Covid-19 Music… part 47… Miles Davis, Sketches of Spain
Miles Davis, Sketches of Spain, Columbia Records… I don’t remember where I found this record, but I found it used for like $7. Original 6-eye in quite good condition for a great price. This used to be one of the songs I listened to while waiting for the subway. I felt kind of sneaky listening …
Covid-19 Music… part 46… Yussef Kamaal, Black Focus
Yussef Kamaal, Black Focus, Brownswood Recordings… One day I was driving on the Lodge in Detroit and ‘Yo Chavez’ came on the radio. When I parked my car I had to stay in and listen to the reset of the song. I bought this album as a ‘birthday treat’ for myself a few years ago. …
Covid-19 Music… part 44… Sun Ra, Nuclear War
Sun Ra, Nuclear War… I came across this from looking at recommendations from this list of foreign record stores. I used to listen to a wide variety of radio and for some reason they never played anything like this before. I bought this one online using some gift card money that I won from some …
Covid-19 Music… part 43… Colin Stetson, New History of Warfare vol 2.
Colin Stetson, New History of Warfare vol. 2, 2011… A while ago I was shopping at home depot and was buying some wood to make a cabinet. It was a slow moving day since it was the middle of summer and I was melting from trying to put some large pieces of plywood into my …
Covid-19 Music… part 41… Jazz Crusaders, Lookin’ Ahead
Jazz Crusaders, Lookin’ Ahead, Pacific Jazz… Years ago I met this crazy guy who ran a restaurant. At 7pm he would change the radio station over to WDET for the Ed Love program. The overall business plan was sell cheap Chinese-like stir frys, use the radio as entertainment, and make up for everything with expensive …
Covid-19 Music… part 39… John Coltrane, Blue Train
John Coltrane, Blue Train, Blue Note Records… A perfect record can’t say much of anything or I will take away from how good it is. For all my excursions to record stores, I never came across this in the used bin; I so I had to buy this one new. I like putting this album …
Covid-19 Music… part 33… Miles Davis, ‘Round About Midnight
Miles Davis, ‘Round About Midnight, Columbia… So according to the radio, it’s Miles Davis’s birthday today (born: May 26, 1926). If Miles was alive today, I can only assume that he wouldn’t want to celebrate his birthday with this record (for he was always about moving forward). I have a few of his albums and …
Covid-19 Music… part 30… Sun Ra, I Roam The Cosmos
Sun Ra, I Roam The Cosmos… All the times that I have played this record have been extremely positive. I don’t know… could be how the poetry is enunciated, the length of the tracks, or the hypnotic horns in the background. However for most of the other people that I play this for, it is …
Covid-19 Music… part 20… Monk’s Dream
The Thelonious Monk Quartet, Monk’s Dream, Columbia records… Usually when I’m in a particular good mood I like putting this album on. Lately, I haven’t been too happy and thought that if I played this, everything would be better. I guess we will see if things get better. This is my favourite song from this …
Covid-19 Music… part 13… MadLib, Shades of Blue
MadLib, Shades of Blue, Blue Note… I used to play this crazy trivia game online and the prize was Amazon gift cards. So I got this album for free from for being a trivia master. There are so many pictures of Madlib out there with these crazy glasses. Maybe after the Rona is over I’m …