Music Monday: Ron Carter, Miles, and Charles Tyler

I had some time to listen to music this weekend as a couple days of above freezing temperatures turned the outside world into a sheet of ice. I also had a bunch of work that benefited from being leavened by music and an itch to get back to a more regular listening routine.

I started with Ron Carter’s new album, Sweet, Sweet Spirit with gospel and CCM legend Ricky Dillard. I like gospel music (even when I don’t love it) and this album did not disappoint. The highlight for me, though, was when they tastefully nudged Carter’s playing into the spotlight a bit more. Check out “Just a Little Talk with Jesus”:

Since I was listening to Ron Carter and it was released on February 5, 1969, I put on Miles Davis’s Filles de Kilimanjaro (1969). Carter plays with Herbie Hancock on tracks 2, 3, and 4 which were record on June 19-21, 1968; Dave Holland and Chic Corea was on the others. Miles, Wayne Shorter, and Tony Williams appear on all the tracks. Filles is among my favorite Miles albums if only because it tends to be so overshadowed with In a Silent Way (1969) when it was released later than year. 

Finally, I realize that I have never posted on Charles Tyler’s Eastern Man Alone (1967). It features Charles Tyler playing like a relaxed Albert Ayler and joined by David Baker on cello and TWO bassist: Kent Brinkley and Brent McKesson. In ESP’ Disks profoundly uneven catalogue, this is a clear highlight and worth repeat listens: 

I have a couple more albums in rotation at my house these days and I have to remember to share them next week!