Red Mosquito

tragabigzanda wrote:Whole record is terrific.

So far so good.

Thanks trag.

pre-ordered a few yesterday

2024 album by the Neil Cowley Trio, their first since 2016.

Glad you like it!

Cowley has had an interesting career — his trio/solo stuff is consistently great, but he also has had a relatively distinguished career as a session player, including on some of Adele’s biggest hits (“Chasing Pavements,” “Rolling In the Deep,” etc.)
https://www.musicradar.com/news/neil-cowley-interview

Hmmm…the CD liner notes just list the members of the trio on piano, bass, and drums, but a lot of the solo stuff that Cowley has done since their last trio record is pretty loops/FX based, so I am guessing they’re his doing?

tragabigzanda wrote:it’s surprisingly ear wormy

This is definitely something I have always really liked about this group -- they're a bit less cerebral than other modern piano jazz trios, with tunes shooting straight for the pleasure centers and often employing harmonies and scales that feel a bit more pop than jazz. In that way Cowley reminds me a bit of Vince Guaraldi -- also an artist whose songs I often find myself wishing went on a bit longer.

tragabigzanda wrote:Hell yes. Selcouth Quartet, currently touring the US. Whole record is terrific.

Also, I've got to circle back to this and say thanks for this suggestion -- it's awesome. It wasn't until I looked these guys up in more detail that I realized that this was a side project of drummer Joe Russo, who was in Furthur (a post-Jerry Garcia iteration of the Grateful Dead), and now leads Joe Russo's Almost Dead (which is basically a high-profile GD cover band). I know that stuff draws a decent crowd on the jam band circuit, but man -- I hope he does more stuff like this!

Loving Miles´s In A Silent Way.

goddamn, this vinyl sounds so fucking good.

Been into a Kamasi Washington roll lately. The Epic is a masterpiece really. Im loving it while i go for a run.

I'm sitting in my back room and packing up albums for the move next month..I came across this one that I haven't heard in years..gave it a spin