So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[mjazzg]

[soulpope]

30 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Clifford Jordan - Magic in Munich (SteepleChase, 2 CDs, rec. 1975)
Disc 2 - originally released as The Highest Mountain -- with "the Magic Triangle": Cedar Walton, Sam Jones, and Billy Higgins

Unlike Ben's tiny trilby, Jordan's hat is big and floppy.  Wide lapels, crazy prints, and BIG hats.  It was the Seventies, man!   

Priceless music ....

[jazzbo]

Harold Mabern "The Iron Man: Live at Smoke" disc 2

 

[jazzbo]

Jonathan Blake "Homeward Bond" Blue Note Records cd

Jonathan Blake drummer, alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, vibraphonist Joel Ross, keyboardist David Virelles, and bassist Dezron Douglas.

[soulpope]

[HutchFan]

Wayne Shorter, Michel Petrucciani, Stanley Clarke, et al - The Manhattan Project (Blue Note, 1990)

 

and

Conrad Herwig - New York Hardball (Ken, 1990)

 

[jazzcorner]

8 hours ago, BillF said:

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

[Rabshakeh]

22 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Wayne Shorter, Michel Petrucciani, Stanley Clarke, et al - The Manhattan Project (Blue Note, 1990)

 

and

Conrad Herwig - New York Hardball (Ken, 1990)

 

I don't know either of them. Is either one a favourite?

[HutchFan]

1 minute ago, Rabshakeh said:

I don't know either of them. Is either one a favourite?

Yep, both of them are excellent. 

The Manhattan Project is shockingly good.  I'm very surprised that it has such a low profile because Wayne's playing (in particular) is amazing.  (Folks who turn up their noses at keyboards won't like it -- but that doesn't bother me one bit.  In fact, I think they add some interesting color.)

I'm less surprised that the Herwig disc isn't on most folks' radar.  It was released on a Japan-only label and is now fairly difficult to find.  But it's worth the search.  I'm a Richie Beirach freak, so his presence caught my eye -- but the whole band burns.  Outstanding playing and compositions.

I would have included both of these albums in my 80s survey -- if I had heard them before finalizing my selections in November of last year.  You'll see both on my "bonus list" at the end of the year when the jazzblog project ends -- 50 more albums that I would've included if I were re-compiling it today.

 

[JSngry]

44 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Wayne Shorter, Michel Petrucciani, Stanley Clarke, et al - The Manhattan Project (Blue Note, 1990)

Even with Michel Petruccaini, this qualifies as a gem, and most certainly an overlooked one at that!

Gil Goldstein uses the "keyboards" to create Gil Evans-ish "electric" colors, and wayne just jumps right in (as was his wont when he so wanted).

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

 

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[BillF]

33 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said:

That's an interesting one! I've seen Reiter twice, on each occasion with Eric Alexander.

[John Tapscott]

Such a joy to not only hear Wes, but to see him in action. 

[BillF]

1 hour ago, John Tapscott said:

Such a joy to not only hear Wes, but to see him in action. 

Don't know that one, but Wes (and his Dutch accompanists) are great here:

 

P.S. Or is it the same one?

[John Tapscott]

1 hour ago, BillF said:

Don't know that one, but Wes (and his Dutch accompanists) are great here:

 

P.S. Or is it the same one?

Yes, one and the same.  Back in the day, I bought a number of these Jazz Icons DVD's.  

Edited July 11, 2022 by John Tapscott

[Peter Friedman]

[BillF]

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

NP:

Willis Jackson - Legends of Acid Jazz: Keep on a Blowin' (Prestige)
Originally released as 2 LPs: Keep on a Blowin' (1960) and Thunderbird (1962) -- with Bill Jennings, Jack McDuff, Freddie Roach, a.o.

 

 

1 hour ago, Peter Friedman said:

I wasn't aware of this one.  Are you enjoying it, Peter?

 

[Peter Friedman]

48 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

 

 

Alan Broadbent - To The Evening Star

 

I wasn't aware of this one.  Are you enjoying it, Peter?

 

This  is a solo piano album.   Some tracks are a bit "dreamy" sounding  and less to my taste than some of the other tracks that have , for me, a more definite jazz feeling

[HutchFan]

7 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said:

This  is a solo piano album.   Some tracks are a bit "dreamy" sounding  and less to my taste than some of the other tracks that have , for me, a more definite jazz feeling

Thanks for the feedback.   

 

[Quasimado]

6 hours ago, BillF said:

Any news on future of the great Wave catalogue?

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