DRUMS fell off the cliff

What a listen! Not only is La Roca impressive in his avant piano solos on this 1965 lp, but, man Joe Henderson has never sounded better, especially on the opener Malaguena.

If you are going to listen to big band swing, then it makes most sense to me to listen to the more jazz-informed swing from the 1930s. And this is truly jazz informed, as Lunceford’s band had Willie “The Lion” Smith, Sy Oliver, Joe Thomas etc.

I just listened to this fantastic 1964 LP by tenor great Joe Henderson, this record has his famous tune, Punjab. Kenny Dorham is the other horn and McCoy Tyner really shines on here on piano as well, especially on the title track.

Wild record from this NY band from 1981. I like this better than No Wave. Sci-fi themes, treated guitar and saxophone puts this in Hawkwind territory, right? Well, maybe… they call what they do heavy metal, but no, this is really a deranged take on punk rock.

An incredible record on Impulse Records from 1962. I listened to the opening cut over and over (a version of Caravan), while Hubbard’s trumpet solo is amazing, tenorman John Gilmore’s solo on this tune and other are incredibly inventive. Also features Curtis Fuller on trombone.

I haven’t listened to this record in a long time, but it is one of my favorite Jimmy Reed albums, it’s from 1963. Great Vee Jay Records release.

Gave a listen to the actual original LP from 1967 by this UK band featuring Marc Bolin. I have heard many John’s Children comps, but not this original LP with the canned screaming. Good record though, with tunes like Smashed, Blocked, Not The Sort of Girl & Jagged Time Lapse. What is great about this band is that for UK psych pop, they actually play very primitively, at times on this record they sound like a frat rock band struggling to get through Little Latin Lupe Lu.

This turned out to be a strong psych pop album in a similar vein to their 45 It Ain’t True famous from Pebbles. From NY in 1967, Faine Jade is the guy’s name. Best song was Don’t Hassle Me.

Amazing original radio recordings from 1958-64, with the wild dj spots from The Mad Daddy, who is a master of high speed rhyme, constantly punctuated with mad echo. I would love if someday I could listen to the entire shows with the songs. I am sure that will happen soon enough.

I was a little skeptical about this rerelease of the 1973 lp Iggy and The Stooges’ Raw Power. I had already heard that they couldn’t fix the big problems with the mix (the bass and drums being too low), but the sound is improved on this new two CD version. (I thought there was also going to be a 4 CD version of this?). The second cd is a 1973 live show that is better than the infamous Metallic K.O. set, with some great lines from Iggy and some funny audience chatter too! I assume this was released to make up for the awful Iggy remix from a few years back.