What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Teasing the Korean]

Martin Denny/Si Zentner/Les Baxter - Exotica Suite - Liberty (mono)

[jeffcrom]

Two slightly different big band records:

Stan Kenton - Birthday in Britain (Creative World)

Globe Unity Orchestra - Improvisations (JAPO)

[BillF]

Bob Cooper/Bill Holman, Group Activity (Capitol/Affinity)

[Clunky]

Harry Edison- Just Friends- (Black and Blue).

As ever with Black and Blue, very well recorded mainstream material from some masters of the genre. In this case Sweets and Lockjaw. B & B vinyls always seems to be very reliable with excellent pressings and sound. No real earth shattering titles but plenty to enjoy.

[BillF]

[Clunky]

Mel Rhyne 'Organ-izing' Jazzland, mono)

with Blue Mitchell and Johnny Griffin

I was checking this out on the listening station at my local dealer and the organ playing didn't do much for me so I decided against it. Did I make a mistake?

Not a great fan of Mel Rhyne either but that album is pretty good with Blue Mitchell and Griffin in fine spirits!

Thanks, Mr. Griffin is what made me want to check it out. The want list is long and the dollars are limited so some have to get left in the bins.

Just picked a copy of Mel Rhyne Organ-izing Jazzland (Mono). Pretty decent session, curious mix of piano and hammond. I'd tend to agree that the Griff and Blue are the real attractions here, but that shouldn't take anything away from the leader who plays just fine.

[sidewinder]

Neil Ardley/Ian Carr/Stan Tracey et al 'Will Power' (UK Argo 2LP, stereo). A mix of proto-Azimuth with Nucleus-ish sections.

Edited September 7, 2010 by sidewinder

[clifford_thornton]

Joe Masters - The Jazz Mass - (Columbia 2-eye stereo)

[Chalupa]

Rangda - False Flag (Drag City)

[clifford_thornton]

Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation - (RCA-Victor Dynaflex [given to me for free, still sounds good])

[Leeway]

[BillF]

[mjazzg]

Tyrone Washington - Natural Essence [blue Note]

[paul secor]

Marylin Scott/Mary Deloatch: I Got What My Baby Likes (Whiskey, Women, and...)

[jeffcrom]

Globe Unity Orchestra - Pearls (FMP)

Interrupted halfway through to catch a minute of Kermit Ruffins and Trombone Shorty with the Dave Matthews Band during the Saints/Vikings pregame show. I don't care anything about Dave Matthews, but I likes me some Kermit and Shorty.

[BillF]

The Genius of Bud Powell (Verve twofer)

[kh1958]

Morris Nanton--Something We've Got (Prestige mono, blue label).

[Royal Oak]

Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon".

My first ever Floyd LP. Enjoying it.

[jeffcrom]

John Dankworth - Zodiac Variations (Fontana mono)

[BillF]

Johnny Hodges, Not So Dukish (Verve/HMV)

(Yes, I know it looks like it's by Tiny Kahn.)

Edited September 11, 2010 by BillF

[paul secor]

Little Boy Fuller (Richard Trice), Ralph Willis, and John Lee Hooker from Southern Blues (Savoy/Arista)

Edited September 12, 2010 by paul secor

[jeffcrom]

The California Ramblers - Volume Two (The Old Masters) I'm liking my new mono cartridge.

[jeffcrom]

Modern Jazz Festival (Harmony)

Okay, Jeffery's a happy boy. I bought this obscure album about 10 years ago, mostly because it has a rare early sideman appearance by Steve Lacy, who is one of my musical heroes. He plays on a track by Joe Puma; until the Fresh Sound Early Years CD came out, this was one of the toughest early Lacy tracks to find. There are also selections by Randy Weston, Paul Quinichette, Zoot Sims, Mat Mathews, Tony Scott, and The Jazz Modes. So I was really happy to find this one a decade ago. Except that it has always sounded like crap.

But I feel like I just got this album back - with my new mono cartridge, it sounds pretty good. Not great - it's pressed on hard plastic, like some Decca issues from the time, instead of vinyl. But it does sound pretty good.

I haven't listened to it for awhile, because it sounded so bad. So I had forgotten that Lacy's solo on "Give Me the Simple Life" is brilliant. Not bad for a mostly unknown 21-year-old soprano sax player.

[jeffcrom]

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - 7 Pieces (Verve mono)

[kh1958]

Bobby Hutcherson--Happenings (Blue Note mono, NY USA on one side/Liberty label on the other)

Milt Jackson and John Coltrane--Bags and Trane (Atlantic mono, orange and purple)

Relaxin' After Hours with Willie Smith (Emarcy, ten inch)