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This blog is for those who are true Music Lovers,
and those who are looking for something that is not necessarily inside the proverbial box.
Be prepared for a few surprises along the way...
with some ordinary, but excellent items added from time to time, as Garnish and Condiment.

I'm finally finding my way here on this Music Blog...not merely featuring random posts in order to generate page hits (think Twitter), but documenting significant events in my Listening Experience (though not in chronological order). Collectively, they have shaped my Ear to accommodate a ridiculously wide range of Music. There is not one genre in which I have not found Music that I was fascinated by. Also, I cross-referenced the new Music I discovered by "re-searching" recordings of the Musicians surrounding (or referenced by) the Album Artist.

Sometimes I even bought Music "in the blind" so to speak, based upon my record store salesman's recommendation or after browsing really thorough liner notes (ex., any classic Blue Note LP)...or even a brilliant Title (ex., Wendall Harrison - "An Evening With The Devil", or Pink Floyd - "Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict") or unique Album Art (ex., Aquanote - "The Pearl", Minnie Riperton - "Come To My Garden", Doug Carn - "Spirit Of The New Land, Spooky Tooth - "Ceremony", or any P-Funk or Hed Kandi, and certain Zappa and "electric" Miles covers). I realized from experience that few will invest the Time/Money/Resources to generate boutique artwork for inferior Music (ex., some so-called rap "mixtapes" [sic]). The more often I took chances, the more often I'd discover a Prize.

And few laypersons will invest the Time I spent standing for HOURS inside record&department stores flipping through EACH&EVERY lp, 45, 8-track, cassette, and/or cd just to make sure that I did not overlook an "Easter Egg". Add to that the HOURS spent actually LISTENING to all that Music! I wasn't a "frustrated" Musician as much as a "vicarious" one. Every payday in the early 70's, I would buy about seven LP's...mostly items that I had never heard before. And my record salesman always gave me a money-back guarantee, but I never needed to use it.

So for example I had heard George Duke, and Jean-Luc Ponty well before many because I listened to Zappa. In fact, it was Zappa's "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" track - 'Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue' that caused me to wonder just WHO Eric Dolphy was. When I finally found out, that took me on ANOTHER Musical quest. And by exploring all of electronic Miles' sidemen, I was introduced to another whole universe of creativity...Tony Williams Lifetime, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Mwandishi, Headhunters, NTU Troop, Return To Forever, and the numerous individual artist-led collaborations by Musicians that had passed through Miles.

So my purpose here is to share not just Music, but an entire Musical Perspective. Just as Experience shapes Behavoir, "listening Experience" shapes "listening Behavior".

Are You Experienced?


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Monday, August 31, 2009

The Rotary Connection - Hey Love (1971)

featuring Minnie Riperton



TRACKLIST:
1. If I Sing My Song (3:41)
2. The Sea And She (3:32)
3. I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (5:46)
4. Hangin' Round The Bee Tree (3:42)
5. Hey Love (4:11)
6. Love Has Fallen On Me (4:22)
7. Song For Everyman (5:35)
8. Love Is (5:17)
9. Vine Of Happiness (4:03)

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The Rotary Connection - Dinner Music (1968)

featuring Minnie Riperton
TRACKLIST
1. The Rotary Connection - Amuse (4:03)
2. The Rotary Connection - Country Things (3:09)
3. The Rotary Connection - Lektricks #1 (0:49)
4. The Rotary Connection - Lektricks #2/Merry Prankster (3:20)
5. The Rotary Connection - Living Alone (2:58)
6. The Rotary Connection - Lonely Summer (2:39)
7. The Rotary Connection - Love Me Now (2:51)
8. The Rotary Connection - May Our Amens Be True (3:06)
9. The Rotary Connection - Pointillism/We Will Be Free (3:24)
10. The Rotary Connection - Pump Effect/Want You To Know (3:15)
11. The Rotary Connection - Quartet (1:03)
12. The Rotary Connection - Stormy Monday Blues (4:00)

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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Adele - 19 (2008)


01 -   Daydreams (3:40)
02 -   Best For Last (4:18) 
03 -   Chasing Pavements (3:30) 
04 -   Cold Shoulder (3:11)  
05 -   Crazy For You (3:28)  
06 -   Melt My Heart To Stone (3:23)  
07 -   First Love (3:10)  
08 -   Right As Rain (3:17)  
09 -   Make You Feel My Love (3:32)  
10 - My Same (3:15) 
11 - Tired (4:18)  
12 - Hometown Glory (4:31)

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McCoy Tyner - Song Of The New World (1973)




TRACKLIST: 
1. McCoy Tyner - Afro Blue (10:01)
2. McCoy Tyner - Little Brother (10:12)
3. McCoy Tyner - The Divine Love (7:31)
4. McCoy Tyner - Some Day (6:50)
5. McCoy Tyner - Song Of The New World (6:50)





McCoy Tyner, piano; Sonny Fortune, flute, soprano sax, alto sax; Jooney Booth, bass; Alphonse Mouzon, drums; Hubert Laws, piccolo, flute; Virgil Jones, trumpet; Cecil Bridgewater, trumpet; Jon Faddis, trumpet; Garnett Brown, trombone; Dick Griffin, trombone, bass trombone; Kiani Zawadi, euphonium; Julius Watkins, french horn; Willie Ruff, french horn; William Warnick III, french horn; Bob Stewart, tuba; Sonny Morgan, conga; John Blair, violin; Sanford Allen, violin; Winston Collymore, violin; Noel DaCosta, violin; Marie Hence, violin; Julian Barber, viola; Alfred Brown, viola; Ronald Lipscomb, viola; Kermit Moore, cello; Harry Smyles, oboe 
 

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Sadao Watanabe - Autumn Blow (1977)

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TRACKLIST:
1.Just Crusin'
2.The Chaser
3.Someday In Suburbs
4.Rapture
5.Inner Embrace
6.Orange Bypass

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David Sanborn - Here And Gone (2008)




1. David Sanborn - Basin Street Blues (4:56)
2. David Sanborn - Please Send Me Someone To Love (3:22)
3. David Sanborn - St. Louis Blues (5:19)
4. David Sanborn - Stoney Lonesome (4:10)
5. David Sanborn - What Will I Tell My Heart (4:47)
6. David Sanborn & Derek Trucks - Brother Ray (5:40)
7. David Sanborn & Eric Clapton - I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town (4:48)
8. David Sanborn & Joss Stone - I Believe It To My Soul (4:31)
9. David Sanborn & Sam Moore - I've Got News For You (4:26)
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