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Any old Hawaiian records. Two Slack Key Guitars (Atta Issacs and Gabby Pahinui) is a good one. Usually listening to: Chet Atkins, Nina Simone, Ennio Morricone, Claude Debussy, The Grateful Dead, etc.
May 30, 2023
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these arenāt super deep cuts or anything just the greats knocking it out of the park and making it look easy š®āšØ lmk what you like and maybe i can recommend more to u specifically ?
Carmen McRae - Bittersweet
Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea
Billie Holiday - An Evening with Billie Holiday
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Sings Soulfully
Charles Mingus - Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Ornette Coleman - Change of the Century
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Mary Lou Williams - Zodiac Suite
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk
Art Ensemble of Chicago - A Jackson in Your House
Pharaoh Sanders - Tauhid
Jul 5, 2024
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Earlier jazz may fit this bill well. Check out the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. Iām actually listing to some of their work right now, and I can envision it fitting this vibe. You may also like the work of Ruth Ettings for early vocal work. In terms of later work, you may find Ella Fitzgeraldās work with Joe Pass good for this. Scott LaFaroās and Fats Navarroās work too. For perhaps deeper cuts: Richard āGrooveā Holmesā album āLiving Soul,ā as well as the work of Don Byas.
Dec 12, 2024
Anything by the Wes Montgomery Trio, especially their album Guitar on the Go. (This is more nightime jazz)
Cat by Hiroshi Suzuaki is also a great listen.
Mar 6, 2025
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French Prog Rock from 1979. Are you naked yet? Very little is written about this extremely weird and cool record. I randomly got this on vinyl a long time ago, not knowing what it was, and it has become impossible to find anywhere except of courseā someone loaded it onto YouTube a while ago. The magic comes from the DIY nerd-flow of melodic ideas, the bedroom-album ambition, the tactile energy of the tones, and BONUS: there is limited Muso-Overplaying that so much Prog Music gets defined by. It sounds like 1779 had sex with 1979 on a bed of Parisian cassettes.
May 30, 2023
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Scrolling through some of my recently watchedā¦Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)16th century conquistadores driven to madness in the Andes. You can tell that these dudes were in the shit while filming. Always thought of this film as the original Apocalypse Now. Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski. Good stuff.Badlands (1973)Seen It many times. Timeless visual beauty and performance chemistry between Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek. Terrence Malickās directorial debut. Love it.Network (1976)This screened the other night in LA while I was out of town so I rented it for the twentieth time. As relevant now as it was then. A stone-cold masterpiece. Paddy Chayefsky won an Oscar for screenplay, but it lost best picture to Rocky. Taxi Driver was also nominated. What a year!Tess (1979)Just saw this for the first time. One of Polanskiās best. Feel like he was inspired by Barry Lyndon.Year of the Jellyfish (1984)A French friend recommended this one. I think itās kind of cherished by some as a trashy cult classic. But if youāre looking for a film full of gorgeous, topless French women on vacation in San Tropez in the 1980s, this is for you!The West (miniseries) (1996)I rewatch Ken Burns documentaries all the time. Jazz, Country Music, Baseball, Lewis & Clark, all of them. Iāve seen each one multiple times. The West is remarkable. A comprehensive deep dive into 19th century American history. 20-hours replete with unmistakable, soothing Burns-esque narration and somber songs of the old American frontier. Fascinating, harsh and profoundly sad.
May 30, 2023
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This trilogy is one of the most interesting and ambitious things Iāve ever read. The scale of the story consistently expands, and there is unique profundity to the concepts that the author introduces. It leaves you contemplating the depth of our place in the universe, and the philosophies upon which we entrust ourselves to evolve further into the unknown. It's going to be a Netflix series soon, so read it before it gets ruined by Corporate Money Goblins!
May 30, 2023