1001 Album Club

Latest Episodes:

019 Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Gershwin Song Book Apr 09, 2018

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Ella Sings all of Gershwin and we don’t have much to say except Ella is a wonderful singer and the production is top notch.

018 Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan at Mister Kelly's Apr 05, 2018

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We discuss Scat singing and how we can never go back to when it was new and the fact that Sarah Vaughan can’t remember the words for her own live album. Also Rob thinks the song “Honeysuckle Rose” is filthy.

017 Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Jack Takes the Floor Apr 02, 2018

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The proto oogle shows us why we should run away and join the circus and we get to Ramblin’ .

016 Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin Mar 29, 2018

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We find this swansong album beautifully haunting or maybe hauntingly beautiful .

015 Tito Puente - Dance Mania Mar 26, 2018

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Tito brings Afro-Cuban and Caribbean sounds like mambo, son cubano, and cha-cha-chá to the mainstream and we are glad he did !

014 Little Richard - Here's Little Richard Mar 22, 2018

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We talk about the wildest voice and the man that put’s the Rock in Rock n’ Roll .

013 Machito - Kenya Mar 19, 2018

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We talk about the afro cuban jazz big band sound that seems to be in perfect sync. Oddly Machito’s singing isn’t featured on the album at all .

012 Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool Mar 15, 2018

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We talk about this seminal jazz album that was before it’s time and was recorded 7 years before it was before it’s time. Also Grady and I muse about the song “Moon Dreams” .

011 Sabu - Palo Congo Mar 12, 2018

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Some of us struggle to find the rhythm in Palo Congo’s trance like drumming .

010 Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners Mar 05, 2018

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We discuss one of the most difficult compositions that mentally broke the band, our favorite Bops and Pannonica de Koenigswarter .