What song(s) are you listening to currently/recently, w/ feeling! (metal, iPod)

[jazzlover]

Originally Posted by rlrl

Laurel Masse, former member of Manhattan Transfer covered Interlude on her first solo album "Alone Together" in 1984. it's a really beautiful song and version; in fact the entire album is one of the best albums i have ever heard

Yes, Laurel Massé is a great singer. I've loved her singing since her ManTran days. This is one of those few other vocal versions of "Interlude" that I've heard. It's quite a contrast with Christy's version--Massé chose a very sparse treatment that showcases her lovely voice quite well--only her and piano and she only sings one verse. I would actually rate Massé as having slightly better "pipes" than Christy, but Rugolo's wonderful orchestration of his own tune adds a lot to the Christy version, and June Christy had an understated emotional "edge" that lurked below the surface in her singing that not many vocalists can tap. So, here we have two very contrasting but lovely versions of an obscure tune that deserves a lot more attention.

[ShadowCaver]

YouTube - "Nantucket Sleighride" by Mountain

YouTube - TRIUMPH - Fight The Good Fight [1987]

YouTube - Supertramp - Soapbox Opera - Questions

YouTube - Tom Sawyer-Rush

YouTube - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Still You Turn Me On

[MadAtMcCain]

Originally Posted by PaulG_1

Tribal Dance - The Mesmerizing
Organic Sound (Live)

YouTube - Tribal Dance- The Mesmerizing Organic Sound


Shatadoo - N'deissan - Live 2005
(African Drums, Shells, Yidaki Didjeridoo)

YouTube - Shatadoo ( African percussions - shells - yidaki didjeridoo


...yawn... been there, done that... nothing
new or original is revealed in that path

... What may be disturbing is that you
would be accepted, though you move in
the world expecting not to be. If that's your
form of reality, nobody will interfere in it. You
will be left to it. ....

As they would say, welcome home.

Shatadoo & Diego Sapignoli in Cesena (Live)

YouTube - Shatadoo+Diego Sapignoli - in Cesena for Benetton

Japanese didjeridoo musician plays everything on
Toronto streets

YouTube - Cosmic Japanese Musician Shibaten in Toronto

Mr.G!...

:: throws head back in wild laughter... grabs
ya by the waist and picks ya up in a bear hug...
yipping in wild hoots!... sets you down and
give ya an Italian Manly kiss on both
face-cheeks... so excited to see ya old friend!::

What the devil are you doing here? LOL
Thanks for EVERYTHING Sir!! :: beams ::

:: quickly looks over your music... Mr. G's
roaring laughter causes me to burst out in
laughter as well... wriggles a finger... ::

uhoh.. you been time trippin to the 70s
again I see!... Well I got 5 mins so lets
trip to Toronto...

I'll play the Shibatan part... you can play
the bald-headed guy's part since yall look alike...

:: playfully elbows ya... to you shooing Me
then play shadow-boxing my ribs...
laughter... Mr. G goes over to the didjeridoo
'gainst the concrete...::

:: changes outfits... barefoot with bells
tied 'round ankles... a simple sleeveless
t-shirt and loose ankle trousers... long hair
tied with a string of rawhide... will play
thru the Japanese Shibaten... straddles the
drum... nods a count-off to ya... states::

Let's have some FUN!

(now play both U-Tubes at same time...
since I have rhythm of course... mine will
have to be louder which you won't mind
since you tend to take off after 3 secs... )

:: Mr. G cracks up since he knows it's true...
:: ... ok.... 1...2...

Me - plays the Japanese musician's Didjerodoo (play Me loud)

YouTube - Shibaten goes crazy


Mr. G - plays the bald guy's Didjerodoo (play him low)

YouTube - yidaki didjeridoo


:: hands beat a cosmic pulse... thighs hug
drum-sides producing different tones... bells
accent rhythm thru thumping heels... feels
that feeling begin... looks over into Mr. G's eyes...
he's gone already... diving with whales... ::


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[rlrl]

I had chatted with laurel on an e mail chat board she had set up 7 years ago. i recalled telling her how much i liked alone together and asked her about interlude in particular. i don't remember precisely what she said to me about it but i think she did acknowledge it as an obscurity too

i liked laurel's style better than the girl who replaced her in 79 cheryl bentyne but still cheryl was still good too

i also asked laurel about tunes they sung at the concerts i saw in 92 and 99

[MadAtMcCain]

Song to John (Coltrane) - Al di Meola,
Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke.

YouTube - Song to John - Al di Meola,

Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke.


:: rushes upstairs to say hi to everyone...
straightening tie for real... ::

Hiya ShadowCaver, JazzLover, Rlrl,
Houston3, jc76 and friends...

(ShadowCaver... good seeing you back :-)

(JazzLover... woot! Professor! hello :-)

(Rlrl... will have to check that song out :-)

(Houston3 ... Doowops! OooooOOo :-)

(jc76... you won't be harrassed here ...

