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Mario Bauzá: Pioneering Afro-Cuban Jazz and the Legacy of a Musical Innovator

Introduction: Mario Bauzá, born one hundred and thirteen years ago today on April 28, 1911, in Havana, Cuba, was a pivotal figure in the development of Afro-Cuban jazz. His contributions as a musician, composer, and bandleader helped shape the sound of Latin jazz and left an indelible mark on the world of music. Early Life and Influences: Bauzá, raised in Havana, showed prodigious talent on…

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#12: Machito - Kenya (1958)

Genre(s): Afro-Cuban, Latin Jazz, Cubop

Staying in the Afro-Cuban vein from the last entry in 1001 Albums, this time around we have Kenya, by Machito. As I mentioned in my Palo Congo review, this kind of music is a big blind spot for me. This is the second album on the list that I truly have never seen.

To my light understanding, Machito is a pretty big deal in this scene, and influenced many of the American jazz artists who took on some Latin trappings (there was an era where this sound was extremely trendy: see Miles Davis & Gil Evans' Sketches of Spain for a prime example of it done well).

Kenya, in contrast to Palo Congo, feels much more like jazz in a traditional sense, whereas Palo Congo seemed much closer its Afro-Cuban roots. Aside from the percussion, the rest of Machito's band is a fairly standard jazz orchestra, and plays with many of the American bebop trends and styles of the time in mind. That being said, these guys are anything but a schmaltzy big band. While the band is very tight and clearly well-composed and rehearsed, they pull no punches. When Machito puts the gas pedal down, it goes all the damn way down. The opening track, Wild Jungle, is a great example of the sort of blistering, frenetic energy the band can conjure.

This is an interesting listen, partially on account of how popular these sounds became in filmmaking in particular. These driving congo rhythms have soundtracked many a high speed chase scene over the years. The difference is, this is the *real thing*. There's a sincerity and authenticity here that the Hollywood imitators always seem to lack, a true driving energy behind the music. Add in some lightning fast bebop solos and you're in business. And even when they drop the tempo back for a song or two, there's still a powerful driving force behind the slinky lounge tunes on the disc.

Unfortunately, like Palo Congo, this album is long out of print (a situation that well predates the original 2005 release of 1001 Albums). Also, when doing some digging on the release history, I discovered that everything I'd read about this album to date really buried the lede that Cannonball fucking Adderley is on this thing. That explains the excellent sax solos. I'm surprised he didn't get some kind of callout on the cover. Anyways, I ended up listening in hi-res on Qobuz, and will be keeping an eye out for a copy of the album. Sonically, the recording is kinda rough. I'm not sure if the master that made it to streaming was a later generation tape copy, or if it was just rough to begin with (supposedly the version on Qobuz is a 2000 remaster, so it's fairly likely the original tapes were lost or damaged in the intervening 42 years). In particular, more dynamic moments often sound completely blown out. It's possible this is an artifact from later tape generations, or it's equally possible the engineer thought this would be some laid back Nelson Riddle sort of affair and just had his gains set too high. I'd be curious to hear an original if one ever crosses my path to see if those problems persist on it.

Regardless, sonic warts and all, this album is loads of fun. Again, like Palo Congo, I'm in no place to judge the historical or cultural significance of this one, but aesthetically it's a great listen and well-worth one of our hotly contested 1001 slots. Really pleased to have discovered this album.

Next time: the energy stays high with Little Richard's rock n roll landmark album, Here's Little Richard!

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Charlie Parker: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time

Charlie Parker: the 100 most inspiring musicians of all time

American alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, Charlie Parker (b. Aug. 29, 1920, Kansas City, Kan., U.S.—d. March 12, 1955, New York, N.Y.) was the principal stimulus of the modern jazz idiom known as bebop, and—together with Louis Armstrong and Ornette Coleman—was one of the great revolutionary geniuses in jazz.

Charlie Parker grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, during the great years of Kansas City jazz, and began playing alto saxophone when he was 13. At 14, he quit school and began performing with youth bands, and at 16 he was married— the first of his four marriages. The most significant of his early stylistic influences were tenor saxophone innovator Lester Young and the advanced swing-era alto saxophonist Buster Smith, in whose band Parker played in 1937. Parker recorded his first solos as a member of Jay McShann’s band, with whom he toured the eastern United States in 1940–42. It was at this time that his childhood nickname “Yardbird” was shortened to “Bird.” His growing friendship with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie led Parker to develop his new music in avant-garde jam sessions in New York’s Harlem. Bebop grew out of these experiments by Parker, Gillespie, and their adventurous colleagues; the music featured chromatic harmonies and, influenced especially by Parker, small note values and seemingly impulsive rhythms. Parker and Gillespie played in Earl Hines’s swing oriented band and Billy Eckstine’s more modern band. In 1944, they formed their own small ensemble, the first working bebop group. The next year Parker made a series of classic recordings with Red Norvo, with Gillespie’s quintet (“Salt Peanuts” and “Shaw Nuff ”), and for his own first solo recording session (“Billie’s Bounce,” “Now’s the Time,” and “Koko”). The new music he was espousing aroused controversy, but also attracted a devoted audience. By this time Parker had been addicted to drugs for several years. While working in Los Angeles with Gillespie’s group and others, Parker collapsed in the summer of 1946, suffering from heroin and alcohol addiction, and was confined to a state mental hospital. Following his release after six months, Parker formed his own quintet, which included trumpeter Miles Davis and drummer Max Roach. He performed regularly in New York City and on tours to major U.S. cities and abroad, played in a Gillespie concert at Carnegie Hall (1947), recorded with Machito’s Afro-Cuban band (1949–50), and toured with the popular Jazz at the Philharmonic troupe (1949). A Broadway nightclub, Birdland, was named after him, and he performed there on opening night in late 1949; Birdland became the most famous of 1950s jazz clubs.

