So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[HutchFan]

[jazzbo]

Got our first substantial snowfall last night (first snowfall was Monday night) and lost power for a few minutes and had no cable or internet from 6 a.m. til noon. Glad it came back!

First I listened to:

Billie Holiday "Lady Sings the Blues" Universal SHM-CD 2022

This one really works well as an "album." I love Billie. My dog sank into a deep sleep the moment I put her on. . .almost every time. I think that means she loves her too.

Then:

"Lee Wiley Sings the Songs of George Gershwin and Cole Porter" . . . I have neglected revisiting Lee Wiley for too long.

Finally, right now:
Joe Henderson "Mode for Joe" Universal Japan SHM-CD 2022. This is a repressing of the fabled SHM-CD that had an alternate totally new until the Mosaic set came out. Got this and the Billie Holiday in a nice box from cdJapan yesterday.

[Rabshakeh]

Gunter Hampel, Jeanne Lee, Toni Marcus – Waltz For 3 Universes In A Corridor (Birth, 1972)

Oosh this is a good one.

[jazzbo]

"Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles Live!" Quad SACD (stereo layer).

This was a party record for me back in the days. (Not always requested or appreciated by others!) The stereo layer sounds amazing to me.

[BillF]

39 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

 

 

Edited October 19, 2022 by BillF

[Rabshakeh]

The Jeff Lorber Fusion – Wizard Island (Arista, 1980)

[Peter Friedman]

[Chuck Nessa]

2 hours ago, jazzbo said:

     Finally, right now:

Joe Henderson "Mode for Joe" Universal Japan SHM-CD 2022. This is a repressing of the fabled SHM-CD that had an alternate totally new until the Mosaic set came out. Got this and the Billie Holiday in a nice box from cdJapan yesterday.

It is a shame none of the reissues reproduce the brown of the original.

[jazzbo]

disc 5

Bob Dylan "The Bootleg Series Vol. 14: More Blood, More Tracks"

Some incredible song-writing and singing on this set and this disc.

Edited October 19, 2022 by jazzbo

[HutchFan]

2 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Gunter Hampel, Jeanne Lee, Toni Marcus – Waltz For 3 Universes In A Corridor (Birth, 1972)

Oosh this is a good one.

Hampel is someone that I still need to investigate more thoroughly.

All those Birth releases aren't exactly easy to find.  Then again, there's always listening via the internet, I suppose.  (It's not as much fun, though. )

 

 

NP:

I assume it's a minority viewpoint, but I actually prefer Jobim's subsequent releases with Claus Ogerman -- Jobim aka Matita Perê, Urubu, and Terra Brasilis -- over the LPs arranged by Deodato -- Stone Flower and Tide.

 

Edited October 19, 2022 by HutchFan

[Rabshakeh]

Detail Plus - Way It Goes/Dance Of The Soul (Impetus, 1988)

[mikeweil]

Yesterday:

Today:

But, Most of all:

The albums Eddie Harris made for VeeJay are all very good to excellent, IMO.

[JSngry]

Mosaic Eddie Harris VeeJay + Columbia would be something I would buy.

[Jim Duckworth]

[jazzbo]

Grateful Dead, 'Madison Square Garden 9/21/82" from "In and out of the Garden, 1981, 1982, 1983" disc 1

[BillF]

12 minutes ago, Jim Duckworth said:

                                                                                                                 

[Peter Friedman]

[Rabshakeh]

Sonny Fortune – Long Before Our Mothers Cried (Strata-East, 1974)

[jlhoots]

2 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

[Larry Kart]

Dexter Gordon -- Live at Carnegie Hall

Very good late Dexter (1977 IIRC) -- very well recorded and the Cables, Reid, Gladden rhythm section has the pots on. On one of the two tenor battle tracks with Johnny Griffin ("Blues Up and Down") I give it to Griffin on points -- he's really inspired. 

[Gheorghe]

3 hours ago, Larry Kart said:

Dexter Gordon -- Live at Carnegie Hall

Very good late Dexter (1977 IIRC) -- very well recorded and the Cables, Reid, Gladden rhythm section has the pots on. On one of the two tenor battle tracks with Johnny Griffin ("Blues Up and Down") I give it to Griffin on points -- he's really inspired. 

It was two tunes with Griff: "Blues Up and Down" and "Cheesecake". But I have it on the CBS album "Great Encounters" . 

 

8 hours ago, BillF said:

                                                                                                                 

 

8 hours ago, Jim Duckworth said:

The "Our Man in Paris" is one of my favourite regathering of Bop Veterans, with first generation boppers Dex, Bud and Klook. The really cook, I like the louder drumming of Klook and Bud has one of his greatest moments from his time in Paris (always if he could play with fellow Americans , the others could be "Hawk in Germany" , "Blakey in Paris".....) 

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, Larry Kart said:

Dexter Gordon -- Live at Carnegie Hall

Very good late Dexter (1977 IIRC) -- very well recorded and the Cables, Reid, Gladden rhythm section has the pots on ....

This an outstanding Rhythm Section indeed ....

[BillF]

7 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Now playing:

[Quasimado]

4 hours ago, BillF said:

 

 

[Dub Modal]

I saw the 180 proof reissue in the bins yesterday. Passed on it but listening to the only track I can find streaming "Inside Ourselves". Good stuff. SQ on the LP reissue is supposed to be not great, but it may be the only reasonable way to hear this album unless the Japanese CD is that much better. Anyway, the title track is a nice morning tune.