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Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm live improvisation

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Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm live improvisation at Roter Salon

Ólafur Arnalds

Ólafur is a BAFTA winning multi-instrumentalist and producer from Mosfellsbær, Iceland. He mixes strings and piano with loops and edgy beats.

I’d recommend “For Now I am Winter”.

Nils Frahm

Nils Frahm improvisation
Nils is a German musician and composer based in Berlin. He has released both solo material and collaborations with performers including Anne Müller, Ólafur Arnalds and F.S. Blumm.

His live album “Spaces” is a must-have in my opinion.

Bill Callahan – The Sing

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Bill Callahan – “The Sing”

Bill Callahan

Bill is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, who has also recorded and performed under the band name Smog.

“The Sing” from the album “Dream River”

1.”The Sing”

2.”Javelin Unlanding”

3.”Small Plane”

4.”Spring”

5.”Ride My Arrow”

6.”Summer Painter”

7.”Seagull”

8.”Winter Road”

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Bill Callahan – vocals, guitar; Matt Kinsey – guitar; Jamie Zuverza – bass, wurlitzer, organ; Thor Harris – congas, clave, drum kit

Yet another classic album from Bill Callahan.

Chuck Higgins – Blacksmith Blues

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Chuck Higgins – “Blacksmith Blues”

It can be found on the album “Gaz’s Rockin’ Blues” and, as you can hear, is an absolute stonewall classic.

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Charles Williams Higgins was an American tenor saxophonist best known for his first recording, the self-penned “Pachuko Hop”. He mixed elements of Latin Jazz with Blues and recorded in Los Angeles during the mid-fifties. I have the album “Pachuko Hop”, but, sadly, nothing on it can compete with this gem.

Rosco Gordon – Just A Little Bit

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Rosco Gordon – “Just A Little Bit”

If “Vee Jay Records: Chicago Hit Factory” is still out of stock it can also be found on the more expansive (and, consequently, more expensive) “Chicago Hit Factory The Vee Jay Story 1958-1966”

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Rosco is best known for his 1952 No. 1 R&B hit single, “Booted” and two No. 2 singles “No More Doggin'” and the classic mentioned above, ”Just a Little Bit”.

He was born in Memphis, Tennessee and was a pioneer of the Memphis Blues style.