The recordings Parker made for the Savoy and Dial labels in 1945–48 (including the “Koko” session, “Relaxin’ at Camarillo,” “Night in Tunisia,” “Embraceable You,” “Donna Lee,” “Ornithology,” and “Parker’s Mood”) document his greatest period. He had become the model for a generation of young saxophonists. His alto tone was hard and ideally expressive, with a crying edge to his highest tones and little vibrato. One of his most influential innovations was the establishment of eighth notes as the basic units of his phrases. The phrases themselves he broke into irregular lengths and shapes and applied asymmetrical accenting. Parker’s most popular records, recorded in 1949–50, featured popular song themes and brief improvisations accompanied by a string orchestra. These recordings came at the end of a period of years when his narcotics and alcohol addictions had a less disruptive effect on his creative life. By the early 1950s, however, he had again begun to suffer from the cumulative effects of his excesses; while hospitalized for treatment of an ulcer, he was informed that he would die if he resumed drinking. He was banned from playing in New York City nightclubs for 15 months. He missed engagements and failed to pay his accompanying musicians, and his unreliability led his booking agency to stop scheduling performances for him. Even Birdland, where he had played regularly, eventually fired him. His two year-old daughter died of pneumonia; his fourth marriage fell apart. He twice attempted suicide and again spent time in a mental hospital. If Parker’s life was chaotic in the 1950s, he nonetheless retained his creative edge. From roughly 1950 he abandoned his quintet to perform with a succession of usually small, ad hoc jazz groups; on occasion he performed with Latin American bands, big jazz bands (including Stan Kenton’s and Woody Herman’s), or string ensembles. Recording sessions with several quartets and quintets produced such pieces as “Confirmation,” “Chi-Chi,” and “Bloomdido,” easily the equals of his best 1940s sessions. Outstanding performances that were recorded at concerts and in nightclubs also attest to his vigorous creativity during this difficult period. He wanted to study with classical composer Edgard Varèse, but, before the two could collaborate, Parker’s battle with ulcers and cirrhosis of the liver got the better of him. While visiting his friend Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter, he was persuaded to remain at her home because of his illness; there, a week after his last engagement, he died of a heart attack. The impact of Parker’s tone and technique has already been discussed; his concepts of harmony and melody were equally influential. Rejecting the diatonic scales common to earlier jazz, Parker improvised melodies and composed themes using chromatic scales. Often he played phrases that implied added harmonies or created passages that were only distantly related to his songs’ harmonic foundations (chord changes). Yet for all the tumultuous feelings in his solos, he created flowing melodic lines. At slow tempos as well as fast, his were intense improvisations that communicated complex, often subtle emotions. The harmonies and inflections of the blues, which he played with passion and imagination, reverberated throughout his improvisations. Altogether, Parker’s lyric art was a virtuoso music resulting from a coordination of nerve, muscle, and intellect that pressed human agility and creativity to their limits.

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Charlie Parker - The Best of Charlie Parker volume 1

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Track List:

1. Cool Blues 00:00 2. No problem 3:34 3. Satan in Hight Heels 12:26 4. What’s Right for you 15:52 5. Montage 19:03 6. Shawnuff 21:15 7. You and The Night and The Music 25:42 8. Cheryl 29:02 9. Lost and Lonely 35:14 10. Sidewinder 38:51 11. Abstract Art 41:12 12. Bongo Bop 44:05 13. Easy Side Drive 48:56 14. Jazz Vendor 51:46 15. Coffee Coffee 56:37 16. Over the rainbow 1:00:06 17. Subway Inn 1:02:25 18. The Hymn 1:06:27 19. All the things you are 1:12:04 20. Communion 1:15:25 21. Lake in the woods 1:21:31 22. The Feeling of Love 1:25:01 23. Bongo Beep 1:32:14 24. From Mundy On 1:36:55 25. Pittfall 1:40:15 26. Impulse 1:43:50 27. Long Knife 1:49:16 28. Melancholy Madeline 1:51:35 29. Stop and Listen 1:54:18 30. Blues For A Stripper 1:59:05 31. Born Again 2:02:30 32. Gabriel 2:08:14 Read the full article

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From September 25th to September 28th, 2023

