Found Sounds

Playlist I find walking and perusing the CD bins to be 2 of my better ways to think and let go of my daily stress. Digging through the crates really refocuses my mind. Life has been high stress lately and I am feeling old and unable to exercise recently because of foot and shoulder issues… Continue reading The Sound of a Walk 2/28/23

Playlist Travis - Cool tune. Feels like it could be an early 70’s Sesame Street type song (Which Travis also remarks about in the post song convo!). And it reminds me a little of Wendy & Bonnie (which Travis also hipped me to at another Sesh). It has really long phrases, they kind of stretch… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 1/23/23

Playlist Dan - Asha Puthli - “Wild Samurai” - My current favorite song and POWER jam for 2023. In a search for the lyrics it is sad to discover that several Asha Puthli albums have never been released on CD (including the album this song is from - 1982’s Only the Headaches Remain). I reached… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 1/9/23

Playlist Travis - A Winter song. My own play is going to be timely too. This starts out dark. I think it matches my mood well. I’m not sure who it is but the arrangement feels like an 80’s Elvis Costello or Leonard Cohen vibe. A really inappropriate synth sound which still evokes noir films… Continue reading EOMNLS 12/26/22

Playlist Bart - Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau - “Cheryl” - I saw them together in Chicago a few years ago, when I was performing there with Sonic Liberation 8. Great performers, but I didn’t love it, I appreciate them both and have long contemplated my lack of enthusiasm for most contemporary Jazz. Where I… Continue reading EOMNLS 12/12/22