A batch of jazz records! Aretha Franklin starts this off and David Friesen ends it. (more…)
Listening
Ella through Roberta
A nice, left turn to the land of Ella Fitzgerald, with a stay through Roberta Flack. (more…)
Evans through Fifth Dimension
This time, not Bill, but Gil Evans. And yes, I have a Fifth Dimension album. Look up Solid Gold and you’ll know that Marilyn McCoo is not outside my realm. (more…)
Bill Evans LPs
After 9 months of Ellington, which I loved, it’s nice to head to small-group-ville. Here are a bunch of Bill Evans records: (more…)
ELP…er…LPs
I don’t have too many Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP) records, but here goes: (more…)
Duke Ellington Mountain
There should probably be such a thing. But for me, this is really a gigantic stack of Ellington records. I could probably get rid of a few of these, since I have the mammoth boxed set. Anyway, here we go: (more…)
EWF through Eldridge
Some seriously funky music coming up, followed by jazz legends. (more…)
Dorge through Dylan
More great LPs on this list, from Pierre Dorge through Bob Dylan. (more…)
Ron Carter LPs
I have been trying to clean up some of the WordPress files associated with blog, and lo and behold, what do I find, but this post, which I never published. I started it, and worked on it, and was shooting for the stars with a big ol’ post about one of my very favorite bassists – I was blessed to study with him for 3.5 years. Well, instead of finishing that, I ended up having to deal with other things. So, here’s that post, trimmed to focus on the records only. As usual, I have tons of CDs, but this is a LP-based project… (more…)
Dolphy to The Doors
And more great music, starting with Eric Dolphy, anding with The Doors. (more…)