Playlist Dan - Johnny Pacheco - "Guajira Camará” - So slow and restrained. So tense and visceral. I hit on this, despite the terrible album cover - it looks more like an ad for dance lessons with 2 silhouettes of dancers. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality and then blown away by this song.… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 3/19/26
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In The Stacks 3/21/26
ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix New Icon - 😵💫 - Psychedelic Joan Armatrading - Show Some Emotion - A&M, 1977. 🪨🫧 🪩🗣️⎄ : I recall Mrs. Armatrading’s cassettes being in my parent’s, and their friend’s, collections and thus avoided her work. Listening now I’m impressed by her songs, her versatility and her distinctive voice. She features excellent… Continue reading In The Stacks 3/21/26
Seshjawn Notes 3/8/26
Playlist Travis - Surprise Jazz trumpet dinner combo from Travis. I’m not sure he has ever been particularly Jazz forward at a Sesh. Weird Improv yes, Jazz influenced music and a hell of a lot of Funk and Fusion, but rarely something like this. Dreamy, and I think it is an original tune that is… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 3/8/26
In The Stacks 9/7/26
Overall = 2.7 (10) ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Boogie Down Productions - Sex And Violence - Jive, 1991/1992. 🎤: Apparently this was the final BDP album, but I also don’t understand who else was in BDP beyond KRS-One. He is the constant in all their albums and he continues to record under his own name after… Continue reading In The Stacks 9/7/26
In the Stacks 1/26/26
ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Luiz Bonfá - IAmor! The Fabulous Guitar of Luiz Bonfá - Atlantic/Collectibles, 1958. 🇧🇷🎸 ⎄: Lovely guitar playing by a master, who performs Sambas, Bossas, Jazz Standards and mostly originals. There are many solo pieces, but also wonderful tracks featuring bleary vibraphone and mellophone. If anything the album is too short, but… Continue reading In the Stacks 1/26/26
