Great record - we might not have heard yet?

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edited March 2011 in General
This Ernest Ranglin record is one I've been touting for years. I love it and find it so dazzling and fun. Ernest plays like... if Django was born in the Caribbean. I think "hard copy" isn't easy to find... Sound clips etc here

http://www.amazon.com/A-Mod-Ranglin/dp/B000YP66HW/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296212083&sr=8-1-fkmr1

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  • AngryroosterAngryrooster
    I bought it. Brilliant, brilliant record. I am loving it. Jazzy reggae..too much fun.

    Great review on Amazon, by the way.
  • JimCampilongoJimCampilongo
    I'm glad you love it too...
  • kgharperkgharper
    The cover is GREAT!
  • AlexAlex
    i really loved the record. actualy i bought it after like 30 seconds of listening to samples.am i to understand that this is the thread where we could suggest albums we liked/loved/are obsessed with? well... let me start off by sharing with you the album that grew hair on my chest, guitarwise i mean.

    http://www.amazon.com/Death-Chants-Breakdowns-Military-Waltzes/dp/B00000C2PF/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1299761294&sr=8-8
  • JimCampilongoJimCampilongo
    Hi Alex - Thanks keeping this thread going. Great recommendation, I didn't know about this body of Fahey's work.
  • AlexAlex
    edited March 2011
    I've been coming back to this album time and time again. It's a haunting lyrical masterpiece. It's not the easiest of records, but once it soaks in, it's higly unlikely that you'll be able to shake it off.

    http://www.amazon.com/Time-Last-Persecution-Bill-Fay/dp/B0012CQTS2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1299857023&sr=8-1



    ps. i've just read about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, so i'm editing out the "have a great weekend" part...
    Some really sad news...
  • JordanJordan
    Anybody like Booker T. & the MG's? I get the feeling that, even if you do, this one kind of works for you or it doesn't. I think it's fun.

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000000ZKD/ref=cm_rdp_product_img
  • perdothegitperdothegit
    Just to second a couple of recommendations...that Booker T record is great and though I haven't heard that particular Bill Fay album, I have heard the other one and it's really, really awesome.

    I look forward to checking out the Ranglin and Fahey albums!
  • AngryroosterAngryrooster
    Jordan,
    Thanks for the heads-up with that album, Great stuff!!
  • floridaskaterfloridaskater
    edited March 2011
    Cool find on the Ernest Ranglin album. He's done a lot of studio work on some very classic Reggae albums. the Jimmy Cliff album comes to mind, with songs like Many Rivers to Cross and Viet Nam. One of my favorite albums of all time. I spend a lot of time in the islands and grew up listening to a lot of this stuff. If you would like to experience some other authentic Calypso (not Harry Belafonte), try searching Mighty Sparrow, Lord Invader, Growling Tiger, or search for Mento for another fairly unknown strain and precurser to Reggae. The Calypso rhythms are different than what most of us are used to playing and the chord progressions are sometimes non conventional, or rather simple, like a I, II progression. It's a fun diversion to take on few songs.
    This album makes me feel more like Howard Roberts was born in the Caribbean....the king of cool meets calypso.
    Skipping genre's a little here with this thought. But the movie Black Orpheus somehow popped into my head. Luis Bonfa guitar recordings and some cool 60's film footage, I bought a copy of the movie and it's cool and kind of spooky.
    Steve
  • JordanJordan
    Glad you like it, Rooster.
  • AlexAlex
    i was just reminded of this great album yesterday, so i thought i'd share it with you. Vinicius Cantuaria & Bill Frisell. In my book it doesnt get any better than this.

    http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Frisell-Vinicius-Cantuaria/dp/B004DK4AFO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1300536455&sr=8-2

  • JimCampilongoJimCampilongo
    Really enjoying these clips - thank you!
  • JMHJMH
    I have been listening a lot to this record lately:

    http://www.amazon.com/Legends-Guitar-Performances-Johnny-Smith/dp/B0000006NE

    The first half features Johnny Smith on acoustic guitar playing some delightful solo arrangements. I am learning Wally´s Waltz - a great workout for both hands!

    Van Eps takes care of the remainder of the songs in his own inimitable way. I strongly recommend this if you are in the mood for some solo guitar.

  • senggedorjesenggedorje
    Folks might give Mark "Porkchop" Holder a listen. His latest album is entitled "Fry Pharmacy."

    Here's a link of him performing at Fry Pharmacy:
  • weelieweelie
    Great suggestions, I will take good listen to a couple of those albums for sure.