25-09-23

WIND ROSE “Shadows Over Lothadruin”; GRANT GREEN “Nigeria”; EMMYLOU HARRIS “Blue Kentucky Girl”; SONIC YOUTH “EVOL”; LUCINDA WILLIAMS “Sweet Old World”; SLAYER “South Of Heaven”; RUN-DMC “King Of Rock”; BEYONCE “B’Day”; B.B. KING “B.B. King Sings Spirituals”; DESTINY’S CHILD ”Destiny Fulfilled”; SWEET MEGG “My Window Faces The South”; LUCINDA WILLIAMS “Ramblin’ On My Mind”; CROWDED HOUSE “Afterglow”; ALEXANDER O’NEAL “Hearsay”; TRICKY “Angels With Dirty Faces”; JENNIFER HUDSON “JHUD”; RANCID “Life Won’t Wait”

26-09-23

JULIAN COPE “Autogeddon”; RONNY JORDAN “The Antidote”; THE WATERSONS “A Yorkshire Garland”; CONWAY TWITTY “Conway Twitty Sings”; THE BIG BOPPER “Chantilly Lace”; LORDE “Pure Heroine”; HELLOWEEN “Walls Of Jericho”; CHUBBY CHECKER “Twist With Chubby Checker”; ADRIAN MITCHELL & LEON ROSSELLSON “A Laugh, A Song, And A Hand-Grenade”; JACK SCOTT “Jack Scott”; OZZY OSBOURNE “No More Tears”; B.B. KING “Lucille”; RAY CHARLES “The Genius After Hours”; VERUCA SALT “American Thighs”; THE WATERSONS “For Pence & Spicy Ale”; JANELLE MONAE “The Age Of Pleasure”; DAFT PUNK “Random Access Memories”        

27-09-23

WHITNEY HOUSTON “My Love Is Your Love”; DIZZY GILLESPIE, STAN GETZ, & SONNY STITT “For Musicians Only”; PLANXTY “Planxty Live 2004”; MACHITO & HIS AFRO-CUBA ORCHESTRA “Kenya”; THE PRODIGY “Experience”; SUZANNE VEGA “Suzanne Vega”; WAYNE SHORTER “Speak No Evil”; BO DIDDLEY “Go Bo Diddley”; SPINAL TAP “Break Like The Wind”; THE DECEMBERISTS “The Crane Wife”; BUDDY HOLLY “That’ll Be The Day”; REUBEN WILSON “The Cisco Kid”

28-09-23

MOODYMANN “Forevernevermore”; ALESTORM “Sunset On The Golden Age”; THE FUTUREHEADS “News And Tributes”; COUNT BASIE “The Atomic Count Basie”; ANITA BAKER “Rapture”; REEL BIG FISH “Turn The Radio Off”; THE WONDER STUFF “The Eight Legged Groove Machine”; BEYONCE “I Am… Sasha Fierce”; DINOSAUR JR. “I Bet On Sky”; OUTKAST “Idlewild”; CARIBOU “Andorra”; MANITOBA “Start Breaking My Heart”; RAY CHARLES “Modern Sounds In Country And Western, Volume 2”; CHUCK BERRY “Chuck Berry In Memphis”; THE OFFSPRING “Ixnay On The Hombre”

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Hold On, I'm Comin' - Machito And His Orchestra (Machito Goes Memphis, 1968)

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1959 - Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra / Lambert, Hendricks and Ross / Machito and his Afro-Cuban Orch. - New York City

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I read about someone that decided to listen to all the albums on the "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" list during lockdown and I decided to have a go.

It might be a fun way to discover new music and to see how pop music evolved since the '50s.

Not sure how far I'm going to go before I loose interest but we'll see.

Gonna put my first impressions under read more so that I can remember which album/artists I liked.

1955:

Frank Sinatra- In the Wee Small Hours: really nice and chill. Will definitely listen to it again.

1956:

Duke Ellington - At Newport: really fun to jam along, although sometimes the sax (at least i think it’s a sax?) gets a bit too shrill for me

Fats Domino- This is Fats Domino: a really, really fun rock’n’roll album

The Louvain Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life: I’ve heard of them before because I did watch the whole “Country Music with Ken Burns” for no reason since I don’t really care for country music but holy shit I’m definetly going to check out their other releases because the armonies are great!

Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley: another fun rock’n’roll album also Elvis’ voice always makes me swoon on slow songs.

Louis Prima featuring Keely Smith - The Wildest: idk, it’s fine I guess but I don’t really see what’s so special about this album that made it make the cut, I probably won’t listen to this again. I can definitely see why a live performance of this in ‘56 would have been a riot.

Frank Sinatra- Song For Swingin’ Lovers : It’s nice, Frank Sinatra’s music is pretty easy listening and difficult to dislike. I think I enjoyed In The Wee Small Hours a bit more but maybe I was just in a more suitable mood that day.

1957:

The Crikets - The “Chirping” Crikets: it was alright?

Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool: back at this list after a couple of months of not being in the mood. Very nice, very easy listening jazz album. Moon Dreams is such a beautiful, sweet track.

Machito and his Orchestra - Kenya: really really nice Afro-Cuban jazz record. Would recommend.

Little Richard - Here's Little Richard: super short and super fun. The album opens with Tutti Frutti and this is enough to get you in a good mood.

