Playlist of the Week(music)

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piercethevale

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from wikipedia: "Swiss Movement is a soul jazz live album recorded on June 21, 1969 at The Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland by the Les McCann trio with saxophonist Eddie Harris and trumpeter Benny Bailey. The album was a hit record, as was the accompanying single "Compared To What", with both selling millions of units."
I first heard this in late '71 or early '72...I've never grown tired of it, In fact I like it more now than then ...and I wouldn't have thought that was possible for many years.
The first song I heard is the first track on the album. It was a "Crossover Tune" as it was a hit on the FM rock stations here on the West Coast of America [I know not of the rest of the country but I imagine it was received nearly as well]. It is a 'protest song', in a manner of speaking, just as pointedly moving today as then...and nowadays it is poignantly bittersweet as well.
I find it so amazing that that Les McCann and Eddie Harris had never played together or even met until that day and didn't even have a chance to rehearse at all before taking the stage together that day. [although in the wiki bio it says that Eddie was a 'constant collaborator. I believe it must refer to thereafter.] I'm not sure about the other members of this 'jazz session' but from what wiki says about Benny Bailey, it sounds as though he'd never met or played with any of the other fellows in the session before that day.



1. "Compared to What" - (Gene McDaniels)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiDYXuI9uSQ&feature=relmfu

2. "Cold Duck Time" - (Eddie Harris)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCOfFqnPwlU&feature=relmfu

3. "Kathleen's Theme" - (Les McCann)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLvA0Rg6fck&feature=relmfu

4. "You Got It in Your Soulness" - (Les McCann)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m-ofRT3ni4&feature=relmfu

5. "The Generation Gap" - (Les McCann)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRM6KcKDHd8&feature=relmfu

6. ""Kaftan" - (Leroy Vinnegar) - bonus track on the 1996 reissue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qpNKq2cZBI

Eddie Harris: tenor saxophone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Harris
Benny Bailey: trumpet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Bailey

The Les McCann Trio
Les McCann: piano, vocals on "Compared to What" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McCann
Leroy Vinnegar: bass: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Vinnegar
Donald Dean: drums [it was his 32nd birthday that day]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Dean
Only Donald and Les remain alive today. A stroke in the mid 1990s sidelined McCann for a while, but in 2002 he released a new album, Pump it Up.
 
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piercethevale

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piercethevale

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An alternate version...most excellent in its' own right.
They were called "The Thinking Mans' Rock Band" and they became followers of Paramahansa Yogananda's teachings in the 70s [as I recall]...they were my old friend and varsity tennis team mate, from my High School & College days, Keshav's fav. band...and Keshav was a follower of Yogananda's teachings until He became a chela of Swami Muktananda [Well, he was a "Thinking Man" had an I.Q. of well over 140. The consummate prankster ..haven't heard from Keshav in over a dozen years. I don't know if He is still among the living. I hope you are doing well...somewhere...old friend.]

Yes - "Shoot High Aim Low" - 2nd take
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imfiTuoHb_0&feature=related

...another alternate version of a fine Yes tune...
The video is supreb...beautiful Astrological Signs in rendition...worth pulling out the 'Screen Snipper'...!

Jon Anderson - "Hearts"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG7-C9kDyno&feature=related


Is this a Capricorn or a Taurus image?
 

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piercethevale

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My fav. musician of all time...known as "Diogenes with a guitar".
I own the vinyl this tune is from...I asked my room mate [whom I give to him his own bedroom and private bath] to digitalize this for me over two years ago...
[I think I might just kick his sorry a$$ to the curb...]

I love this tune...got a raga beat...makes me do Kirtan... I'm a happy boy now that someone finally uploaded this on youtube...

Shawn Phillips... "Rumplestiltskin's Resolve":joyful::joyful::joyful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpPN_7uLFHg


...more...

OH FREEDOM BE...!!!!

Shawn Phillips... "Early Morning Hours"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy0WdvlVU8E&feature=relmfu


...MORE...

Shawn Phillips... "Hie Away"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCMT93ntYR8&feature=related
 
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piercethevale

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It ain't the entire tune, I'm sad to say, but I was lucky to find this much as because of the title of the vid, the uploader gave it.
I find this to be one of the most infectious old tunes there is. If you don't find yourself humming this in the next day or two...consult a doctor...please! [I'm worried about you...:kissing:]

Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks ~ "You Got To Believe"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPMWGTIC8Iw
 

LovelyNomad7

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My Mellow & mesmerizing playlist. This music makes down memory lane. It's perfect for a road trip, a long walk or simply for a chill time.

The XX-Chained
The XX- Crystalised
Radiohead-Reckoner
Of Monsters and Men- Dirty Paws
Radiohead-Lotus Flower
Lissie- Worried About
Santigold-You'll Find a Way
Pnau-Embrace
The Shins-Pink Bullets
Kate Nash-Navy Taxi
Rock Kills Kid- Turn My Camera On
Xylos- Summer Long
Empire of the Sun- We are the People
Metric- Artificial Nocturne
Lindsay Pavao-Heart Shaped Box
 
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