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Post by theboogieman on Oct 17, 2014 8:11:08 GMT -5
Cosby and the man himself, Quincy Jones. A fine piece of funk. Not sure how much involvement Cosby had in the making of said funk though. Well the instrumental part's cool, but the vocals to me are kinda just hilarious, because of the absolute lack of sense that they make. Your avatar kinda looks like Dale Crover from The Melvins.
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Post by lennyreid on Oct 17, 2014 10:31:51 GMT -5
Cosby and the man himself, Quincy Jones. A fine piece of funk. Not sure how much involvement Cosby had in the making of said funk though. Well the instrumental part's cool, but the vocals to me are kinda just hilarious, because of the absolute lack of sense that they make. Your avatar kinda looks like Dale Crover from The Melvins. Oh, yeah, Cosby is a genius. Apparently, Cosby started playing the bassoon over this track when Jones and his crew were jamming. Jones asked Cosby if he'd like to improvise vocals over the top and this track was born hehe My avatar is me hehe Being likened to Crover is a big compliment though. Thank you. Hopefully a young Dale Crover though as he ain't looking too sharp nowadays hehe I saw the Melvins do Bullhead and my favourite, Stoner Witch, in its entirety last year. Incredible. Ticked that off the bucket list.
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Post by Bob Reyer on Oct 17, 2014 17:40:38 GMT -5
Well the instrumental part's cool, but the vocals to me are kinda just hilarious, because of the absolute lack of sense that they make. Your avatar kinda looks like Dale Crover from The Melvins. Oh, yeah, Cosby is a genius. Apparently, Cosby started playing the bassoon over this track when Jones and his crew were jamming. Jones asked Cosby if he'd like to improvise vocals over the top and this track was born hehe My avatar is me hehe Being likened to Crover is a big compliment though. Thank you. Hopefully a young Dale Crover though as he ain't looking too sharp nowadays hehe I saw the Melvins do Bullhead and my favourite, Stoner Witch, in its entirety last year. Incredible. Ticked that off the bucket list. Sorry to stick my shovel into Steve's sandbox, but there's a great story about Bill Cosby and his love of jazz that I read in the John Coltrane bio "Chasin' the Trane". When Mr. Cosby was starting out back in the early Sixties, he played small clubs in NYC's Greenwich Village, and was a habitue at all the local jazz spots. He became friendly with saxophonist John Coltrane, who would invite him up on stage to "entertain the folks while I take a walk." One night at Birdland, Bill Cosby walked into the club and spotted Trane's rhythm section of McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, and Jimmy Garrison on the stage waiting for their leader, and having been secretly practicing a scat-singing version of Coltrane's saxophone style, he approached the band and asked if they would mind if he sat in. Introduced to the crowd as "The Bill Cosby Quartet", he launched into his eerie approximation of Coltrane's sound and mannerisms on the tune "Out of This World", when after about five minutes, Mr. Cosby discovered that he was hearing an echo--it was Coltrane himself, walking out of the club's kitchen to join him on stage to close out the song as a duet!
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Post by lennyreid on Oct 18, 2014 5:09:05 GMT -5
Absolutely no need to apologise, Mr Bob. I'll absorb all of the Bob stories you can get on here I had no idea about the Cosby/Coltrane connection.
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Post by Bob Reyer on Oct 18, 2014 5:52:45 GMT -5
Lenny, It was such an apropos story, and I didn't want it to get lost! In the early Eighties, I saw Bill Cosby host a Newport Jazz Festival show here in NYC where he brought together a quintet of veteran jazz players including Nat Adderly and Jimmy Smith in a loose program of jamming that didn't really work, but what did work was having B.B. King simply sit and play some marvelous single-string blues solo. For anyone who's watched "The Cosby Show", there was often a jazz, blues, or R&B element, such as when the family gathered to sing Ray Charles' "Night Time", and it was always appreciated in these offices. However, one usage did bug me, although I can't be too upset because I can't know for sure if Mr. Cosby paid for the use of his "homage" to a classic piece of Motown from which he borrowed the form, style, and sound, and it certainly did draw attention to the original. Here's the theme from Season Six of "The Cosby Show", and I'll be right back to play you the source:
From 1965, with his signature tune (#4 Pop; #1 R&B!) here's Junior Walker on tenor sax and vocals with his All-Stars (augmented by James Jamerson and the Funk Brothers), to blow you away with "Shotgun": BONUS TRACK: Here's a live version from a 1965 episode of Hullabaloo, that's also's a nostalgic look at what the kids were doing back then:
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Post by darthrabie on Oct 18, 2014 6:51:03 GMT -5
Like everyone else on this tread, I love music. When I moved to Japan I was egar to explore the music scene. My wife's brother is in a local band in Tokyo and he turned me onto these guys. RADWIMPS, they are not top 40 music but they rock the socks off anyone who listens.
