Hoop dreams
Hula-Hoop Polka Frank Wojnarowski Dana Records
(65 votes, average: 4.03 out of 5)
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(65 votes, average: 4.03 out of 5) Loading ...Last call
“Soul Dracula” b/w “Sans Dracula” Red Blood Discoteque Sounds
(47 votes, average: 3.64 out of 5) Loading ...The Devil’s Hand
The Theme from “The Devil’s Hand” Original Soundtrack on Chess Records. (1962)
A beside-the-point Batman connection: Neil Hamilton (the ironic police commissioner in the BATMAN TV show) is highly amusing here as Mr. Lamont, a bloodthirsty devil figure extraordinaire. He runs a creepy doll shop during the day, but holds satanic blood rituals in the back room at night!
(58 votes, average: 4.19 out of 5) Loading ...Sulieman and woman
Idrees & Jamila Sulieman “The Camel” Columbia Records (Scandinavia) 1964
Idrees Sulieman was an early bebop pioneer on trumpet. He was born Leonard Graham, and took up trumpet when his father could not afford to buy him a saxophone (he later played alto saxophone after moving to Europe).
He began his professional career with the Carolina Cotton Pickers in 1939. He changed his name to Idrees Dawud ibn Sulieman after his conversion to Islam. He played with Miles Davis, Charlie Byrd, Earl Hines, Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie. He recorded with Thelonious Monk on the pianist’s historic first sessions as a leader for Blue Note in 1947, and also recorded with Gene Ammons, John Coltrane, Coleman Hawkins, Dexter Gordon, Max Roach, and others.
He settled in Europe in 1961, firstly in Sweden, then in Denmark. He worked with fellow expatriates Eric Dolphy, Bud Powell and Don Byas. He was part of the excellent Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band for 10 years from 1963, and also worked with the Danish Radio Big Band under Thad Jones. He returned to the USA in 1982, and lived in his native Florida. He died in 2002.
(35 votes, average: 3.51 out of 5) Loading ...Three little birds
The Singin’ Swingin’ Sandpipers Art Records
(45 votes, average: 3.51 out of 5) Loading ...Do you believe in magic?
Embrujo Tropical Acerina y su Danzonera Columbia Records Harmony Series
(49 votes, average: 3.78 out of 5) Loading ...Wheelin’ and Dealin’
“Wheelin’ and Dealin'” Prestige Records Cover photo by Esmond Edwards. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on September 20, 1957. Liner notes written by Ira Gitler. Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Frank Wess (tenor saxophone, flute); Paul Quinichette (tenor saxophones); Mal Waldron (piano); Doug Watkins (bass); Art Taylor (drums). Includes “Things Ain’t What They Used To Be,” “Wheelin’,” “Robbin’s Nest,” and “Dealin'”.
(43 votes, average: 3.70 out of 5) Loading ...“Wrap it up, I’ll take it”
“La Sposina Che Paga in Natura” Carne Bovina
(42 votes, average: 3.76 out of 5) Loading ...Blowin’ in the wind
On the Swiss Tell Record Label. Can anyone put a name to these things?
(49 votes, average: 3.94 out of 5) Loading ...Psyched out
Psychodelic Music Philips Records. A strange one from Mexico. Includes songs by Pierre Henry, the French composer considered a pioneer of the musique concrete genre of electronic music. Among Henry’s best known works is the experimental 1967 album Messe pour le temps présent, featuring the popular track “Psyché Rock.” In addition to “Rock Psychodelico” this ep includes “Demasiado Delirio,” “Tonico Juvenil” and “Jerk Jericho”. FYI, the theme song of the TV series Futurama is inspired by “Psyché Rock.”
(58 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5) Loading ...
