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Music at link is Anthony Braxton, "To Composer John Cage."

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The landmark solo jazz album For Alto by American composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton was recorded in 1969. It was later released in 1971 by Delmark Records. The album is widely celebrated as the first full-length jazz album consisting entirely of unaccompanied solo saxophone music.

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Life is so crazy these days, Braxton is a soundtrack and cathartic and gets your mind off things.

I think the best parts are what only our dog can hear. She curls right up under the speaker.

#1 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-10-16 02:07 PM | Reply

Fear - Let's Have A War

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#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-10-16 03:13 PM | Reply

Angine de Poitrine: Zugzegk

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#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-10-16 04:02 PM | Reply

The Dodos - Men

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#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-10-16 04:05 PM | Reply

"I missed my connections and I'm late for work again
You know they'll probably drop the atom bomb the day my ship comes in."

Fred Neil, "That's the Bag I'm In":

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#5 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-10-16 07:03 PM | Reply

Velvet Underground, "Ocean":

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#6 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-10-16 07:06 PM | Reply

A little ditty about David Crosby, Paul Kantner, and Grace Slick:

Jefferson Airplane, "Triad":

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#7 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-10-16 07:08 PM | Reply

John Miller, "Blue Moon," with the usually missing opening, which is the best part of the song.

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#8 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-10-16 07:11 PM | Reply

Oops.

Blue Moon.

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Good thing it didn't grab that quick bit of hardcore porn I'd watched.

#9 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-10-16 07:12 PM | Reply

Not
(today anyway)

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#10 | Posted by Corky at 2026-10-16 07:16 PM | Reply

Ain't Misbehaving (I'm Savin' My Love For You)

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#11 | Posted by Corky at 2026-10-16 07:21 PM | Reply

What A Difference A Day Makes

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soothing the savage breast, er, beast!

#12 | Posted by Corky at 2026-10-16 07:27 PM | Reply

Steve Winwood - vocals/piano
Chris Wood - sax
Roger Hawkins - drums
Rebop Kwaku Baah - percussion
Jim Capaldi - percussion
David Hood - bass

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#13 | Posted by Corky at 2026-10-16 07:51 PM | Reply

Why Don't You Do Right - Peggy Lee - Benny Goodman Orch 1943

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#14 | Posted by Corky at 2026-10-16 07:56 PM | Reply

Jim Capaldi was a criminally underrated drummer.

#15 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-10-16 08:23 PM | Reply

Graham Parker and The Rumour - Not If It Pleases Me
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#16 | Posted by morris at 2026-10-17 03:26 AM | Reply

Shelby Lynne does Dusty
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
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#17 | Posted by morris at 2026-10-17 03:29 AM | Reply

Jeff Beck & Tom Jones - Goin' Down Slow
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#18 | Posted by morris at 2026-10-17 03:31 AM | Reply

Tom Jones Live - 'Burning Hell' Session
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Tom Jones and Art Of Noise - Kiss (Official Video)
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The Pleasure Barons
The Definitive Tom Jones Medley (Live In Las Vegas, NV / 1993)
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#19 | Posted by morris at 2026-10-17 03:39 AM | Reply

Robert Gordon & Link Wray - Rumble - Live At Rockpalast 1978
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The Way I Walk
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Switchblade
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#20 | Posted by morris at 2026-10-17 03:51 AM | Reply

Some of my fave Blues guitar.
Albert King
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#21 | Posted by morris at 2026-10-17 03:55 AM | Reply

Hot ---- Tuna
Serpent of Dreams
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#22 | Posted by morris at 2026-10-17 04:07 AM | Reply

LITTLE FEAT Cold, Cold, Cold/Dixie Chicken/Tripe Face Boogie GREAT LIVE '75
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#23 | Posted by morris at 2026-10-17 04:57 AM | Reply

Blame it on the stones - Kris Kristfferson at Isle of Wight 1970
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#24 | Posted by morris at 2026-10-17 05:03 AM | Reply

Ry Cooder & David Lindley - Mercury Blues
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#25 | Posted by morris at 2026-10-17 05:16 AM | Reply

Recent news on Link Wray:

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#26 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-10-17 05:43 AM | Reply

If Donnerboy checks out the weekend music thread ... for a taste of older VA, click the link above.

Not exactly Washington and Madison, but important still.

#27 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-10-17 07:03 AM | Reply

NEU! "Hallogallo":

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Last time I posted the genre, the DR ferrets bleeped me out.

But it rhymes with "out" and starts with "sauer."

That-rock.

#28 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-10-17 09:11 AM | Reply

This weekend's gratuitous blast of new free improvisation (recorded 10/07/26).

Sax, electric guitar (and all the necessary pedals these days), and drums.

If you enjoy watching guitarists get into it, slide it up to about 22 minutes and watch for awhile. Of course, there's better and crazier out there. This appears to be the drummer's house stage in Brooklyn.

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#29 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-10-17 09:24 AM | Reply

22. Yes, back in my high school years, which sound about the same as yours, it was all about Hot F-in Tuna.

I don't think any of those people heard their first album, or would have listened to it twice.

Certainly not "Mann's Fate."

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Jack explains the beauty. I'd never heard his voice.

#30 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-10-17 09:28 AM | Reply

@#22

Not Hot Tuna, but close ...

Jorma Kaukonen - Hesitation Blues, live at Woodstock, circa 2005
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#31 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-17 01:54 PM | Reply

Jorma and jack had a cool youtube channel for years, sometimes you'll still see Jorma from his ranch.

#32 | Posted by Corky at 2026-10-17 03:02 PM | Reply

#32 | Posted by Corky
Just saw them 2 weeks ago in SF at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass.

#33 | Posted by morris at 2026-10-17 03:07 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Morris

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#34 | Posted by Corky at 2026-10-17 03:16 PM | Reply

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