Komeda was a genius! And most definitely one of the seminal jazz musicians of his time. Cesare left a link in the Adam Makowicz post leading to a blog where you'll find a whole lot of Komeda's music. You really HAVE TO click you there and check it out. LINK
Check out this site also, dedicated to Komeda and his music.
Don Paulin recorded a few LPs in the 60s. Most of them are not my cup of tea. This one is! With the help of Ingfried Hoffmann (Why don't you play the organ, man), Siegfried Schwab and all those cats, he recorded a very nice south american influenced LP including classics like Constant Rain (Chove Chuva) and lots of own compositions. Enjoy!
ES (it) is Bernd Kiefer on Bass and Vocals; Zabba Lindner on Drums, Xylophone and Vocals; and Georg Kochbeck on Keyboards [Fender Piano, Solina, Hohner Clavinet D6, Micro Moog, Multi Moog] and Lead Vocals. With the help of some friends like Alto Pappert from Kraan and Alex Conti (Atlantis) they produced a very nice and jazzy "Kraut" LP that I deeply love for those spatial and atmospheric tracks like Dream and Earth And Space. Nevertheless the rest of the album is really worth a nice listening session. Maybe two.... Enjoy!!
Dear readers and listeners, I am more than happy to announce that my man Gianni aka Cesare Barbetta is joining me running the growin bin from now on. Most of you bloggers know his lovely place BOXES OF TOYS already. Ciao Cesare, I'd like to welcome you with this track.....
This was one of my first Polish Jazz LPs and I was in love immediately. It was the bassline of Visions that made me spin this record again and again. I really dig this free approach to it. All in all a top notch album. Hope you guys like it.
Now here you have only 2 tunes by East German scat wonder Pascal von Wroblewsky. She recorded the "Swinging Pool" album at the age of 24. About ten years after her first apperarence on stage. (Didn't find that much info on her early work - btw she's still performing...) A year later she recorded an LP with her group Bajazzo (I'll post that later on). Earlier outings of Bajazzo are to be found on an early 80s Amiga comp, if I remember it right. Anyway, I've never ripped the whole LP, because I didn't really dig it all, so here's the 2 standout tracks of the Swinging Pool. The light and airy classic Maiden Voyage and the highly recommended scat earwormSwinging Pool. Let me know if you are interested in the rest of the LP and I'll rip it....
Cheers, Basso
PS. Almost forgot about the boys:
Reinhard Walter – keyb, ar; Joachim Hesse – tp, fl; Volker Schlott – as, ss, f; Thomas Klemm – t; Jürgen Heckel, Wolfgang Schmied – el-; Horst Würzebesser – Mathias Kühne – b; Dieter Keitel – dr.
There have been a couple of requests for this nugget and I finally found the time to dig my rip out of the sanddunes of my hard disk. Unlike the first album which I think is good from beginning to end this one has two HUGE hits. Regina's Dance and the title track that covers almost the complete B-Side. The lineup is quite the same as on Dreamlike Land: Liebezeit, von Senger, Heilhecker, Zerlett, and Krachten (if you don't know 'em already, check out everything Dunkelziffer or Dominik von Senger ever recorded because that's them guys and they rule!)
Have fun and Dance with Regina!
Cheers,
Basso
The name speaks for itself. Not for the stylistic orientation, but for the heavy use of brass! These guys are highly energetic and pretty fast. I'd bet my ass they visited the music conservatorium. When I listened to it first I got stuck at Klimat Dialogu, a sambaesque tune (the final track) and then worked my way back throught the album. Now I really enjoy every little bit and that's why I'd like to share it with you here.......
Cheers,
Basso
Of course it's T. C. P. - Tony Carey Project.... As a follow up to the almighty Paul Durango's posts of some of his early 80s LPs here's the one still missing on a couple of hard drives. My vinyl is not a near mint copy, but I hope it'll be fine for now. This stuff often is labeled as cosmic music, but if you ask me I'd say it's just damn good synth pop. What do you think? Cheers, Basso
If you believe the hype this is cosmic disco at it's best ; ) If you don't it's still a darn nice electronic album that has some juicy disco rhythms. Some funky drums as well and a good portion of obscure sounds coming out of Julius Vilnonis selfmade Vilnius-5 electronic organ!!
