So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[HutchFan]

More Hank Crawford -- but jumping ahead to the '80s:

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, HutchFan said:

 

and

Underrated ....

[BillF]

5 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Now playing a project I worked on a few years back. Worth checking out before it disappears.

[Rabshakeh]

Currently on:

Miles Davis - Live In Berlin (CBS, 1967)

I haven't listened to this one in years. 

Listening to it now, one particular thing strikes me: was Miles... trying to impress his new young friends? 

Quite aside from the fact that he is actually playing with commitment (not a criticism of Miles Davis, but nonchalant cool (AKA playing like he doesn't give a single shit) is what I normally associate with him, rising to apparent indifference once you get past the Plugged Nickel stage), Davis uses all kinds of funny techniques that I don't associate with him at all. 

Check out 'Stella by Starlight' as one example. 

On an entirely different note, it's good to hear Art Blakey's young tenor Wayne Shorter (which is how he still sounds here) making contact with Hancock, Carter and Williams. 

Edited August 6, 2021 by Rabshakeh

[JSngry]

[Dub Modal]

then

and now, select cuts from 

 

[kh1958]

The Monterey Quartet, Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival

[Niko]

 Thomas - Jaspar Quintet

[Peter Friedman]

[Referentzhunter]

album keeps on growing on me

Edited August 6, 2021 by Referentzhunter

[Dub Modal]

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, Niko said:

 Thomas - Jaspar Quintet

❤❤❤ !!!

[Referentzhunter]

[John Tapscott]

[jazzcorner]

Featuring among others " The Bill Holman Brass"

 

[Dub Modal]

I absolutely love this album. Perfect for Friday afternoon. 

[BillF]

1 hour ago, John Tapscott said:

 

1 hour ago, Dub Modal said:

I absolutely love this album. Perfect for Friday afternoon. 

Now listening to:

 

 

[felser]

[sidewinder]

Dug this one out after recent mention on the board - ‘Euro’ version. Lovely ! CD1 ABC/Impulse sessions.

Edited August 6, 2021 by sidewinder

[mjazzg]

21 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

Dug this one out after recent mention on the board - ‘Euro’ version. Lovely ! CD1 ABC/Impulse sessions.

Just added a copy to my Discogs cart following that self same mention...we'll see

Edited August 6, 2021 by mjazzg

[sidewinder]

10 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Just added a copy to my Discogs cart following that self same mention...we'll see

Have you won the pools?!

Edited to say that it is a very good set and easily recommended. 

Edited August 6, 2021 by sidewinder

[mjazzg]

1 minute ago, sidewinder said:

Have you won the pools?!

Do they still exist?  But I think I've just found it on Spotify so in a way, yes!  The boxset isn't too costly at £15/disc, would obviously be a cheaper without the Brexit-tax as they're all in Europe

[sidewinder]

15 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Do they still exist?  But I think I've just found it on Spotify so in a way, yes!  The boxset isn't too costly at £15/disc, would obviously be a cheaper without the Brexit-tax as they're all in Europe

OK, lottery then..

Back in the day, Zweitausendeins in Germany were selling a number of Euro Mosaics including this one for about 30-40 Euro. That was the source of mine. Sadly, that deal was a one off and they have never stocked any Mosaics since then.

The other one I remember getting in that deal was Tal Farlow’s ‘Concert Band’. Little did we know it but that period was a golden era.

Got the feeling I also picked up Basie Verve and Roy Eldridge Verve in that gift-horse offer.

Edited August 6, 2021 by sidewinder

[Niko]

5 minutes ago, rostasi said:

Miss the Köln Zweitausendeins. 

That one and the one in Düsseldorf for me... walking by there still hurts after all those years... Those were formative places

[sidewinder]

35 minutes ago, Niko said:

That one and the one in Düsseldorf for me... walking by there still hurts after all those years... Those were formative places

I remember visiting their Munich branch in person. Back in the 1980s their prices compared very well with anywhere in the UK. Remember buying a bunch of Trane and Monk and Bill Evans Riverside box set vinyl. Came out with empty pockets..