What Are You Listening To? - October, 2024
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Today's Crossover - George Gershwin, Suite from Porgy and Bess "Catfish Row."
Believe it, many symphony musicians are expert jazzers. especially in the brass section. Here's a great performance by the Cincinnati Pops orchestra, with some fantastic period photographs of Gershwin and New York. I've played American in Paris and Piano Concerto in F by Gershwin but not "Catfish Row" which is my favorite of the collaboration between Gershwin and Ferde Grofe. Light your pipe up with something you'd smoke with Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra, and enjoy 27 minutes of the best crossover stuff you'll ever hear. At least, I think so!
Believe it, many symphony musicians are expert jazzers. especially in the brass section. Here's a great performance by the Cincinnati Pops orchestra, with some fantastic period photographs of Gershwin and New York. I've played American in Paris and Piano Concerto in F by Gershwin but not "Catfish Row" which is my favorite of the collaboration between Gershwin and Ferde Grofe. Light your pipe up with something you'd smoke with Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra, and enjoy 27 minutes of the best crossover stuff you'll ever hear. At least, I think so!
If you want a different kind of visual for the Gerswhin, here's a Symphonic Performance of the same Catfish Row from Europe - love this one!! Listen to both if you like this stuff! Just click on the link to YouTube. The concertmaster is pretty square, however, imho!
I've been making a Doom/ Stoner Metal playlist on my Spotify account, so I've been listing to a lot of Doom and Stoner music (i.e. Black Sabbath, Candlemass, Cathedral, Cirith Ungol, Electric Wizard, High on Fire, Katatonia, Kyuss, My Dying Bride, The Obsessed, Orange Goblin, Pagan Alter, Paradise Lost, Pentagram, Red Fang, Saint Vitus, Sleep, Sunn 0))), The Sword, Trouble, Type O Negative, Witchfinder General, etc.)
I'm not familiar with this band. I'll have to check them out.
It is one of the "perfect albums" not only is every song phenomenal, but the production is flawless.
The sound of this album is superb!
I am also a fan.
Check out some of these:
Bort
Nephilim
Black Elephant
Hell Camino
Mothership
Electric Smokehouse (These guys are fantastic, all improv, check out Frozen Planet 1969)
Iah
Gorm
If you like some Prog mixed with your Doom:
Haken
Elder
Liquify
Hazy Sea
Now playing R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
If I am one to follow who will stand alone
Been suffering a nasty cold. Did Matthew Sweet earlier. Another great album from start to finish. The Beatles! I remember my 7th grade teacher trying to teach us how to play guitar to this album. God bless him. He passed away sometime ago to a lung cancer. He would smoke in class before the bell ring first time in that day.
When taking this picture, the following words crossed my mind. "In my rear view mirror the sun is going down... "
Half an hour later back home, I was listening to this very fine Pink Floyd album again after many years.
Half an hour later back home, I was listening to this very fine Pink Floyd album again after many years.
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