Thursday sounds

Some Thursday music

I drove to Blackheath in no time at all this morning, listening to this:

Once the Radio Four Today programme started doing its déjà vu thing. It’s energetic and lively and has a fair dose of humour, too.

On the way back it was:

Then a day trying to cram too many hours into too short s space of time. Not enough month left at the end of the to do lists. That means some ECM jazz, quietly soothing the shredded nerves. Starting with:

John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack deJonnette. I’m always stunned at how full and rich trios often sound.

Then:

Pat Metheny tries his best, with things like the programmable ochestron and such, to be unreliable, but always fails and is unfailingly able to produce fantastic music.

Finally, this: