Guy Berger Posted December 3, 2005 Report Share Posted December 3, 2005 First, apologies if this topic has already been done... I'll delete it and post there if I missed it. Second, this struck me as a harder "mood" than "rainy afternoon" or "summer day" or "beautiful spring day" or "hot summer night" or whatever. One of those days when it's beautiful & sunny outside, maybe some snow on the ground, but also cold. Or, depending on where you live, really frickin' cold. So let's have your suggestions (and make a special effort to pick non-ECMs). Favorites? Charles Lloyd, Canto, Hyperion with Higgins, The Water Is Wide Miles Davis, Kind of Blue (not sure why) non-jazz Jean Sibelius -- Symphonies 5-7 (4 if it's more overcast and/or really cold) Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ep1str0phy Posted December 3, 2005 Report Share Posted December 3, 2005 I don't know why, but Hyperion with Higgins strikes me as more of a winter night sort of disc. Evening comes early this time of year... This is a hard one. So... Mal Waldron: The Quest (although it's kinda late autumn, too) Dewey Redman: Musics Joe Henderson: Page One Grant Green: Street of Dreams Roscoe Mitchell: Sound (a lot of AACM stuff, actually) I don't know why. I've spent some fine winter days with these, but I listen to them the whole year 'round. Frankly, I'm more of a "throw anything on" by day, "listen closely" by night sorta guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted December 3, 2005 Report Share Posted December 3, 2005 Roscoe Mitchell: Sound (a lot of AACM stuff, actually) Funny you should mention this. I was about to mention Snurdy McGurdy, not because it is one of mine but because it continues to make me happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 Art Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 Art Pepper There's a "rainy day" recommendation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 Further Definitions: Benny Carter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 Don't know why, but on sunny winter days I like to turn to Eric Dolphy's Prestige recordings. (Someone already mentioned Waldron's THE QUEST, I now see.) I've sometimes worked my way through the whole box over several January or February days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ep1str0phy Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 Don't know why, but on sunny winter days I like to turn to Eric Dolphy's Prestige recordings. (Someone already mentioned Waldron's THE QUEST, I now see.) I've sometimes worked my way through the whole box over several January or February days. Really, Dolphy makes for excellent atmosphere. There's just something so evocative about that tone, the lyricism, the intelligence. Wistful and robust, all at once--just like winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 On REALLY cold, sunny Winter days, West African music rather does it for me; Bembeya Jazz National and Lemzo Diamono in particular. It also makes me want to go there... MG On REALLY cold, sunny Winter days, West African music rather does it for me; Bembeya Jazz National and Lemzo Diamono in particular. It also makes me want to go there... MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 You can say that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted December 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 Don't know why, but on sunny winter days I like to turn to Eric Dolphy's Prestige recordings. (Someone already mentioned Waldron's THE QUEST, I now see.) I've sometimes worked my way through the whole box over several January or February days. Really, Dolphy makes for excellent atmosphere. There's just something so evocative about that tone, the lyricism, the intelligence. Wistful and robust, all at once--just like winter. This made me think of Andrew Hill's Point of Departure, which is another "cold sunny winter day" CD featuring Dolphy. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 My new Collectors' Choice catalogue lists a new Dean Martin reissue called A Winter Romance. Two of the songs are Christmas, and the other ten are just about winter and snow. I have a couple of tracks from compilations, and they sound good, if Dino is your cup of tea. My own recommendation is Julie London. I usually open up one of her albums each January 1, and listen to it throughout the winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 You can say that again. Operator error Operator error MG Again Again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 Those "brittle" trumpeters - Bill Dixon, Alan Shorter, Jacques Coursil - always seem to bleed "sunny, cold winter's day" for me. Unfortunately, now that I have relocated to Texas for the next two or so years, it seems unlikely that I'll be pulling those records out nearly as often as I did in Minneapolis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosco Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 ECM always springs to mind on days like this, for obvious reasons. I'm going with Keith Jarrett's Belonging. Sunny and chilly, simultaneously. Often like a little classical on those kinds of days. Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 is always good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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