    As I don't know what to suggest in return, I will suggest not as good music as you did. These are the only two albums that have been banned in my household, but are dear to me:
    http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Folkways-Recordings-Joseph-Spence/dp/B000001DJ8/ (well, not for the people with a sophisticated ear, maybe?)
    http://www.amazon.com/Live-Trouble-Funk/dp/B000002M9J/ (this was a personal party hit in my 20s, and have never listened to anything else from the group, nor will I)
  • JimCampilongoJimCampilongo
    this one sounds as good, as when I was 12 years old...
  • cwilliamscwilliams


    i found this album in a dollar bin once and got it with my buddy who runs a radio show and wanted new stuff to sample. its really awesome and a great way to get ppl into jazz who dont listen to it a lot. the song girl talk on it is a highlight as well as sunny.
  • Jason_NCJason_NC

    This is all great stuff! The Ranglin lead is especially appreciated.

    I, too, am a big Frisell fan. His Intercontental cd is terrfic:



    Also, the CD he did with Buddy Miller, Marc Ribot, Greg Leize is amazing. There twisted rave up of the old Roger Miller standard "Dang Me" is just stunning:



    (One of these days I will figure out how to embed youtube videos . . .)
  • Joe_MackJoe_Mack
    This may be old news, as I just joined the forum tonite, but for another great Bay Area guitarist worth checking out, find yourself a copy of "Brisbane Bop" by Jimmy Rivers and The Cherokees. Rivers was kinda/sorta Jimmy Bryant-Charlie Christian with a 335/ES-1275 and steel guitarist Vance Terry was not unlike a Speedy West with a more modern slant (Slant- steel guitar, I'm KILLing myself here!). Most of this stuff was recorded live in the early 60's at the last honky tonk in San Francisco, DeMarco's 23 Club, just down the road a piece in the blink and you missed it burg of Brisbane. When I moved to San francisco in the early 70's, this was the only club that booked country music, with a rich history that included Patsy Cline, The Hag, Buck, Lefty, Webb Piece, Bob Wills - you name 'em, this was the joint where they played in San Francisco.
    As Rivers says on this collection of live stuff "The music starts at 8 and the fightin' starts at 9". Rivers, Terry and the Cherokees swing like the balls on a tall dog. I'd be surprised if The Ten Gallon Cats weren't listening to this when it was still being passed around on cassette tapes.
    Joe
  • JMHJMH
    edited August 2011
    I finally found the first record of the Lounge Lizards on CD. I love their brand of "fake Jazz"! It´s noirish, menacing, occasionally atonal and very cool:





    Marc RIbot would join them later. Obviously not for everyone, but I love ´em!
  • elreclusaelreclusa
    Pretty hard to go wrong with the Lounge Lizards. I really like Erik Sanko's band Skeleton Key a lot as well. More "rock", but pretty out, with drums and junk percussion. Fun fellas to hang out with too. Erik's solo record was pretty great as well.
  • xberryxberry
    edited August 2011
    Ok, so I just joined too based on the solid recommendations from here. I'll add Diego Garcia. I don't think he's very well known yet.




    X
  • JimCampilongoJimCampilongo
    I'm really enjoying this thread... thanks all!
  • smogfallssmogfalls
    some great tunes here, I also love Ernest Ranglin and many more of the artists posted so far. Here's a guy I've been digging for a long time, I wanted to link to the album version of this, but I couldn't find it on Youtube, so here's a live version... played alot faster!!...




    Cheers,
    Xan :)
  • smogfallssmogfalls
    Also, some Renaud Garcia Fons, amazing contra-bass player and composer, this gets real intense towards the end!...



    Cheers,
    Xan :)
  • JMHJMH
    I´ve been on an ECM kick lately. I had to order Ralph Towner´s Solo Concert after listening repeatedly to these clips:



  • AndyrooAndyroo
    So...is this the thread to post music that I might be into and think is worth sharing? I don't wanna hijack this!
  • AndyrooAndyroo
    Aw hell...I'm gonna do it anyway. I just love these fellas. The Wood Brothers. Chris Wood of Martin Medeski and Wood, and brother Oliver, along with Jano Rix on whatever he can hit. They are an amazing live band, as well as in the studio. Check out any of their albums, I cannot recommend one over another.





  • floridaskaterfloridaskater
    I just picked up a 5 dollar album on iTunes, by Lord Foodos. If you like Mento, (Jolly Boys), which is very early pre-reggae, pre ska stuff you can't beat this album for 5 bucks. What made me post this here was the banjo player on this album reminded me of Ernest Ranglin's style. I never thought about it before but Ernie was no doubt influenced by banjo players like this in the Mento style, which is a neat observation. I'm gonna whip out my old tenor banjo and mess with this stuff, I'd like to transfer some of that style to guitar. I first tried playing in open G like banjo, which did make the chords sound more similar. Yeah I'm nuts, OK, I'll take it, but this is one of the only guitar forums with freaks that might embrace a twisted mind. ;)
    Steve
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