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Elmore James
Robert Johnson
Memphis Minnie
Lighting Hopkins
Bessie Smith
John Lee Hooker

Blues

Badass and somewhat obscure japanese album.
Since it made me post, you know this **** is gold.
Not free jazz, so normies can enjoy this as well.
Exo, your hipster ass better listen to this.

Motohiko Hino Quartet + 1 - "Ryûhyô" -Sailing Ice-

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Originally Posted by Avante (Post 2191271)

Elmore James
Robert Johnson
Memphis Minnie
Lighting Hopkins
Bessie Smith
John Lee Hooker

Blues

Yep, I'm right there with you. I'll add a few more names:

Blind Willie Johnson
Son House
Charley Patton
Skip James
Muddy

Stumbled upon this on the car radio. Can we really call this blues? I’ve no talent for categorising these things but Youtube places it in their blues section. Either way it’s fun. Love that husky voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XF_YSncfEQ

The first few bars of this sound to me like a pre-echo of early white rock & roll.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYDf0rBC-FM

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What a fabulous voice! Great performance!

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Originally Posted by Ayn Marx (Post 2208624)

Yep, that's a really powerful version of "Chevrolet". Here's a calmer version of the same song that I have in my music files.
(Don't miss the female vocals: that's Maria Muldaur at the age of just 24.)

... and a better showcase for MM's voice:-

This is such ****ing perfection!
Julian Lage is the man.

https://i.ibb.co/ydPCHRJ/TJW.jpg

Tony Joe White - Bad Mouthin' (2018)

I bought this one when it was released in 2018 and took it out for a spin today. The final album from the late, great, Tony Joe White. A combination of blues covers and originals done in his usual swamp-blues style. A satisfying listen from start to finish.

I've not really listened to Tony Joe White's material before, but it didn't take many clicks to arrive at this video of a TJW song, which I enjoyed, especially as it shows a relaxed Elvis at work on his craft:-

Polk Salad Annie is a cool name for a girl or a song, although according to a youtube comment:-

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It's spelled 'poke', not 'polk', and is a Southern dish made from pokeweed.

https://i.ibb.co/WWj6nT4/JS.jpg

Jazz Sabbath - Jazz Sabbath (2020)

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Jazz Sabbath (1968) were considered to be at the forefront of the new English jazz movement. Their self-titled debut album would be released on 13 Feb 1970, but on Feb 12th founding member and pianist Milton Keanes was hospitalised with a massive heart attack; leaving him fighting for his life. The record company shelved the album and cancelled the scheduled release out of financial uncertainty of releasing a debut album from a band without its musical leader.

When Milton was released from hospital in September 1970, he found out that a band from Birmingham, conveniently called ‘Black Sabbath’, had since released two albums containing so-called metal versions of his songs. His recalled albums had been destroyed in a warehouse fire in June 1970; leaving only a few bootleg tapes of Jazz Sabbath’s live performances as proof of existence.

The master tapes, believed to be lost in the fire, were found in 2019. These songs will now finally be heard; proving that the heavy metal band worshipped by millions are in fact nothing more than musical charlatans, thieving the music from a bedridden, hospitalised genius.

:laughing:

10/10

Sunset Mission by Bohren & der Club of Gore (jazz/ambient)

I slid into Jazz on this sexy album.

Anything by Sahib Shihab. Underrated baritone sax and flute player of the highest order.