Good Night

Zeit

I have been listening to some Boards Of Canada and Fennesz and I was reminded of this classic slice of electronica -

Tangerine Dream - Zeit

1 Birth Of Liquid Plejades
2 Nebulous Dawn 00.19:53
3 Origin Of Supernatural Probabilities 00.37:49
4 Zeit 00.57:24

Good Morning

Sonic Saturday

Completed my reports from yesterday, showered and shaved etc, and now listening to some music.

Listening to Don Cherry's "Mu".

Visiting Hempstead Valley today to do a mobile phone store visit. Then a couple of nice pub visits in Maidstone and Hadlow.

Mu Part 1

BYG Actuel, the French label that released some of the finest avant-garde jazz in the sixties, is one of those labels that are always collectable.

Anyway, one such release back on vinyl and in CD format is Mu.

Don Cherry - Mu Part One

00:00 A1. Brilliant Action
08:50 A2. Omejelo
16:30 A3. Total Vibration (Part 1)
19:30 B1. Total Vibration (Part 2)
25:41 B2. Sun Of The East

Originally recorded on August 22nd, 1969 at Studio Saravah in Paris, this album became the first one of the whole BYG/Actuel series.

Personnel:
Drums – Ed Blackwell
Trumpet [Pocket], Piano, Flute [Indian, Bamboo], Arranged By [All Tunes] – Don Cherry

"Mu's" classic recordings, capture Don Cherry near the height of his global quest to absorb as much music as possible from different cultures and funnel it back through his jazz sensibility. It's one of the earliest, and most successful, experiments in what would later come to be known as world music. He wisely chose his fellow Ornette Coleman cohort Ed Blackwell -- a drummer steeped in the traditions of New Orleans, African music, and free jazz -- for his partner. Despite his reputation as a trumpeter, Cherry spends a great deal of time here on piano, flutes, and vocals. His piano playing, while relatively simple, is fluid and melodic, owing to a good deal to Abdullah Ibrahim (who is represented here with a couple of his themes). Likewise, his singing -- heavily influenced by Indian Karnatic song -- is endearingly bright, heartfelt, and lovely. But, above all, his trumpet playing is stellar. When Cherry hits his ringing, clarion passages, he projects a purity of sound that few other trumpeters could match. Blackwell matches him sound for sound, with rolling West African-derived rhythms, Basin Street marches, and the most overtly musical tone of any drummer this side of Max Roach. The Mu sessions have long-held legendary status and it's not difficult to hear why.


33:38 B3. Terrestrial Beings

Heads Up ....

..to all the other music curators here on LJ -

pigshitpoet and realbesamemucho

and newcomer coming42.

But tell me, who is the best with the most or widest spread of music genres?

Modesty keeps me quiet!

Mu Part 2

Well, I cannot give you one part without the other -

Don Cherry - Mu Part 2

00:00 A1. The Mysticism Of My Sound
03:53 A2. Medley (a. Dollar Brand, b. Spontaneous Composing, c. Exert, Man On The Moon)
06:37 A3. Bamboo Night
17:34 B1. Teo-Teo-Can
B2. Smiling Faces Going Places
B3. Psycho-Drama
B4. Medley (a. Theme Albert Heath, b. Theme Dollar Brand, c. Baby Rest, Time For...)

31st volume in the BYG/Actuel series. Recorded at Studio Saravah in Paris on August 22, 1969.

Personnel:
Drums – Ed Blackwell
Trumpet [Pocket], Piano, Flute [Indian, Bamboo], Arranged By [All Tunes] – Don Cherry


Don Cherry - Orient

Don Cherry
"Orient"
Orient
1972

Han Bennink - Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Accordion
Mocqui - Tambura
Don Cherry - Trumpet, Flute, Piano, Vocals

Vive La France

Ooh la la,musique c'est bon -


Guerino Et Son Orchestre Musette - Brise Napolitaine

Les Freres Peguri - Enivrante

Enjoy.

Hadlow

Well, what a jolly good evening it has been drinking real ale covertly in twp pubs, one in Maidstone and one in Hadlow village. I am now on the way home.

Pics of Hadlow.





Love these ale visits.

Not Genteel

Time for another mix of good stuff - nothing bland or smooth or just nice here -

Kate Bush - Cloudbusting

Apollo 440 - Lost In Space

Kevin Shields - City Girl

Pelican - Ephemeral

Enjoy.

The Belated Friday Five

1. What bad habits bother you the most?

2. What good habits do you most admire?

3. What unusual habits do you observe in your family members? Do they bother you?

4. Which bad habit do you think would be the most difficult to get rid of? Why?

5. Which good habit do you think would be the most difficult to develop? Why?