“See this one… it goes to 11”
“Rocks” Bruno Lorenoni (ses guitars et ses accordian) Vega Records from France. I don’t know much about guitars, but these look pretty cool!
January, 2009
Bahamian rhapsody
“Bahama Lullaby” (1957) Island Artists Records Compositions by Charlie Lofthouse with vocals by Vincent Martin and the goombay drumming of Charlie “Peanuts” Taylor.
Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill Emarcy Records (1954) With Clifford Brown and Oscar Pettiford. Produced and Arranged by (21 year-old) Quincy Jones. Merrill’s first and greatest.
Don’t Explain / You’d Be Nice To Come Home To / What’s New / Falling In Love With Love
Yesterday’s / Born To Be Blue / ‘S Wonderful
Treat yourself
Chuck Berry “Chuck..Berry Is On Top” Chess Records (1959) A collection of rock and roll’s defining and most influential singles including “Almost Grown”, “Carol”, “Maybellene”, “Sweet Little Rock & Roller”, “Johnny B. Goode”, “Little Queenie”, “Roll Over Beethoven”, and “Around and Around”. It’s good to go back and listen to these songs fresh every once in a while and feel the power of Chuck Berry’s performance, timeless music and rock and roll poetry.
Bird is the word
Charlie “BIRD” Parker on Savoy Vol. 1 (1950) This alternate cover for The Charlie Parker Quintet Vol. 3 by Burt Goldblatt.
Rouse is in the house!
“Bossa Nova Bacchanal” Blue Note (1962) With Charlie Rouse (Tenor Sax); Kenny Burrell & Chauncey “Lord” Westbrook (Guitar); Lawrence Gales (Bass); Willie Bobo (Drums); Potato Valdez (Conga); Garvin Masseaux (Chekere).
Side 1: Back To The Tropics; Aconteceu; Velhos Tempos; Samba De Orfeu.
Side 2: Un Dia; Meci Bon Dieu; In Martinique.
I like Charlie Rouse from his playing with Monk to his record with Paul Quinichette “The Chase is On” to this one (especially the haitian number merci-bon-dieu). Leonard Feather says in the liner notes,”As befits the overall concept of bossa nova, Charlie plays with a remarkable blend of smoothness and assertion…and his sense of time is always acute and appropriate”.
