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1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: May 21, 2013 - 10:33
 
I recently bought the Album (vinyl) thanks to RP exposure and many listener's comments 

kcar
Posted: May 11, 2013 - 23:29
 
 Misterfixit wrote:
This is a beautiful tribute to Dave Brubeck (RIP) ... think about it for a while and you will figure it out.

BTW: I was privileged to meet Mr. Brubeck and his group several times when they played in San Diego back in the late 1950's; one time there was a scheduling screw up at the Musicians' Union hall and they didn't have a place to rehearse .. so naturally, my dad invited them all over to our home (4529 Rhode Island Street, San Diego, CA 92116) where we had a 16x54 foot living room ... They jammed for hours that time, my dad would occasionally sit in on upright bass and I was once invited to sit at the drums and try remember my lessons from Mr. Leo Hamilton about Back Beats.  At the time, it was as exciting as when Gene Krupa came over for a visit and after going outside to fix his nose came back in and played a 30 minute set of random drum sounds that — if God had been good to me then and digital recorders were invented — would be priceless today.  But, Mr. Brubeck and his group were absolutely the most laidback and tightly integrated bunch of musicians I've seen.  Whew .. memories are golden — some say .... I just wish I could go back ...

 
Misterfixit, 

What's your take on Brubeck's music? I've known jazz aficionados who look down on Dave, finding his work too structured and soulless. I think they're being snobbish, but I've had no musical training or background.

Was Brubeck's music real jazz, whatever that means? Was he limited or second-rate? I've heard some of his work from live performances in Japan (thanks RP!) and it's a little looser than stuff from "Take Five." Did he put out even more freeform pieces?

Thanks! Hope you haven't found any bugs in the Pentagon lately...  {#Curtain}
 

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: May 03, 2013 - 18:24
 
Simply put; this is good stuff.

ezzyme
(Now in Santa Barbara, CA's suburb, Goleta.)
Posted: Apr 18, 2013 - 23:00
 
9 -> 10 

and I've owned the cd for a few years! 

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 15:02
 
 milipili wrote:
French people sure do know their electronica {#Good-vibes}
 

Can you draw up a list of top-notch French electronica?  Seriously, somebody.  I love this for work.  For thinking, for driving.

 

Ever notice that most of the prog rock champions come from the British Isles.  A partial list follows:  Yes, Procul Harem, Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, E,L&P, Led Zepplin, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson. 

 



d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 14:58
 
This is the real deal right here. That's all you need.

Zeito
(Sieur du Lhut)
Posted: Mar 28, 2013 - 12:04
 
Bumpity bump... 

Poacher wrote:
Can I just drop this in here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NINOxRxze9k

This tune is the soundtrack to an old movie filmed from a tram at about the turn of the century. . . well worth a look.

 



kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Mar 18, 2013 - 18:16
 
I love this 70's retro sound.

ckcotton
(Adding snarky comments since 2007)
Posted: Mar 18, 2013 - 11:46
 
Was lucky to see these guys (and all 6 other keyboard and touring band members) play Bimbo's in SF back when this was new.... one of the all time best shows... 

Its retro-electronica at its best! 

milipili
(by the Black Sea)
Posted: Feb 26, 2013 - 02:14
 
French people sure do know their electronica {#Good-vibes}

patrick30
(Austria)
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 01:14
 
Volume up!!

WhiteWater
(right where you are sitting now)
Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 17:56
 
8 —> 9

unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston)
Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 17:56
 
whoa.              Just the ticket      for      a       slow     savoring      stare       out      the     window     towards      the     nighttime      skyline of     one     of     the          oldest       cities       in      North    America.      Frenchfolk just seem to enjoy life a little better than the rest of us.

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 17:53
 
Solid 10.  This ranks among the best ambient electronica of the period.  

lshinkawa
(Berkeley, CA)
Posted: Jan 15, 2013 - 23:27
 
 msymmes wrote:
Gotta bump to an 8 imho.
 
 
Same here!

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Dec 29, 2012 - 11:55
 
Gotta bump to an 8 imho.
 

k1j2cat
Posted: Dec 29, 2012 - 11:54
 
I got this album (used) recently and it was perfect for driving back from San Francisco in the rain, down the 101 (California style). Was the best of the four CD's I'd brought on the trip. Definitely worth leaving on the repeat cycle.