Sabu - Palo Congo: I do like the more melodic songs but the other ones aren’t really my thing. If you’re into percussions (especially hand drums) and people occasionally sing-screaming something then definetly check it out. 

Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners: it’s alright but I’m really fucking tired of jazz music.

Sarah Vaughan - At Mister Kelly’s: turns out that I tend to enjoy Jazz when it’s chill and vocal driven.

Ravi Shankar - The Sounds of India: really nice and educational. Before each piece Ravi Shankar explains some of the basics of hindustan classical music.

1958:

Count Basie and his Orchestra - Baise: man this is a lot of fun. We should totally bring back big band as a popular music genre

Ramblin' Jack Elliot - Jack Takes the Floor: this is a simple, solid folk album, just this guy and his guitar telling stories.

Billie Holiday- Lady in Satin: this is such a touching album. Might be that I feel particularly sensitive today but I was about to cry by the end of it.

Tito Puente - Dance mania: very fun Latin jazz album. Truly makes you want to dance.

1959:

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Singa The George and Ira Gershwin Songbook: this thing is over 3 hours long. If you're a fan of vocal jazz it's probably the greatest thing ever but I'm not so I really just want it to be over. The songs are nice but 3 hours of this is too much for me.

The Dave Brueback Quartet - Time Out: really nice and pleasant. Also I'm really, really getting tired of all of this jazz.

Ray Charles - The Genius of Ray Charles: again perfectly nice and pleasant.

Miles Davis- Kind of Blue: really, really beautiful album. Really chill and soothing.

Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs: it didn't save my first impression and my memory is bad but I remember I had a lot of fun listening to this album.

1960

Joan Baez - Joan Baez: she sounds so good, her voice and her interpretation gives me goosebumps.

Elvis Presley - Elvis is back!: this is so much fun. Idk if it's because I'm aware of how big Elvis was but it feels like a grand comeback. And he sounds good.

Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba: really great, i like the songs in Xhosa way better than the ones in English but she sounds great throughout the album.

The Everly Brothers - A Date with The Everly Brothers: well this was underwhelming and dull.

Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters at Newport 1960: a bit too slow for me but still really nice.

1961

Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard: the only album of 1961 in the list is yet another jazz album. For the first time since I started this project I quitted an album halfway through.

1962

Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music: the arrangements are really nice and Ray Charles' voice is incredible.

Booker T. & The M.G.'s - Green Onions: I KNOW GREEN ONIONS! The rest of the album is pretty great and really catchy.

Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba: bossa nova is just a great music genre

1963:

The Beatles - With The Beatles: it's been a long time since I listened to this album. Not my favourite Beatles' record but it's a solid and fun album.

James Brown - Live at the Apollo: this was so nice.

Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan: another album i haven't listened to in a while. My god it's good.

Mingus - The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady: yet another jazz album but a great one.

Ray Price - Night Life: there aren't a whole lot of country album on this list but the ones that are on it are good good.

The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Back At The Chicken Shack: okay what's with 1963 and great jazz albums?

Various Artists - A Christmas Gift For You: shame that Phil Spector was a piece of shit because he knew what he was doing, everything sounds incredible.

1964:

The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night: another album i haven't heard in a while. Fun fun fun stuff.

Jacques Brel - Olympia 64: i like the intensity he puts in his singing.

Solomon Burke - Rock 'N Soul: holy shit this is good. Every track is incredible and he sounds so good and soulful. I'm going to recommend it to everyone I know...

Stan Getz and João Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto: my god i love bossa nova. And Girl From Ipanema is on this album.

Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club, Hamburg: I'm not really feeling this live album, i don't like how JLL sounds. Also i accidentally found out that he married his 13 y/o cousin when he was in his 20s which is disgusting.

The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones: the album is really nice but sometimes Mick Jagger sounds like an absolute dickhead.

Dusty Springfield - A Girl Called Dusty: really nice and soulful pop.

1965:

The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today!: really nice and pleasant album.

The Beatles - Rubber Soul: i didn't recall the last song being so icky but the rest is just solid stuff.

The Byrd - Mr. Tambourine Man: oh fuck this is good, I really like the sound.

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme: really nice, smooth jazz

Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home: I really, really love this album.

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited: idk if it's because I listened to it right after Bringing it All Back Home and I was having a bit of a Dylan overdose but it sort of drags a lot by the end. It contains some absolute bangers tho.

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch: nice folk album also you know what? For having been recorded on semi-professional equipment in somebody's broom closet this thing sounds incredible.

B.B. King - Live At The Regal: I ruined my experience by accidentally listening to the album on shuffle but it was still great. B.B King has such a beautiful voice.

Buck Owens and his Buckaroos - I've Got A Tiger By The Tail: really fun country album

Otis Redding - Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul: oh fuck this is so so good

The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics!!!: it's a fun album but it's hard to fully appreciate just how new and hard this sound was.

The Who - My Generation: what a way to start a career. This is an absolutely iconic album.

1966

The 13th Floor Elevators - They Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators: the big hit out of this album was nice and the electric jug sounds incredible but jesus christ this album is boring.

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds: this is so nice.

The Byrds - Fifth Dimension: it's fine but their previous entry on this list was miles better. Their mix of folk rock and psychedelic rock is a bit dull.

