OREGON - Live at Yoshi's (2002)

 

Following my previous post, here another Oregon work.

There are a lot of live in the Oregon releases with a very good sound quality. This is a rip of my CD bought years ago.

Enjoy: Live at Yoshi's

OREGON - 1000 Kilometers (2007)

 Taking a look at the blog list of preferences, I noticed that OREGON are in a good position.

I come here with another work of the band. This is a rip of a CD I bought in 2007 and is another piece of the long way of OREGON in their  splendid music.

I have another CD release in 2002 and probably i will post soon.

In the meantime join this one:

HEAR :1000 Kilometers

OREGON - Friends (1977)

 

In the last years we saw a revival of vinyls and a decline of CDs.

It is quite common to have flea markets or fairs every month or more often. Sometime I like to go there mainly to observe and to enjoy leafing through the old covers (this is the real pleasure).

Sometimes I carried away and buy some vinyls (even costs are now quite high).

It is the case of this "Friends " from OREGON dated 1977. (other posts on this blog). Here you can listen to a CD captured version from the web.

Oregon= friends

PLACEBO - Ball of Eyes (1971)

 

There are more than one band named Placebo. Probably the most known is the UK band of '90 but this is not the case.

Placebo is also a jazz-funky-rock band of '70 based in Belgium.

Ball of Eyes is dated 1971 but you can enjoy this music also nowadays.

Good mix of different gemres balanced together.

HEAR : Ball of Eyes

OREGON - Oregon (1983)

 

Due to the unespected success of the previous post of  Oregon -(Distant Hills ) posted in January and actually N°1  in the " most popular posts", I decided to add a new one for this band.

This is dated 1983  (10 years after distan hills). The sound is not the same but similar. Towner and McCandless base sound is there and will remain also for the future.

Here: Oregon

STEELY DAN - Gaucho (1980)

 

Here a classic album of '80. I was not a Steely Dan fan at that time, but after years (a lot) and listening to the radio I was curiously attracted by the jazzy sound of Donald Fagen band. I resume some of their works  and Gaucho is probably the most known. (together with D. Fagen Night Fly).

HERE: Gaucho

OREGON - Distant Hills (1973)

 

Back in the years this is an LP with great appeal to me. I remember the first time I listen to it. I was fascinated by the sound of OREGON and still in recent years I followed their so long career.

The two historical members of the group are Ralph Towner, well known guitarist, and Paul McCandless (oboe and other wind instruments), they introduce also world music component in their works with extraordinary results. OREGON release about 30 LP together and several solo or collaboration works. A great contribute to "jazz" (and not only ) music.

HERE: Distant Hills

ANDRA DAY - Cheers to the Fall (2015)

This week watching at the TV (yes we are still confined at home) a movie based on Gianrico Carofiglio "night passengers" I was attracted by the soundtrack. A Beautiful voice , cool atmosphere. So I search on the web some information about this soundtrack and at the end this is the result:
Andra Day is the singer and "Rise up" probably the most famous song (some similarity with Adele ).
The first album is dated 2015 and here for who doesn't know, the possibility to test.

ENJOY: Cheers to the Fall

MARCUS MILLER - Renaissance (2012)

I lost Marcus Miller concert in Milan few days ago and I am really sorry about this. I appreciate Marcus bass I am listening to the new release " Afrodeezia" (2015). Here  I post  the 2012 release "renaissance".

Enjoy: renaissance

INCOGNITO & GREGORY PORTER - Villa Arconati July 24, 2014

Villa Arconati Music Festival is a quite famous appointment in the Milan area every year. Villa Arconati is a nice old villa with a large green park. Thursday 24 -7 -2014  to close the 2014 edition of the music festival, there was a combined event with Gregory Porter and Incognito. Really a great night music started at 9:30 until 12:30. I decided to go at the last minute (just a little bit of sun in this strange wet summer was enough to decide). 30 € well spent for a chair few meters from the stage (not so common for a music show). Gregory Porter was unknown to me and a good surprise. Good Jazz with Gospel influence really a great voice and good band (mention for saxophone). After more than one hour Gregory leave the scene to Incognito. 11 elements on the scene with a lot  Funky Power.  Really a relaxing music night just what I needed after a heavy working day. Waiting for next year edition of this festival.

ADELE - great voices

Of course I have not to discover ADELE as new emergent talent of music but I want to post two songs from her new album "21" because they follow me in a recent  vacation.
It was just listening to this songs every day for a week that I appreciate the intensity of Adele interpretation. I think we have to include between "great voices " of this period.

- Set fire to the rain
- Someone like you

 listen to these!!!

SWAMP CHILDREN - So Hot !

Swamp Children  "So Hot " is the title of this "cool" work. Original LP was released in 1982 and the CD (with bonus tracks) is from 2004. Part of the A Certain Ratio area, this group (and later Kalima) gave an elegant jazz  contribution  to the new wave music of the period


 http://www.mediafire.com/?pda1qfc8g2yij49

PAT METHENY & BRED MEHLDAU - Metheny Mehldau quartet

http://www.mediafire.com/?lx8jjg848i3733g

This is wonderful for relax moments. I use to listen to this (or similar) for example on Sunday morning  just when I  wake up.  I Think it's a good way to start a new day.

PERIGEO - La Valle dei Templi

Italian Progressive-Rock band with influences from "Canterbury rock", Soft Machine etc. This LP is dated 1975. Perigeo and their Jazz-Rock was one of the best expression in Italy (and not only ) of that period.
There are other  Italian band of the period that I want to share in the next future. For the moment here is "La Valle dei Templi " from Perigeo. La Valle dei Templi for who doesn't know is an area in Sicily (near Agrigento) with archeological interesting residual of the old greek culture.

http://www.mediafire.com/?4o7rqzr976fmk5r

OREGON -Northwest Passage

As you can see in my profile I'd like all kind of music. This is not New Wave, it something different but, in some moments, this is what I want to listen for.

OREGON is a great group. Still in activity and are part of music history. Ralph Towner (guitars) has also a great number of collaboration with different artist specially from jazz area. Recently also with the Italian artist PAOLO FRESU with very good result.
Northwest Passage is part of  OREGON new times the work is dated 1996 but OREGON first production were in early '70  (like  1973 Distant Hills).

Northwest Passage: http://www.mediafire.com/?j9e65scbbthwn9q