What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[paul secor]

Karl Berger & Edward Blackwell: Just Play (Quark)

[B. Clugston]

Karl Berger & Edward Blackwell: Just Play (Quark)

Good idea. I'm going to spin this next. Great record.

[JohnS]

I have a Japanese Toshiba LP pressing of The Golden Eight. Excellent album. Need to dig it out again. (been a while since I was on a CBBB kick, though when it's a kick, it's heavy...)

Same here, not played in years. I'll have to dig it out.

[Daniel A]

George Russell Sextet in K.C. (Decca). Actually they are in New York. Nice session with Dave Baker, Don Ellis and Dave Young.

I really like Baker's playing on "Jazz in the Space Age" but have not heard anything else. Recommendations?

[colinmce]

Any of the great George Russell Riverside LPs of the early 60s: Ezzthetics, Stratus Seekers, Stratusphunk.

[clifford_thornton]

and if you want to hear him on cello, Charles Tyler's Eastern Man Alone (ESP).

Now:

Kenny Wheeler - Windmill Tilter - (Fontana UK)

[Homefromtheforest]

Kenny Wheeler "windmill tilter" (Fontana, UK). This is not my favorite Wheeler record, but it's his first as a leader and sets the tone for great things to come from him.

[sidewinder]

My copy of 'Windmill Tilter' is coming out later on. As is 'Music For Large and Small Ensembles' (ECM 2LP) and the Incus LP.

Edited September 19, 2014 by sidewinder

[sidewinder]

George Russell Sextet in K.C. (Decca). Actually they are in New York. Nice session with Dave Baker, Don Ellis and Dave Young.

I really like Baker's playing on "Jazz in the Space Age" but have not heard anything else. Recommendations?

George Russell Sextet 'Ezz-thetics' (Riverside) would be my immediate recommendation for great playing by Baker, particularly on the title track.

[mjazzg]

Gerald Wilson Big Band - Moment of Truth [Fontana]

The 17 Piece Orchestra of Gerald Wilson - You better believe it! [Fontana]

[clifford_thornton]

Kenny Wheeler "windmill tilter" (Fontana, UK). This is not my favorite Wheeler record, but it's his first as a leader and sets the tone for great things to come from him.

It's maybe not the "best" one but it's really, really good and I play it fairly often. Underrated IMO.

[mjazzg]

Kenny Wheeler - "Music for Large and Small Ensembles" [ECM]

[paul secor]

Jimmy Lyons: Other Afternoons (BYG)

[mjazzg]

Kenny Wheeler Quintet - Flutter by, Butterfly [soul Note] w. Stan Sulzman, John Taylor, Dave Holland, Billy Elgart

Lead off track 'Everybody's Song But My Own' quintessential Wheeler in many ways

[sidewinder]

Lonnie Smith 'Turning Point' (BN Liberty blue/white)

[Homefromtheforest]

Kenny Wheeler Quintet - Flutter by, Butterfly [soul Note] w. Stan Sulzman, John Taylor, Dave Holland, Billy Elgart

Lead off track 'Everybody's Song But My Own' quintessential Wheeler in many ways

An excellent album

Kenny Wheeler - "Music for Large and Small Ensembles" [ECM]

Another classic...loved this band with Holland, Abercrombie, etc.

Kenny Wheeler "windmill tilter" (Fontana, UK). This is not my favorite Wheeler record, but it's his first as a leader and sets the tone for great things to come from him.

It's maybe not the "best" one but it's really, really good and I play it fairly often. Underrated IMO.

True..didn't mean to come across as saying it wasn't good...it is a great album and often I forget that John McLaughlin is on it which is pretty cool!

[clifford_thornton]

yeah, side two gets particularly heavy !

[B. Clugston]

George Russell Sextet in K.C. (Decca). Actually they are in New York. Nice session with Dave Baker, Don Ellis and Dave Young.

I really like Baker's playing on "Jazz in the Space Age" but have not heard anything else. Recommendations?

My favourite record featuring Baker is George Russell Sextet at "The Five Spot," which, in a continuing theme from Russell's time at Decca, wasn't recorded where the title said it was. Great album, but the other Russells featuring Baker are all very good.

[clifford_thornton]

The Deccas are all superb.

[jeffcrom]

Looky what the mailwoman brought today:

Steve Lacy - Outings (ISMEZ)

[B. Clugston]

Looky what the mailwoman brought today:

Steve Lacy - Outings (ISMEZ)

That's a great one. One of my top 5 favourite Lacy records.

[jeffcrom]

Looky what the mailwoman brought today:

Steve Lacy - Outings (ISMEZ)

That's a great one. One of my top 5 favourite Lacy records.

I really enjoyed my first hearing, especially side two - "Island."

[Homefromtheforest]

Kenny Wheeler "song for someone" (incus, UK)

[Homefromtheforest]

Steve Lacy "spiritual moments" (paddlewheel, Japan). Love this album...for some reason his Japanese LPs resonate deeply with me but then again it's no coincidence I have a ton of Masahiko Togashi albums as well...

[clifford_thornton]

Spiritual Moments is a wonderful record.