Posted 29 Nov 2021 Lovely sounding 60 year old LP pressed by EMI, Hayes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 29 Nov 2021 More Pres: Lester Young - Pres and Teddy and Oscar (Verve, rel. 1976) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 29 Nov 2021 9 hours ago, Gheorghe said: You are welcome, I´m glad that I can amuse you with my confusing Billy and Cecil. Well during that time I already knew the key figures of jazz and already had a considerable LP collections mostly with many albums from my favourites like Bird,Diz,Miles, Mingus, Monk, Rollins, Trane, Ornette Coleman, and of course other artists from bop to free, like Fats Navarro, Bud, Kenny Dorham, Johnny Griffin, Hank Mobley, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra, but still didn´t have a Cecil Taylor album and somehow when I picked it up (since the dealer told me it has some Bud I still might not have) I only had a glance at the names, Art Tatum of course, Erroll Garner well yeah some easier listening, Bud of course, and I had thought the next logic step might be after swing , bop , hardbop, so it might be Free. Billy Taylor was not very much mentioned in jazz books of my generation (J.E.Behrend, Arrigo Pollilo), so I hadn´t heard of him, since he is not so much present on the recordings of those days (BN, Prestige, CBS, Impulse). I later got to know him mostly as a Music Expert and speechman of the music, often commenting on jazz documentaries. So I remember when first listenig to the Echoes of an Era , when it came to Side D I closed my eyes to prepare myself for maybe heavier approach of Free Forms and atonal passages on piano and was a bit puzzled when I heard that more traditional setting, nicely played but not as daring as Bud and Monk would have been at that time..... 14 hours ago, Gheorghe said: Thanks again for your story. I do like the "!harmonic" jazz mostly with some weight on big bands when I can follow the melody and/ or Improvisaion. Those free jazz athletes are not my cup of tea. But the tastes are different and music should relax me what will not happen with these atonal efforts of the artists. If they think they have to do it that way it is and remains their own business. I am a listener. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 30 Nov 2021 15 hours ago, HutchFan said: More Pres: Lester Young - Pres and Teddy and Oscar (Verve, rel. 1976) Oh yes, all those interesting 2 LP albums in my youth. I think, the pictures were made from the Birdland paintings. Diz, Bird, Bud, Prez..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 30 Nov 2021 2 hours ago, Gheorghe said: Oh yes, all those interesting 2 LP albums in my youth. I think, the pictures were made from the Birdland paintings. Diz, Bird, Bud, Prez..... That painting of Lester is particularly good, I think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 30 Nov 2021 Now spinning: Orchestra U.S.A., Music Director, John Lewis - Debut (Colpix, 1963) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 30 Nov 2021 41 minutes ago, HutchFan said: Now spinning: Orchestra U.S.A., Music Director, John Lewis - Debut (Colpix, 1963) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 3 Dec 2021 Now spinning: Dollar Brand / Abdullah Ibrahim - Ode to Duke Ellington (Inner City / Philips Japan, 1974) One of his finest albums, IMO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 4 Dec 2021 (edited) German Metronome 5LP set with all the Evans/LaFaro/Motian albums. Bought by me from Zweitausendeins many years ago for a relative pitance. Superb sound. Edited 4 Dec 2021 by sidewinder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 4 Dec 2021 Earl Hines Trio with Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge, Live at the Village Vanguard, volume 2 (Limelight) Hannibal in Berlin (MPS) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 4 Dec 2021 21 hours ago, HutchFan said: Next up: Must dig out.. The one time I saw Coles he had on that cap - and I think that jacket ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 4 Dec 2021 22 hours ago, HutchFan said: Next up: Excellent .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 5 Dec 2021 Didn;t know much of his music but I really dig this one! Great big band playing. Reminds me somewhat of the stuff that Oliver Nelson was doing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 5 Dec 2021 1 minute ago, Pim said: Didn;t know much of his music but I really dig this one! Great big band playing. Reminds me somewhat of the stuff that Oliver Nelson was doing. Excellent reissue of that Oktav ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 5 Dec 2021 (edited) Excellent Craft Records release - and a nice RTI pressing. Edited 5 Dec 2021 by sidewinder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 5 Dec 2021 22 minutes ago, sidewinder said: Excellent reissue of that Oktav ! Yeah the sound is incredible! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 5 Dec 2021 (edited) Clark Terry Sextet featuring Ben Webster, More (Theme from Mondo Cane) (Cameo) Charles Mingus, The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (Impulse/Acoustic Sounds). Fantastic sound on this reissue. Edited 5 Dec 2021 by kh1958 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 5 Dec 2021 1 hour ago, kh1958 said: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (Impulse/Acoustic Sounds). Fantastic sound on this reissue. Don’t tempt me - a local store has a copy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 5 Dec 2021 2 minutes ago, sidewinder said: Don’t tempt me - a local store has a copy. Go for it. It sounds fantastic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 5 Dec 2021 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Pim said: Go for it. It sounds fantastic Ten Four.. I have it on a mid-70s Impulse Green label double with super thin vinyl so maybe I need an upgrade. That one is combined with ‘Mingus Plays Piano’. Edited 5 Dec 2021 by sidewinder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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