Jazz Record : Oscar Peterson, Stephane Grappelli Quartet – Vol 2
This album was my intro to both these great musicians. After being turned onto the violin in some of my other music I stumbled onto Stephane Grappelli’s playing. I cant … Continue reading
Jazz Record : Billy Cobham – Spectrum
Billy wastes no time getting into this recording. This is exactly what I was wanting. Cobham and his band are cooking right off the top with ‘Quadrant 4’ (Linked below) … Continue reading
Album : Tim Buckley – Sefronia
This was the second Tim Buckley album that CB acquired. After ‘Greetings From L.A.’ I was wanting more TB. ‘Dolphins’ (Fred Neil song. He wrote Everybody’s Talking) opens the record. … Continue reading
Album : Genesis – Genesis Live
CB was listening to a lot of Genesis back when. He started with ‘Selling England By the Pound’ and then went back into their library. ‘Live’ was the next album … Continue reading
Album : Here Come The Warm Jets – Eno
An older brother of a friend of mine knew some of the music I was digging at the time, King Crimson, Genesis, etc. He said go get this Eno guy’s … Continue reading
Album : Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy – Return To Forever featuring Chick Corea
It was just a natural progression that CB would get to this record. All the stuff he was listening to, King Crimson, Yes, Frank Zappa, Steely Dan and more to … Continue reading
Album : Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention – Over-Night Sensation
CB’s second venture into Zappa music. He followed up with ‘Over-Night Sensation’ after he wore out ‘Apostrophe’. Zappa and the Mothers didn’t waste any time setting the hook deeper with … Continue reading
Album : Steely Dan – Count Down to Ecstasy
I’d heard Steely Dan on the radio. ‘Reelin In the Years’ and ‘Do it Again’ both really cool-tunes. Somehow this is the album I chose to get and neither … Continue reading
Album : Birds of Fire – Mahavishnu Orchestra
The album opens with a couple gong strikes, the band starts to filter in with the violin laying down a riff, the drums come in and then boom, guitar and … Continue reading
Album : Sweetnighter – Weather Report
This was the second “Jazz” album my friend Georgie (Porgie) turned me onto. He had the great Hi-Fi system so it did the music justice. Infectious percussion and drums open … Continue reading
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