The best thing about the music: just like this LP it is composed for theatre plays, performances, ballet and that kinda weird stuff.
The Argo Electronic Music Group used to be sort of the houseband of the Kaunas Musical Theatre in Lithuania. The sound of this record isn't too brilliant. I know a good couple of guys who own this record and it's the same with all of them copies - looks mint & sounds shit. Nevertheless have a listen and feel free to do some modern dance ......
Au right! Here's something for the Jazzheads again. From the former GDR, a quartet of young jazzers called Fez (what might be translated "Fun"). Have fun with them guys.........
Cheers,
Basso
Here you are! Some funky polish Pop. On Side A Lady Lobaszewska is accompanied by singer Piotr Schulz. Didn't like this slow groover at first, but it was growing over the last years... so I can say I'd prefer it to the danceable B Side Za Gora Gor that features the almighty Ergo Band. The choice is yours!
Cheers,
Basso
Poszted this one on the deleted "Iron Curtain Classics" blog. A polish 7" that should be not too hard to find, but still is a great gem. Poland's master of the organ goes Discofunk in two parts. Enjoy and Dance!! (new divshare link)
"Man spricht Deutsch" is the title of Kaarst's private press FOLK! LP from 1979. Translated: One speaks german. And that's what Kaarst do. They actually sing! Unfortunately most of the folks downloading and listening to this wonderful album won't snap the beauty of the lyrics. It's really some of the uprightest stuff I've heard by now. You can easily tell that he's been observing mankind with a pair of open eyes. Call me a wussy, but - man - those "dedicated tracks" like Ingwerfrau (Gingerwoman) and Für Lisa (For Lisa) really wetten my eyes. Kurz vor Ostern is something like a reqiuem for a lady born in 1890, having experienced two world wars, her children dying in the Panzer and 20 years of loneliness in a nursing home.... I hope the way Reinhard Firchow is singing gives you a glimpse of what I mean !?! He might not be the most talented singer in the world but he's really touching me and that's what it's about! Perfect music to watch the clouds rush by ..... Viel Spass!
I am listening to a lot of italian music at the moment and I think I'm not alone........ I deeply dig most of Lucio Battisti's music and cannot decide which one's my favourite. It's this LP here from 1974 or "La Batteria, Il Contrabbasso, Eccetera " from 1976, which includes the celebrated "Il Veliero". I chose to post this one here......
(EDIT: almost 3 years later I know THIS IS MY FAVOURITE BATTISTI LP!)
How many of those guy are shaved? Back to the year 1979. Beardos were hip back in those days! It's not really easier to find some shaved faces in Berlin today...... Anyway - four groups, who didn't have the money to record their own LPs gathered to record just one LP together. With a bit of finacial encouragement by the Berlin's "Senator for Cultural Affairs" they had 8 studio days to record what is heard on the here featured LP.
Pretty nice stuff though. I wonder what else might pop up by these guys. I know of a Live-LP by Arakontis and a studio LP by Chameleon. By now there was nothing to be found about Changes and Margò.
Here's some Berlin Fusion
Cheers,
Basso
UPDATE: I FOUND MARGO!!!
Update2: and two LPs by Chameleon
Yes, sexy & enterprising Sylvia Robinson (of Sugarhill Fame) has the cure for every man's sickness right in that grail. I'd bet there's a good dose of L.A. Sunshine in there. In here there's lots of slow and sexy jams. Nice one by the fireside. Don't forget to soften the bearskin. I like her first called "Pillow Talk" as well (the cover is even funnier), but this here got synths.
Hope you enjoy it.
We'll be having fun friday night in a small venue in St.Pauli, Hamburg/Germany. Tako's coming over from Amsterdam! Phuong Dan , Meda and Basso don't have to travel. I just listened to a mix from Meda, who is quite famous for his Italo Disco collection [I once met a well known italian DJ (he is not a Cosmic DJ!) and he proposed: Let's kill the guy right now and then we share his 12"es! Funny thought, huh? Meda?] I'd like to share some of his Space Disco LPs with you - Here
If you're near, come around for a couple of nice tunes.
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