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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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This one has most likely been mentioned before, ..probably by me....

Ted Nugent "Together"  vocals by Meatloaf
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Mansion on the Hill"
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@slaw, if you don't already have it, consider getting the s/t first Crazy Horse album from 1971. Danny Whitten was still alive and in the band, as was Jack Nitzsche (he was hired by Neil Young for the Harvest album, and stayed on for a while), who co-produced the album with Bruce Botnick. Nils Lofgren was brought in to help with the guitar duties (perhaps because of Whitten's drug problem), and Ry Cooder guests on a few tracks. It's a really good album imo.
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@bdp24 

I have it brother.
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Angus & Julia Stone  "Nothing Else"
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@bdp24

I cleaned it and just put it on. My copy is the Rhino re-master "from the original analog masters" ?

"Beggars Day"...the only other time I've heard this song was by Nazareth.
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