What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[sidewinder]

Anthony Williams 'Life Time' (BN NY USA mono, ear)

[brownie]

Booker Ervin Structurally Sound (Pacific Jazz, mono)

[sidewinder]

'Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims' (BN Toshiba/EMI)

[sidewinder]

Grant Green 'Sunday Mornin'' (BN Toshiba/EMI, stereo)

[jeffcrom]

George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet - Life Line (Timeless)

Edited November 14, 2010 by jeffcrom

[kh1958]

Johnny Hammond Smith--Stimulation (Prestige, yellow and black NJ mono)

[Teasing the Korean]

Ornette Coleman - This is Our Music - Atlantic (green and red stereo).

I'm disappointed - I thought this was a ska group.

[Teasing the Korean]

Shorty Rogers/Andre Previn - Collaboration - RCA (black dog, mono)

The sound of a promised future that we never quite received.

[Teasing the Korean]

Red Norvo - Pretty is the Only Way to Fly - Charlie Parker Records (mono-pact)

Featuring the great ROBERT DRASNIN on flute and alto!!!

[Chuck Nessa]

More Johnny Hodges.

[Larry Kart]

Shorty Rogers/Andre Previn - Collaboration - RCA (black dog, mono)

The sound of a promised future that we never quite received.

Maybe the most West Coast record ever. I bought it when it came out, got rid of it a few years later (despite its great Jim Flora cover) because I'd been converted to Silver, Blakey, Rollins et al. and didn't want my burgeoning little collection to be polluted by this precious stuff, then heard it again decades later and realized how much clever, goofy fun it was. Also, the way the band plays those complex petit point charts is pretty amazing.

[jeffcrom]

Tony Bennett/The McPartlands and Friends Make Magnificent Music (Improv). Selections from a 1977 gig. The friends include Buddy Tate, Vic Dickenson, Herb Hall and Charlie Byrd. Marian McPartland plays a great "Softly As In a Morning Sunrise," and Bennett sings "While We're Young," a song that always gets to me, with composer Alec Wilder in the audience.

Mal Waldron Quintet with Steve Lacy - One-Upmanship (Inner City). I bought this one over 30 years ago. Lacy's solo on "The Seagulls of Kristiansund" is stunning.

[Teasing the Korean]

Shorty Rogers/Andre Previn - Collaboration - RCA (black dog, mono)

The sound of a promised future that we never quite received.

Maybe the most West Coast record ever. I bought it when it came out, got rid of it a few years later (despite its great Jim Flora cover) because I'd been converted to Silver, Blakey, Rollins et al. and didn't want my burgeoning little collection to be polluted by this precious stuff, then heard it again decades later and realized how much clever, goofy fun it was. Also, the way the band plays those complex petit point charts is pretty amazing.

Yes, records like this shatter the misconceptions about so-called "West Coast Jazz."

Too bad my copy doesn't have the Jim Flora cover. It has a photo of Andre and Shorty.

[jeffcrom]

Gary Burton Quartet - Lofty Fake Anagram (RCA). Elements of this sound dated - mostly Larry Coryell's guitar style - but I still like this one.

[BillF]

[brownie]

Lou Levy 'Solo Scene' (RCA Victor), mono

cover photo: Bob Willoughby

[BillF]

Lou Levy 'Solo Scene' (RCA Victor), mono

cover photo: Bob Willoughby

That's a nice one! I have it on CD.

[mjazzg]

Numatik Swing Band - Roswell Rudd & JCOA [JCOA/Virgin]

[sidewinder]

Joe Newman 'Similar Souls' (UK Vogue, 2LPs). Reissue of some of his Roulette sides.

[jeffcrom]

Duke Ellington - The Ellington Era (Columbia), record two.

[brownie]

Howard McGhee 'Maggie's Back in Town' (Contemporary, stereo)

Edited November 16, 2010 by brownie

[brownie]

Wynton Kelly 'Kelly Blue' (Riverside/Carrere)

[mjazzg]

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - Thesis [Verve]

[JohnS]

Howard McGhee 'Maggie's Back in Town' (Contemporary, stereo)

Thanks for the reminder, this one hasn't been out for a while. Fine set.

[JohnS]

Still with Contemporary.

Buddy Collette; Man of Many Parts. OJC

Shelly Manne & His Men Vol 4. King Records(Japan)

Fine little band. So nice I'm following it with

More Swinging Sounds. Warner-Pioneer pressing (Japan)

Edited November 17, 2010 by JohnS