(Friends... LOVE YA! :-)


I can't stay but wanted to give each a personal
Hi and to others a sincere Welcome!... Will check
most of your music later... hopefully before
the week-end... just wanted to let you know I
see you and acknowledge you.

:-)


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[jazzlover]

For you, MadAtMcCain, since you posted a John Coltrane tribute--try this one, "Goodbye, Mr. Evans"--a tribute to the late jazz pianist Bill Evans--covered here by Scott Hamilton. It was originally recorded by Phil Woods, but I actually like the Hamilton version better. I don't play this one very often--it was the mutual favorite of my now very ex-fiancé and me. She's long gone (good riddance), but I still like the tune . . .

Scott Hamilton – Goodbye Mr. Evans – Listen free and discover music at Last.fm

Bill Charlap does a nice piano version of it, also.

[MadAtMcCain]

Moon with night sounds

YouTube - Relaxing Ambiance

- moon with night sounds


Geoffrey Oryema - The River

YouTube - Geoffrey Oryema - The River


... seeks first night's watery baptism...
soft rumble of waterfall...
strips and bundle clothing...
grits teeth... plunge
shoulders spasm shock...
mouth open to its silvery light..

rushing waters!
wash me from last nite's light...
leave only earth's ache for spring
as scent... pounding waters!
sweep away rage's temptations!
Purify My Will as Thy Holy Steel!

Shoulders lift... retreats back
to bundle... moccasin, feet...
secure loin cloth... then prostrates in muddy
clay... silently rolls... covers flesh..
like an elephant taking dust bath...

slowly crouches... leans forward...
clench bundle tween teeth...
nostril flares as aire hunter's screech above...

heartbeat... different... pulse
throbs tween gusts of wind...


- Passion -

YouTube - passion

...muscles ready... darken landscape shimmers...

...pre-historic smells fills senses...
muddy clay from a thousand years...
raises hip... path runner... waits...

...bending grasses swirl... awaiting moonlight's
kiss... eyes steady... heart chants... baby...
call me... wait... wait... NOW!

legs explodes in power... trail's journey rugged...
swift... ... hands clawing aire... thighs leaps
pass brush... trail melts under moccasin's hard
pounding...

land swerves and sways like a restless belly
dancer... impatiently rising to meet each
pounding foot... speeding faster the climb ahead...

Hands grips overhang... lightning streaks
skies... affronting destiny's partnership...
calves propel deeper... as thundering horses
dodge cloudy cliffs... a quivering earth
responds... opening softness for moccasin feet...

runs...
thighs push aside greedy underbrush's
reach to entangle...
dried-mud torso slips pass branch clingings...
wait now girl... careful... wait...

squats in long grass... torso slowly gyrates ...
tasting wind's direction... downwind.. moves
into crouch... horse-thunder moves on... heart
calls out its Thanks and Blessing... moves right
toward black saw-tooth ridges... stops...
lowers... nite creatures active... too loud...
waits...

Love Song(Piano Slow ver.) - Chage and Aska

YouTube - LOVE SONG(Piano Slow ver.)-CHAGE and ASKA


...red fox family peeks tween trees then bounces
toward meadows... opposite way...

rises... crouch-sprint toward tree line...
lowers... ears alert... night sounds normal
now... rises... hips turns... slips gainst
swaying willow... silently move to darken road...
throws bundle hard 'cross ... hears soft thud...

David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind

YouTube - David Bowie-Wild Is The Wind

:: ...pants in short bursts... her call...
palatable... longing's heat rises from belly...
whispers... :: almost there love... sssh... quiet
now...

darts 'cross darken road... leaps hurdle of
low-hanging branches... tree-friend waiting...
sneaks to it's side... flattens full body...
heartbeat a galloping herd crossing vast lands...

eyes scan... then hands quickly grab
low hanging branch...
pulls... climbing swift...

...mists dip into the small gulleys...
dew kisses from every surface...
her window plainly seen... heart chants...
use Me wetness... use Me to bring
the path under control...

Shirley Horn "Summer (Estate)"

YouTube - Shirley Horn "Summer (Estate)"


...heart gently penetrates plaster and wood...
astral wolf moves 'long first floor... pauses at
foster parent's door... creaking bed...
then silence... licks aire... retreats quickly
leaping upstairs... turns corner to her room...
trees rustle... bends and sways... in nite's womb...

:: whispers :: ...call now... a soft cooing... baby...
by the light of Sirius! Dog Star in nite skies!

feel My love's protective whirl...
exposing need's swollen ache...
ancestral sweat clings hotly
in such tropical heat...
Where there is Only... LOVE!!!


