Compilation: Murder by Numbers
I've finally migrated all my old CD compilations to iTunes. What I mean by that is that the home-made CDs I used to make filtered from my extensive (and my wife would probably say excessive) CD collection are all scratchy and jump in the car, so instead of just burning them anew, I created them as playlists in iTunes which also allows me to listen to them when I'm traveling.
I try and have some form of coherence with these compilations although they tend to go through multiple genres, but at least I try to ensure some transitions, either by style affinity, instruments, mood, etc. I never have the same artist twice on the same CD (unless he's frontman and sideman, tricky me!) The titles are always from one track present on the compilation.
Anyway, I thought I'd share the track selections, if that's of interest to any of you... I can't set these up as iTunes playlists because most of the tracks don't even exist on iTunes (and I didn't buy most of the music there, it's from good old silver CDs...)
So the first one is one I reworked before burning again. It's called Murder by Numbers.
It's kind of a jazz meets rock thing, starting with what is probably The Police's most intricate song, and then moves on to a jazz-rick number from Derek Trucks' Out of the Madness. Greg Szlapczynski is a soul jazz thing in Polish which I absolutely love. Then we move into progressive jazz territory with the Bad Plus and stay in more classic swing territory with an interesting take on Jimi's Wind Cries Mary by Jamie Cullum. Bojan Z's CD-Rom is a weird jazz meets eastern europe piece with a guest Ulean pipe playing crazy jazz lines, wich is a nice, reedy transition into Hazmat Modine's wonderfully wordly Bahamut. Which nudges us into world jazz territory with Renaud Garcia-Fons' fat sounding five string double bass. From double-bass to cello, we move into William Sheller, and from there back into acoustic jazz with Romane (and wonderful bass player MMLB...) From serious gipsy jazz then onto fun gipsy jazz (not that the serious stuff isn't fun, mind you) with the Lost Fingers and Sanseverino. Thierry Crommen's harmonica carriers us through to harmonica rich Moriarty, and the acoustic spirit is maintained with Siegmeth's very modern take on Petite Fleur. Back to the reeds, and King Crimson's I Talk to the Wind is full of reeds...
- The Police - Murder by Numbers
- The Derek Trucks Band - Pleasant Gardens
- Greg Szlapczynski - Czas Wyleczy Z Ran
- The Bad Plus - Smells like Teen Spirit
- Jamie Cullum - Wind Cries Mary
- Bojan Z - CD-Rom
- Hazmat Modine - Bahamut
- Renaud Garcia-Fons - Berimbass
- William Sheller - Le Témoin Magnifique
- Romane & Richard Manetti - Invitation
- The Lost Fingers - Billie Jean
- Thierry Crommen & Sanseverino - Démolissons les mots
- Moriarty - Private Lily
- Hugo Siegmeth - Petite Fleur
- King Crimson - I Talk to the Wind
