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I could not help but agree with your comment and admire your morning routine. So far, "Chet" and "Chet Baker & Crew" have been fantastic, and you're pleasantly surprised by "Chet Baker & Strings."Back to my early morning listening routine and just going with the alphabetical flow has landed me in a whole lotta Chet Baker (11 albums in a row whose titles begin with "Chet" or "Chet Baker").
So far, "Chet", "Chet Baker & Crew" have been tremendous (I've heard most of the selections over the years) and am midway through "Chet Baker & Strings", which is not as syrupy as I feared.
I could not help but agree with your comment and admire your morning routine. So far, "Chet" and "Chet Baker & Crew" have been fantastic, and you're pleasantly surprised by "Chet Baker & Strings."
One of my favorite artists. Thanks for positing this and will add immediately to my library.Nik Bärtsch has released an EP in honor of 1,000 Montags (Mondays) at his club EXIL in Zurich, Switzerland. (Bärtsch, or members of his groups, have performed there consecutively for over 19 year every Monday evening, most of them livestreamed in recent years.)
The Ronin Rhythm Clan was a rare expanded lineup of Bärtsch's Ronin group. Ronin of late has been Bärtsch on piano, Sha on bass clarinet and sax, lifelong sidekick Kaspar Rast on drums, and on this recording, Thomy Jordi (who appeared on the last Ronin album Awase) on bass. Expanding the lineup for the "Clan" are three additional horns and a guitar. This is a two-track, 24 minute EP featuring "Modul 22" and "Modul 42."
Moonday is a private Ronin Rhythm Records release, and can be found on Bandcamp.
He and the current Ronin (Sha, Rast, and Jeremias Keller on bass) are playing a small number of gigs in the US. The closest to me is in Cleveland in less than two weeks (where I would probably miss it, as I'll possibly be on a road trip). There is a hint of a future album though: "The band will be performing new music in advance of a new release as well as promoting their previous album, Awase."
I watched a few performances on YouTube last night. One was the first of two sets by the Ronin Rhythm Clan from EXIL in 2013.One of my favorite artists. Thanks for positing this and will add immediately to my library.
The song that lured me was "Are You Going With Me?" As it turns out, I would be going with him, with "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls" the tune that hooked me.I didn't pay Metheny much attention other than catching some of the songs on WJZZ, but the real breakthrough came in the mid 90s when I borrowed Letter from Home from the library. After a couple of weeks I was out at the used record store picking up a few older titles.
I wish you a safe trip.Work travel disrupted the routine a bit this week---now listening to "Chet Baker in Milan"---another excellent album!
Last night I almost bit on the 3-LP set that is an expanded reissue of the James Bond theme compilation album...until I read that the mastering was not good. (I had a chance at a sealed set with damaged cover that had a steep discount.) I still have a digital version of that set, which was on a single CD.Patiently waiting (recent weather delays) for John Barry's "Octopussy" score. expanded to 2CDs and released by LaLaLand in CA.
"Live and Let Die" by George Martin 2 CD on order as well.
If you are a fan, suggest your order quickly as these expanded Bond scores sell out quickly.
Can you share a bootleg?Last night I almost bit on the 3-LP set that is an expanded reissue of the James Bond theme compilation album...until I read that the mastering was not good. (I had a chance at a sealed set with damaged cover that had a steep discount.) I still have a digital version of that set, which was on a single CD.
BTW, did they get I-70 cleared? I would have been driving through there today had I decided to go on the rally next week.