HutchFan

Prompted by this thread: https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/90889-herbie-hancock-and-bobby-hutcherson/

There are also bootleg recordings of Hancock & Hutcherson performing at the Barbican in London. I don't recall the year. Scott Colley is on bass, and I've forgotten the drummer. Al Foster maybe? . . . Amazing music. Whenever I listen, I'm shocked that the recording has never been issued officially. Yeah, I think so. Both Happenings and Oblique are out-of-this-world. Morgan and Wayne and Herbie and Hutch together. Yes, please!

Prompted by the news that this landmark is being reissued in the Tone Poet series: I have the two-CD set, and I've made a six-song playlist that mirrors the original LP's sequencing. IMO, hearing the music this way works better than listening to the tunes in chronological order (as on the CDs). Gotta respect the integrity of the album! . . . Well, you don't have to. But I like to.

This is also true of Etta Jones and Etta James. Despite having different last names, they often get mixed up.

Paquito D'Rivera with special guest Arturo Sandoval featuring Giovanni Hidalgo - Reunion (Messidor, 1991)

Tony Levin (UK-born drummer) and Tony Levin (US-born bassist) Chester Thompson (organist) and Chester Thompson (drummer)

I love that music so much. Funny coincidence: Last weekend, I was in Pittsburgh, where "Mister Roger's Neighborhood" was made for all those years. I was out wandering around in the Deutschtown neighborhood, and I stumbled across this mural painted on the side of a building: Nice to see that sort of civic pride for Fred Rogers.

Now: Earlier:

I'm a fan of both Haskil and Fricsay -- but I've never heard that album. I bet it's good. What are your impressions, Peter?

Excellent record!

Very cool, @Mark Stryker !!! If there's any recording that deserves full monty treatment, it's this one.

James Moody - Heritage Hum (Perception, 1972)

John Taylor Trio - Decipher (MPS, 1973) with Chris Laurence (b) and Tony Levin (d)

This is one of those records that never gets stale, no matter how much I listen.

Interesting. Thanks for sharing, D.D. I knew that story about DSCH sleeping in the hallway, but I didn't realize that Oistrakh went through that same experience during 1937-38 also.

Oh yeah! And if not Mosaic, someone needs to mine the Muse catalog!

Copland again. Chamber works this time:

Yes, this is true. Unlike his friends, Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya, David Oistrakh was always a "dutiful citizen" of the USSR. I'm not sure whether Oistrakh was a true believer or just appreciated the perks of being "politically reliable" (or, perhaps most likely, some combination of both). One certainty: Regardless of his political calculations, Oistrakh was undeniably a magnificent musician. And the same could be said of Ancerl. All this discussion is making me think of David Remnick's book Lenin's Tomb and the film "The Lives of Others." Living in that sort of totalitarian state was . . . incredibly complicated. And nearly unimaginable for someone who hasn't lived through it (like me).

Listening to this again: Aaron Copland: Music for Theatre; Music for Movies; Quiet City; Clarinet Concerto* / Dennis Russell Davies, Orchestra of St. Luke's, William Blount (cl)* Davies is a persuasive conductor of Copland's music, imo.

Next up: Stephane Grappelli & The Diz Disley Trio - Violinspiration (MPS, 1975)

Ronnie Foster - Two Headed Freap (Blue Note, 1972) 180 gram reissue

Yeah! Great idea! Absolutely. Include that one too!

Miguelito Valdes - Inolvidables (Verve, 1967) arrangements by Chico O'Farrill

Another wonderful guitarist: Duets with the Spanish Guitar, Album 2 / Laurindo Almeida, Sally Terri, and others (Angel) Originally released as Conversations with the Guitar (Capitol, 1960) Sally Terri sings on half of the album's 12 cuts. Her voice is so ravishing that I wish she appeared on every track.

Now spinning: Música Española: Albeniz, Granados, De Falla, Turina / Narciso Yepes (DG, 1971) ❤️ ❤️ ❤️