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Tune of the Day

"Blue Rondo a la Turk"  on the Two Generations of Brubeck album.  Wow.

There are many fine versions of this tune, but this one gets me dancing, clapping, fist-pounding, whatever, every time....and it's not easy to dance in, what, 9/8?  I love tunes that grow, build, develop, and move through changes.  This one just picks me up and takes me right along with it.  Great melding of jazz and rock idioms, too.  It's fun to imagine Dave Brubeck setting the groove and then sitting back to hear where his kids and their friends take it. 

You can continue exploring Dave and the kids on Two Generations of Brubeck, "The Great Spirit Made Us All".  And Chris Brubeck's rock/jazz band Sky King on "Secret Sauce".

For extra credit, give a "spin" to Chase, "Bochawa" from their last album, Pure Music.

Anyway, that's my two cents today.




77jovian
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Jimbo Mathus and the Tri-State Coalition - "Tennessee Walking Mare"

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bdp24
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"Closer To The Flame", the lead-off track on Dave Edmunds’ album of the same title. Great chord progression/structure and melody, subtle employment of inversion in the bass part, and a wicked little guitar solo, one of Dave’s major talents. For another example, listen to his solo on his amazing re-imagining of the old blues "I Hear You Knocking". Along with Ry Cooder’s solo on John Hiatt’s "Lipstick Sunset", my all-time favorite guitar solo. Third is also a tie, between James Burton's in Ricky Nelson's "Young World" and George Harrison’s in John Lennon’s "Nowhere Man". Musicianship at this level is very, very rare.

77jovian OP
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Bdp24, excellent suggestions of guitar solos, all terrific.

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slaw
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"I Drink"Mary Gauthier 

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bdp24
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Great song Steve! Mary performed it when I saw her live last year.

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