What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Good vinyl day today. This evening's music has been

Candy Johnson - Candy's mood - Black & Blue - a wonderful big-sounding tenor player who's a lot less than well-known.

The Violinaires - Groovin' with Jesus - Checker (GRT) Very, very funky Gospel music from '72. Popular numbers include "My sweet Lord", "Let the sunchine in" and a fabulous version of Buddy Miles' "We got to live together".

Willis Jackson - Please Mr Jackson - Prestige (OJC)

now

Bobby Timmons - Do you know the way to San Jose - Milestone (yellow/tan label)

Then goodnight

MG

[jeffcrom]

Earlier: Sun Ra - Hiroshima (Saturn) A solo recorded on the amazing theater organ of Atlanta's Fox Theater.

Now: Sun Ra - The Sound Mirror (Saturn) One side from the great 1978 Italian quartet tour, one side of declamation with accompaniment.

Edited March 3, 2010 by jeffcrom

[Chalupa]

V.A. - Uptown Blues a Decade of Guitar-Piano Duets 1927-1937 (Yazoo)

[BillF]

Frank Rosolino, Frankly Speaking (Affinity/Capitol)

[JohnS]

Thanks to aloc for reminding me about the Bob Brookmeyer/Curtis Fuller tracks on -

Bob Brookmeyer; Jazz Is A Kick. Trip (ex Mercury)

[brownie]

Jim Hall 'Jazz Impressions of Japan' (Paddle Wheel)

with Don Thompson and Terry Clarke!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Inez Andrews & the Andrewettes - The need of prayer - Songbird (Vogue France) This IS the real stuff!

MG

[paul secor]

Billie: Lady in Satin (Columbia/Classic)

[brownie]

The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson (Atlantic, mono)

Orchestra conducted by Quincy (and Jimmy) Jones!

[BillF]

George Coleman, Amsterdam After Dark (Timeless)

[paul secor]

Manitas de Plata: Flamenco Guitarist (Connoisseur Society)

[porcy62]

Larry Young - Contrast - BN stereo, US cover, german label, US pressing...craaazy!

[porcy62]

Larry Young - Mother Ship - BN

Edited March 17, 2010 by porcy62

[paul secor]

Clifford Brown: The Beginning and the End (Columbia)

[clifford_thornton]

Shellac - 1000 HZ - (Touch & Go)

[Chalupa]

V.A. - Please Warm My Weiner (Yazoo)

Roosevelt Sykes - The Country Blues Piano Ace (1929-1932) (Yazoo)

[brownie]

Lucky Roberts 'Happy Go Lucky' (Period)

with Garvin Bushell, Joe Benjamin and Herbert Cowens

[BillF]

George Coleman Octet, Big George (Affinity)

Edited March 5, 2010 by BillF

[JohnS]

Cannonball and Coltrane. Mercury (UK issue)

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Buddy Tate - The Texas twister - Master Jazz

MG

[jeffcrom]

After a stressful week, I'm blowing it out with some old 12" club singles/EPs:

Fela - Shuffering and Shmiling (Celluloid) Amazing.

Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Cosmetic - Put It On/Get Ready (Gramavision) Hasn't held up too well - really trendy early 80s dance music.

Oliver Lake & Jump Up - Sun People/Don't Go Crazy (Gramavision) Nice reggae-flavored funk.

Defunkt - Razor's Edge/Stranglin' Me With Your Love (Hannibal) With all due honor and respect to the J.B.s, P-Funk, the Meters, etc., Joseph Bowie's Defunkt in its prime has got to be in the running for the title of the funkiest band of all time. They featured twin guitars (usually Vernon Reid, Kelvyn Bell, Richard Martin in various pairings) that were downright menacing. Bassist Kim Clarke and various drummers put down complex, syncopated funk. And Joe Bowie improvised some pretty out-there solos on top of it all. Brother Lester Bowie is on this one, and plays beautifully.

[jeffcrom]

Back to Jazz with a capital J:

Edmond Hall with the Ralph Sutton Quartet at Club Hangover (Storyville)

[kh1958]

Art Farmer and Benny Golson--Meet the Jazztet (Argo stereo). With an Argo catalog list insert.

[jeffcrom]

Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis - Wings and Things (Verve). One of the better Hodges/Davis albums, in my opinion - recorded by Van Gelder in 1965. It's got Richard Davis on bass and Grant Green; Hank Jones replaces Davis on several tracks.

[brownie]

Sunny Murray 'An Even Break' (Byg Actuel Stereo + Mono)

with Byard Lancaster Kenneth Terroade, Malachi Favors