What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[JohnS]

[JSngry]

Gene Ammons - Got My Own

Could there be a more accurately titled Gene Ammons album?

[Clunky]

Gigi Gryce- Rat Race Blues (New Jazz) -

[jeffcrom]

Louis Smith - Prancin' (Steeplechase)

[JSngry]

A Trenier-ish piano/bass trio with Al Harewood on drums, whose presence answers the question,"how DO jazz musicians make a living?"

A family remembrance from the daughter son of Mr. Chiles can be found here: http://mybrownbaby.b...ny-rollins.html

Those who get pissed off about historical inaccuracies daring to be served up in family remembrnces, just...stay away. But it's kinda nice to find out what happened to at least one half of this duo, just because, ya' know, there's a lot of people go into the factory, and more often than not, you never hear how they end up, or even if they make it out.

Edited August 31, 2012 by JSngry

[JSngry]

Tony Scott - Boomerang

Tony Scott playing with a Czech Trad band in 1977 (yes, there's banjo, and yes, the "swing" is more often than not indeed "swing", although sincerity of intent is never an issue). There's more than a few moments where Scott channels the spirit of Lester Young in his phrasing unlike I've ever heard anybody else do it...eerie. Then there's times when he applies his more extreme clarinet techniques to the tenor and sounds not too unlike Albert Ayler taking over the body of Bud Freeman...equally eerie.

All in all, it's a curiosity, albeit a weirdly fun one. I got mine for forty-nine cents, and would gladly have paid 10x that for it.

[ghost of miles]

[jeffcrom]

Eric Quincy Tate - Drinking Man's Friend (Capricorn LP). Great Southern blues/rock from 1972.

[sidewinder]

Pete Laroca 'Basra' (BN Conn). Good sounding pressing.

[sidewinder]

Max Roach 'Drums Unlimited' (Atlantic red/purple mono)

[brownie]

Lennie Niehaus 'Vol. 4: The Quintet & Strings' (Contemporary, mono)

[BillF]

Max Roach 'Drums Unlimited' (Atlantic red/purple mono)

Haven't heard that one since Ed Dipple lent me it in the 60s, but I still remember an amazing rendition of "Mop Mop" where Max plays the melody on drums.

[kh1958]

Benny Goodman, Small Group Combos, Quintets, Sextets, Septets (Columbia, black label). Penciled in price is $4.85.

[jazzbo]

Benny Goodman on Columbia sounds great on lp.

Right now

[jazzbo]

Carnegie Hall, '52

Edited September 1, 2012 by jazzbo

[Clunky]

Willie Smith- Alto Saxophonist Supreme ! - ( London) - 2 dates from August '65, sidemen include Bill Perkins, Jimmy Rowles

[jeffcrom]

Byard Lancaster - Documentation: The End of a Decade (Bellows)

[sidewinder]

'Azimuth' (ECM) - Their first LP

Wynton Kelly 'Kelly Blue' (Riverside black/silver - DG stereo)

Edited September 2, 2012 by sidewinder

[jazzbo]

[sidewinder]

Wayne Shorter 'Night Dreamer' (BN NY USA mono)

[BillF]

Mine is stereo and numbered BLP-4173/84173. I don't recall whether I bought it before or after 1970.

[brownie]

Joe Henderson 'The Elements' (Milestone, France)

[kh1958]

Red Norvo in Hi-Fi (Liberty)

[Clunky]

then

some light weight listening with these two picked up cheaply yesterday. The Kessel's decent enough the Ponder has it's moments but comes across as lift music at first listen.

[jeffcrom]

David Mack - New Directions: Essays for Jazz Band (Serenus mono)

One of my earliest Ebay purchases, years ago. For years before that, I had known that Max Harrison considered this an important record - most of the tracks are written using 12-tone serial technique, and many of the solos are improvised within the tone row of the piece. The composer and band are British; the most well-known musician (to this American, anyway) is probably Shake Keane, who sounds great, whether his solos are 12-tone, free jazz, or conventional. I'm glad to have this album, although I admire it rather than love it.