Soothsayers - Dis & Dat

Would love love love to see this group live some day.

The Winstons - A Reason For Goodbye

Awwwww yisssssss. This is car chase music.

Meute - Rej

I mean how the hell did they even come up with the idea for this? Brilliant. The original was a frequent on my playlists and I've already listened to this cover a dozen times.

Brass Against - The Pot

Holy mackinaw this is good. Tried to find something funky and metal and I think this fits the bill. Haven't had a new Tool album in an eternity but if we have to settle for a cover, this is the one I want to listen to on repeat. Sophia Urista crushin' it on vocals.

Kamasi Washington - Street Fighter Mas

Is this the future of jazz? Pure dope.

'Zat You Santa Claus?

Well, we made it. Somehow. One post for every day since October 1. Not too shabby. Tomorrow is normally when I would start my 'Best of 2017' list but sadly I just haven't had time to get through enough albums yet, so putting together a rush job just wouldn't cut it. I'm going to have to play catch-up instead and go back in time to finish it later. Hopefully I'll find the motivation somehow.

So... with that in mind there won't be any more posts on El Bloggo until January 1. Then, a new challenge. One post a day until.... let's make it to March and see what happens. Until then I leave you with this classic. Nobody does it quite like Louis, but this is a pretty darn good live rendition. Aw heck, we'll post a little bonus beats action at the end too. It is Christmas after all.

BONUS BEATS

Louis Armstrong - 'Zat You Santa Claus? [The Heavy Remix]

Have a safe and happy holidays kids.

FKJ & Masego - Tadow

Who? No idea. Quality though, I'll need to hear more thanks.

Angles 9 - Pacemaker

Funky Fresh Friday. This is some serious downtown my zoot suit is better than yours get outta the damn way comin' through to get you funktacular jazz.

Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld - The Rest Of Us

Pretty badass track, and a dope video. This would be great in a chase scene.

Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, and Bootsy Collins - Let Him Out

Funky soul jazz swing! The bomb-diggity. See ya tomorrow.

Karl Denson's Tiny Universe - The Mighty Rebel

Jazzy reggae! Yes! Even better! And look, more Karl!

The Greyboy Allstars - What Happened To Television?

Jazz! Let's do some of that. Must make to it to Harvest next year...

John Coltrane, Stan Getz, and Oscar Peterson - Hackensack

Jazz, damnit, jazz! Germany, 1960. Paul Chambers on bass, Jimmy Cobb drums.

Céline Bonacina Trio - Ra Bentr'ol

Saxomophone!

Boots Randolph - Yakety Sax

Saxomophone?

Christos Kyriazis - Saxophone Hicaz Taksim

It's late, I wasn't going to bother posting, but then... saxomophone.

Thank You Scientist - My Famed Disappearing Act

What's in a name? I'm not sure how exactly it really contributes to the success of a band, but the ones I'm posting today certainly have unique monikers.

These guys have been getting a lot of support lately from Coheed & Cambria, who they'll be opening for on tour. It's not hard to see why, they have a really unique instrumentation and complex songs that are clearly heavily influenced by Coheed, as well as progressive groups like Tool, the Mars Volta, and even a little Dream Theater.. The musicianship is pretty impressive, which I imagine is almost a burden given that so many strong players are in the group and there's only so much money to go around.

Their album is getting a sort of re-release party even though it actually came out a couple years ago. I guess it's getting re-mixed/mastered, which is probably a good thing since I thought that part left a lot to be desired in the initial offering. The songs have a lot of potential. Check it out, it's well worth a listen, definitely not your every day indie punk group. If you're into the bands I've mentioned you'll definitely enjoy the sound.

Moon Hooch - Tiny Desk Concert

This one is worthy of a single post feature, I think you'll agree.

1. Tubes

2. Number 9

3. Bari 3

Trombone Shorty - Buckjump

Right, here's some funk.

Postmodern Jukebox - Game Of Thrones Theme

I've seen countless covers of the Game of Thrones theme, most of them utterly dull and pointless. Uber-gothic singers and string ensembles just trying to grab some clicks. It's probably working for them, but how about a little originality? 

Leave it to Scott Bradlee to freshen things up. He was the man behind that killer Lorde cover with Puddles a while back, and this time he's recruited the brilliant Dave Koz on the saxophone to rip out some jazz-tacular variations. Can just imagine sitting at some ritzy cafe in the streets of Montreux and hearing this from the house band. Long live the king.