Donovan - Sunshine Superman: the first couple of songs are a bit too subdued for me but then the album really picks up. The songwriting is great and the arrangements are incredible. Also great mixing.

Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde: gonna be honest I didn't remember this album being that good.

The Kinks - Face to Face: the album is great, the fact that the band's previous record weren't on the list not so much.

Love - Da Capo: no idea who these people are but the album is really pleasant. That 18 minutes closing track is far too long tho.

Uh-oh, it didn't save me the updates on a few album so i will have to go from memory:

The Mamas and The Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears: delightful vocal harmonies, Monday Monday and California Dreaming are the two strongest songs on here.

John Mayall with Eric Clapton - Blues Breakers: some very good blues tbh

Monks - Black Monk Time: delightfully deranged

Fred Neil - Fred Neil: no memory of this, I do remember that I heard one of the songs in some movie

Paul Revere and The Riders - Midnight Ride: it was fine?

The Rolling Stones - Aftermath: back at this after weeks and weeks and I'm not gonna lie it was mostly because i did not want to listen to this. I don't like this album, i don't like the Stones (bar a couple of songs) and Mick Jagger sounds like a cunt.

Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme: it's a great album. It's so warm and beautiful.

Nina Simone -Wild is the Wind: this album is insanely beautiful.

The Yardbirds - The Yardbirds: this shit is great also The Pussycat Dolls sampled The Yardbirds?

The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out!: this makes for an interesting listening experience, I'm not sure i like everything on it but it is a pretty fun album.

1967:

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: it's honestly just delightful.

The Beau Brummels - Triangle: it's alright, some tracks are almost magical but not quite.

Tim Buckley - Hello and Goodbye: it's fine, I really love his voice there's something that really grabs your attention.

Buffalo Springfield- Buffalo Springfield Again: it's nice background music but I'm starting to get a bit tired of all of this folk-rock? At least it's a mercifully short album.

The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday: it's fine but i liked their previous album on the list better.

Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band - Safe as Milk: Honestly? who the fuck cares about this?

Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen: sounds quite magical but i feel far too restless for this at the moment.

Country Joe and The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body: tumblr didn't save my review of this and i have absolutely no recollection of this album. Had go double check to make sure I didn't accidentally skip it but apparently I listened to it a few days ago.

Cream - Disraeli Gears: it's good but I'm in the mood for something more exciting.

The Doors - The Doors: it's fine, contains a few absolute classics but I've never been a massive Doors fan.

The Electric Prunes - Electric Prunes: great stuff, and absolute joy to listen to.

Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved Another Man The Way I Love You: this album is absolutely delightful.

Astrud Gilberto - Beach Samba: it's whatever honestly

Merle Haggard and The Strangers - I'm a Lonesome Fugitive: as most great country albums it's 3 chords and the truth. The tunes are simple but nice and the lyrics are telling interesting stories.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?: it's good, it's rock music taking a heavier, darker turn.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love: even better than the other Hendrix' album.

The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks: man I love this band so much.

Love - Forever Changes: really solid and nice album

Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Loving On Your Mind): really great stuff here.

Moby Grape - Moby Grape: it's nice

The Monkees - Headquarters: it's a really nice album, No Time really packs a punch.

Nico - Chelsea Girl: I like the arrangements but I find Nico's singing to be unbearable.

Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn: such a fun album

The Young Rascals - Groovin: this was so good and so fun.

Frank Sinatra with Antonio Carlos Jobim - Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim: it's a Frank Sinatra album not much to say.

The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground and Nico: starts pretty great then it just drags on and on. Sometimes on here Nico doesn't sound as bad.

The Who - The Who Sell Out: the concept helps out a lot, there are some absolute bangers and a bunch of fine songs.

1968:

The Band - The Band: what is even the point of this album.

The Beatles - The Beatles: didn't need to be a double album, half of the songs on here are just fillers. The bangers are very much present tho.

Jeff Beck - Truth: nice and heavy, a tiny bit too slow tho.

Big Brother and The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills: there's a reason why most people only remember 2 songs on this album...

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears: yeah no.

Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum: okay this is great, why is only half of the album on spotify?

The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers: it's nice and under 30 minutes.

The Byrds - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo: the start of country rock is very nice.

Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso: I know that the guy didn't like his first solo album but it sounds pretty neat to me...

Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison: it's a great album.

Dr. John, The Night Tripper - Gris-Gris: not sure what's going on but it's pretty neat.

Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul: Miss Aretha could sing and had excellent taste regarding what she sang.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland: finally something nice and heavy

The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter: you really don't have to hear this.

Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida: this fucks extremely hard.

The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society: yeah I just really like The Kinks and this album is great.

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks: this shit is far too rambly for me.

Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes: not sure I like everything on this album but at least it's interesting. And mostly catchy.

Laura Nyro - Eli And The Thirteen Confessions: this stuff is god tier and you know it from the first note. You can also hear just how much influence it had on so many artists.

The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow: it makes a really pleasant listen. I know that it's a concept album about one guy but I paid 0 attention to the plot.

