The Immortal Otis Redding (ATCO, 1968)
Whenever I listen to Southern soul records, especially Stax, I wonder why I don't listen to more. This posthumous Otis release features some of his last recordings with the M.G.'s before his tragic early death, including Hard to Handle and The Happy Song (Dum-Dum...), which I recognize from a hip hop sample I can't place (not Das EFX, maybe an interlude). One of the greatest.
Herbie Hancock - Thrust (Columbia, 1974)
Long before Victor Glover made history as the first black man to orbit the moon, Herbie piloted a synth-controlled spaceship to extraterrestrial Machu Picchu, propelled by jazz-funk thrusters.
The Tony Rice Unit - Manzanita (Rounder, 1979)
a flawless record all around: playing, vocals, songs, recording, pressing, feels
Kurt Vile & Steve Gunn - Gunn Vile (Three Lobed, 2017 reissue of 2015 release, Parallogram series)
Vile side / Gunn side, each accompanied by the other, along with Mary Lattimore on harp & piano. Original + covers of Randy Newman, John Prine, Nico.
Richard Groove Holmes - Comin' on Home (Blue Note, 1971)
there's some jazz funk bangers on this one, especially https://youtu.be/6yLJU6j_YEc
ft. Weldon Irvine, Gerald Hubbard, Jerry Jemmott, Ray Armando, Darryh Washington (& RVG)
Isotope 217 - The Unstable Molecule (Thrill Jockey, 1997)
Tortoise × Chicago Underground Orchestra venn diagram with Jeff Parker in the nucleus
#NowPlaying #jazz #PostRock #vinyl #BEKrecords @vinylrecords
Super Biton de Segou - Afro Jazz du Mali (Bolibana, 1986)
#NowPlaying #jazz #Mali #Bambara #vinyl #BEKrecords @vinylrecords
The Impressions - People Get Ready (ABC-Paramount, 1965)
"There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner
Who would hurt all mankind just to save his own...
So people, get ready, there's a train a-comin'
You don't need no baggage, you just get on board"
Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette - To Be Continued (ECM, 1981)
Egberto Gismonti - Sol do Meio Dia (ECM, 1978)
It's an ECM decompression kind of night, and a first listen at that, Gismonti (8-string guitar, kalimba, wood flute, piano, voice, bottle) with a rotating ensemble inc. Nana Vasconcelos, Ralph Towner, Colin Walcott, and Jan Garbarek, dedicated to Sapain and the Xingu Indians. Immaculate recording of course.
Black-Eyed Katydid