Lewis the Light
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#NowPlaying #jazz 1975. Picked this up w/out ever hearing it based on names involved. Opening track has some spoken word poetry & last track closes w the whole group having what sounds like a full on celebration. In between is some great free playing w thundering drums
September 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
#NowPlaying #jazz 1975. Picked this up w/out ever hearing it based on names involved. Opening track has some spoken word poetry & last track closes w the whole group having what sounds like a full on celebration. In between is some great free playing w thundering drums
#vinyl #jazz ended up w less time than hoped to record shop in Montreal. Hit up 4 stores but didn’t make it out to a few that were farther from downtown. Cie la vie…(lol). Aux 33 tours was huge highlight should have just started there. Freesons had an ecm section! Rest a bit meh
September 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
#NowPlaying #Jazz 1975 Japan Reissue. A Paul Bley classic. Also will be in Paul Bley’s hometown (Montreal) for a couple days if anyone has any record store recommendations there
September 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
#NowPlaying #Jazz 1975 Japan Reissue. A Paul Bley classic. Also will be in Paul Bley’s hometown (Montreal) for a couple days if anyone has any record store recommendations there
#NowPlaying #Jazz 1979 us. Happy birthday Art Pepper! Very good later career album. Doesn’t quite hit the high point of Today’s Patricia but is a really nice album. Red Mitchell’s bass playing on here especially adds a really nice dark foreboding touch to the ballads
September 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
#NowPlaying #Jazz 1979 us. Happy birthday Art Pepper! Very good later career album. Doesn’t quite hit the high point of Today’s Patricia but is a really nice album. Red Mitchell’s bass playing on here especially adds a really nice dark foreboding touch to the ballads
#NowPIaying #jazz 1973 us stereo reissue. Happy birthday Kenny Dorham. An all time great. This is his blue note album I was slowest to come around on oddly. Title track was a little too going for sidewinder and rest never fully clicked. Has now tho. And Hancock on this esp
August 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
#NowPIaying #jazz 1973 us stereo reissue. Happy birthday Kenny Dorham. An all time great. This is his blue note album I was slowest to come around on oddly. Title track was a little too going for sidewinder and rest never fully clicked. Has now tho. And Hancock on this esp
#NowPlaying #jazz Running thru 3 of the greatest blue note albums this afternoon. Have always viewed these 3 as a trilogy of sorts & finally got a 70s rvg copy of Destination Out to complete it. Some of the best & still most forward sounding jazz that exists
August 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
#NowPlaying #jazz Running thru 3 of the greatest blue note albums this afternoon. Have always viewed these 3 as a trilogy of sorts & finally got a 70s rvg copy of Destination Out to complete it. Some of the best & still most forward sounding jazz that exists
#NowPlaying #jazz 1982 us. Top tier Waldron w an amazing group here. 1st song let’s Jordan go just about hard bop swing mode for a bit & then things get darker & go deep into vintage Waldron territory. McBee is great on here as usual
August 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
#NowPlaying #jazz 1982 us. Top tier Waldron w an amazing group here. 1st song let’s Jordan go just about hard bop swing mode for a bit & then things get darker & go deep into vintage Waldron territory. McBee is great on here as usual
#NowPlaying #Jazz 1979 us. No idea what Farrell/label were thinking w this album cover art. Has a very “hey there fellow kids” feel but album is very good. Farrell stays on tenor sax & Chick Corea joins mostly in non-fusion hard bop mode w a little electric piano mixed in
August 27, 2025 at 5:55 AM
#NowPlaying #Jazz 1979 us. No idea what Farrell/label were thinking w this album cover art. Has a very “hey there fellow kids” feel but album is very good. Farrell stays on tenor sax & Chick Corea joins mostly in non-fusion hard bop mode w a little electric piano mixed in
#NowPlaying #Jazz early 60s stereo reissue. Happy Birthday Wayne Shorter! His very first as leader. Definitely more Coltrane influence sounding than what his later sound and songwriting would be but this is very good hard bop album
August 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
#NowPlaying #Jazz early 60s stereo reissue. Happy Birthday Wayne Shorter! His very first as leader. Definitely more Coltrane influence sounding than what his later sound and songwriting would be but this is very good hard bop album
#NowPlaying #jazz 1970 us. Sunday morning wife is out of town so I can play whatever I want in the morning music.
