HutchFan

Absolutely.

You're in for a treat! To read my impressions of various singers' recordings of Ives' songs, go to: http://www.musicweb-international.com/Ives/RR_Songs.htm

Yow. I can see why you'd be upset. Sorry to hear that. NP: Johnny Griffin - You Leave Me Breathless (Black Lion) One of JG's very best, imho. Five big stars. Such a magnificent recital. For me, this is desert-island music!

More RRK: Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata (Atlantic)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Return of the 5000 lb. Man (Warner Bros)

LP 2 Vital music!!!

Philly Joe!!! R.I.P. Geri Allen

Yep. Mahler's Seventh AGAIN. This recording is by James Levine & the Chicago SO: as issued in:

After my cassette deck bit the dust, I recently traded in the last of my cassettes at McKay's in Chattanooga. They only recently started taking them -- this summer, I think. With LPs selling like hotcakes, are cassettes the next "everything old is new again" phenomenon? Most of my remaining cassettes were rock & pop, but there were quite a few jazz titles as well. Two that I plan to track down and re-purchase in LP or CD format: Carla Bley Big Band - Fleur Carnivore (ECM) and John Carter - Fields (Gramavision).

Nice. That title tune is by Sir Roland Hanna! Hanna also used it as the title for an album: Always thought it was a great composition.

I've been grooving to Mahler's music lately, so I thought I'd re-boot this old thread. My ever-evolving list of favorite Mahler recordings appears below. I tried to limit myself to no more than three recordings per symphony. I also tried to list them in approximate order of preference. The recordings in bold text go with me to my desert island. M1 - Horenstein (Unicorn); Kubelik (DG) M2 - Scherchen; Walter (Sony); Bernstein (DG) M3 - Kubelik (DG); Horenstein; Levine M4 - Levine; Abravanel; Horenstein M5 - Kubelik (Audite); Bernstein (DG); Barbirolli M6 - Barbirolli; Boulez; Bernstein (DG) M7 - Boulez; Kubelik (DG); Levine M8 - Ozawa; Sinopoli DLvdE - Kubelik (Audite); Haitink (Philips) M9 - Walter (Sony); Horenstein (Vox); Bernstein/RCOA (DG) Solti's Mahler doesn't appeal to me. It's just too strident for my tastes. For example, his frequently-recommended M8 leaves me cold. Klemperer's Mahler has never grabbed me like it has so many others. I find them earth-bound. And not just his Mahler. I guess Klemps is just not my cuppa joe. ...Maybe I'm not enough of an "immoralist." I've never heard any of MTT's Mahler. I should probably rectify that -- especially since I LOVE his recordings of Ives' music. How about you? What are some of your favorite Mahler recordings?

Thanks for the heads-up on this, mandrill. They're bringing in some excellent musicians. I just might have to make the drive up there.

Tom Harrell - Stories (Contemporary)

Yeah that. ^

I'm not following, Allen. What do you mean? Bobby Avey - Inhuman Wilderness (innerVoiceJazz)

Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel - Riding the Nuclear Tiger (Palmetto) Haven't listened to this in ages, but I don't know why. It's good stuff. Bennie Wallace - The Talk of the Town (Enja) Typically strong set from Wallace. I really dig his approach, evoking the classic tenor sax sound of guys like Hawkins, Berry and Evans and combining it with a more modern vocabulary. It's distinctive, I think, the way he puts those elements together. (Or at least it was towards the beginning of Wallace's career. I'm not that familiar with his more recent stuff.)

Armen Donelian - Sayat-Nova: Songs of My Ancestors (Sunnyside) Disc 1

Jimmy Rushing and the Big Brass (Columbia/Sony) featuring Coleman Hawkins, Buck Clayton, Dickie Wells and others; paired on a single CD with Rushing Lullabies

Prompted by soulpope's mention of Barbirolli (above): At its best, Barbirolli's music-making seems intensely personal -- whether the composer is Mahler, Sibelius, Dvořák, Vaughan Williams, Elgar . . .

soulpope, thanks for that list of interesting M1s. I wasn't aware of that recording by Barbirolli. I may have to investigate.

On the way home from work: Mahler: Symphony No. 1 / Horenstein, LSO (Unicorn) My favorite recording of this symphony. When I got home, this was in my mailbox. Now listening: Mahler: Symphony No. 7 / Abbado, BPO (DG) Very impressive so far. But I'll need to give it half-a-dozen listens before I know where it fits in my totally subjective scheme of M7s.

Genesis - Duke For me, this conjures memories of high school.