster, yet it was one of the smoothest drab albums ever released.
The trouble with Benson was that he made Breezin, which was the beginning of the smooth nightmare. Benson worked with Miles on Miles In The Sky, and he also appeared on Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff albums, which show an excellent jazz man. Giblet Gravy and his cover of White Rabbit are excellent.
The story is that Benson, a Jehovah's Witness, didn't twig what White Rabbit was about, thinking, correctly, that it was a cross between Ravel's Bolero and Sketches of Spain, and that he had no idea that Grace Slick had written a song extolling drug use.
I cannot abide, however, Benson's cover of This Masquerade, though it did bring in some royalties for Leon Russell. What annoys me, also, is that Breezin had some great musicians on it, i.e Phil Upchurch and Al Foster, yet it was one of the smoothest drab albums ever released.
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
StonesTod
()
Date: June 23, 2012 00:09
yeah. then, again...i'm a sucker for smooth jazz at certain times, too. there are some great cats out there playing the smooth stuff, too.
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
sweetcharmedlife
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Date: June 23, 2012 01:31
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
Rip This
()
Date: June 23, 2012 04:38
Infectious....
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
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sweetcharmedlife
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Date: June 23, 2012 06:01
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
Bostonstranglerno9
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Date: June 23, 2012 12:33
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
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Bostonstranglerno9
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Date: June 23, 2012 12:34
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
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Bostonstranglerno9
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Date: June 23, 2012 12:35
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
tomcasagranda
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Date: June 23, 2012 15:53
Carl & The Passions by The Beach Boys
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
StonesTod
()
Date: June 23, 2012 16:12
it's an all-leo kottke morning at chez st
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
toomuchforme
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Date: June 23, 2012 18:41
"we know it's a bit late but we hope you don't mind if we stay"
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
sweetcharmedlife
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Date: June 23, 2012 20:29
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
tomcasagranda
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Date: June 23, 2012 21:25
My weekly Goats Head Soup listen
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
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sweetcharmedlife
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Date: June 23, 2012 22:36
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
MRJIMMMY
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Date: June 24, 2012 04:03
nice......
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Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
tatters
()
Date: June 24, 2012 06:15
How about a 1969 version of Love Me Do?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-06-24 06:20 by tatters.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-06-24 06:20 by tatters.
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
Bostonstranglerno9
()
Date: June 24, 2012 13:47
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
Bostonstranglerno9
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Date: June 24, 2012 13:49
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
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Bostonstranglerno9
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Date: June 24, 2012 13:51
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
Bostonstranglerno9
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Date: June 24, 2012 13:52
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
tomcasagranda
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Date: June 24, 2012 14:53
Jim Hall & Pat Metheny
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
StonesTod
()
Date: June 24, 2012 16:07
love the work jim hall did with paul desmond...two jazz voices that mesh together seamlessly....
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
Bostonstranglerno9
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Date: June 24, 2012 17:16
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
tomcasagranda
()
Date: June 24, 2012 21:26
Exile deluxe disc 2.
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
tatters
()
Date: June 24, 2012 22:41
Hey - can you hear me now
As I fade away
And lose my ground
Maybe you'd like to know
What I'd have to say
If I was still around
Now I'm made of smoke
You see through me
It's the strangest joke
Can't touch the Invisible Man
Can't stop the Invisible Man
Why did the lights go down
Or onto someone new
Well let them learn
I used to own this town
Now I'm watching you
Now it's my turn
Now I'm made of mist
Will you know
When you've been kissed
Can't touch the Invisible Man
Can't stop the Invisible Man
Now I'm almost free
Disappearing
Don't cry for me
Can't touch the Invisible Man
Can't stop the Invisible Man
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-06-24 22:42 by tatters.
Re: What are you listening to this very second?
Posted by:
Rockman
()
Date: June 24, 2012 22:43
Holly Williams --- Blue Is My Heart
ROCKMAN
ROCKMAN
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