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It's been a while. Too much work, not enough time for diggin'. This past Saturday provided a nice big chunk of free afternoon. I did not hesitate: off to the bins I went.
Not as many abscurities this time around, but still, a big load of fun. Like a lot of pleasures in life, sometimes it's more about the process than the outcome.
Anthony Phillips - Private Parts & Pieces VII: Slow Waves, Soft Stars
A collection of composed and improvised work by one of the founders of Genesis. I'm a sucker for almost anything that features old analog-ish synthesizers - on this record he used a Roland Jupiter 8 and an ARP 2600 Polymoog.
Miles Davis - Tutu
Miles was very hit-or-miss with his latter career pop material. I can go either way with this album. Some tunes are great ("Splatch" and "Full Nelson") while others slide way too close to funkified smooth jazz. It's that danged mid-80's sound. Very cool photos of Miles inside and out though.
Bobby Hutcherson - Conception: The Gift of Love
Some pretty inspired stuff from vibist Hutcherson. Apparently, his wife was expecting at the time these compositions were put together. Kinda funny what love can do to a person.
Keith Jarrett - Standards Vol. 2
One among many of Jarrett's stellar albums of standards with Gary Peacock on bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums. This record just might contain the most annoying segment of "Jarrett-whining" ever committed to tape. Those vocalizations don't get in the way of some ultra-fine jazzifications.
The Howard Roberts Quartet - H. R. Is A Dirty Guitar Player
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