So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Dub Modal]

1 hour ago, Chuck Nessa said:

I've passed over this a few times in the used bin at my local shop. I should probably stop doing that...

So after that Manne Blackhawk set I moved to this one: 

[soulpope]

2 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

So after that Manne Blackhawk set I moved to this one: 

This - as whole - for me tops the Blackhawk recordings .... what do you think ....?

[John Tapscott]

[Dub Modal]

20 minutes ago, soulpope said:

This - as whole - for me tops the Blackhawk recordings .... what do you think ....?

It's excellent. A different feel/ambiance for sure...Have listened before but not ready to say one is better than the other. The rhythm section, other than Manne, is different and of course Candoli brings a different vibe from Gordon on trumpet. 

[duaneiac]

On many of the tracks, Jeff Clayton overdubs several reed parts to create a larger band sound.  In the liner notes, Ray Brown writes that this was one of the last recordings made by Freddie Green, but there is no recording date (or a date of any kind) to be found on this CD.

[JSngry]

Going to church before lunch.

And again...quadrophonic? What's up with that? What could be done in terms of modern day surround sound? Anything at all?

[soulpope]

38 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

It's excellent. A different feel/ambiance for sure...Have listened before but not ready to say one is better than the other. The rhythm section, other than Manne, is different and of course Candoli brings a different vibe from Gordon on trumpet. 

It is hard to pick, but to me the difference maker is Russ Freeman ....

[duaneiac]

[Dub Modal]

1 minute ago, JSngry said:

Going to church before lunch.

And again...quadrophonic? What's up with that? What could be done in terms of modern day surround sound? Anything at all?

SACDs, such as those from Vocalion, can carry quad mixes. Would be excellent to see a run of Sun Ra quad SACDs (or insert other media that would highlight this feature) from somebody. Hopefully someone that's involved with those or otherwise has an ear somewhere is paying attention. 

1 minute ago, soulpope said:

It is hard to pick, but to me the difference maker is Russ Freeman ....

For sure. On their own, I'd rate Freeman higher than Feldman 

[Chuck Nessa]

Just now, soulpope said:

It is hard to pick, but to me the difference maker is Russ Freeman ....

I prefer the sound of the Blackhawk recordings but have a sentimental attachment to the Candoli, Kamuca, Freeman group because I saw them in person.

[soulpope]

[JSngry]

1 hour ago, Dub Modal said:

SACDs, such as those from Vocalion, can carry quad mixes. Would be excellent to see a run of Sun Ra quad SACDs (or insert other media that would highlight this feature) from somebody. Hopefully someone that's involved with those or otherwise has an ear somewhere is paying attention. 

On the one hand, Saturn Quad? Might be skeptical about that, maybe.

But the ABC Impulse tapes? Maybe a real thing?

I'd just like to know that it was on somebody's radar as a possibility, that's all.

[jazzbo]

Lee Morgan "The Complete Live at the Lighthouse" disc 8

I was about halfway through the 8th disc in the US box set when DHL delivered the Japanese UHQCD version so i am now listening to disc 8 from that box set.

[T.D.]

I've discovered a lot of British jazz through Scott's (lately via Michael) sales on this forum.

Motivated by discussion on another thread.

 

[Rabshakeh]

The Roscoe Mitchell Sextet - Sound (Delmark, 1966)

[duaneiac]

I guess Marty Grosz, now 91, is the only surviving member from these sessions.  Anybody know how he's doing these days?

[jazzcorner]

AM-PM Records AM-14 - Nashville Jazz Machine " Where's Eli" - rec. 1983 - Engineer: Travis Turk

[Peter Friedman]

[Rabshakeh]

Stan Getz - Plays (Norgran, 1955)

[Rabshakeh]

Ken McIntyre - Year of the Iron Sheep (Compulsion, 1962) 

A very provocative sound, he gets.

[Rabshakeh]

Grant Stewart -  Plays the Music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn 

Greatly enjoying this one for the first time.

[Peter Friedman]

[EKE BBB]

[Chuck Nessa]

25 minutes ago, EKE BBB said:

Prompted me to pull that one out. Haven't listened in ages.

[mjazzg]

On 27/08/2021 at 2:25 AM, JSngry said:

https://extracelestialarts.bandcamp.com/album/billy-harper-quintet-live-in-brooklyn

Ordered. Looks interesting

Followed by 'A Love Supreme' supplemented by some post-operative, self-administered morphine. It's sounding good  middle of the night music...