Rick McLaughlin | Bassist
Blind Faith and Blondie
Yet another combination that could only happen if someone were to listen to his LP collection alphabetically.
Steve Lacy’s Complete Whitey Mitchell Sessions
I recently took a gander at my favorite local record store’s inventory (Stereo Jack’s in Cambridge), where I picked up CDs by Steve Lacy and Anders Jormin.
Carla Bley
In the continuing story of My Record Collection, Alphabetically, up next is Carla Bley.
Black, Blake, Blakey
Up next in the alphabetical LP project are recordings of the soundtrack to Black Orpheus, one record by Black Sabbath, several (amazing) Ran Blake records, and a couple of (also amazing) Art Blakey records.
Bergonzi through Bertoncini
This project – not so much the listening, but the writing about each record – is turning into a major research project. I’m learning tons, and enjoying the music so, so much, but running out of time. I can’t write as fast as I can listen, as it turns out. So, henceforth, these posts will [...]
Beiderbecke & Beirach
The next several records have been astonishing! A 3-LP collection of the music of Bix Beiderbecke, and two Richie Beirach LPs are next.
Beatles and Bechet
For perhaps the first time in history, thanks to my current listening project (the entire lp collection, alphabetically), I just listened to several records by The Beatles, and followed that up with a Sidney Bechet collection. Jeff Beck is next. Anyway, here’s what I just checked out:
The Count’s Main Man
Walter Page. Need I say more? Probably. In a continuing effort to re-listen to my entire LP collection (alphabetically), I have just spent a few days listening to my Count Basie records. Not all of them have Walter Page, but IMHO, the very best Basie records do. Of course, there were other fantastic bassists in [...]
Gato Barbieri Records
I’m always listening to music. True, sometimes it is only in my head, but often the music is being played on some kind of speaker. I recently moved, and after getting the records out of boxes, I decided to start at letter A and go through the collection alphabetically, no matter how long it takes! [...]
