What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[tomatamot]

Sil Austin & Red Prysock - Battle Royal (Red Prysock Versus Sil Austin)

[uli]

next I am planning to listen to this set. that should keep me busy for two or three days

[BillF]

Basie Jam (Pablo) - Fine, fine stuff!

[JSngry]

Superb MOR/Jazz vocal album from 1964.

Having now heard several Arthur Prysock albums from the early 1960s, I feel confident in saying that he was making superior records to a lot of the more popular/famous singers of the time.

I'll be looking for more Arthur Prysock records going forth, guaranteed. I thought that the binging through the batches I've recently bought would either satiate or even burn out the curiosity, but to the contrary, they have whetted the appetite (although thankfully not the bed) for more.

[B. Clugston]

Albert Ayler, Love Cry.

David Rosenboom & J.B. Floyd, Suitable for Framing.

[JSngry]

[soulpope]

Randy Weston - Vishnu Wood Duo: Perspective (Denon Jazz)

Somewhat surprisingly (to me, at least), this is a bit more of a Vishnu Wood record than it is a Randy Weston record. And it works well that way, so it's all good.

Fair enough, Vishnu Wood really SHINES here

[Leeway]

BEBOP LOOSE AND LIVE - J.R. Monterose (ts, ss), Hugh Brodie (ts), Larry Ham (p), Pat O'Leary (b), Tom Melito (d). Recorded live 1981 in Potsdam, NY. The interview reproduced on the back cover is almost worth the price of admission in itself.

[paul secor]

Jimmy Rushing: Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You (Master Jazz Recordings)

Mr. Rushing, in fine voice, backed by a wonderful band - Buck Clayton, Dickie Wells, Julian Dash,

Sir Charles Thompson, Gene Ramey, and Jo Jones. I couldn't ask for more.

Edited April 2, 2014 by paul secor

[Leeway]

MELODIC ART-TET - Charles Brackeen, Ahmed Abdullah, William Parker, Roger Blank, Tony Waters. No Business Records 2LP.

[clifford_thornton]

Randy Weston - Vishnu Wood Duo: Perspective (Denon Jazz)

Somewhat surprisingly (to me, at least), this is a bit more of a Vishnu Wood record than it is a Randy Weston record. And it works well that way, so it's all good.

Fair enough, Vishnu Wood really SHINES here

Been curious about this one, though I've never owned it. Thanks for the rec'.

BEBOP LOOSE AND LIVE - J.R. Monterose (ts, ss), Hugh Brodie (ts), Larry Ham (p), Pat O'Leary (b), Tom Melito (d). Recorded live 1981 in Potsdam, NY. The interview reproduced on the back cover is almost worth the price of admission in itself.

I think that's the only Monterose LP I don't have. Gotta get it before all the Cadence LPs are no longer "in print."

Edited April 2, 2014 by clifford_thornton

[paul secor]

Johnny Otis Presents Some Old Folks Boogie (P-Vine)

Fine blues from Johnny Otis' Ultra and Dig labels.

[JSngry]

Playing this again...by chance, does anybody know anything further about the trumpeters here, Robert Nagel & Allan Dean? Don't know which is who, but there's a sureness of phrasing on display that is certainly impressive, and immediately appreciated by this listener. The entire ensemble is impressive (as are Schuller's readings), but the trumpet playing is, when it occurs, the final micro-focusing of the lens. Or so it sounds to my ears on these first few listenings.

[paul secor]

Eric Dolphy: Other Aspects (BN)

[clifford_thornton]

Michael J. Smith - Elvira Madigan... And Other Dances - (Horo)

[Chuck Nessa]

Playing this again...by chance, does anybody know anything further about the trumpeters here, Robert Nagel & Allan Dean? Don't know which is who, but there's a sureness of phrasing on display that is certainly impressive, and immediately appreciated by this listener. The entire ensemble is impressive (as are Schuller's readings), but the trumpet playing is, when it occurs, the final micro-focusing of the lens. Or so it sounds to my ears on these first few listenings.

Going back many years, Nagel was a friend of a friend. I will see what I can find.

[colinmce]

John Carter Octet - Dauwhe (Black Saint)

Joe Albany - At Home (Spotlite)

[JSngry]

Playing this again...by chance, does anybody know anything further about the trumpeters here, Robert Nagel & Allan Dean? Don't know which is who, but there's a sureness of phrasing on display that is certainly impressive, and immediately appreciated by this listener. The entire ensemble is impressive (as are Schuller's readings), but the trumpet playing is, when it occurs, the final micro-focusing of the lens. Or so it sounds to my ears on these first few listenings.

Going back many years, Nagel was a friend of a friend. I will see what I can find.

That would be appreciated. Sometimes somebody will play something "just so" (not necessarily "better"), and it catches the fancy. Such is the case here. Probably some brain-chemical/neuron path thing, but I'll let scientists concern themselves with that. Me. I got records to play, and not enough time to play them all, at least not at once.

Anyway, I listen to this, see Gunther Schuller, hear Ran Blake, make a lot of connections (viable or not, who knows?), and...go on to the next one, eventually.

[Homefromtheforest]

Ray Russell 4tet "Turn Circle" (CBS Realm Jazz, UK)...mintish copy but again a few crackles audible....darn these realm jazz pressings!!

Anthony Braxton "Four compositions 1973" (Denon, Japan)

[tomatamot]

Chico Freeman - Kings of Mali

[mjazzg]

Steve Lacy - Stabs [FMP]

[B. Clugston]

Charles Wuorinen's Chamber Concerto for Cello and 10 Players.

Archie Shepp, Coral Rock (Prestige).

[Leeway]

THE COMPLETE BRAXTON - Freedom 2LP.

[Leeway]

[clifford_thornton]

Polvo - Exploded Drawing - (Touch & Go)

still own a nice copy after some 18 yrs.