The Rolling Stones ‐ Beggars Banquet: idk man, it's nice but I do find the Rolling Stones a pretty underwhelming band.

Sharma, Chaurasia and Kabra - Call of the Valley: took me a while to track this one online, if the one on youtube I managed to find is the reall Album then it's pretty good.

Small Faces: Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake: it's not bad but I don't particularly care for this.

Traffic -Traffic: it seems good but I'm not vibing with this today.

The United States of America - The United States of America: sort of can't wait for the psychedelic era to be over. There was some interesting stuff here but i didn’t find this an enjoyable listening experience.

The Velvet Underground- White Light / White Heat: i cannot stress just how much I don't care about this band and most of their output.

Scott Walker - Scott 2: now THIS is fun. Baroque Pop is often forgotte but jesus if it's fun. It's big and pompous and majestic and so meaty. it feels like you can sink your teeth into the instrumental.

The Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money: this was so much fun both lyrically and musically.

The Zombies - Odessy And Oracle: I am in love with this album.

1969

The Band - The Band: this was nice and i really enjoyed the album.

The Beatles - Abbey Road: not my favourite Beatles' album but it does have two of the best songs George Harrison ever wrote so...

Bee Gees - Odessa: I have no memory of this album

Tim Buckley - Happy Sad: a bit too unexciting for me.

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica: I'm not sure of what the hell is going on here. I'm sure they had fun recording it?

Johnny Cash - At San Quentin: man that guy really knew how to entertain a crowd.

Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority: it's fine but I could have died wothout listening to it and I wouldn't have missed much.

Leonard Cohen - Songs From A Room: the man was more of a poet than musician most of the time so yeah excellent lyricism but not much going on musically

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country & Green River: both excellent albums with an abundance of fun and catchy songs. CCR wasn't active long but they gave us so much.

Crosby, Stills and Nash - Crosby, Stills and Nash: this felt like a very flimsy record. The armonies were nice, the rest of it not so much

Miles Davis - In A Silent Way: i really like this, it has a really great atmosphere.

Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left: it was fine

Fairport Convention - Liege And Lief & Unhalfbricking: They aren't my cup of tea and I just don't care about their music. I tried so hard to make it past the first 3 songs in both album but I just couldn't.

The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin: this is not the type of music you expect from a band with this name but it's pretty nice country rock.

Grateful Dead - Live/Dead: it's nice, a tad bit too long for people who arent really into the band.

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul: this is revolutionary

King Crimson- In The Court Of The Crimson King: I love this album so much.

The Kinks - Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire): The Kinks are usually a good band and this is one of their finest albums (not my favourite tho)

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I & II: I genuinely love these album so much. And in hindsight you can hear that the gears were really starting to turn for hard rock and heavy metal.

MC5 - Kick Out The Jam: not really to my taste but its pretty good.

The Pentangle - Bakset of Light: This is nice nice.

Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis: it's nice, but I'm not sure it belongs on this list?

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trail: 1) this is a great name for a band and 2) the goddamn 25 minute suite that's a cover of a 2 minute song is gold.

The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed: imho one of the best albums by the stones but also it sounds like any other album by the stones and boy was i glad when it was over.

Sly & The Family Stone - Stand: very funky album. ngl the 5 minuts of the n-word with the hard r were mildly uncomfortable but aside from that it's very enjoyable.

Alexander Spence - Oar: it's mice but it does sound like an album by someone who did a lot of acid and spent 6 month in a mental health facility.

Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis: it's a shortish album, but it's so good that it makes time fly and it leaves you wanting more.

The Stooges - The Stooges: side A was great, side B was alright.

The Temptations - Cloud Nine: this is so so good.

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground: yeah no, i still dislike most of the output from this group.

Scott Walker - Scott 4: every other album by this guy is on this list and deservedly so.

The Who - Tommy: I love this album. The music is great and the plot is fucking insane.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere: some incredible guitarwork on this.

The Youngbloods - Elephant Mountain: forgot to write my thoughts right after. I don't remember anything about this album but I remember linking it.

Frank Zappa - Hot Rats: really neat album. I'm especially fond of the bits that sound like a more elevated version of the local carnival band music.

1970:

Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs: there's a couple of high points but overall it was just fine.

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath: the beginning of heavy metal still sounds incredible and like such a departure from the psychedelic stuff.

Black Sabbath - Paranoid: such a great album.

The Carpenters - Close To You: it's a great album but going from paranoid to this is a bit of a weird experience.

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory: CCR are just great.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu: much much more solid than the CS&N album on the list.

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew: banging title but I preferred his previois entries on the list.

Deep Purple - In Rock: this is just an overall excellent album.

Derek and The Dominos - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs: a very solid album.

The Doors - Morrison Hotel: when these guys decided to go hard they went hard. The guy they brought in to pla bass for like two tracks is so fucking good.

Nick Drake - Bryter Layter: no fucking clue what the title is supposed to me but jesus this is a great folk album

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass: triple albums should be illegal. Nobody has enough quality material to make a triple album actually bearable. And I hate the production so much.