Next is a band who I have recently found from some of the dudes I jam with. Toe, they are out of this world.
My final choice for a song is one by a band named Keshimeishi. Like RADWIMPS before it is clear where they borrow heavily from North American influences both in the format of song and in the style of dress. However they still make it thier own and I find that they raise the genra that they find themselves in.
Perhaps living in Japan has influenced me to much and my choices for this thread are not the norm, but I would love to see music from other countries and cultures explored here. Welp...
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Post by lennyreid on Oct 20, 2014 4:55:12 GMT -5
Welcome darthrabie Thank you so much for putting up Radwimps. I hadn't heard of them before and now I'm checking out as much as possible. I even messaged a friend in Japan to see if he can pick up a few things hehe I'll be checking out more from Toe too, as I love that free-form live sound. Both remind me of a couple of favourites... Radwimps sound like one of my all-time favourites, Marnie Stern... Toe also remind me of Canada's Do Make Say Think... And in your honour here is a track from my favourite Japanese import, Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her...
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Post by lennyreid on Oct 20, 2014 5:06:56 GMT -5
Lenny, It was such an apropos story, and I didn't want it to get lost! In the early Eighties, I saw Bill Cosby host a Newport Jazz Festival show here in NYC where he brought together a quintet of veteran jazz players including Nat Adderly and Jimmy Smith in a loose program of jamming that didn't really work, but what did work was having B.B. King simply sit and play some marvelous single-string blues solo. For anyone who's watched "The Cosby Show", there was often a jazz, blues, or R&B element, such as when the family gathered to sing Ray Charles' "Night Time", and it was always appreciated in these offices. However, one usage did bug me, although I can't be too upset because I can't know for sure if Mr. Cosby paid for the use of his "homage" to a classic piece of Motown from which he borrowed the form, style, and sound, and it certainly did draw attention to the original. Here's the theme from Season Six of "The Cosby Show", and I'll be back right after to play you the source: From 1965, with his signature tune (#4 Pop; #1 R&B!) here's Junior Walker on tenor sax and vocals with his All-Stars (augmented by James Jamerson and the Funk Brothers), to blow you away with "Shotgun": BONUS TRACK: Here's a live version from a 1965 episode of Hullabaloo, that's also's a nostalgic look at what the kids were doing back then: Oh, Mr Bob, That was awesome listening. Comparing the Cosby theme and the Junior Walker versions was eye-opening. The bass-heavy vinyl quality was raised up after hearing the Cosby theme. Unmistakeable. Thank you for the live video too. If only the zeitgeist was as cool nowadays. Some flawless, hard-working performers there.
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Post by deadanchoress on Oct 20, 2014 11:45:32 GMT -5
Like everyone else on this tread, I love music. When I moved to Japan I was egar to explore the music scene. My wife's brother is in a local band in Tokyo and he turned me onto these guys. RADWIMPS, they are not top 40 music but they rock the socks off anyone who listens. Next is a band who I have recently found from some of the dudes I jam with. Toe, they are out of this world. My final choice for a song is one by a band named Keshimeishi. Like RADWIMPS before it is clear where they borrow heavily from North American influences both in the format of song and in the style of dress. However they still make it thier own and I find that they raise the genra that they find themselves in. Perhaps living in Japan has influenced me to much and my choices for this thread are not the norm, but I would love to see music from other countries and cultures explored here. Welp... Nice! I'm really digging the RADWIMPS track and especially the music from Toe. I'm going to have to look into these bands a bit more. I love hearing music from other parts of the world. A fine contribution to the thread, my friend. Well done. Also, I see your RADWIMPS and raise you some Dengue Fever.
