In all likelihood, my last listen of the year: Jethro Tull "Thick as a Brick"

ca. 1972 Jade Warrior "Last Autumn's Dream" Great album #Progrock #Underrated

The hits keep coming for the end of the year. Lumley/Lancaster "Marscape" #BrandX

Midnight Mushrumps...now that's what I call #HolidayCheer!

Christmas music?

Music From the Americas! #Venezuala #RoyalLiverpoolPhil #Hindoyan

These were some of Matilda’s final moments, spent in joy at a Hanukkah gathering at Bondi Beach, before her life was brutally stolen by terrorists in the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre on December 14, 2025. She was only 10 years old. May her memory forever be a blessing.🕯️

"Together successful, defiant Together the parts make a giant The birth of a realisation The rise of a high expectation" #GentleGiant says Hello!

Morning drive music: ca. 1968 The Byrds "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" #GramParsons #ClarenceWhite #ChrisHillman

The Hero of Bondi Beach just received a check for 2.5 million dollars (Aussie), from 43,000 donors worldwide.

So many heroes emerged during the Chanukah massacre at Bondi Beach. Chaya, just 14 years old, threw herself over two young children to protect them after their mother was shot. An incredibly brave young girl!

"Spanish Night" Such a gorgeous album. #Warsaw #Spain #Audiophile #Bestof2025

Happy Heavenly Holidays to Ariel and his beloved dog Tonto

I haven't heard 'Gargantua' music since 'Pantagruel's Nativity'.

2025 remaster of Joe Henderson's 1973 Fusion classic "Multiple" Think how good this could have been if he had a decent band. Joe Henderson – saxophone Larry Willis – electric piano James Ulmer, John Thomas – guitar Dave Holland – bass Jack DeJohnette – drums Arthur Jenkins – congas, percussion

Flaga: Book of Angels, Vol. 27 -Craig Taborn – piano -Christian McBride – bass -Tyshawn Sorey – drums Compositions by John Zorn

ca. 1970 Mountain "Climbing" Yesterday's morning drive music. This album still floors me! -Leslie West – guitars, vocals -Felix Pappalardi – bass guitar, vocals; production -Steve Knight – organ, Mellotron -Corky Laing – drums

ca. 1969 George Benson "The Other Side of Abbey Road" 31 minutes of The Beatles in a groove! #CTI #GuitarExcellence

ca. 2025 Linda May Han Oh "Strange Heavens" Linda May Han Oh - Bass Ambrose Akinmusire - Trumpet Tyshawn Sorey - Drums Worth checking out @annsalo.bsky.social @misterquartet.bsky.social @jazzsnob99.bsky.social #JazzSky #PatMetheny #DaveHolland #OwlSong

Le Chasseur maudit (“The Accursed Huntsman”) is a symphonic poem composed by César Franck in 1882, inspired by Gottfried August Bürger’s ballad Der wilde Jäger. It tells the story of a Count who defies the Sabbath by hunting on Sunday and is cursed to be eternally pursued by demons😨 #Erato ca. 1975

A top 2024 #Classical release from #Chandos. All Nielsen program includes the weird and wonderful Flute Concerto, the mysterious Pan and Syrinx and the grandeur of the Symphony 3, 'Sinfonia Espansiva'.

#NP: #NowPlaying: Yes - 'Fragile' (1971) (2003 remaster) cd2867 #playall #playallyourcdsagain #playallyouralbumsagain #albumcollection #Yes #JonAnderson #BillBruford #SteveHowe #ChrisSquire #RickWakeman

#NowSpinning Martinů Violin Concerto No.2, with Lorenzo Gatti and Walter Weller. The opening is fabulously gritty and gripping, but soon gives way to something more searching and insinuating. Martinů’s trademark syncopation is there, along with those fantastical cadences.

Heinrich Schiff is a favorite of mine. Although his career was cut short due to health issues, he passed away at age 65, his legacy is enormous. I was lucky enough to see him in recital at The Ravinia Festival. This recording of #Dvorak is wonderful. #Schiff #Previn

Late night meditation with Tim Buckley

Great song from a great album. Joe Walsh on electric guitar and 12-string accompanies Dan, who also plays acoustic guitar and stacks some gorgeous vocals. youtu.be/Bqd3R2ZQ7io?...

Jimi Hendrix "The Cry of Love" Photographed in 1970, tragic figures Devon Wilson aka "Ida Mae", aka "Dolly Dagger" and doomed Swedish super-model Agneta Marianne Frieberg with Jimi. All dead within a year of each other.

