What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[jeffcrom]

...the Quintet cuts with Dolphy are more heated than the other stuff of theirs I've heard....

I agree - these are the best Dolphy-with-Hamilton tracks out there. I don't care too much for Chico's singing, though.

Right now:

Vernard Johnson - Live (Glori). One of Dr. Johnson's best.

[jeffcrom]

Prompted by some recent discussion, since I hadn't heard this one for awhile:

Lee Konitz - Spirits (Milestone)

I remembered it being good. I hadn't remembered that it was this good.

[brownie]

Frank Rosolino 'Frankly Speaking' (Capitol Japan)

[BillF]

Frank Rosolino 'Frankly Speaking' (Capitol Japan)

Another favourite!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Thornell Schwartz! Cuttin' up!

Paul Humphrey on neutral ground.

but - Bob West on Fender bass? Huh? Why? Uh...no, please?

Sorry, almost de rigeur for the time. I agree with both your posts and would add that I don't like the sound the X77 makes.

But Thorny!!! That man made so much good music with organists, it's just not true.

MG

[jeffcrom]

Teddy Edwards - Heart & Soul (Contemporary OJC). Gerry Wiggins is on organ rather than piano, and he's kind of overwhelming at times.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

This morning's vinyl

Ramsey Lewis - Going Latin - Cadet (Chess UK)

Clarence Wheeler & the Enforcers - The love I've been loking for - Atlantic

Dorothy Norwood - Look what they've done to my child - Savoy

(If this were big enough to actually READ the sleeve notes, you'd see Melvin Hassan listed on guitar. I've always thought it strange for him to have used his Moslem name for a gospel album.)

MG

[colinmce]

A rare thing that I can "handle" this record, but this morning it's hitting the spot.

[JSngry]

Produced by Keg Johnson!!!!), and adorative liner notes by Stanley Crouch(!!!!)

Produced + Liner Notes written by Michael Cuscuna

1975 & 1976, respectfully. Blue Note hittin' dat new note!

You got the guitars of Barry Finnerty & Joe Beck on the former, and Rodney Jones on the latter. Arthur Blythe is around but not really in the forefront, Steve Turre is all over the place, but mostly on bass, Arnie Lawrence has a cameo or two on Peregrinations, and on the whole it would easy to dismiss both as lightweight, inconsequential, well-produced fujazak wallpaper, easy and not entirely incorrect.

But...

Chico is really bringing his pulse mojo to the fore on these sides. No, ain't nothing much happening on the top or in the middle, but you get down to the bone, and there's Chico, keeping some serious, dancing, happy time, no matter what the groove, and doing it strongly. And every so often, it works, not as "music" but as mojo, something that works on your body by bypassing your head. I find that to one degree or another on almost every Chico Hamilton record I get, old or new - Chico himself, he got that mojo.

Yeah, it would be easy to dismiss these records, easy and fair, and not really incorrect either. But it would be equally wrong to do so without first paying heed to the drummer, because the drummer got something for you ass, jack, yes he do. And he can keep you coming back for it.

[JSngry]

This is a really fine, fun record.

Edited August 2, 2012 by JSngry

[JSngry]

almost, but not quite. Some neat parts, just not much of a sum. Too bad.

[JSngry]

"Timbale Rock" is a fine, focused, energetic & purposeful piece of latinfunkjazz and was a pleasure to have playing in the room.

But they stuck it at the tail end of Side Two, so I had to listen to the rest of the record before it got to that, and that was not so much a pleasure.

Once again - if all it took to make a good record of this "type" was clean, crisp production and foolproof licks, then there would be no bad records of this type.

Well, that's not all it takes, and there are plenty of bad records of this type, this one being among them, in spite of having more clean, crisp production and foolproof licks than you or me or anybody else could shake a stick at.

Eddie Harris laughs at you!

[JSngry]

Interesting player, Jim Pepper was. I hear some folks say, well, you gotta learn bebop to make the changes, and ok, but this guy sounds like he never really wanted to play bebop, but he makes the changes just fine and in his own voice..

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

This evening's vinyl

Thionne Seck - Yow - Syllart

Bill Leslie - Diggin the chicks - Argo (DG mono)

Jack McDuff - Kisses - Sugar Hill

Grover Washington Jr - All the king's horses - Kudu (Pye UK)

MG

[JSngry]

Yusef!

[jeffcrom]

Cannonball Adderley Sextet - Jazz Workshop Revisited (Riverside mono)

[brownie]

Hank Mobley 'Peckin' Time' (BN/King Japan, mono)

[jazzbo]

Back to this three lp box set. I can't believe how good it sounds on vinyl. I have the cd equivalent. No contest!

I love Teagarden. One of my favorite musicians.

[JohnS]

[John Tapscott]

[sidewinder]

Ah - Vinyl West in good old Stuttgart. Great shop !

[JohnS]

Not played in years, surprisingly good.

[paul secor]

Tony Fruscella (Atlantic Japan)

[JSngry]

Early 70s "spiritual jazz" doin' what early 70s "spiritual jazz" do, although with the people involved, it coulda done it a bit better. But good players don't always make great records. I like to put it on every few years just to see if I've missed a little something along the way. It gets a little better each time, but just a little.

I will say this, though, it's got all the surface trappings, so if you want some early 70s "spiritual jazz" ambient sound that won't distract you with too much actual substance, hey, here some is.

For the record, I have some other Buddy Terry sides that I like fairly well, so Buddy Terry himself is good with me. Seems like the kind of "local" guy who started from scratch and self-worked his way up the skills latter one step at a time, with the emphasis being on work, doesn't sound like anything really "came easy" to him. Those kind of guys are heroes of mine, the ones who just stay dedicated to playing and staying local and learning and keeping the faith and getting there no matter how hard it gets.

But this record just needs something extra that ain't there. Too bad.

[JSngry]

Lifestyle music!