August 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#NowPlaying #jazz 1970 us. Sunday morning wife is out of town so I can play whatever I want in the morning music.
#nowplaying #jazz 1981 us. 1st ever listen to this. Don’t think it’s on streaming tho can buy digital from artist’s Bandcamp! Really nice stuff. Berne is def very Julius Hemphill influenced here but some very interesting compositions w plenty of room for each musician involved
August 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
#nowplaying #jazz 1981 us. 1st ever listen to this. Don’t think it’s on streaming tho can buy digital from artist’s Bandcamp! Really nice stuff. Berne is def very Julius Hemphill influenced here but some very interesting compositions w plenty of room for each musician involved
#NowPlaying️ #Jazz 1976/77 Germany repress. One of the very best ecm records. An absolute classic. Combo of Rivers & Braxton works perfectly on these Holland compositions. Can’t understate how good Altschul is too, even appears on marimba. Amazing stuff
August 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
#NowPlaying️ #Jazz 1976/77 Germany repress. One of the very best ecm records. An absolute classic. Combo of Rivers & Braxton works perfectly on these Holland compositions. Can’t understate how good Altschul is too, even appears on marimba. Amazing stuff
#NowPlaying #jazz 1983 us. Possibly my favorite of the sextet(t) albums. Doesn’t quite swing as much as pass the bucked but has some of his most interesting compositions imo. Really great stuff!
August 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
#NowPlaying #jazz 1983 us. Possibly my favorite of the sextet(t) albums. Doesn’t quite swing as much as pass the bucked but has some of his most interesting compositions imo. Really great stuff!
#NowPlaying #jazz 1978 Italy. Prob the hardest anyone has ever looked on a jazz album cover. Great great album. Always mesmerized by Abdul Wadud’s cello playing on the final song on this
August 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
#NowPlaying #jazz 1978 Italy. Prob the hardest anyone has ever looked on a jazz album cover. Great great album. Always mesmerized by Abdul Wadud’s cello playing on the final song on this
#NowPlaying️ #jazz 1971 us. Sunday morning music. Absolute classic imo. Balances modal & spiritual jazz adds just a touch of electric instruments & even vocals on a song. 1 of if not his very best. Too lazy to make a top 10 jazz list but this 1 might have made it on mine
August 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
#NowPlaying️ #jazz 1971 us. Sunday morning music. Absolute classic imo. Balances modal & spiritual jazz adds just a touch of electric instruments & even vocals on a song. 1 of if not his very best. Too lazy to make a top 10 jazz list but this 1 might have made it on mine
#NowPlaying️ 2025 purple variant. Should be a national holiday each year (or more than once a year)- Osees, Thee Oh Sees, etc. album release day. Another psych-punk/synth-punk scorcher here
August 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM
#NowPlaying️ 2025 purple variant. Should be a national holiday each year (or more than once a year)- Osees, Thee Oh Sees, etc. album release day. Another psych-punk/synth-punk scorcher here
#NowPlaying #jazz 1976 Japan. Friday morning music. Booker Little 4 & Max Roach. Great group, great album
August 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#NowPlaying #jazz 1976 Japan. Friday morning music. Booker Little 4 & Max Roach. Great group, great album
#NowPlaying #jazz 1979 us. Sunday morning music. This combo of McBee & Chico Freeman made some of my very favorite jazz music. Don Pullen is added here for a rare McBee led studio session. This was not cheap but never thought I’d see it in wild. Really top tier spiritual jazz
August 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
#NowPlaying #jazz 1979 us. Sunday morning music. This combo of McBee & Chico Freeman made some of my very favorite jazz music. Don Pullen is added here for a rare McBee led studio session. This was not cheap but never thought I’d see it in wild. Really top tier spiritual jazz