jeffcrom Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Jimmy McGriff - The Way You Look Tonight (Solid State). A nice one from 1969. Quote
jeffcrom Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Other Dimensions in Music (Silkheart). Beautiful, melodic free jazz, improvised by Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter, William Parker, and Rashid Bakr. Quote
jeffcrom Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Hugh Masekela - The African Connection (Impulse). This is Impulse's reissue of the two-LP Blue Thumb album. I'm not an expert on Masekela's music, but I know that lots of it seems kind of lightweight. This one is fabulous, though, with Dudu Pukwana, Larry Willis, Eddie Gomez, and Nakhaya Ntshoko. Quote
jeffcrom Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Eddie Miller - The Uncollected Eddie Miller (Hindsight). 1944-45 transcription recordings by Miller's short-lived big band. Quote
king ubu Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Hugh Masekela - The African Connection (Impulse). This is Impulse's reissue of the two-LP Blue Thumb album. I'm not an expert on Masekela's music, but I know that lots of it seems kind of lightweight. This one is fabulous, though, with Dudu Pukwana, Larry Willis, Eddie Gomez, and Nakhaya Ntshoko. Yes, that one's fabulous! But to me, it's by far Masekela's finest (Dudu smokes... and spews fire!) Don't know that much yet, but nothing else I've heard had a similar impact on me... Quote
brownie Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Hampton Hawes 'Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes' (Contemporary, mono) Quote
BillF Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Hampton Hawes 'Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes' (Contemporary, mono) Love it! My Contemporary/Vogue LP has a green croc with black outlines and black lettering on a white background. Quote
mjazzg Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Claude Delcloo/Arthur Jones - Africanasia [bYG] Other Dimensions in Music (Silkheart). Beautiful, melodic free jazz, improvised by Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter, William Parker, and Rashid Bakr. Didn't know about that one, so thanks for posting. Enjoy many of their others. Off to hunt it down, now Quote
JohnS Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 Claude Delcloo/Arthur Jones - Africanasia [bYG] Other Dimensions in Music (Silkheart). Beautiful, melodic free jazz, improvised by Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter, William Parker, and Rashid Bakr. Didn't know about that one, so thanks for posting. Enjoy many of their others. Off to hunt it down, now Also on cd. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 The vinyl of that one is quite hard to find. Great stuff, as with a lot of those Silkhearts. Quote
JohnS Posted July 26, 2011 Report Posted July 26, 2011 The vinyl of that one is quite hard to find. Great stuff, as with a lot of those Silkhearts. The earlier ones were particularly fine. Quote
jeffcrom Posted July 27, 2011 Report Posted July 27, 2011 Lionel Hampton - sides G & H (from 1939) from the old RCA/Bluebird complete vinyl set. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted July 27, 2011 Report Posted July 27, 2011 Charles Tyler - Ensemble - (ESP-Disk) Quote
jeffcrom Posted July 27, 2011 Report Posted July 27, 2011 (edited) Claude Thornhill - One Night Stand (Joyce). Broadcast recordings from 1946, 1950, and 1953. Plenty of forgettable stuff here, but also several of those amazing Gil Evans charts. And there are some interesting musicians on the '50's material: John Carisi, Hal McKusick, Med Flory, Barry Galbraith. And Claude Thornhill was one of the few musical enthusiasms my late mom and I shared. She grew up listening to the big bands, and liked the rich sound of Thornhill's band; I was listening to the Gil Evans charts and Lee Konitz solos. But it was nice listening to this music with her. Edit: Gene Quill kicks ass on "Too Marvelous For Words," from 1953. Edited July 27, 2011 by jeffcrom Quote
jeffcrom Posted July 27, 2011 Report Posted July 27, 2011 The Claude Thornhill broadcast recordings I just listened to put me in a mood to listen to one of my little treasures - a home-recorded disc of a broadcast by Ray McKinley and His Orchestra from August, 1947. There are two Eddie Sauter arrangements, including the amazing "Sand Storm." I also spun the flip side, by Skitch Henderson and His Orchestra. I write about these recordings here. Quote
jeffcrom Posted July 27, 2011 Report Posted July 27, 2011 Spinning one more of my J. M. Keith discs before going to bed. This one has the Charlie Fisk Orchestra on one side and the Adrian Rollini Trio on the other. The Rollini side is pretty interesting. Quote
king ubu Posted July 27, 2011 Report Posted July 27, 2011 "Dixieland" featuring Ben Pollack and his Pick-A-Rib Boys (Savoy MG-12090) Can't find a cover scan anywhere... my first original Savoy LP, for sure, and a nice one, too! Great Teagarden feature on "Mighty Like a Rose"! Quote
king ubu Posted July 27, 2011 Report Posted July 27, 2011 Frank Foster - The House That Love Built (Steeplechase) CD seems to include a 10 minute bonustrack (#4) Quote
king ubu Posted July 27, 2011 Report Posted July 27, 2011 Woody Herman - Swing Low, Sweet Clarinet Very enjoyable quartet date with Woody on clarinet exclusively (and no singing), accompanied by Nat Pierce, Chuck Andrus and the great Gus Johnson. Guess that one's another original? Looks exactly like the above, the number (right side in the small printing in the white bar at the bottom) is "PHM 200-004". This one was even cheaper than the Ellington & Coltrane... and I could pick up "Encore" dirt cheap, but with cover in just so-so shape... and I have the Mosaic Select... should I still reconsider and get the LP?)Here's one more and better pic: Quote
brownie Posted July 27, 2011 Report Posted July 27, 2011 (edited) and I could pick up "Encore" dirt cheap, but with cover in just so-so shape... and I have the Mosaic Select... should I still reconsider and get the LP?) The Mosaic Select is just fine. I'ld skip the vinyl with a so-so cover! Now spinning.. Tubby Hayes 'For Members Only' (Miles Music) Edited July 27, 2011 by brownie Quote
king ubu Posted July 27, 2011 Report Posted July 27, 2011 OK, thanks - it's not sane to buy everything on vinyl and CD anyway... but I might go for the wonderful gatefold of Ellington's "New Orleans Suite" - it's a bit pricey but in perfect condition (about the price of 5 cups of coffee... for which you'd have to pay around 20€ now, but to me, it feels less pricey as the € and everything else is worth sh*t now... or rather, the Swiss frank is way overpriced...) Quote
sidewinder Posted July 27, 2011 Report Posted July 27, 2011 it's not sane to buy everything on vinyl and CD anyway... You are doing quite well on this front. or rather, the Swiss frank is way overpriced...) It used to be just astronomical. Now it is mythical ! Quote
king ubu Posted July 27, 2011 Report Posted July 27, 2011 or rather, the Swiss frank is way overpriced...) It used to be just astronomical. Now it is mythical ! I can get Mosaic sets for about half the price I could get them in the worst days... but I've still got a few unheard ones. And I don't think the US$ will be worth considerably more too soon... Quote
sidewinder Posted July 27, 2011 Report Posted July 27, 2011 (edited) And I don't think the US$ will be worth considerably more too soon... Maybe time to get a Mosaic order in on debt default day? Edited July 27, 2011 by sidewinder Quote
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