What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I finally got my turntable going again after my move late last year. It's been a while.

Now playing: Herb Ellis - Softly... But With That Feeling (Verve Japan).

Edited September 1, 2017 by Kevin Bresnahan

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I just got in a new LP as I finished up Herb Ellis. Now playing Paula Cole's new one: "Ballads"

[paul secor]

The Best of Muddy Waters

[kh1958]

Shirley Scott Trio, Scottie (Prestige mono)

[paul secor]

Booker Little 4 & Max Roach

[soulpope]

6 hours ago, paul secor said:

Booker Little 4 & Max Roach

Another valuable Booker Little outing ....

[JohnS]

I prefer the more straight ahead Awakening.

 

 

 

[mikeweil]

Japanese Liberty reissue of Pacific Jazz LP PJ 1220

[mikeweil]

[paul secor]

2 hours ago, JohnS said:

 

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    Some classic bop piano. I've have that set on LP for 30 years and enjoy it every time I play it.

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, mikeweil said:

 .... beautiful bass playing by George Duvivier ....

Edited September 2, 2017 by soulpope

[mikeweil]

[kh1958]

Duke Ellington Dance Date, Air Force 1960 (Unique Jazz)

Oscar Peterson Trio, Live at the Stratford Shakspearean Festival (Verve)

[mikeweil]

[mikeweil]

[mikeweil]

Paul Horn, Plenty of Horn (Impluse reissue of his two Dot LPs)

[duaneiac]

Best pic I could find of this 1973 reissue on the Homespun Records label of this album:

Back in July I listened to a CD of a concert recording of Lu Watters playing with Turk Murphy's band in 1963.  That concert was a fundraiser for a campaign against a proposed nuclear power plant Pacific Gas & Electric wanted to build in Bodega Bay, right along the San Andreas fault.  This album was recorded about the same time, with the proceeds from its sale also going to that campaign.  Lu Watters had not touched a trumpet in years and as he wrote in the extensive liner notes (mostly about the battle against the plant)  included on the reissued album about a jam session/concert/protest held at the site of the proposed plant:

After a twelve year layoff. some very queer sounds came out of the trumpet when I sat in with Turk's band.  But, as Louis used to say, "It was a gas!" -- the band was stomping, the crowd was with it, and Turk and Helm sounded better than ever.  The occasion brought back memories a quarter of a century old when the three of us would sometimes drive to one of San Francisco's cliffs and jam all night long.

That last part is a beautiful image.  This was to be a one-off project for Lu Watters and he did not return to his music career.  I guess it's an indication of how forgotten he is today even in the SF music scene that I found a still sealed copy of this LP for $1.95.

[mikeweil]

[duaneiac]

More Watters

The tracks on this album were recorded at Lu Watters nightclub, Hambone Kelly's, between Dec. 1949 and Feb. 1950.  As on the 1963 album above, both Wally Rose and Bob Helm were on board.

[duaneiac]

And now a little Turk

Back when I first moved to the SF bay area in 1980, Turk Murphy's band still had a weekly radio broadcast on a local station.  Those seem like ancient days now . . .

[duaneiac]

If there is one drawback to this album, it's that it was recorded in 1979, so in accordance with the times, Sir Roland Hanna was forced to play "keyboards" instead of straight piano.

Edited September 2, 2017 by duaneiac

[duaneiac]

A terrific album from 1975.  The two are joined by bassist Chick Domonico in a bare-bones and very entertaining recording.  Ol' Ern croons old songs by Floyd Tillman, Don Gibson and Harlan Howard, but also 3 Kris Kristofferson songs.

Edited September 2, 2017 by duaneiac

[duaneiac]

Asleep At The Wheel wins "Best Album Title of the Day" with this one from 1985.  Johnny Gimble guests on several tracks and Willie Nelson and the Roomful of Blues Horns also appear on one track each.

[duaneiac]

The autographs are not part of the album art, but this was the only image I could find.  This is apparently a 1974 reissue of this 1964 album --

I would have preferred just the musical setting pictured on these covers, but  there is a church organ style accompaniment added to the "four boys and a guitar".

Edited September 2, 2017 by duaneiac

[paul secor]

John Lewis: Grand Encounter - 2 Degrees East/3 Degrees West