[musicthyme]

“Queen & Cointreau”

Remix by Dust Devil Sampled from “Tin Tin Deo” by Machito & his Orchestra

[jefferyryanlong]

FEEL with DJ Jeff Long - April 8, 2020

soul brother number one - sound fantasias and noise frontiers

In a Silent Way - Miles Davis Lost Dog - Tommy Yasuhara Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite - Machito and His Orchestra Peace - Ornette Coleman Los Matadoros (live) - Gabor Szabo James Brown Rides On - Orlando Julius Seductive Fantasy - Sun Ra and His Arkestra Maiden Voyage - Dick Oats Sly - Herbie Hancock Chase - Giorgio Moroder High Class Slim Came Floating’ In - Tortoise Music to Wash Dishes By - Tom Cameron Lesson No. 1 for Electric Guitar - Glenn Branca Transition - Mofoya Spec Bebop - Yo La Tengo

KTUH FM Honolulu - KTUH.org

[kerlonbusters]

Art of illusion discography.rar

RKO Pathe Studios, NYC, Decem2934-4 Metronome Riff Capitol 15039, M-11031 * Atlantic 864 Eddie Safranski - Turmoil / Jumpin' For Jane The Metronome All Stars + Stan Kenton And His Orchestraĭizzy Gillespie, trumpet Bill Harris, trombone Buddy DeFranco, clarinet Flip Phillips, tenor sax Nat King Cole, piano Billy Bauer, guitar Eddie Safranski, bass Buddy Rich, drums + Buddy Childers, Ken Hanna, Al Porcino, Ray Wetzel, trumpet Milt Bernhart, Harry Betts, Harry Forbes, trombone Bart Varsalona, bass trombone Art Pepper, George Weidler, alto sax Bob Cooper, Warner Weidler, tenor sax Bob Gioga, baritone sax Shelly Manne, drums. * Atlantic 851 Eddie Safranski - Sa-Frantic / Bass Mood * Atlantic EP 45-512 Jazz Session Featuring Eddie Safranski And The Poll Cats * Unique Jazz UJ 36 Vido Musso, Maynard Ferguson, Eddie Safranski - Three Kenton's Be Boppers Groups 1947-50 NYC, Decem91 Sa-Frantic Atlantic 851, EP 45-512 Unique Jazz UJ 36ĩ3 Turmoil Atlantic 864, EP 45-512 Unique Jazz UJ 36 Ray Wetzel, trumpet Eddie Bert, trombone Art Pepper, alto sax Bob Cooper, tenor sax Pete Rugolo, piano, arranger Eddie Safranski, bass Shelly Manne, drums. * Capitol (J) ECJ-50070 Art Pepper - Those Kenton Days Eddie Safranski And The Poll Cats RKO Pathe Studios, NYC, Decem2667-5 Cuban Carnival Capitol (J) ECJ-50070 * Capitol (J) ECJ-50070 Art Pepper - Those Kenton Days Stan Kenton And His OrchestraĬhico Alvarez, Buddy Childers, Ken Hanna, Al Porcino, Ray Wetzel, trumpet Milt Bernhart, Eddie Bert, Harry Betts, Harry Forbes, trombone Bart Varsalona, bass trombone Art Pepper, George Weidler, alto sax Bob Cooper, Warner Weidler, tenor sax Bob Gioga, baritone sax Stan Kenton, piano Laurindo Almeida, guitar Eddie Safranski, bass Shelly Manne, drums Carlos Vidal, congas Jack Costanzo, bongos Jose Mangual, timbales Machito, maracas June Christy, vocal. Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, Octo2361-1 Unison Riff Capitol (J) ECJ-50070 * Capitol (J) ECJ-50070 Art Pepper - Those Kenton Days 1947 (age 22) Stan Kenton And His OrchestraĬhico Alvarez, Buddy Childers, Ken Hanna, Al Porcino, Ray Wetzel, trumpet Milt Bernhart, Eddie Bert, Harry Betts, Harry Forbes, trombone Bart Varsalona, bass trombone Art Pepper, George Weidler, alto sax Bob Cooper, Warner Weidler, tenor sax Bob Gioga, baritone sax Stan Kenton, piano Laurindo Almeida, guitar Eddie Safranski, bass Shelly Manne, drums Jack Costanzo, bongos Rene Touzet, maracas June Christy, vocal. MacGregor Studios, Los Angeles, CA, Novem113-3 Harlem Folk Dance Capitol (J) ECJ-50070 Ray Borden, John Carroll, Buddy Childers, Karl George, Dick Morse, trumpet George Faye, Harry Forbes, trombone Bart Varsalona, bass trombone Eddie Meyers, Art Pepper, alto sax Morey Beeson, Red Dorris, tenor sax Bob Gioga, baritone sax Stan Kenton, piano Bob Ahern, guitar Clyde Singleton, bass Joe Vernon, drums Dolly Mitchell, vocal.Ĭ.P. 1943 (age 18) Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

[1001albumsrated]

#15: Tito Puente & His Orchestra - Dance Mania (1958)

Genre(s): Mambo

I wouldn't consider myself an expert on mambo music, but this is at least a little more in my comfort zone of knowledge than the other Cuban-adjacent cuts we've heard so far. It probably goes without saying, but mambo was huge in the US in the 50s, and was a major influence on a lot of popular music coming out at the time. Everyone wanted a cut of the dance craze, and there's a period where congueros seemed like the most in-demand players in the jazz scene.

