What are you listening to right now?

[Cadeauxxx]

Breaking out some classics.

Booty Collins' with a big one.

[Volente]

Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygène

[John Connors]

[Volente]

Ennio Morricone - Il Triello

Shivers, every time . . .

[John Connors]

[Starman]

Don Johnson - Heart beat 

[Cadeauxxx]

In my recent Jazz kicks, I've discovered Jaco Pastorius recently.

I'm not big on Jazz Fusion, which is probably the reason I never heard of Jaco before. When it comes to Fusion, there's only a handful of albums I do like and the main one is Herbie Hancock's Headhunters. I love Wayne Shorter when he's in a quartet or in Miles Davis' quintet, but I don't care for The Weather Report, which is where Jaco is most famously known for being a member of.

Jaco was a brilliant bass player and his original written songs are amazing. This song has the famous bass hook that later became SWV's hit 'Rain'. His melody here and phrasing is wonderful. It's easy to see why he has a huge fan following in the Jazz community based off his riffing and play style.

[Volente]

The Stranglers - (Get a) Grip (On Yourself)
Convicted of insanity, of crimes against the soul
The worst crime that I ever did was play some rock and roll

[John Connors]

Jaco and the last track from his debut album.

[Volente]

Pentangle - The Lyke-Wake Dirge
This ae nighte, this ae nighte
Every nighte and alle
Fire and fleet and candle-lighte
And Christe receive thy saule

Today's the winter solstice, always makes me think of this song.

[Starman]

David Bowie - Changes

[John Connors]

Metallica - One.

Some people hate the movie that features in the video, Johnny Got His Gun, but I like it. The novel by Dalton Trumbo is incredible.

[Cadeauxxx]

Metallica - One.

Some people hate the movie that features in the video, Johnny Got His Gun, but I like it. The novel by Dalton Trumbo is incredible.

I remember seeing that movie years ago in high school and being surprised by it. I had no idea they took inspiration from a movie while making that video.

Great anti-war movie. The novel is great too, I agree. Trumbo suffered from the black lists.

[Cadeauxxx]

As an early Christmas present, I've got my hands on the deluxe CD version of one of the greatest and most important Jazz albums ever made.



I love this album so much I could write massive walls of texts talking about it to the point I sound like a crazy person. I used to own one of the original Impulse vinyl versions, which was worth a good bit of money. This is probably my all time favorite Jazz album ever made. There isn't a single bad bar on it whatsoever. Every musician is in top form, especially the man on the cover and band leader or the quartet.

The bonus disc to the deluxe version has the only live recorded show of the album songs in it's entirety. The quality is good, but Coltrane was not happy with his performances, so it's not worth tracking down unless you're a huge fan. There are some cool outtake versions on it too, one of which where he plays Soprano and Artie Sheep is in on Sax.

If you like Jazz and don't own this album, get your hands on it eventually. It's a classic and a must have album.

[John Connors]

Some Old School German Thrash Metal:

Sodom - Magic Dragon


Kreator - People of the Lie