Monday, December 7, 2020

Chuck Mangione "Feels So Good"

Check out Chuck Mangione on the flugelhorn with his hit song, “Feels So Good”.  The band lineup is:

Chuck Mangione: flugelhorn & electric piano
Chris Vadala: tenor saxophone
Grant Geissman: electric guitar
Charles Meeks: electric bass
James Bradley Jr.: drums
Glendolyn Sanchez: skin flute 


Sunday, December 6, 2020

Skip's Spotify Sunday 12-6-20

Wayne Shorter "Atlantis"

1. Endangered Species
2. The Three Marias
3. The Last Silk Hat
4. When You Dream
5. Who Goes There!
6. Atlantis
7. Shere Khan, The Tiger
8. Criancas
9. On The Eve of Departure
 
Wayne Shorter "Phantom Navigator"

1. Condition Red
2. Mahogany Bird
3. Remote Control
4. Yamanja
5. Forbidden, Plan-It!
6. Flagships
 
Wayne Shorter "Joy Ryder"
 
1. Joy Ryder
2. Cathay
3. Over Shadow Hill Way
4. Anthem
5. Causeways
6. Daredevil
7. Someplace Called "Where"
 
 
 

Saturday, December 5, 2020

John Coltrane "Giant Steps"

 

The title track to John Coltrane's 1960 record of the same name that was just published recently for Full Album Friday.  Here is "Giant Steps". 

Friday, December 4, 2020

John Coltrane "Giant Steps" (Full Album)

 

For Full Album Friday, an important and monumental record in the history of jazz.  Here's John Coltrane's 1960 record "Giant Steps", the fifth recording he released as a bandleader, recorded on Atlantic Records and produced by Neshui Ertegun.  It was his first record as bandleader, released on Atlantic.  The track listing is:

1. Giant Steps
2. Cousin Mary
3. Countdown
4. Spiral
5. Syeeda's Song Flute
6. Naima
7. Mr. P.C.


Thursday, December 3, 2020

David Hidalgo "The Neighborhood"

 

In these times of the pandemic, helping our neighbors, our fellow man, is one of the best things we can do, and with that in mind, a song, with that theme.  This is the 2004 solo version by David Hidalgo (with Steve Cropper on guitar, the late, great, Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass, Booker T. Jones on Hammond organ, and Steve Potts on drums, (Booker T. & The MG's), as his backing band of "The Neighborhood" from the first ever Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, in 2004. 

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Blind Faith “Means To An End”


Another song from Blind Faith’s 1969 Hyde Park concert in London, their first and only live performance. This tune is called “Means To An End”.

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Widespread Panic "Pigeons"

 

From their October 25th, 2014 concert at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, here's Widespread Panic, with one of yours truly's personal favorite songs of theirs, as it is zany but also has a good melody.  This is "Pigeons".  Check it out.