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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.




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@ghosthouse

No matter what... I love your description of the JS record!

I just put on my DCC "S/T" VanHalen..........
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.....I'm still here....
I survived the first two tracks.

Wow!
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Angus & Julia Stone  "Santa Monica Dream". Yaoulzza!!
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Lyle Lovett  "Simple Song"
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the byrds, "if you're gone"--an obscure gene clark song buried on the second side of "turn turn turn."  it's a very  haunting melody with mcguinn's droning, jangly, almost eastern-sounding guitar and deceptively simple, poetic lyrics. clark had a knack for writing these tightly-wound, hooky verses which resolve without chorsues (think "eight miles high"), and this is powerful stuff.
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