I'm familiar with Tito Puente as one of the biggest names in this scene, but I don't think I've ever sat down and given one of his albums a focused listen. Dance Mania was his best-selling by far, and I can understand why after hearing it. Beyond being in the right place at the right time (which it extremely was, with the mambo craze hitting a fever pitch in the late 50s), the sounds here are, to my mostly-mambo-untrained ears, authentic to most "real" Latin & Cuban music I've heard from the era, but generally at a more approachable tempo. The slightly slower pacing likely appealed to unsure Americans learning the dance, and it gives the tracks an appealing slow-burning slinkiness (you could contrast this to the frenzied pace of many of the cuts on Machito's Kenya, reviewed here a few posts ago; I'm aware they are different styles, but they share core fundamentals).

I'm not much of one for dancing myself, but this is certainly a fun listen purely on its musical merits. I appreciate that while Tito may have slowed things down by a few BPM, he didn't pull any punches on the compositions and arrangements. The arrangements have a nice density to them, with some really neat harmonic choices layered over busy percussion (which, like a lot of Cuban & Latin music, does some interesting things with time and meter). It's tough to walk the line between being dance music and being "serious listening" music (if you even choose to believe in such a thing), but I think Dance Mania does a great job of it. It also has a certain timelessness to most of the tracks, despite being very much a product of its time. I have a surprising amount of friends involved in various styles of dance today, and I could imagine them spinning any number of these cuts.

Time for the million dollar question: MUST you hear Dance Mania before you die? I think you should. It, and mambo more broadly, influenced a large amount of music at the time and would continue to influence music into the future, particularly in the world of jazz and the world of Latin dance music to come.

Next up: Lady in Satin, by the legendary Billie Holiday alongside Ray Ellis & His Orchestra!

[ericjiajulee]

I will be working with @momentnyc @atlanticbkln for this sure-to-be a blast event this tomorrow! Info ticket link in bio #Repost ・・・ Ticket link in bio. Inside Mambo at the Palladium Ballroom (1946-1966) will revisit the music dance and story of this historic time and place in NYC music history. MOMENT is hosting a time-traveling journey to an era when Mambo was king of the dance floor, presenting discussion, images, live music, casual free dance instruction, and history. The event will feature a live mambo band with veteran mambo players, current lions, and young up-and-comers. Panel discussion, dance instruction, and live music. This MOMENT NYC event celebrating the historic New York City mambo era at the Palladium Ballroom will feature 2 time Grammy winner and musicologist Rene Lopez; Brooklyn native and percussion master, Chembo Corniel; US State Department Jazz Ambassador Zaccai Curtis; and 7 time Grammy winner, Mitch Frohman. Following the panel discussion, there will be dance instruction (�free w/admission) by Franck Muhel and Satomi Montague. World-renowned dancer Franck Muhel can be seen most recently in Lin-Manuel Miranda's movie The Heights. Live music will be provided by Mitch Frohman & The Bronx Horns. Mitch was a long time member of Tito Puente's and Mongo Santamaria's orchestras and has performed alongside Machito, Celia Cruz, and many others. Among his recording credits are Talking Heads, Paul Simon, Cyndi Lauper, Blood Sweat & Tears, and his sax playing is featured in the Sex and The City theme song. Additional music will be provided by DJ Nitram7 (Martin Moya). We hope to see you at this event celebrating New York City music history and the creative power of harmonious diversity. This event is for anyone interested in New York City history, nightlife, and music. If you have a casual interest in Latin music or are a self-proclaimed “Mambonik”, this special event will have something for you. From first-hand accounts, rare footage, and expert commentary to a world-class live mambo band and free casual dance instruction. This event is all ages with chaperone. (at AtlanticBkln) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc8YqnflP3i/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thebestican]

Another collage and play-list of music from years ending in '1'...Blues and country, jazz and pop, mambo and many more stylings represented by 76 songs from 47 acts caught on vinyl in the year 1951.  In order of appearance, you'll hear: Oscar Peterson, Charlie Parker and His Orchestra, Duke Ellington, Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads, Lefty Frizzell, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Johnny Otis w/ Little Esther & The Robins, Hank Williams, The Clovers, Machito Orchestra, Louis Armstrong & Bing Crosby, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Boy Williamson (II), Ruth Brown, Nat King Cole, The Shorty Rogers Quintet, Stan Getz, Thelonious Monk, Tony Bennett, Annette Warren, Big Joe Turner, Harmonica Frank, Amos Milburn, Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker, Billy Ward & The Dominoes, Bill Thompson, Leroy Anderson, Gene Kelly, Tito Puente, Patti Page, Jane Russell, Charles Brown, Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys, Bernard Herrmann, Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats, Leo Parker, Rosemary Clooney, Memphis Slim, Ella Fitzgerald, Bud Powell, Johnny Green & the MGM Studio Orchestra, Percy Mayfield, and The Five Keys. It's a long-player, broken down into three parts on Spotify: Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Enjoy, and let me know what I missed!