Showing posts with label jazz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jazz. Show all posts

Saturday, 24 May 2014

We Live Here

This is the title of a Pat Metheny Group album recorded in 1994. It has the best first four track thread of any album I know.


Check this out if you enjoy jazz funk guitar and accompaniment. Play it loud if you are driving the open road or indeed if you are relaxing with a glass of something in your garden. It is timeless music to enjoy and just make you feel good.

One of my top 10 albums of all time! Download from iTunes. Love it!

Saturday, 3 May 2014

Jazz Funk on a Higher Plane

I don't often post about music. Wait a minute. Have I ever posted about music? Anyway, today I came across Patrice Rushen whilst on a trawl through iTunes. I find it hard to believe that I had not heard her music before now. This virtuoso of the jazz keyboard and R&B vocalist was new to me. What a find! This wonderful lady is now 60 years of age and has enjoyed phenomenal success as music director, jazz pianist and vocalist.

This album I am listening to as I type is a revelation: 'Signature' by Patrice Rushen. 10 tracks of sublime jazz/funk. A stunning album recorded in 1997. Her take on the track 'Sweetest Taboo' that I have on an album recorded by Sade, who I always associate it with, is quite simply superb. Her virtuosity on keyboards is stunning.

It is a joy to come across talent like this. Talent that has been around for many years and talent that I was ignorant of, until today.

If you enjoy this genre of music I recommend that you take a listen to Patrice. Simply divine stuff...