[Halloween Music - What Are You Spinning?]

Halloween Show 2021

Duke Ellington			Haunted Nights
Emmett Miller			Ghost of the St. Louis Blues
Frankie Trumbauer			Shivery Stomp
Red Nichols and His Five Pennies			Haunting Blues
Luis Russell			Ghost of the Freaks
Mills Blues Rhythm Band			Mr. Ghost Goes to Town
Louis Armstrong			The Skeleton in the Closet
Fletcher Henderson			Great Ceasar's Ghost
Wingy Manone			Ol' Man Mose
Nat Cole Trio			Ol' Man Mose Ain't Dead
Bob Howard			The Ghost of Dinah
Billie Holiday			The Ghost of Yesterday
Cab Calloway			The Ghost of Smokey Joe
Blue Lu Barker			I Got Ways Like the Devil
Jimmie Lunceford			Hi Spook
Lester Young			Ghost of a Chance
Earl Hines			Spooky Boogie

[Which Jazz box set are you grooving to right now?]

5 hours ago, mikeweil said:

Moore played om three Tjader sessions. I you want only these, two albums will do:

Moore and Clark play on six of the 10 tracks.

Moore plays on five of the eleven tracks, in a style similar to his sit ins with Machito.

Two more tracks are one each on Moore's two Fantasy LPs. 

That box set is a bootleg by US law. In Europe the music is public domain. If you do not have any Tjader, it gives a nice overview of the 1950s sessions, but has no documentation except for musicians listings. Of course it repeats the oten scattered release pattern of the LP issues. Much music for the money. 

Wow!  Thank you so much for the insight and much needed information.  I am really partial to Brew Moore-this would provide a great introduction to Mr. Tjader.  

[Which Jazz box set are you grooving to right now?]

On 10/20/2021 at 10:57 AM, mikeweil said:

Wow.  The very first session has Brew Moore and Sonny Clark.  As a guy with no Cal Tjader, I am intrigued.  

[Bass Saxophone]

[Overlooked pianists]

Billy Kyle!

[Monk - The Last Concerts]

I caught Monk on a bill with Dizzy Gillespie at Carnegie Hall in 1976. I have been led to believe that this was his last concert.  I was 19 and needed a couple more decades of listening to even begin to understand what I had seen.  About all I can say is that I "saw" it.

[Prez not using a strap.]

I love Marie Bryant in that film!

 

[Chico Hamilton Centennial Celebration Broadcast]

Well, Slim Gaillard was Marvin Gaye's father-in-law.  

Thanks for posting this-I got a really positive reaction to the Live at the Strollers version of Stella by Starlight from Mrs. Duckworth, so I'm ready to let this roll.

 

[What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.]

[Your Early Parameters for Buying or Avoiding Certain Jazz Albums]

As a high school student I recall mentioning to my Biology teacher that I was listening to Tribute to Jack Johnson and In a Silent Way.  He told me that I needed to investigate Nefertiti.  He was so right, and soon I started appreciating Miles records that didn't have electric guitars and basses. I found that the occasional teacher or older brother could radically alter my purchasing parameters by making suggestions etc

[Hearing aids advice for a friend]

I lost a disturbing amount of hearing in one ear suddenly about 20 years ago.  I was tested for all kinds of factors that might have caused this, and my EENT guy was baffled.  His final word on the subject was "At least you're not Luther [Vandross]!"  So I too am very interested in a knowledgeable accounting of what is available.  Thanks in advance.

[This or That?]

I would be hard pressed to make a choice between Max and Elvin-but I think I like Elvin as a sideman and Max as  a leader-subject to change of course. These days

I can't decide whom I like better Sid Catlett or Jo Jones.

[Name Three People (Vers. 2.0)]

King, Sunny and Cher Ade.

[The Equestrian Statue]

30 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

Perhaps my favorite comedy record ever.

 

 

[The Equestrian Statue]

Neil Innes!  I love this one.  Besides being Bonzo Dog Band amusing, it is a really great song.  

[So, What Are You Listening To NOW?]

13 hours ago, BillF said:

My favourite Mingus! 

I almost invariably reach for Tijuana Moods (largely the same group with Bill Triglia instead of Bill Evans), but I think that this is my new go-to Mingus record.

[So, What Are You Listening To NOW?]

[So, What Are You Listening To NOW?]

[Duke Ellington - Afro Bossa]

On 5/10/2020 at 4:52 PM, Teasing the Korean said:

 The only thing wrong with this album is "Purple Gazelle" should have been the closer. 

This tune used to come up on gigs and was sometimes confusing as some called it Purple Gazelle and others called it Stevie-as they knew it from the Duke/Coltrane record.

[Jazz box set sale to "celebrate" forced early retirement]

All I've ever wanted from my profession is to retire from it.

[What Are You Watching]

Nice documentary of Don Byas returning to the US and playing Lover Man with Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, I Remember Clifford in a quartet with Jo Jones, with Dizzy Gillespie's band and others as well as interacting with Louis and Duke.  

[So, What Are You Listening To NOW?]

On 7/18/2021 at 4:49 AM, BillF said:

 

Now playing:

Love this one.

[So, What Are You Listening To NOW?]

[So, What Are You Listening To NOW?]

Thanks largely to members of this forum, I have been listening to a good deal of James P. Johnson.  I am particularly taken with The New York Jazz session on here.  Edit:  I posted the wrong cover-should have been the 1944 James P. Johnson Classics.

2 hours ago, felser said:

This was the record that introduced me to the great Belgian guitarist Rene Thomas.

["Mulgrew Miller Saw Us Through"]

On 7/8/2021 at 8:25 PM, Mark Stryker said:

Please read this surprising and deeply meaningful piece.

 

https://admissionsprojects.com/2021/07/06/mulgrew-miller-saw-us-through/?fbclid=IwAR3XBa9YUpERRXiJyrPFRPuMQmUG93lPcZ2D8McSwPirjFZPxnkxy05NNoc

Thank you so much for posting this piece.  I have shared it with a few more established musicians here many of whom knew Mr. Miller;  all have thanked me for sharing.