Speaking of Captain Planet, his debut, Cookin' Gumbo (Bastard Jazz), is one of the dancefloor heaviest records I've gotten in some time -- like Center, a compliment to his astute DJ ear.
But the group's director, Harold Rosenbaum, is an astute programmer with an ear for the unusual, and his programs have included rarities from early in the century as well as recent works that have not been widely heard.
Anne Hutchinson, a theologically astute midwife who had the ear of many of the colony's women, became outspoken in support of Cotton, and condemned the theology of Wilson and most of the other ministers in the colony during gatherings, or conventicles, held at her house.
Astute listeners will feast their ears on the enhanced separation that elevates Ringo Starr's drums, in particular, as well as the exquisite harmonies that adorn the album from top to bottom.
But while those songs marked Dailey & Vincent as astute preservationists, they have wider-ranging ears too.
He has a superb ear for speech rhythms, a generally astute sense of selective detail, and a natural storyteller's command of narrative pacing.