"You said you couldn't leave me after all that we'd been through / I believed you when you said we should both try something new.” • “I was drowning inside here with a love that was so true / But you laughed right in my face and there was nothing I could do"

Carla and Steve For those of you who prefer Christmas music with less syrup and more dry wit.

Aaron Copland

A proper debut. It is Harry, after all... ca. 1967 Nilsson "Pandemonium Shadow Show" #TheBeatlesForever

ca. 1966 "Spotlight on Nilsson" A curiosity. Before Harry became Harry.

Morning drive music - #DeepPurple "The Book of Taliesyn" #PsychRock #WelshMythology #NeilDiamond #TheBeatles

Orff "Carmina Burana" Seiji Ozawa/Berlin Phil ca. 1989 (Latin for “Songs of Beuern”). #Fate #Love #Revelry Composed 1935–36 A scenic cantata for orchestra, chorus, and soloists, based on 24 medieval poems from the manuscript Carmina Burana discovered at Benediktbeuern Abbey in Bavaria #Classical

Carmina Burana -Orff - Ray Manzarek #TheDoors #PhilipGlass

Zoltan Kocsis plays Bartok. This album is on the #Qobuz list of 100 #ClassicalCultAlbums Recorded in the mid 1980's, it is one that I return to often. #Delightful #RomanianFolkDances #HungarianPeasantSongs #ELP #TheBarbarian #ClassicalSky #SoloPiano

ca. 1970 Pink Floyd "Atom Heart Mother" #AlanParsons #RonGeesin #RichardWright #NickMason #QobuzIdealDiscography

Happy Heavenly Holidays to Ariel and his beloved dog Tonto

Lodger Low Heroes #Bowie #BerlinTrilogy #Ranked

ca. 1973 Eric Gale "Forecast" You know that guitarist who helped shape the sound of those albums by Bob James, Sadao Watanabe, Grover Washington Stanley Turrentine, Tom Scott, Quincy Jones, Roberta Flack, George Benson, Gato, Idris and so many others? That single note picking genius is Eric Gale.

and now, for something completely different... ca. 1971 Bobby Hutcherson "Head On" One of his most adventurous outings.

Have a groovy day! ca. 1971 Stanley Turrentine "Salt Song" Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone Eumir Deodato – electric piano, arranger, conductor Ron Carter Airto Moreira Horace Parlan, Richard Tee – piano, electric piano, organ **Eric Gale – electric guitar** Billy Cobham #GospelJazz #CTI

ca. 1977 Michal Urbaniak's Fusion "Heritage" -Michal Urbaniak: Violin, Lyricon (Wind Synthesizer) -Urszula Dudziak: Vocals, Electronic Percussion, Synthesizer (ARP Odyssey) **Kenny Kirkland: Keyboards (Fender Rhodes, Moog) ** -Tony Bunn: Fretless Bass -Lurenda Featherstone: Drums #JazzFusion

ca. 1974 Mahavishnu Orchestra "Apocalypse" John McLaughlin – guitars Gayle Moran – keyboards, vocals Jean-Luc Ponty – electric violin Ralphe Armstrong – bass guitar Narada Michael Walden – drums, percussion Michael Tilson Thomas – conductor Michael Gibbs – orchestration George Martin – producer

ca. 1978 Happy The Man "Crafty Hands" Stanley Whitaker – six and twelve string guitars, vocals Frank Wyatt – pianos, harpsichord, saxes, flute Kit Watkins – pianos, harpsichord, Moog synthesizer, etc. Rick Kennell – bass Ron Riddle – drums, percussion #AmericanProg

ca. 1966 Kenny Burrell "Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas" Before I am inundated with candy cane religiosity and Mariah Carey Santa-Boobs, I will listen to what I consider to be fine seasonal albums. It's hard to beat Kenny Burrell for class and quality.

ca. 1970 Nucleus "Elastic Rock" Karl Jenkins – oboe, baritone saxophone, electric piano, piano Ian Carr – trumpet, flugelhorn Brian Smith – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute Chris Spedding – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Jeff Clyne – bass, electric bass John Marshall – drums, percussion

ca. 1969 Horace Tapscott Quintet "The Giant is Awakened" Horace Tapscott - piano Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone David Bryant, Walter Savage Jr. - bass Everett Brown Jr. - drums #Jazz #avant-garde #CulturallySignificant

Fortepiano anyone? #Mozart #Classicalsky