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
Greetings, Slaw! Yes, I read this thread a lot more than I post to it.  So many great suggestions by others.  You and BDP, for example, share a wealth of knowledge about music, musicians and recording in your posts.

Given my less frequent posts, I’ll give you two cuts from two great albums I listened to today:

Joe Jackson, “Kings of the City”, from Fast Forward.

Rodney Crowell, “Flatland Hillbillies”, from Texas.

And, +1 for “Desperados Waiting for a Train”.  As a matter of fact, last night I saw Darrell Scott and his Bluegrass Band.  Darrell played on 4-5 Guy Clark albums and last night did a great version of “Desperados...”.




And, +1 for “Future Games”, still my favorite album from my favorite lineup of FleetwoodcMac.
@77jovian 

Thanks for your kind words. @bdp24  has much more knowledge than I and I'm glad to be able to learn from it.