Let's move on, shall we?
David Bowie - Glass Spider Tour (DVD): This much-maligned period of Bowie's, the '80s, seems to be getting a bit of a revival of sorts lately, what with The Best Of 1980-1987 having been released not too long ago and now this long out of print video getting the DVD treatment. That period just wasn't kind to him and yet, strangely, he set out on one of his most ambitious tours ever in support of Never Let Me Down, which played out like a rock opera on stage, complete with a 60-foot spider that Bowie rides in on. Almost universally trashed at the time, the show is being re-released now when Bowie is decidedly much smarter about his projects, and time has been kind to this thing, for I've seen more positive comments about this set and tour than ever before, when it was basically the butt of jokes about Bowie. I'm not sure I'm curious enough to dive into this set yet, but for anyone who is, be aware that there is a "deluxe edition" of this set that includes a two-disc live album along with the DVD, and the nice thing is that the CDs are from different nights of the tour. So you actually do get something unique with that package. Whether you like the music that much, however, is another matter.
Charlie Hunter - Mistico: His first on Fantasy/Concord after stints with Blue Note and Rope-a-Dope, this one's a little bit different than previous Hunter releases. Charlie is working with a piano/keyboard trio consisting of Simon Lott on drums and Erik Deutsch on piano, Fender Rhodes, and CasioTone, which lends a more blues-oriented feel to the proceedings. The lineup change might prove fortuitous for listeners who, like me, found Hunter's previous album, Copperopolis, more than slightly disappointing. Hunter feels so confident in his new trio that he's released a live show of the group playing some of the new material, available for purchase and download on his site.
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