Good Morning

Good Morning Grooves

Some choice tunes to kickstart the day -

R+R=NOW - Resting Warrior

Robert Glasper on keys, Terrace Martin on synthesizer and vocoder, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah on trumpet, Derrick Hodge on bass, Taylor McFerrin on synth and beatbox, and Justin Tyson on drums

Collagically Speaking is a raw document that seamlessly adheres neo-soul to future-funk, West Coast jazz of the moment to astral electronica, instrumental hip-hop to musique concrète, avant-garde to classical—these are single-take songs, written live in the room, that go wherever this formidable crew's mood goes. The themes that bind it all together are both spoken and inferred: romantic love, universal love, systemic bigotry, the women's movement, quiet power, wild creativity, personal loss and growth.

Charles Tolliver Big Band - Suspicion

From "With Love" 2006, Blue Note, Mosaic Records
Recorded by Malcolm Addey on June 2-3, 2006 at Bennett Studios, Englewood, New Jersey

Composed, arranged & conducted by Charles Tolliver
Produced by Charles Tolliver & Michael Cuscuna
Executive Producer - Bruce Lundvall

Trumpet (solo) - Charles Tolliver

- - The Charles Tolliver Big Band - -

Lead Trumpet - David Guy
Trumpets - Chris Albert, David Weiss, James Zollar
Trombones - Clark Gayton, Stafford Hunter, Jason Jackson
Bass Trombone, tuba - Aaron Johnson
Alto Sax, clarinet - Todd Bashore
Alto & Soprano saxes, clarinet, flute - Craig Handy
Tenor sax - Billy Harper
Tenor sax, clarinet - Bill Saxton
Baritone sax, bass clarinet - Howard Johnson
Piano - Robert Glasper
Acoustic Bass - Cecil McBee
Drums - Victor Lewis

--- with special guest ---
Guitar - Ched Tolliver

"Suspicion - conceived in the '70s while I was fielding a quartet utilizing guitar instead of the piano; hence, my son Ched is a feature on this selection. The arrangement allows everybody to "stretch out"."
Charles Tolliver

Miles Davis & Robert Glasper - Milestones

Enjoy.

Dusty Springfield - The Look of Love

Dusty Springfield - The Look of Love (1967)

Sampling

I do dig a good sample such as ATribe Called Quest sampling Lou Reed in "Can I Kick It?" so here is another great original and thanks to coming42 this soulful tune by Angie Stone.

The O'Jays - Backstabbers

Angie Stone - Wish I Didn't Miss You

Two great pieces of soul music, one from 1972 and the other more recent.

I use to do this a lot when I DJ'ed by taking an original and then mixing it up with another later version. These two would have been a perfect mix.

Enjoy.

Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Bass Guitar: Ron Carter
Drums: Ray Lucas
Guitar: John Pizzarelli
Piano: Robert Flack
Producer: Joel Dorn
Vocals: Roberta Flack
Composer: Ewan MacColl

Ventura Highway

These were the first discs - all vinyl - I played at the Northern Lights 10 Feb 2012.


Congress Alley – Congress Alley
Eddie Fisher – Jeremiah Pucket
Darkness of Evil – Laid Back Funk
The Wolfgang Dauner Quintet - Take Off Your Clothes To Feel The Setting Sun
Bull Moose Jackson – Big Ten Inch
Iceberg Slim – Broadway Sam
Steve Parks – Still Thinking Of You
America – Ventura Highway
Fairport Conversion – Autopsy
Donovan – Get Thy Bearings
Reuben Wilson – Cisco Kid
Compaore Issouf – Dambakale

I did mix it up then , and hence an excuse to play this again -

America - Ventura Highway

Full playlist here -

https://davesmusictank.livejournal.com/2348534.html

Janis Ian - At Seventeen

I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with clear skinned smiles
Who married young and then retired
The valentines I never knew
The Friday night charades of youth
Were spent on one more beautiful
At seventeen I learned the truth...

Quincy Jones - The Secret Garden

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I Want You

Continuing in the slinky sexy soul mood -

Marvin Gaye - I Want You (1976)

"I Want You" is a song written by songwriters Leon Ware and Arthur "T-Boy" Ross and recorded and released as a single by singer Marvin Gaye. Released as a single in 1976 on the Tamla label, the song introduced a change in musical styles for Gaye, who before then had been recording songs with a funk edge. Songs such as this gave him a disco audience thanks to Ware, who produced the song alongside Gaye.

The song also stood to be one of Marvin's most popular singles during his later Motown period followed by his sabbatical following the release of 1973's Let's Get It On. The song eventually reached number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot Selling Soul Singles chart. It also became a disco hit, reaching number ten on the Disco Singles Chart alongside "After the Dance".

Be Thankful For What You Got

Sticking with seventies soul -


William de Vaughn - Be Thankful For What You Got

Winter In America

A poet, a songwriter and jazzy cool man - RIP GIl.

Gil Scott Heron "Winter In America" (1974)

Still very relevant for today.

Metamorphosis

Time for some pumpin' music -

Pet Shop Boys - Metamorphosis

Book 81 - Bruce Chatwin "In Patagonia"

Bruce Chatwin "In Patagonia" (Vintage)




In 1974, Sunday Times journalist Bruce Chatwin headed for the most southerly region of Latin America, Patagonia, which straddles the border of Argentina and Chile. At the outset of the book, Chatwin claims an obsession with the area thanks to a hairy piece of Giant Sloth skin his grandmother owned and showed him when he was a boy.

Rather than simply being an account of his travels, Chatwin focusses on the history of some of the area's more colourful inhabitants. Its remoteness seems to have attracted all kinds over the years. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid hid out down here. Victorian explorers and mercenaries came to the area having heard tell there were living dinosaurs. Immigrants came from many parts of the world but particularly Wales and Scotland, giving the rugged terrain a very un-Latin feel.

Unlike most travel writing, where the traveller themselves is the main protagonist and the journey itself is the centre of the narrative, "In Patagonia" feels rather episodic as Chatwin relates these stories from history and provides potted biographies of the people he meets. The feeling is exacerbated by the very short chapters, and Chatwin himself is barely a presence in the book.

This certainly makes "In Patagonia" an unusual, perhaps even groundbreaking, contribution to the genre, creating a school of more impressionistic, rather than journalistic, travel writing. The persistent rumours that Chatwin played fast and loose with the facts contribute to the sense that Chatwin was more concerned with telling stories than documenting his travels.

Having gone into the book wanting to find out more about this remote corner of the planet, I ultimately found Chatwin's approach rather frustrating, but he certainly spins a good yarn. It's a bit like bumping into a weather-beaten man in some far-flung bar full of tall tales. You won't believe them all, you won't learn much, but you'll probably be entertained.

My eBay Is Getting Better

I seem to have cracked  the selling egg - -

Just Wondering

Do you like playing Solitaire or is it boring/frustrating to you?

Do you like (or have you ever) walking through piles of leaves?

What's your favourite accent?

Good Night