What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Warne Marsh - Star Highs (Criss Cross). Although this is listed as a Warne Marsh date, it sometimes feels like a Hank Jones date. Hank plays very nicely on this.

[HutchFan]

Willis Jackson - West Africa (Muse, 1974)
with Ted Dunbar, Mickey Tucker, Bob Cranshaw, Freddie Waits, Richard Landrum & Sonny Morgan

Gator's version of the Bacharach & David song "A House Is Not a Home" on this LP ... Yowza!

 

If you'd like to hear for yourself ...

 

[sidewinder]

Picked up for a fiver in mint after getting my early morning RSD batch 2 items. A gem !

Edited September 26, 2020 by sidewinder

[sidewinder]

The ‘Redux’ 60th Anniversary 2LP edition. Looks like a Mark Wilder mastering, nice, big and crisp sound.  Side 4 has alternates which I don’t think are on the ‘Mosaic Complete Columbia’. 

Next up - 60s Scandinavian jam featuring Don Cherry on Gearbox. 45rpm.

Edited September 26, 2020 by sidewinder

[RiRiIII]

I got also the Cherry 45rpm this morning.

[sidewinder]

Missed this one the first time round. A few annoying crackles, which seems to be a common complaint with this pressing/title. 

5 minutes ago, RiRiIII said:

I got also the Cherry 45rpm this morning.

[RiRiIII]

But I am now listening to Joe Henderson at Village Vanguard Vol. 1 (Tone Poet, 2020). I enjoy it a lot. Superb.

6 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

Missed this one the first time round. A few annoying crackles, which seems to be a common complaint with this pressing/title. 

I never ever had any chance with these Bill Evans Resonance records issued in RSDs... Too bad for the pressing.

[sidewinder]

I see in the alternative universe of the Hoffmann Forum that people are currently reporting paying 60 Euro to $100 Cdn in their stores for the Evans. About 1.5 times what the stores are charging here. Outrageous !

13 minutes ago, RiRiIII said:

... Too bad for the pressing.

It’s just the occasional random ‘pop’, nothing major. The Mingus was pristine though.

Edited September 26, 2020 by sidewinder

[sidewinder]

1 hour ago, RiRiIII said:

I got also the Cherry 45rpm this morning.

The sonics are excellent at 45rpm - and the music is a winner too. A find !

Much more of a straight-ahead hard bop session than expected from Don Cherry. 

Edited September 26, 2020 by sidewinder

[RiRiIII]

1 hour ago, sidewinder said:

The sonics are excellent at 45rpm - and the music is a winner too. A find !

Much more of a straight-ahead hard bop session than expected from Don Cherry. 

Indeed. The sonics are excellent. Nice release this one.

[kh1958]

Herbie Hancock, Sextant (Columbia)

Langston Hughes/Charles Mingus, Weary Blues (Verve)

Jay Jay Johnson and Kai Winding, Jai and Kai Plus Six (Columbia)

Jimmy Rushing, And the Big Brass (Columbia)

[HutchFan]

[jazzcorner]

 

 

[Chuck Nessa]

[Rabshakeh]

1 hour ago, Chuck Nessa said:

That and their previous are some of my favourites on Clean Feed. Incredible cover art.

[Chuck Nessa]

Now this:

[HutchFan]

Listen to the Blues with Jimmy Rushing (Jazztone, 1956)
The cover says "with Pete Johnson and Band" -- and it's an amazing band.  Aside from Johnson, the rhythm section consists of Freddie Green, Walter Page, and Jo Jones.  On the front line you've got Emmett Berry, Rudy Powell, Buddy Tate, and Lawrence Brown.  And Rushing soars over them all.

This music feels as vital and fresh as the day it was made.  

 

[HutchFan]

More "Mr. 5 x 5"!

The Jazz Odyssey of James Rushing, Esq. (Columbia, 1957)

Thanks, kh158, for prompting me to pull these LPs out with your post above.  I hadn't listened to Jimmy Rushing in a while.  A terrible oversight on my part!   

 

[jcam_44]

Trying to decide if I want to spring for the Super Deluxe Edition that recently came out. The OG vinyl has always sounded so good to me, I want to justify the purchase but can't convince myself. The CD version I have is adequate but sounds slammed to me, unlike the vinyl which makes sense given the "newness" of cds at the time. Also trying to decide if I want to get Emancipation on vinyl given my affection for that album (strangely I know but probably my favorite Prince album) but never being happy with the cds sound. 

[kh1958]

15 hours ago, HutchFan said:

More "Mr. 5 x 5"!

The Jazz Odyssey of James Rushing, Esq. (Columbia, 1957)

Thanks, kh158, for prompting me to pull these LPs out with your post above.  I hadn't listened to Jimmy Rushing in a while.  A terrible oversight on my part!   

 

I'm thankful I did not trigger a trombone choir themed listening party. 

Introducing the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (Solid State)L

Lionel Hampton, Lionel (Audiofidelity)

Benny Goodman Quartet, Made in Japan (Capitol)

Count Basie, The Newport Years, Volume VI (Verve)

Oscar Peterson, The Trio Live from Chicago (Verve)

Edited September 28, 2020 by kh1958

[mjazzg]

Today...

The Vinny Golia Large Ensemble - Facts Of Their Own Lives [Nine Winds] limbering up for the imminent arrival of the 3LP set

Beaver Harris 360 Degree Experience - A Well Kept Secret [Shemp]

Barefield/Holland/Tabbal Trio - Transdimensional Space Window [Trans African Records]  It's a lot better than the cover suggests.

Anteloper - Tour Beats, volume 1 [International Anthem]

Joshua Abrams - Magnetoception [Eremite] not noticed previously that this isn't credited to The Natural Information Society, only the latter ones in the series are. but what a series and band/concept.

[B. Clugston]

2 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Today...

Barefield/Holland/Tabbal Trio - Transdimensional Space Window [Trans African Records]  It's a lot better than the cover suggests.

 

I actually love the trippy cover on the Barefield LP, but the music is great too.

[HutchFan]

NP:

Charlie Mariano - Crystal Bells (CMP, 1980)
with keyboardist Stu Goldberg and the Stone Alliance rhythm section: Gene Perla and Don Alias

Excellent.

[HutchFan]

Delightful solo piano.  Most of the music has a ruminative, "after hours" vibe -- like he's playing for himself, rather than an audience.

And note the album cover photo. It seems to capture McShann at a moment when his glance is turned inward.

Image and music in perfect alignment.

[HutchFan]

Now spinning:

Jimmy Forrest - Heart of the Forrest (Palo Alto Jazz, 1982)
with Shirley Scott (org) and Randy Marsh (d)