What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[JSngry]

Vogue, maybe, probably.

Inner City, not that I know of.

AFAIK, this Prestige LP was the only US LP release of the material. It's a bit lo-fi, but the band absolutely kills. Might be the very best performances by that band, period.

 

[aparxa]

 Roy Eldridge And His Orchestra ‎– Rockin' Chair

[mjazzg]

'Fats' Sadi - Ensadinado [SABA]

finally got myself a copy of this. Sounding very good indeed

[sidewinder]

3 hours ago, mjazzg said:

'Fats' Sadi - Ensadinado [SABA]

finally got myself a copy of this. Sounding very good indeed

A very well recorded session and on very good vinyl. Need to dig mine out !

[sidewinder]

‘Ensadinado’ now spinning. Wow - even better than I thought. Have updated the system quite a bit since last spin which no doubt helps.

[sidewinder]

Early Gilles Peterson compilation from BN UK. Sounds surprisingly good !

[porcy62]

On 5/9/2019 at 7:53 PM, sidewinder said:

‘Ensadinado’ now spinning. Wow - even better than I thought. Have updated the system quite a bit since last spin which no doubt helps.

Those Germans...

I've got some Prestige reissued on Saba and they are excellent.

 

Edited September 7, 2019 by porcy62

[sidewinder]

Yep - I’ve got a couple of them, a Jaki Byard and a Pat Martino. At least a match for the US issues.

[porcy62]

[sidewinder]

[JSngry]

No idea why they bought it, but I was going through a stack of eceased relatives' records that I had gotten about 5 years ago. Found this empty cover right off, and then a few years later, the record that goes in it. It's a crazy combo/setting, but certainly an entertaining listen.

[JSngry]

 

The Karl Korte piece is very engaging. Nothing is less than interesting, but that one has a real rhythmic urgency to it that sets it apart.

Apparently Korte was on the faculty of UT for a quarter century or so, from 1971 to 1997....guess I shouldn't have been so limited in taste back then, might have heard some more good stuff beyond what was already there, in the air. Air goes everywhere, ears don't, not always.

[JSngry]

 

Delightfully natural performances, down to the point of the ensembles on the Janacek piece being a bit wobbly pitch-wise..but nobody's getting uptight about it, which is indeed delightful.

This Boston Records outfit looks interesting too: https://www.discogs.com/label/351684-Boston-Records

Do I dare hope to find some of this stuff? We'll see. I ain't dead yet!

[JSngry]

Ao American Decca was doing DG records, if this example is any example. But English Decca was doing their American stuff on the London label.

What the hell is a Decca, anyway?

Anyway, this record has that really nice clear boxy sound that just overflows with the reek of mid 20th Century, early post-WWII classical recorda. I love it.

[sidewinder]

US ECM. ‘OK’ pressing quality, no better.

In anticipation of the Bley/Swallow UK tour with Andy Sheppard next month. 25 years since I last saw them. 

Edited September 8, 2019 by sidewinder

[JSngry]

sourced from Supraphon:

 

[BillF]

7 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

US ECM. ‘OK’ pressing quality, no better.

In anticipation of the Bley/Swallow UK tour with Andy Sheppard next month. 25 years since I last saw them. 

Me too. Would that have been the Carla Bley Orch with Gary Valente, Lew Soloff and Lewis Nash?

[soulpope]

16 minutes ago, JSngry said:

sourced from Supraphon:

 

VERY good ....

[sidewinder]

No - I did see the larger group you mention but in N. America. The more recent, also over the pond, was just Bley/Swallow. Having said that, I have a feeling that I’ve also seen them with Sheppard, so that might have been more recent and over here.

Edited September 8, 2019 by sidewinder

[JSngry]

Came for Ernie, who here has that "casually retired" energy, but stayed for Emilio, who is taking no prisoners, period.

[jazzbo]

I have a musician friend in Austin, trumpeter and pianist Mel Winters, whose father led a territory band in San Antonio and environs for decades and hired the Caceres brothers so often that he knew them as Uncle Ernie and Uncle Emilio. Says they were really nice and kind gentlemen.

[JSngry]

Emilio is just incredibly spry on that record. I can only imagine the influence he had on generations of violinists (of all ilks) coming up in and around that area, must have been immense.

Speaking of spry violinists of all ilks, here's one of one ilk playing very spryly indeed:

I keep finding records like this in acceptable (and very often better) condition for, like 4-5 bucks a pop. If the reason for going into the store is to find interesting music/musicians that are not yet familiar, hey, the financial math is pretty damn persuasive, and the post-purchase expense/rewarding-listening ratio is provably favorable.

[JSngry]

aka

There ya' go!

[Ken Dryden]

A recent acquisition and a great one.

 

[sidewinder]

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