If You Go Away - Helen Merrill & Stan Getz (Tribute to Virna Lisi)

Virna Lisi Pieralisi, (8 November 1936 – 18 December 2014), better known as Virna Lisi, was a Cannes, David di Donatello, Silver Ribbon and César award-winning Italian film actress.

Stan Getz - tenor saxophone
Daniel Humair - drums
Joachim Kuhn - piano
Torrie Zito - piano
Helen Merrill - vocals
Jean-Francois / Jenny Clark - bass

Good Morning

2019 Rewind #1

Best albums of the year.

75 Dollar Bill - I was real

Angel Bat Dawid - The Oracle

Moor Mother - After Images

Morton Feldman - Triadic Memories

These are in the top 5 of the Jan issue of Wire.

2019 Rewind #2

Six to 12 now -

Klein - Claim It

Kali Malone – Sacrificial Code

Label iDEAL Recordings
Format 2xLP/3xCD
Genre Electronic
Style Drone, Experimental, Modern classical
Released in June 2019

People Like Us - The Mirror

Joshua Abrams Natural Information Society - Finite

Sarathy Korwar - Bol (feat. Zia Ahmed & Aditya Prakash)

'Bol (feat. Zia Ahmed & Aditya Prakash)' is taken from Sarathy Korwar's album More Arriving (2019)


Little Simz - Boss

Enjoy.

Little Simz

Definitely a new voice in the UK hip hop grime scene -

Little Simz - Marilyn Monroe (Ft. Chuck20 & Remus)

Little Simz - Selfish feat. Cleo Sol

Little Simz - Offence

Enjoy

2019 Rewind #3

Continuing with a selection of nos. 13 to 50 of the best of the year.

Matana Roberts - As Far As The Eye Can See

Jamie Branch Fly Or Die - Prayer for amerikkka Pt. 1 & 2

Solange - Down With the Clique

From the new album "When I Get Home"


Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble - The Colors That You Bring

Where Future Unfolds’ is a new work spirited by Chicago-based sound & visual artist Damon Locks.

Starting as a solo sound collage piece (where Locks pulled samples from Civil Rights era speeches and recordings to create an improvisational pallet for performance on his drum machine), over 4 years the project has blossomed into his 15-piece Black Monument Ensemble featuring musicians (including Angel Bat Dawid on clarinets and Dana Hall on drums), singers (alumni of the Chicago Children's Choir), and dancers (members of Chicago youth dance company Move Me Soul).

‘Where Future Unfolds’ is a live capture of the ensemble's epic debut at the Gar eld Park Botanical Conservatory on the West Side of Chicago. Recalling the spirits of Phil Cohran's Artistic Heritage Ensemble, Eddie Gale's Black Rhythm Happening, Archie Shepp's Attica Blues, and Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, the album presents an inspired, innovative & immediate intersection of gospel, jazz, activism & 808 breaks. ‘The Colors That You Bring’ is the first song taken from the album.

King Midas Sound - You Disappear

FKA Twigs - Mary Magdelene

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Leviathan

Enjoy.

Just Wondering

Will you be doing any holiday baking this year?

What one holiday baking treat do you love getting?

What one holiday baking treat are you not too keen on receiving?

Good Night

Ligeti Requiem

Anybody who has seen 2001 A Space Odyssey film will remember this avant-garde piece of music than Stanley Kubrick unleashed onto cinema-goers.

György Ligeti - Requiem for Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra

Jonathan NottOrchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker

I. Introitus. Sostenuto
II. Kyrie. Molto espressivo
III. De die judicii sequentia. Subito_ Agitato molto
IV. Lacrimosa. Molto lento

My fave version though is on this CD I have - but not available on YouTube.