AliGator
(The Bluegrass)
Posted: Dec 29, 2012 - 11:52
 
This sounds as fresh as it did the first time I heard it on RP...probably ten years ago. 
 

justsomeone
(Between a rock and a hard place)
Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 16:28
 
Goofy plays the bass...{#Bounce}

Yeoleman
(Samsara)
Posted: Dec 08, 2012 - 23:39
 
 Misterfixit wrote:
This is a beautiful tribute to Dave Brubeck (RIP) ... think about it for a while and you will figure it out.

BTW: I was privileged to meet Mr. Brubeck and his group several times when they played in San Diego back in the late 1950's; one time there was a scheduling screw up at the Musicians' Union hall and they didn't have a place to rehearse .. so naturally, my dad invited them all over to our home (4529 Rhode Island Street, San Diego, CA 92116) where we had a 16x54 foot living room ... They jammed for hours that time, my dad would occasionally sit in on upright bass and I was once invited to sit at the drums and try remember my lessons from Mr. Leo Hamilton about Back Beats.  At the time, it was as exciting as when Gene Krupa came over for a visit and after going outside to fix his nose came back in and played a 30 minute set of random drum sounds that — if God had been good to me then and digital recorders were invented — would be priceless today.  But, Mr. Brubeck and his group were absolutely the most laidback and tightly integrated bunch of musicians I've seen.  Whew .. memories are golden — some say .... I just wish I could go back ...
 
What an incredible event!!! You are a very lucky man...

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 06:18
 
This is a beautiful tribute to Dave Brubeck (RIP) ... think about it for a while and you will figure it out.

BTW: I was privileged to meet Mr. Brubeck and his group several times when they played in San Diego back in the late 1950's; one time there was a scheduling screw up at the Musicians' Union hall and they didn't have a place to rehearse .. so naturally, my dad invited them all over to our home (4529 Rhode Island Street, San Diego, CA 92116) where we had a 16x54 foot living room ... They jammed for hours that time, my dad would occasionally sit in on upright bass and I was once invited to sit at the drums and try remember my lessons from Mr. Leo Hamilton about Back Beats.  At the time, it was as exciting as when Gene Krupa came over for a visit and after going outside to fix his nose came back in and played a 30 minute set of random drum sounds that — if God had been good to me then and digital recorders were invented — would be priceless today.  But, Mr. Brubeck and his group were absolutely the most laidback and tightly integrated bunch of musicians I've seen.  Whew .. memories are golden — some say .... I just wish I could go back ...

mrtuba9
(most likely near Normal)
Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 06:13
 
 richardgold wrote:
Timeless  - so many influences. Love it.
 
 
Exactly.  RIP, Dave Brubeck.

richardgold
Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 06:12
 
Timeless  - so many influences. Love it.
 

Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: Oct 27, 2012 - 18:31
 
 Flipmode wrote:

I love doing this with all music. I feel like most people don't have a clue what kind of good music exists out there. 
 
Right. Count me in as of (quite) a few years ago before discovering Radio Paradise. Now I seem like a music genius to my ignorant friends! Of course, this was one of the first of many outstanding revelations for me. Many thanks, Bill & Rebecca!

cShaggy
(..in the general vicinity..)
Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 23:03
 
..i feel like i'm floating..

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 12:45
 

Hard to tell what year this was recorded.   Could be from 1970.

Flipmode
(Spartanburg, SC)
Posted: Sep 26, 2012 - 06:56
 
 smackiepipe wrote:
Love playing this song for people who've never heard it before. Last time was when we had a few neighbors over, sitting around the kitchen bar having Saturday afternoon cocktails. After a couple of minutes it totally stopped the conversation as they all chimed in 'What the hell is this? It's great!'

"Yup, I know. And you're welcome."
 
I love doing this with all music. I feel like most people don't have a clue what kind of good music exists out there. 

skooba
(The tip of Americas Wang)
Posted: Sep 18, 2012 - 10:16
 
Huh?  {#Think}

Rusty420 wrote:
this song ain't no butt farm...that's for sho. {#Group-hug}
 



stewliscious
(northGA)
Posted: Sep 18, 2012 - 10:14
 
 rockpommel16 wrote:

...yessss,.....the right way to hear this.....play it loud......
 

damn, now here it is again, rainy day in Georgia and it's reminding me of "Riders on the Storm"...

rockpommel16
(rockpommel´s land...dreaming of netherlands)
Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 07:49
 
 stewliscious wrote:
wow.  listening with headphones on and it's much better than any other time I've "heard' it.
 