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Post by Bob Reyer on Oct 21, 2014 5:56:35 GMT -5
Lenny, It was such an apropos story, and I didn't want it to get lost! In the early Eighties, I saw Bill Cosby host a Newport Jazz Festival show here in NYC where he brought together a quintet of veteran jazz players including Nat Adderly and Jimmy Smith in a loose program of jamming that didn't really work, but what did work was having B.B. King simply sit and play some marvelous single-string blues solo. For anyone who's watched "The Cosby Show", there was often a jazz, blues, or R&B element, such as when the family gathered to sing Ray Charles' "Night Time", and it was always appreciated in these offices. However, one usage did bug me, although I can't be too upset because I can't know for sure if Mr. Cosby paid for the use of his "homage" to a classic piece of Motown from which he borrowed the form, style, and sound, and it certainly did draw attention to the original. Here's the theme from Season Six of "The Cosby Show", and I'll be back right after to play you the source: From 1965, with his signature tune (#4 Pop; #1 R&B!) here's Junior Walker on tenor sax and vocals with his All-Stars (augmented by James Jamerson and the Funk Brothers), to blow you away with "Shotgun": BONUS TRACK: Here's a live version from a 1965 episode of Hullabaloo, that's also's a nostalgic look at what the kids were doing back then: Oh, Mr Bob, That was awesome listening. Comparing the Cosby theme and the Junior Walker versions was eye-opening. The bass-heavy vinyl quality was raised up after hearing the Cosby theme. Unmistakeable. Thank you for the live video too. If only the zeitgeist was as cool nowadays. Some flawless, hard-working performers there. Lenny (and anyone else who wants to come along!), So as not to hijack Steve's thread, I'll move the Junior Walker discussion over to "Top Five Albums", but let me say that although I love tons of saxophonists, Junior is my favorite! While not the technical equal of a Coltrane or Sonny Rollins, the depths of emotion that he could express through his horn, whether in those pure upper registers or the "catch" in the normal ones, are what sets him apart for me. See you on the other thread!
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Post by theboogieman on Oct 26, 2014 20:22:30 GMT -5
This band sounds a lot like Helmet to me, with lyrics that sound like they're inspired by Travis Bickle or something in many of their songs. Sucks that their stuff is so hard to get hold of though, as they're long-extinct and never really got famous at all. Awesome band though.
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Post by supertaxnerd on Dec 17, 2014 20:06:07 GMT -5
Steve,
Just saw your toy piano on Tumblr. It jogged a memory. The band Self released a record years ago called Gizmodgery that was performed entirely on toy instruments. The album is interesting but you can get the full experience if you check out "Pattycake" and their version of "What a Fool Believes"
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Post by si on Dec 20, 2014 19:21:17 GMT -5
Hi Steve, I'm always ready to listen to new music and tell anyone, 'listen to this, it's great, listen'. Anyway, listen to Goat, an awesome Scandinavian band combining world music and psychedelia.
Gogol Bordello, mixing what sounds like Ukrainian gypsy punk with hip hop chucked in. They are incredible live, I saw them at Brixton Academy in London last Christmas. Felt like I'd done a two hour high intensity workout but tons more fun.
Bo Ningen, four Japanese guys now in London freaking out in a major way. A friend said, at a live show, he didn't know if they were brilliant or pathetic. I can get his confusion because sometimes it is all out noise but it works. You just go with it and forget conventions like traditional rhythms and melody.
I saw Beach House last year and swooned at the beautiful noise they make. Victoria's voice adding to the musical sounds. The albums really don't do justice to the force they are live.
I'll work out how to add links and hopefully continue the conversation.
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Post by lennyreid on Feb 25, 2015 6:07:06 GMT -5
FTAO the John Butler Trio fans in Steve's Jukebox
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Post by lennyreid on Apr 1, 2015 6:02:26 GMT -5
Beautiful Washy Funky French electronica, anyone? Just had this recommended and loving it. A little Postal Service, a little Purity Ring, all good.
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