Leeway Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 GIANT STEPS. John Coltrane. Atlantic. One of those great albums that are all of a piece and consistency, with all the component parts superb, forming one coherent whole. Is "flawless" too strong a word? I think not here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Watching ten or so minutes of the mainstream pop culture festivities on television at midnight was so bizarre that I needed something real to experience before going to bed. So like Leeway recently, I spun: Sam Rivers - Hues (Impulse) Almost half of this album has been reissued in more complete form on the Trio Live CD. But the rest hasn't, including the only six released minutes of the fabulous Rivers/Richard Davis/Warren Smith trio. Here's hoping that the 1971 Boston concert and the 1972 Rochester, Minnesota show will be issued in full one of these days. Wouldn't there be a possibility for another Mosaic Select, collecting all the Impulse trio material? Seems only Yale has appeared completely (on the "Trio Live" CD which I'm spinning right now). The complete 1973 Molde, Norway concert is also on Trio Live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Another album I consider flawless. No, my personal list of such albums is not very long, but ASTRAL WEEKS is certainly on it. I've had the album since its release in 1968. Recently, I sprung for the Kevin Gray mastered 180 gram reissue pressed by RTI, which I am listening to now. Sounds great to my ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 May I say, another great, indeed, flawless, album? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Sam Rivers - The Tuba Trio, Vol. III (Circle), which was actually from the first set that night at the Bimhuis, and the Sam Rivers side of Flutes (Circle), which I think was from the same set, based on the liner notes from The Tuba Trio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Jimmy Giuffre 'Western Suite' (Atlantic, mono) Cover photo by Ansel Adams (with a Lee Friedlander credit in the liner notes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 The Big 18 'The Swing Collection' (UK RCA 2LP, stereo) Very nice sound ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 (edited) Anthony Braxton: 3 Compositions of New Jazz. Delmark LP. I listened to this without my Braxton glasses Edited January 3, 2012 by Leeway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 The cover has become iconic. One of Braxton's best albums? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Tyrone Washington Natural Essence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Revolutionary Ensemble: Vietnam 1 & 2. ESP LP. Sirone (and Peter Kowald) are two in my Pantheon of great bass players, who can evoke the deepest responses in their listeners through their instruments. Leroy Jenkins is masterful (as usual) in this performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 The 45rpm LP Music Matters issue of Sam Rivers" FUCHSIA SWING SONG. Sounds great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) Steve Lacy, Ronnie Boykins, Dennis Charles: CAPERS. hat Hut 2LP. Edited January 3, 2012 by Leeway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor (Prestige 3-LP set) Brilliant, warts and all. I bought this set in 1979 or '80 and have listened to it in pieces many times, but this is probably only the second time I've listened to the whole thing in one sitting. And I enjoyed it more than I ever did in the past - I heard more of both the variety and the unity of the music. That being said, I've always found Sam Rivers' playing here to be somewhat unsatisfying, but I've never been able to pin down why until tonight. Rivers was essentially a melodic player, even if his melodies were pretty abstract at times. But it sounds like his response to Taylor was to try to become an "energy" player, and it didn't work - that's not what he was. In contrast, Jimmy Lyons is always playing melodically, even when those melodies are fast and complex. It was telling that my favorite bit of Rivers on this set was his brief soprano solo on side four - it's more straightforwardly melodic than his tenor playing here. But damn, what a great concert! Cecil is brilliant, of course, and Andrew Cyrille deserved a medal for his stamina and inventiveness. Indifferent sound and all, this music will sustain me for days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 After that intense Cecil Taylor experience, I needed something completely different. So: Herman Foretich - The Foretich Four (Jazzology) This 1987 album was one of the last gasps of the once-thriving Atlanta dixieland scene, with Ernie Carson, Bill Rutan and Shorty Johnson. Herman Foretich was a great clarinetist, and one of those guys that Atlanta musicians still tell stories about. Sorry about the large picture - it was the only one I could find on the web. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyltim Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) Happy New Year everyone! I just put Lee Morgan "Candy" up on my blog with sounds clips from both the Music Matters 45rpm reissue and the 1987 CD. Interesting to check out the difference. I'm not a subscriber, but I have some of those MM reissues and they are quite nice. http://www.timenjoysrecords.com/records/lee-morgan-candy Edited January 3, 2012 by vinyltim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Jackie McLean 'Vertigo' (BN) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Watching ten or so minutes of the mainstream pop culture festivities on television at midnight was so bizarre that I needed something real to experience before going to bed. So like Leeway recently, I spun: Sam Rivers - Hues (Impulse) Almost half of this album has been reissued in more complete form on the Trio Live CD. But the rest hasn't, including the only six released minutes of the fabulous Rivers/Richard Davis/Warren Smith trio. Here's hoping that the 1971 Boston concert and the 1972 Rochester, Minnesota show will be issued in full one of these days. Wouldn't there be a possibility for another Mosaic Select, collecting all the Impulse trio material? Seems only Yale has appeared completely (on the "Trio Live" CD which I'm spinning right now). The complete 1973 Molde, Norway concert is also on Trio Live. That's just 20 minutes... is it the complete concert or just all that has ever been released (and/or is known to have survived)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 The complete 1973 Molde, Norway concert is also on Trio Live. That's just 20 minutes... is it the complete concert or just all that has ever been released (and/or is known to have survived)? You're right - I had forgotten that just 20 minutes of music from Molde was on the CD. There must have been more played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 J. J. Johnson Trombone and Voices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor (Prestige 3-LP set) Brilliant, warts and all. I bought this set in 1979 or '80 and have listened to it in pieces many times, but this is probably only the second time I've listened to the whole thing in one sitting. And I enjoyed it more than I ever did in the past - I heard more of both the variety and the unity of the music. That being said, I've always found Sam Rivers' playing here to be somewhat unsatisfying, but I've never been able to pin down why until tonight. Rivers was essentially a melodic player, even if his melodies were pretty abstract at times. But it sounds like his response to Taylor was to try to become an "energy" player, and it didn't work - that's not what he was. In contrast, Jimmy Lyons is always playing melodically, even when those melodies are fast and complex. It was telling that my favorite bit of Rivers on this set was his brief soprano solo on side four - it's more straightforwardly melodic than his tenor playing here. But damn, what a great concert! Cecil is brilliant, of course, and Andrew Cyrille deserved a medal for his stamina and inventiveness. Indifferent sound and all, this music will sustain me for days. I have the Shandars and though it's been some time since they've gotten spins, I have fond memories of sitting thru the set at cranked volume in college. I can understand your criticism of the fact that some parts didn't always fit together right, and will have to listen to it with that in mind sometime. The Cecil-Cyrille duets are what always really struck me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) The Blues Box (MCA Coral Germany) - LP 1 Edited January 4, 2012 by paul secor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Happy New Year everyone! I just put Lee Morgan "Candy" up on my blog with sounds clips from both the Music Matters 45rpm reissue and the 1987 CD. Interesting to check out the difference. I'm not a subscriber, but I have some of those MM reissues and they are quite nice. http://www.timenjoys...ee-morgan-candy As a vinylphile, I would have to think the 45 or a good 33 pressing would have to best the CD, but the objective part of me says that might not be so. Hard to tell listening to the clips you put up through my tiny MacBook Pro speakers. My impression of the 45rpm series from MM is that something else would have to be very good indeed to beat it. Mind you, I was a long-time resister of specialist "audiophile" products, preferring the historical, original material. Still do really. But I finally succumbed because I did enjoy the quality of the audio experience; also, I picked titles that I did not already have on LP. A rationalisation no doubt. BTW, nice blog!Anthony Braxton and the Three Rivers Tri-Centric Ensemble (Pittsburgh) 2008. SSS Records, limited to 300 numbered copies. Just issued. Grab it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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