What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[jeffcrom]

The Perennial George Lewis (Verve mono)

[sidewinder]

John Patton 'Memphis To New York Spirit' (BN Rare Groove)

Bobby Hutcherson 'Linger Lane' (BN Blue Label)

[JSngry]

whoa....

[Chuck Nessa]

whoa....

forgot about that one.

[JSngry]

whoa....

forgot about that one.

Just now discovering Cage's early works. Have to admit, I'm more than a little stunned at the visceralness of them, how rhythmically driven they are. The "connections" I get to things from 20-30 years later (from Cecil - 88 tuned drums, indeed) to Max's melodic drum solos to Herbie's electronic music to Brian Wilson's drugged-out deadened piano & reverbs to the AACM's "space" pieces, and that's just for starters) are really startling to confront, to say nothing of the impact of the music strictly as its own self.

Are there any more empathetic performances of this material that those of Kirtsein here? Hard for me to imagine that there are, but I don't know enough to imagine that with any true confidence.

[Leeway]

AZZ APPEAL - Swedish Azz - Not Two LP.

Like this group more each time I hear them. Plus they put on a terrific concert this year in Philadelphia, which I was fortunate to catch.

[jeffcrom]

Red Allen Meets Kid Ory (Verve mono). This 1959 pairing works far better than it has any right to.

Edited July 27, 2014 by jeffcrom

[sidewinder]

Buddy de Franco 'Blues Bag' (UK Joy DG stereo)

One of the great stealth Blakey albums..

[paul secor]

Red Allen Meets Kid Ory (Verve mono). This 1959 pairing works far better than it has any right to.

Never knew of that one. Guess if I'd gotten the Kid Ory Mosaic I would Have.

[kh1958]

Rusty Bryant Returns (Prestige)

[sidewinder]

'Mel Lewis & Friends' (A&M Horizon)

Great swinging band with Hank Jones in his usual immaculate form.

Edited July 27, 2014 by sidewinder

[Clunky]

Ken Colyer's Jazzmen----Watch that dirty tone of yours... There are ladies present!---------(Joy)

Joyful set despite lots of light scratches. Clearly enjoyed by its previous owner.

Edited July 27, 2014 by Clunky

[BillF]

'Mel Lewis & Friends' (A&M Horizon)

Great swinging band with Hank Jones in his usual immaculate form.

Yes, I like that one. Come to think of it, I've never heard a dull session under Mel's name - have you?

[JSngry]

A too-well-played copy, as it turns out, had to order the Wergo CD. Looking forward to it.

[Chuck Nessa]

A too-well-played copy, as it turns out, had to order the Wergo CD. Looking forward to it.

What is it Jim? It won't load here.

[JSngry]

Sorry, Stockhausen - Momente, the Nonesuch issue of the Wergo LP. The copy I got has too much surface noise, and I'm generally pretty workaroundsih about dealing with that. Can't do it with this one, though, just too much.

Martina Arroyo, though - damn. The whole ensemble, for that matter. Damn. Sometimes you hear records of "this type thing" from this time/place and it's like...they're not really getting it, are they (just got done with a Penderecki from 1967(?) on EMI that really felt like that), but no such concerns here. All in, already.

[Chuck Nessa]

Drifting further - if you like Arroyo's voice, check out this:

[JSngry]

Don't know if I can tell if it's arroyo's voice per se that I like so much on the Stockhausen thing as it is the sheer confidence with which she asserts herself in every passage, but that recommendation looks interesting, and will be filed away as a future get. Thanks.

[jeffcrom]

Drifting further - if you like Arroyo's voice, check out this:

Maybe I shouldn't admit this, but the version of Barber's Adagio for Strings on this album made me cry when I heard it in a record store about 15 years ago. Of course I bought the CD, even though I already had two or three versions of the piece on CDs.

[JSngry]

Dammit Jeff, now I want to cry too...and for $2.98 used at Amazon, I don't feel bad about admitting it.

[B. Clugston]

Sorry, Stockhausen - Momente, the Nonesuch issue of the Wergo LP. The copy I got has too much surface noise, and I'm generally pretty workaroundsih about dealing with that. Can't do it with this one, though, just too much.

Martina Arroyo, though - damn. The whole ensemble, for that matter. Damn. Sometimes you hear records of "this type thing" from this time/place and it's like...they're not really getting it, are they (just got done with a Penderecki from 1967(?) on EMI that really felt like that), but no such concerns here. All in, already.

I really like that version of Momente. It has a liveliness to it that I find lacking in the "Europa Version 1972".

[sidewinder]

'Mel Lewis & Friends' (A&M Horizon)

Great swinging band with Hank Jones in his usual immaculate form.

Yes, I like that one. Come to think of it, I've never heard a dull session under Mel's name - have you?

Can't think of any..

[mjazzg]

Don Cherry & the Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Relativity Suite [JCOA]

[Leeway]

ENTER - Fire Orchestra - Rune Grammofon 2LP

3 vocalists singing together and separately against a humongous free orchestra. The LP labels are a solid color with no markings; give the impression that the LP is not moving, which can be a bit dicy when puttering around the TT. You're also not going to be able to refer to Side A or C or whatever; since none of them are marked, one can assume they can be played in any order.

[Clunky]

ENTER - Fire Orchestra - Rune Grammofon 2LP

3 vocalists singing together and separately against a humongous free orchestra. The LP labels are a solid color with no markings; give the impression that the LP is not moving, which can be a bit dicy when puttering around the TT. You're also not going to be able to refer to Side A or C or whatever; since none of them are marked, one can assume they can be played in any order.

Any good or chaotic mess. I rather liked Exit .