So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Chuck Nessa]

Disc 1

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[soulpope]

On 7.8.2021 at 4:47 PM, mjazzg said:

❤❤❤ !!!

[JSngry]

18 hours ago, duaneiac said:

Disc 1 of 4.  There is a variety of material on this first disc.  It opens with a then 18 year-old Jo as a member of The Stafford Sisters trio singing with Louis Prima in 1936.  There are a number of tracks from her days as a member of the Pied Pipers before she appears as a performer in her own right in 1944.  This disc also serves to demonstrate what a very special time for music the 1940's were.  With a demand for new songs from Broadway, movies, radio programs and the record industry itself, --and the cross-pollination that went on among those various outlets -- even the also-ran songs of that era can be quite good.  Take for example this not-quite-a-standard Irving Berlin tune --

Gorgeous vocal by Ms. Stafford.  I also love Mr. Weston's string arrangement, not just here, but in general.  I've never found his string arrangements to get "flowery" or "blustery".  To me they glide along almost as if a partner with the singer.  In fact, when first I heard this song, the string arrangement made me think of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers dancing.  Then I find out is is from an Astaire film which I've not seen.  I wonder if Mr. Weston had Mr. Astaire in mind as well when he wrote this arrangement.

That's some amazing breath control....Jo Stafford definitely had her own zone of mojo.

[Rabshakeh]

2 hours ago, rostasi said:

What is the concept of this one? Is it a track for each group on the list, arranged by nationality?

Edited August 8, 2021 by Rabshakeh

[Peter Friedman]

[mjazzg]

[Rabshakeh]

2 minutes ago, rostasi said:

Not sure if you're familiar with the original idea of the Nurse With Wound list from 1979,
but the first volume of this series featured French bands from that list and this one is of 
German bands.

I know the list. It just seems like an odd concept for Finder Keepers, in this age of YouTube.

Also, aren't Association P.C. Dutch?

[jlhoots]

Alex Sipiagin: Upstream

[Peter Friedman]

[jlhoots]

Broken Shadows (Intakt CD)

[Chuck Nessa]

An early Harlem band of note.

[Teasing the Korean]

Jazzhattan Suite by the Jazz Interactions Orchestra, composed and arranged by Oliver Nelson (Verve, stereo).

My copy includes a hype sticker reading "music conducted by Joe Newman."  Good thing they added that:  I might not have spent the dollar on this record without knowing that Joe Newman contributed his expertise to the session.  

[Peter Friedman]

[duaneiac]

Disc 2 of 2.

[Joe]

Closer to AMM than I recall (joking not joking). Beautifully recorded, and a nice showcase of the incredible rapport these musicians had. 

[HutchFan]

[JSngry]

2 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Jazzhattan Suite by the Jazz Interactions Orchestra, composed and arranged by Oliver Nelson (Verve, stereo).

My copy includes a hype sticker reading "music conducted by Joe Newman."  Good thing they added that:  I might not have spent the dollar on this record without knowing that Joe Newman contributed his expertise to the session.  

Nelson played on Newman"s live record on Mercury and was a frequent Nelson sideman in the NYC days, do that definitely sounds like some business reciprocity money hands being played!

[Teasing the Korean]

18 hours ago, BillF said:

When Ms. TTK and I got together, we had an outer space room in our apartment.  This was among the albums we had framed on the wall!  

5 hours ago, mjazzg said:

This is a favorite.  I have this as part of a Randy Weston 70s twofer.

[Chuck Nessa]

Underappreciated as a pianist.

[jlhoots]

11 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Underappreciated as a pianist.

Back Country Suite is my favorite.

[Peter Friedman]

[BillF]

[Rabshakeh]

Graciela, Mario Bauza and Friends - Afro-Cuban Jazz

Delivers the goods.

[Rabshakeh]

Getting kicked in the gutter today by the second jab. Cheering myself up with: Maceo Parker - Roots Revisited (1990).

[Rabshakeh]

Dreams And Explorations by Don Friedman Quartet (Riverside, 1965)

Pairs nicely with aching joints and fever dreams.