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A great pairing from Eastern Europe

Domi - what I love most about her are: 1. A musical maturity centuries older than her years. Its as if she's absorbed the whole core of Jazz and is spitting it out in a new way. Astonishing talent 2. She's a girlie!!! I know this is fairly self-evident, but in the Jazz world - and on keys in particular - a rare sight.

This one takes me right back to Prince-land!

Always loved this. Sia does a great job

hahaha!! Na-na-na-na I can out-do you (what's a track on a CD dedicated to Joe??) - Oh yes, sir - and this is god's honest true - I named my son after Joe!! Its GREAT to be here in this forum. I feel as though I am surrounded by friends. One little thing: Curt Bianchi has just published THE definitive biography of Weather Report, called "Elegant People". You'll find it on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Elegant-People-History-Weather-Report/dp/1493059998/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=curt+bianchi&qid=1634506204&sr=8-1 It is a magnificently-researched and thoroughly informative masterpiece, written over a 30 year period of research and interviews. 350 pages of critical inside info taken from interviews with everyone from the musicians to the engineers. Each album analysed - track by track, with detail on how, why, where each one was created and recorded. Read the reviews - this REALLY is The book to read. I have been an avid fan of Joe since the mid 1970s, saw him and met him too many times to mention - and as I said above, I even named my son after him. Despite this, the info in Curt's book was an eye-opener.

KILLER !!!

Oh god!! This is one of THE pieces that emerged from the 1970s, with Duke being labelled as "Dawilli Gonga" for contractual reasons. I wore this puppy out and had it replaced numerous times overr the years. All trax are just to die-for. Thanks for posting.

Matt Garrison is not widely known, which is an effing shame. To say that he has a Jazz "heritage" would be an understatement of epic proportions - his godfather is Jack DeJohnette, and his dad was Coltrane's bass player. So you get the drift, as it were. He was on-and-off Joe Zawinul's bass dude, however here is a stonking piece he released on his own about 10 years ago - Keyboards are him and Scott Kinsey. Get pas the unusual 40 second opening to uncover something great

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Next up for today - something COMPLETELY left field. These guys had me transfixed for days. Its all in Korean, so let me explain.. One of 4th hardest tasks ANY marketing person could have, I think, would be the task of making South Korea a sexy and exciting place to visit, and full of charm. Whilst I am sure that S. Korea has charm in spades, but its' international "brand image" is somewhat bland IMHO. But someone way up high in their tourism ministry appointed someone with a MEAN pair of cojones who did something quite revolutionary. Instead of the usual boring tourism TV commercials, this person went full whack and employed the skills and talents of an electro-band who always play with this group of frankly astonishing dancers. As someone who has difficulty in walking a straight line, I do not follow dancing one little bit. But THESE guys (The Ambiguous Dance Company) were something - well, when the commercial came up on YouTube I actually was transfixed and actually watched it. There was a whole campaign for about 6 cities, I think. Final comment is about the music. What the band - LeenAlchi have done is take an ancient form of folk singing in Korea and updated it with tomorrow's sounds. The voice technique - when they sing whilst inhaling, is quite staggering. You can see it in their faces on the second clip, which features a whole performance of the track. The first clip is the commercial that peaked my initial interest Hope you enjoy Commercial Full Track

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Hi all. I'm.a new arrival - as of today - and already my whole day has been mucked-up whilst discovering new and wonderful music, chosen by people with knowledge and taste. Thank you all - this will become my new home!! I haven't been through all 66 pages (barely managed two over 7 hours!), so forgive me if this has previously been posted, but in case it hasn't I would like to present you with Valeriy Stepanov from Moscow. I must admit an interest here, as before the Covid situation put a stop to everything, I was working with him to book some concert dates in Europe. He's a phenomenally talented guy who even impressed Chick Corea! This is a track from a few years ago, but Valeriy is maturing, evolving and pumping out his music with energy and regularity. Would love to have some feedback.. And by the way, I am a Joe Zawinul NUT and all things musically wonderful, so I will be posting delish stuff over he coming decades... Peace and Health 2 U all.....