Posted 3 Nov 2015 Dexter Gordon "one flight up" (blue note, stereo NY ear) Gunter Hampel & Jeanne Lee "s/t" (Wergo, Germany) Two extremely well recorded records! Amazing sound (and great music too of course) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 4 Nov 2015 Love that Hampel/Lee.....as I do most of their collaborations. Not yet heard a poor one playing now Dave Pike - It's Time For Dave Pike [Prestige, Mono] just picked up in a local shop (along with Terje Rypdal - Descendre and Richard Davis - Harvest. Contrasting selection to say the least) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 4 Nov 2015 Richard Davis - Harvest [Muse] interesting focus on his arco playing throughout this and then Terje Rypdal - Descendre [ECM] I've never warmed much to Rypdal but this is excellent Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 4 Nov 2015 3 hours ago, mjazzg said: Love that Hampel/Lee.....as I do most of their collaborations. Not yet heard a poor one me too... while the Wergo is well-recorded, my feeling is that the first pressings of those Wergo-Jazz titles aren't that hot. The only one I have that sounds clear as day is the Favre. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 4 Nov 2015 Hmm..mines a first pressing and it sounds totally amazing... Rypdal's "descendre" is one of my favorites and I love Rypdal's records. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 4 Nov 2015 yeah, I have clean firsts of the Hampel, Schoof and Breuker (although that's technically a reissue of the Relax title) and they're all a bit noisy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 5 Nov 2015 Looks a little like James Garner there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 5 Nov 2015 Michael Sell Contemporary Music Ensemble - Innovationen Fur 10 Instrumente [MISP] I like this one a lot. I'll be getting some more Sell that's for sure. Mind you I'll not be paying the obscure vinyl premium for the Free Jazz Group Wiesbaden (cue Clifford T, I suspect) thanks to the wonderful folks at No Business Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 5 Nov 2015 ha, yeah I do have those. They're interesting. I don't have any of Sell's records under his own name but I do have the two Dieter Scherf LPs (not my favorite, but okay). Of the obscure German groups from that period, the Modern Jazz Quintet Karlsruhe is pretty amazing, as are the related Fourmenonly dates. I don't believe any of that material has been reissued. Then of course there's Just Music and EMT, as well as the transitional Alfed Harth Quintet with Nicole van den Plas. Good times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 5 Nov 2015 most of the Modern Jazz Quintet Karlsruhe and Fourmenonly are eye wateringly costly these days I've never delved into Harth's catalogue Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 5 Nov 2015 Harth's catalogue is really quite fascinating, though much of it falls outside of the specific 'free improvisation' realm that we're talking here. He's made a lot of CD-R samplers and collections of archival material available, which I'm thankful to have been provided over the years. I interviewed Harth for AAJ and have reviewed a number of his releases. You're right - MJQK and FMO records can be pricey. I think Position 2000 was the only one that I paid through the nose for, however. It's a particularly excellent date, though I will say that one problem with these early '70s German private pressings is that they're not as audiophile as one might hope. All of mine are M- visually but have some inherent noise. I'd also pick up Eight Science Fiction Stories if you see it, as the music's feel is certainly quite Dixonian in nature. The first Herbert Joos on JAPO is a cheap LP and certainly worth hearing. That was a gateway drug to MJQK and FMO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 6 Nov 2015 Paul Desmond Quartet Live (Horizon). Great quartet date with on Ed Bickert on guitar, Jerry Fuller on drums and Don Thompson on bass (and engineer). Desmond's solo on Jobim's Wave is packed with interesting moments. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 6 Nov 2015 10 hours ago, clifford_thornton said: Harth's catalogue is really quite fascinating, though much of it falls outside of the specific 'free improvisation' realm that we're talking here. He's made a lot of CD-R samplers and collections of archival material available, which I'm thankful to have been provided over the years. I interviewed Harth for AAJ and have reviewed a number of his releases. You're right - MJQK and FMO records can be pricey. I think Position 2000 was the only one that I paid through the nose for, however. It's a particularly excellent date, though I will say that one problem with these early '70s German private pressings is that they're not as audiophile as one might hope. All of mine are M- visually but have some inherent noise. I'd also pick up Eight Science Fiction Stories if you see it, as the music's feel is certainly quite Dixonian in nature. The first Herbert Joos on JAPO is a cheap LP and certainly worth hearing. That was a gateway drug to MJQK and FMO. Thanks for this info. I have the Joos Japo, enjoy it too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 7 Nov 2015 The Jazz Messengers (Columbia/Pure Pleasure 2 LP) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 7 Nov 2015 various - Movement Soul - (ESP original stereo, US) heavy compilation of field recordings from the freedom movement in the American South - a recent purchase and one I hadn't listened to before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 7 Nov 2015 20 hours ago, paul secor said: The Jazz Messengers (Columbia/Pure Pleasure 2 LP) I just love this album but only own the original 6-eye stereo in mint condition. How's the sound on this one? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 7 Nov 2015 (edited) 1 hour ago, Homefromtheforest said: I just love this album but only own the original 6-eye stereo in mint condition. How's the sound on this one? Excellent sound, to my ears. Have no idea if it's on the level of the original, but this includes the extra tracks that were issued on the CD issue. Should add that I love the album too - some of my favorite Messengers. Edited 7 Nov 2015 by paul secor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 8 Nov 2015 Jay McShann: Tuxedo Junction (Sackville) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 8 Nov 2015 Sonny Stitt, So Doggone Good (Prestige). Actually it is, a solid quartet date with Hampton Hawes on piano. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 8 Nov 2015 John Coltrane - Africa/Brass - (Impulse, Japanese stereo) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 9 Nov 2015 Michael Naura Quintet - European Jazz Sounds [Brunswick/Atelier Sawano] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 9 Nov 2015 Count Basie: Chairman of the Board (Roulette/Classic) Within the past couple of days I've listened to Atomic Basie and this record. To my ears, Chairman is the better of the two, even if Atomic Basie is better known. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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