Wednesday, October 02, 2013

URIEL : Soul Thing (Theme From 'Queen Street Gang') [1969]

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So Uriel is the proto-progressive band (often misnamed as Arzachel), that spawned guitarist Steve Hillage, and the group Egg (which WAS a pr...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

JOHN CALE AND TERRY RILEY : Church Of Anthrax [1971]

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This is the only collaboration between John Cale (from the Velvet Underground) and Terry Riley (minimalist composer). Always felt to be a u...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

RODRIGUEZ : Cause [1971]

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This has to be one of the most emotionally 'challenging' song by the rediscovered Rodriguez, and part of a great vignette on the ...
Saturday, September 21, 2013

WEATHER REPORT: Dara Factor Two [1982]

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So this is the last studio track by Weather Report featuring Jaco Pastorius on bass (that's him yelling at 0:33 of the song).  He was wo...
Thursday, September 05, 2013

THE MACKROSOFT : Quiet Encephalitics [2006]

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The Mackrosoft is a jazz-funk collective headed by musician Aja West (Alexander Vallette Cheever).  Originally from a hip-hop background, he...
Monday, September 02, 2013

AARDVARK : Very Nice Of You To Call [1970]

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This UK quartet boasted a band WITHOUT a guitar player (I guess in the 70s, that was a novelty).  The group usually compensated with an dist...
Tuesday, December 04, 2012

MONTY ALEXANDER : Montevideo [1971]

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Jamaican jazz pianist Monty Alexander has been playing & recording since the '60s and is still going strong.  He originally honed hi...