...yessss,.....the right way to hear this.....play it loud......

camatcba
(Lumberjack Software Hack Node)
Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 16:24
 
8 ——>  9

Rusty420
(north country)
Posted: Aug 25, 2012 - 18:39
 
this song ain't no butt farm...that's for sho. {#Group-hug}

stewliscious
(northGA)
Posted: Aug 20, 2012 - 17:05
 
wow.  listening with headphones on and it's much better than any other time I've "heard' it.

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Aug 20, 2012 - 17:04
 
wondered what the translation was. cool.

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 12:49
 
Bumped from 8 —songs that I really wholeheartedly can recommend to anyone
to a 9 —songs that I am always happy to hear/there's never a wrong time.
Will it graduate to a 10 —songs that make the world a better place
 
I think so. Check back in a year or so. 

smackiepipe
(Western North Carolina)
Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 08:47
 
Love playing this song for people who've never heard it before. Last time was when we had a few neighbors over, sitting around the kitchen bar having Saturday afternoon cocktails. After a couple of minutes it totally stopped the conversation as they all chimed in 'What the hell is this? It's great!'

"Yup, I know. And you're welcome."

powerless
(Stockholm, Sweden)
Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 08:43
 
 Sjaaks wrote:
This song has made it to my personal top 10 wake up songs... Such a great groove to start the day with. Thanks to a very simple and effective alarmclock with mp3 function, the chances of waking up happy have increased dramatically!

{#Sleep} >>>  {#Good-vibes}
 



cool, would like to know the other 9!

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 08:40
 
 dwlangham wrote:
Catches my ear each time I hear it. I wish my whole work day would go with this groove.
 
same.
i needed to hear this today.



Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jul 20, 2012 - 06:39
 
 kingart wrote:
Lounge lizard louche love music. Seems dated. 

I believe that was their primary intention.  The past is the future.


dwlangham
(Nowhere to be found)
Posted: Jul 20, 2012 - 06:36
 
Catches my ear each time I hear it. I wish my whole work day would go with this groove.

chelsiaann
(Helena, Montucky)
Posted: Jul 17, 2012 - 12:06
 
Always slightly overcast when this song comes on.

Rockit
(Ottawa ON)
Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 09:34
 
There's nothing like a girl with money & a good tune.

Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: May 31, 2012 - 04:17
 
This song has made it to my personal top 10 wake up songs... Such a great groove to start the day with. Thanks to a very simple and effective alarmclock with mp3 function, the chances of waking up happy have increased dramatically!

{#Sleep} >>>  {#Good-vibes}

Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville")
Posted: May 15, 2012 - 03:10
 
 Deadwing wrote:
And if my thought-dreams could be seen
They'd probably put my head in a guillotine
But it's alright, ma, it's life, and life only.

Just wait until they can get in to our heads and we will have to pay to think about certain things    {#Cheers}
 
And I thought I was the only tin foil hat wearing paranoid around here.  

Like my father said, "Paranoia has never killed anyone, lack of paranoia has." 

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: May 02, 2012 - 05:11
 
 Carl wrote:

Now this link yields, "This video contains content from EMI, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds. Sorry about that."

So now, thanks to the lawyers, we in the States will remain unenlightened. I'm sure this is for the overall good. Somehow.

 
Fear not. . . a quick YouTube search comes up with this. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&v=ghfklQz3Qgk

If it blows out again then search for

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJfTa5SjDCY&feature=related

Which is the original film this song was attached to but the lawyers have a problem with. . . sigh. 

Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Apr 21, 2012 - 09:00
 
 Carl wrote:

Now this link yields, "This video contains content from EMI, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds. Sorry about that."

So now, thanks to the lawyers, we in the States will remain unenlightened. I'm sure this is for the overall good. Somehow.

 

And if my thought-dreams could be seen
They'd probably put my head in a guillotine
But it's alright, ma, it's life, and life only.

Just wait until they can get in to our heads and we will have to pay to think about certain things    {#Cheers}



vanmas
(Leiden, Netherlands)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 05:06
 
Very nice!
I love air!
Not just another electronica band...
They are special, different...

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 09:48
 
Lounge lizard louche love music. Seems dated. 

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 09:47
 
This is so effing smoooooooth... 9 → 10. {#Music}

rommi
(Berkeley, CA)
Posted: Mar 31, 2012 - 11:54
 
Air always makes me turn my amps :)