Me'shell Ndegeocello - Beautiful

YouTube - "Beautiful" by Meshell

Ndegeocello


Music byAndre Gagnon - Mexico Los
Cabos Sunrise Relax

YouTube - Mexico Los Cabos Sunrise Relax



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[MadAtMcCain]

Music byAndre Gagnon - Mexico Los Cabos
Sunrise Relax

YouTube - Mexico Los Cabos Sunrise Relax

:: dawn's light... blushes softly... heart melts...
tenderly whispers :: .... how beautiful Thy
Love Heavenly Father....

... come take tis hand and colour
Thy World in hues of richness...

Chicago- Colour My World- (loud
clapping beginnings) "Live" 1977

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

WJIiWpgZ3nE


... come take tis heart that we may
lay awhile as lovers tend to do...

Michael W. Smith - Breathe - (The air I breathe)

YouTube - Breathe by Michael W. Smith

Master of Love... may those seeking Thy
Comfort be given it, tis day... Amen.

Neville Brothers - Healing Chant
and theme from Body Guard - Alan Silvestri
(first 33 secs VERY low audio)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06KKszozD3U


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[MadAtMcCain]

Originally Posted by jazzlover

For you, MadAtMcCain, since you posted a John Coltrane tribute--try this one, "Goodbye, Mr. Evans"--a tribute to the late jazz pianist Bill Evans--covered here by Scott Hamilton. It was originally recorded by Phil Woods, but I actually like the Hamilton version better. I don't play this one very often--it was the mutual favorite of my now very ex-fiancé and me. She's long gone (good riddance), but I still like the tune . . .

Scott Hamilton – Goodbye Mr. Evans – Listen free and discover music at Last.fm

Bill Charlap does a nice piano version of it, also.

:: smiles o'er at JazzLover... niceee! ::

Your Jazz just blows my mind... I wish I had the day just to relax in your choices....

Scott Hamilton – Goodbye Mr. Evans – Listen free and discover music at Last.fm

MMmmmMMmm!

also got the Youtube of this one that you recommended...

Stan Kenton - Interlude

YouTube - Stan Kenton - Interlude

:: closes eyes... fingers air play piano... passionate and tender... :: Love it!!! Rats I got to be going...

Man.. this music melts me... trombones.... have mercy!!

:: waves as runs out to car... ::

I really hope to have time this week-end to gorge myself with music and conversation!!! :-)
.

[MadAtMcCain]

Originally Posted by RareWonder

.... stretch exercises...


.... moves along pathyway... as long folds of cloth billow wind's
direction on this sunny day... now where is the dance center...
footfalls comes to a stop... hesistant... see Gerania and Sir MMC
talking through glass ... smiles to self and am immediately calmed
... hears drumming... hurries along path to where it seems to
be coming from ... rounding a corner, a circular shaped
auditorium appears... right next door!


The Complete Assaf Warm-Up - Broadway Dance Center

YouTube - The Complete Assaf Warm-Up - Broadway Dance Center

.... enters through open door to a loud semi-crowded room
of dancers... Assaf is talking now... each style leading away
from the main room like a bicycle rim... for now.. all dancers
are warming up together....

.... signals the warm-up instructors to ignore my presence...
this one is here to observe only... watches an instructor
work privately with one dancer in the far corner...

Ballet Arabesque

YouTube - Ballet Arabesque, ballet, dance, academie de ballet,


.... footsteps... a young man smiles as he brings over a
chair for sitting... Thanking him, attention is drawn to a
smaller room just off to an angle...

Energize Freestyle Dance & Warm Up Burnley

YouTube - Energize Freestyle Dance & Warm Up Burnley

.... whew! Very energetic! It's opposite, held dancers
wishing the classical approach...

Ballet Boot Camp - Part 1

YouTube - Ballet Boot Camp - Part 1

... feeling right at home... inwardly chuckles...
Mr. MMC was right... it IS time to dream again...


Maria Callas - Ave Maria - dall'Otello

YouTube - Maria Callas - Ave Maria dall'Otello


.... as the students stretch... mind reviews
something Mr. MMC would enjoy... dreams for Him
something joyous to bring a smile...

Beliebte - Annen-Polka

YouTube - Beliebte Annen-Polka

-

Beliebte - Annen-Polka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=UmW968qdlaI


:: have wee mins only... runs up the path
and rounds the bend... open auditorium
door... shades eyes a moment and seeing
Ms. Rare... let door go ... smiles... striding over
to her side with a quick kneel of knee...
elbow resting on other knee ... leans
over and whispers ::

Thank ye Lady for the Horse Show, the music
accompanying the show... and all
ye gives.... indeed Joy was given to share a
moment with thee... such horses too!

:: eyes twinkles... beams a smile... beeper
goes off... lean in giving Ms. Rare a hug...
rises slightly... a gentle pat on cheek and
quick squeeze to thy hand... whispers ::

Just wanted to show My appreciation for
such a gesture... Thank thee Ma'am... :: eyes
smiling... straightens... bows ... waves then
hurries back... happy ye have found pleasure
once again in dance... whistles ... goes thru
door and disappears 'round winding road... ::


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