So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jazzcorner]

[kh1958]

Kiran Ahluwalia with Rez Abassi, 7 Billion

[HutchFan]

Now:

The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Legendary Profile (Atlantic/Wounded Bird, 1972)

 

Earlier:

Jackie & Roy - Lovesick (Verve, 1967)

 

[Bill Nelson]

'Lovesick' is my favorite mid-60's jazz LP of Jackie & Roy.  It was their last album for Verve.  Afterwards, their manager convinced them to chase radio hits with the wretched rock-oriented 'Grass', a one-shot on Capitol.  A four-year recording hiatus followed.

(Dana, their 10-year-old daughter, might be the one perched in the tree clutching a small dog.)

 

[ghost of miles]

[BillF]

10 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

3 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

Now playing:

[sonnyhill]

 

Logan Richardson - Cerebral Flow (Fresh Sounds)

[felser]

from the big box set:

[Chuck Nessa]

[medjuck]

Fun, but not as interesting as I thought it would be. 

[JSngry]

Revisiting for the first time, if you know what I mean  Splendid 

[Chuck Nessa]

[Rooster_Ties]

3 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

 Especially the lengthy bonus track on the CD reissue.

[Chuck Nessa]

Time traveling again

[soulpope]

5 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Superb ....

[Gheorghe]

On 11.6.2022 at 4:25 PM, JSngry said:

The contrast between Art Farmer & Cedar Walton here is at times almost comical, although not in a lessening way. 

This is my only Art Farmer album under his own name. I bought it about the time it came out since Art Farmer lived in Vienna if he was not touring and played a lot there. I got it signed by him with a dedication. 

 

On 11.6.2022 at 11:15 PM, jazzcorner said:

About the same time in the 70´s some of the Supersax were bought by Bird fans and first we said "wow" , but while you can go back to Bird at any time and find inspiration, you won´t spin Supersax to much after that first "wow". And last but not least the rhythm section is too mainstream like, It almost sounds like it could be a machine, no live rhythm section. Most kids over here had the two MPS albums I think with Blue Mitchell and Frank Rosolino added. "SaltPeanuts" and "Koko" were more expensive and not found everywhere. 

 

6 hours ago, felser said:

from the big box set:

Actually my second Miles LP then (after "Steamin´".....my third was "Agharta"). But it had another cover and was very cheap. But I loved it most. Soon I founded it much more interesting than "Steamin". Especially that fast "Walkin´" fascinated me, with Tony Williams drum solo.....

[sidewinder]

1 hour ago, Gheorghe said:

This is my only Art Farmer album under his own name. I bought it about the time it came out since Art Farmer lived in Vienna if he was not touring and played a lot there. I got it signed by him with a dedication. 

 

About the same time in the 70´s some of the Supersax were bought by Bird fans and first we said "wow" , but while you can go back to Bird at any time and find inspiration, you won´t spin Supersax to much after that first "wow". And last but not least the rhythm section is too mainstream like, It almost sounds like it could be a machine, no live rhythm section. Most kids over here had the two MPS albums I think with Blue Mitchell and Frank Rosolino added. "SaltPeanuts" and "Koko" were more expensive and not found everywhere. 

 

Actually my second Miles LP then (after "Steamin´".....my third was "Agharta"). But it had another cover and was very cheap. But I loved it most. Soon I founded it much more interesting than "Steamin". Especially that fast "Walkin´" fascinated me, with Tony Williams drum solo.....

I bought that ‘Salt Peanuts’ album by Supersax when it came out but haven’t played it for years. UK pressing by Capitol, I think.

[BillF]

[Gheorghe]

1 hour ago, sidewinder said:

I bought that ‘Salt Peanuts’ album by Supersax when it came out but haven’t played it for years. UK pressing by Capitol, I think.

maybe some day I will save it on usb stick for the car, for a longer drive you can listen to such stuff. For really listening I prefer more demanding stuff.....

[sidewinder]

3 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

This is my only Art Farmer album under his own name. I bought it about the time it came out since Art Farmer lived in Vienna if he was not touring and played a lot there. I got it signed by him with a dedication. 

Picked up my LP copy as an Inner City deletion around 1980, from Mole Jazz I think. That and the one with the lady’s sun hat on the cover are both great.

54 minutes ago, Gheorghe said:

maybe some day I will save it on usb stick for the car, for a longer drive you can listen to such stuff. For really listening I prefer more demanding stuff.....

Bought ‘Salt Peanuts’ I think as I was on a Parker/bop kick at the time. Many years later I saw Med Flory, Conte Candoli, Lou Levy and Jack Nimitz in person, which recalled hearing them on this session.

[BillF]

[Gheorghe]

1 hour ago, sidewinder said:

Picked up my LP copy as an Inner City deletion around 1980, from Mole Jazz I think. That and the one with the lady’s sun hat on the cover are both great.

Bought ‘Salt Peanuts’ I think as I was on a Parker/bop kick at the time. Many years later I saw Med Flory, Conte Candoli, Lou Levy and Jack Nimitz in person, which recalled hearing them on this session.

Yeah and I was in the middle of that Parker/bop kick. I discovered Parker from reading the liner notes of "Steamin" and from the title "Parkeriana" of Mingus, my only LPs then. And I noticed that saxophonists were crazy about Charlie Parker and if you listened to Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy AND Charlie Parker, you were hip. Later I got acquainted to Jackie McLean too, and those four alto players are the sound I have in my ears. But I also heard Arthur Blythe and Donald Harrison do great things....., what I don´t like are more syrop sounds on alto, I think the alto must be "sugar free" for my tastes .....

[nighthawk68]

Been on a Sam Noto and Ronnie Cuber kick lately and this checks off both boxes. Some fine originals and some spirited playing. 

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Picked up my LP copy as an Inner City deletion around 1980, from Mole Jazz I think. That and the one with the lady’s sun hat on the cover are both great ....

I believe the one with the "spilled coffee on the cover" make it three great albums in a row  .... btw all three recorded at the same session if I remember correctly .... 

[sidewinder]

34 minutes ago, soulpope said:

I believe the one with the "spilled coffee on the cover" make it three great albums in a row  .... btw all three recorded at the same session if I remember correctly .... 

Yes, I have that too on a Japanese pressing. ‘Yesterday’s Thoughts’ or something like that?  I prefer the other two though - need to dig them all out. The ‘green lady’s straw hat’ one is particularly nice , really captures the Walton trio well.

2 hours ago, BillF said:

Somewhere I have a truly ancient Philips vinyl LP of that one. Sonically, one level up from Edison cylinder .

Edited June 13, 2022 by sidewinder