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#EleanorRigby - "I Want To Sleep With You" (1986)

Along side a pair of nicely fitted sharkskin trousers and a neato fold-out shop catalogue (feat. Eleanor modelling their latest clothes), I picked this single up in a #mod clothing shop off #CarnabyStreet in London whilst on holiday ca. 1986. Could mine have been the only copy of this #ModRevival single to make it all the way to sunny Southern California back then? Perhaps. But who the heck was Eleanor Rigby? I suspect @revivalrecords might know the full story.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Kry76b9m5iU

Spanish Bitch by Mal Waldron, released on ECM in 1970.

Tyran Grillo wrote for ECM Reviews:

"SIDE A opens with the eponymous tune, and through its modal affiliations nods in the direction of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, who also appropriated Spanish scales for effect. In his hands, however, such motifs take on an almost ritualistic quality as scaffolding for an idiosyncratic reverie. From a web of bass and plucked piano strings emerges a vibrant block of chords. Waldron sets aside the theme almost as soon as he develops it, using it as a springboard for his laser-focused energy. Eckinger’s unusual solo sets up Waldron’s phenomenal own, building to steadfast density and playing off Braceful with glorious aplomb...

https://ecmreviews.com/2020/04/06/mal-waldron-spanish-bitch/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE2q3kVf0fc&list=RDRE2q3kVf0fc&start_radio=1

#MalWaldron #ECM #ECMReviews #JazzPianoTrio #Jazz #Music #TheBeatles #EleanorRigby