Diario

here is a list of my top (i.e. favourite) 170 albums, as documented this year. just like my songs list, it was created for a messageboard. i have disabled comments for the time being because frankly i got a little sick of the all criticism i received as a result of posting it. i'm sorry if you don't like my list... but what can i say? it's an honest documentation of albums i like, rather than some kind of indie hipster posturing. i have my own personal reasons for listing things in the order they appear, which some people may not understand or agree with, but i'm not asking anyone to do that.

anyway, with that out of the way, here's the list. enjoy! (or don't...):

[170] Sibylle Baier - colour green
[169] Magnetic Fields - 69 love songs
[168] Radiohead - ok computer
[167] Mellow Candle - swaddling songs
[166] Tori Amos - little earthquakes
[165] Sufjan Stevens - greetings from michigan
[164] Wondermints - mind if we make love to you
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I've been sitting here listening to this album downloaded this month from eMusic, gently being soothed by the sound of Maupin's bass clarinet and the rhythms of the double-bass and the subtle percussion. The disk starts out with the tune Maupin wrote for Lee Morgan's band, Neophilia.

The playing throughout is deft, sympathetic, at times swinging and at times quietly romantic. I would recommend this cd to those who appreciate the quieter side of jazz, but in no way should this be called "smooth" jazz or contempoarary popular instrumental, such as Kenny Gee or his phonetic relative Najee.

The last.fm database lists the following artists as related to Bennie Maupin.

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• Prince and The NPG
  
• Tyrone Evans
  
• Ice Cube with George Clinton
  
• Raul De Souza
  
• Issac Delgado
  
• Hipnotic
  
• K.C. White
  
• Jon Lucien
  
  
  I'm somewhat intrigued by these associations. I don't really ever think of Prince in relation to Maupin. …

1) Wayne Shorter with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, Freddie Hubbard, and Mccoy Tyner
2) Cannonball Adderley with Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Milt Jackson, Kenny Dorham, Wes Montgomery, Philly Joe Jones, Duke Ellington, Paul Chambers, and as a solo artist
3) John Coltrane with Miles Davis, Mccoy Tyner, Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Burrell, Duke Ellington, and as a solo artist
4) Joe Henderson with Lee Morgan, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard,Mccoy Tyner, Alice Coltrane, and as a solo artist
5) Lester Young with Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and as a solo artist
6) Charlie Parker
7) Ornette Coleman with Don Cherry, but mostly as a solo artist
8) Paul Desmond with The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Gerry Mulligan, J. J. Johnson, and as a solo artist
9) Dexter Gordon with Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, and Herbie Hancock, and as a solo artist
10) Eddie Harris as a solo artist

hello friends and music lovers..
some exciting news for you!


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there's just very few copies left: the first privatelektro compilation
music to listen to music by is still available at neurotitan shop berlin and minor music mailorder - we made a fresh review page for this first compilation .

http://www.privatelektro.de/reviews/reviews_music_to_listen.html

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in addition to the known dealers the freshest releases are now also available via a new mailorder:
http://suburbantrash.c8.com/shop.php


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Gone. All of it. All 5,000 or so songs. All 42.3 gigs of music. All wiped out because Windows cannot read its own dynamic storage when running the setup utility. It claimed my media partition was "unpartitioned space". I thought it would be safe to install Windows on supposedly unpartitioned space. When Windows was installed, my music was gone.

Oh, but that's not the worst of it. I have a data recovery tool sitting around here, called Recover My Files. Damn good application. It even claims to be able to recover formatted drives. So, I figured I'd put its greatest boast to the test.

It found all of the mp3's...That is to say, it found about 15,000 or so mp3 files. All various chunks of songs. it's almost like having your music ripped away from you and shattered, then thrown back at you. "Here you are, kid. Enjoy listening to this fifteen second clip of The Devin Townsend Band."

Not all of it is truly lost. …

OK. I’m sounding off on some new discoveries, old favorites, and revitalized appreciation. I just like writing about music. Sue me.

Were it not for another member of last.FM, K'Hash to be specific, I'd have no idea who Farmakon was. He threw out the recommendation in a brief journal post about a week and a half ago, and I put it in the always expanding line of music recommendations. I finally got a chance to listen to A Warm Glimpse, and I will admit I was impressed.

The first thing I was listening for was the comparisons to Opeth, since that's what I hear most about the band in perusing the world wide web. Yes, fans of Opeth may count on getting at least something out of Farmakon. There're some things that Farmakon does differently than Opeth though. The influence is there, but they definitley make an attempt to lay their own groundwork..

The reason why the opeth comparison seems only too obvious is most likely the vocalist's most frequently used death growl. It does bare a striking resemblance to Mr. …

Miles Davis
First record heard:Kind of Blue
Currently loving:My Funny Valentine
All time fave:Kind of Blue
Last played:In A Silent Way

John Coltrane
First record heard:My Favorite Things
Currently loving:A Love Supreme
All time fave:My Favorite Things
Last played:Ole Coltrane

Hank Mobley
First record heard:Workout
Currently loving:Dippin'
All time fave:Third Season
Last played:The Turnaround

Art Blakey
First record heard:Moanin'
Currently loving:At The Cafe Bohemia
All time fave:Moanin'
Last played:A Night at Birdland

Charles Mingus
First record heard:Mingus Ah Um
Currently loving:Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus
All time fave:Oh Yeah
Last played:[album artist=Charles Mingus]The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady/album]

Dexter Gordon
First record heard:[album artist=Dexter Gordon]A Jazz Hour With Vol.2[/album]
Currently loving:[album artist=Dexter Gordon]Dexter Blows Hot And Cool[/album]
All time fave:[album artist=Dexter Gordon]Doin' Allright[/album]
Last played:[album artist=Dexter Gordon]Doin' Allright[/album]

Lee Morgan
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This entry is just a list of some classic Jazz artists I should be on the lookout for at the CD store.

Dizzy Gillespie
Lee Morgan
Freddie Hubbard(bought)
Woody Shaw
Bill Evans

Miles Davis has given me a taste for the trumpet, which is reflected in these lines of interest.