Tag: Chris Bellman
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Wilco, Crosseyed Strangers: An Alternate Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, 2023 on Nonesuch / dBpm
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot would be one of my desert island disks: so much wonderful, complex, hook-filled, and just plain fun music across that album. This released came out on Record Store Day 2023, compiling various versions (including live ones) of songs from the album, taking it’s title from “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart”:…
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Sonny Clark, Cool Struttin’, 1958 on Blue Note
Fantastic late 50s “hard bop” jazz record, with Clark joined by Art Farmer (trumpet), Jackie McLean (alto sax), Paul Chambers (bass), and Philly Joe Jones on drums. Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder, liner notes by Nat Hentoff. This should be in everyone’s vinyl collection whether you think of yourself as a Jazz fan or not.…