What are you listening to right now?

ravenson said:
Connie Kay( Modern Jazz Quartet) playing drums on the song " Tupelo Honey ". His snare figures are not what you'd usually hear on a regular rock/soul type ballad . He's comping . You'll hear him on a couple other tunes too on the T.H. album.
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Hard to believe Van did this one just a few years ago. He still sounds fantastic.

 
Woke up at 05:08. Hit the head. Closed a couple of windows (still raining - since yesterday :() Climbed back in bed. No dice. What's on brain radio? Ah! It's a juke box shuffling through its 45's!! Cool. And what flops onto the turntable? Grand Funk Railroad and Some Kind of Wonderful!!

 
Smoke said:
Woke up at 05:08. Hit the head. Closed a couple of windows (still raining - since yesterday :() Climbed back in bed. No dice. What's on brain radio? Ah! It's a juke box shuffling through its 45's!! Cool. And what flops onto the turntable? Grand Funk Railroad and Some Kind of Wonderful!!

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"No Dice" you say? Now you've got MY brain radio going....

 
Smoke said:
Woke up at 05:08. Hit the head. Closed a couple of windows (still raining - since yesterday :() Climbed back in bed. No dice. What's on brain radio? Ah! It's a juke box shuffling through its 45's!! Cool. And what flops onto the turntable? Grand Funk Railroad and Some Kind of Wonderful!!

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That's our soundcheck tune. :)
 
JoeVermont said:
The LP But Seriously, Folks has become one of my favorite LPs - every song is sooo listenable.
I originally bought it as a "Cutout" LP for $2.99 I think.

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Good call, Mr. Vermont!
I was a few months shy of 15 when this album came out.
Bought it for the obvious reason (I think LP's were still less than $5, on base, back then), I found I really liked the whole album (once I got past my affliction for Life's Been Good).
Second Hand Store was a great song, as they all were, but Theme from Boat Weirdos always struck a chord with me....

 
Woke up to Billy Joel playing Piano Man on brain radio - not a bad way to start the day. But then found these guys! Hard Labor was one of my favorites - I didn't know it at the time, but I had the alternate album cover. Sure as I'm Sittin' Here was probably my favorite on the album, but always loved this one:

(edit) An actual live recording! Wow - they don't make 'em like this anymore!!

 
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Although she performed with such jazz greats as Count Basie, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, and Earl Hines, #ViRedd is rarely discussed in jazz history books except for those focusing specifically on female jazz musicians. The summer of 1968 she made a guest appearance with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet at the Newport Jazz Festival. At one point Dizzy introduced her as "a young lady who has been enjoyed many times before..." Later while she warmed up with pianist Mike Longo, Dizzy interjected, "That's close enough to jazz," convulsing the audience once again. But despite all the male chauvinism she endured, Vi Redd fluffed it off and played a fine, Bird-inspired solo on "Lover Man."
Vi collaborated successfully with Count Basie and his orchestra in 1968. One of the songs, "Stormy Monday Blues" brought together her strengths both as a vocalist and as an instrumentalist. The orchestra gave her plenty of space to play with soulful singing and the effervescent chord progressions that made her music so pleasing. Her dedication to and mastery of jazz music has paved the way for many other talented women instrumentalists.
Vi Redd: Sept 20, 1928 - Feb 6, 2022
 
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Same old - same old. Up at oh-five-something and started my day like so many detailed previously. The brain radio jukebox was shuffling its 45's and before I could get to the first-cup-of-coffee stage of the morning routine, I realized that the first tune of the day would be The Bee Gees with One. I've always liked the Bee Gees, but never collected their music - not even a cassette tape given to me by someone else. So, it's no surprise that I had to look up snippets of the lyrics just to find the name of the song! Here's the tune if you didn't know its name. :giggle:

 
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