What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[mjazzg]

2 hours ago, kh1958 said:

 

Ballake Sissoko, Djouro

How are you finding that?  I sampled a few tracks and wasn't too convinced by some of the collaborations

Edit to add: decided to listen to it and can see that I fell for the danger of random sampling. Still not sure about the Camille track at all

Edited April 15, 2021 by mjazzg

[kh1958]

42 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

How are you finding that?  I sampled a few tracks and wasn't too convinced by some of the collaborations

Edit to add: decided to listen to it and can see that I fell for the danger of random sampling. Still not sure about the Camille track at all

I ordered the LP from amazon (US). The CD was not in stock when I ordered but does show up as in stock now (though with a suspiciously delayed delivery date). There are 8 tracks. Two are solo kora. Of the collaborations, the ones with Sona Jobarteh and Vincent Segal/Patrick Messina are excellent. I don't know who Camille is, but I liked that track and the one with Salif Keita. The track with Oxmo Puccino I did not care for. The track with Piers Faccini was okay. This opinion is based on listening to the LP twice in a row last night.

Edited April 15, 2021 by kh1958

[mjazzg]

2 minutes ago, kh1958 said:

I ordered the LP from amazon (US). The CD was not in stock when I ordered but does show up as in stock now (though with a suspiciously delayed delivery date). There are 8 tracks. Two are solo kora. Of the collaborations, the ones with Sona Jobarteh and Vincent Segal/Patrick Messina are excellent. I don't know who Camille is, but I liked that track and the one with Salif Keita. The track with Oxmo Puccino I did not care for. The track with Piers Faccini was okay.

Thanks.  Giving it another spin and I agree with you on the most successful collaborations.  Salif Keita could sing a shopping list and I'd enjoy it!

[kh1958]

1 minute ago, mjazzg said:

  Salif Keita could sing a shopping list and I'd enjoy it!

Now that is the truth!

[HutchFan]

Spinning this LP again:

José Roberto Bertrami - Dreams Are Real (Milestone, 1986)

Keyboards, Electric Piano, Percussion, Arrangements – José Roberto Bertrami
Flugelhorn – Paulinho Olivera
Flute – José Carlos (Bigorna) 
Harmonica – Mauricio Einhorn
Acoustic Guitar – Durval Ferreira, Otávio Bonfá
Bass – Nico Assumpção
Drums – João Palma, Robertinho Silva
Percussion – Laudir de Oliveira, Zizinho
Vibraphone – Jota Moraes
Vocals – Flora Purim

Fantastic.

 

[jcam_44]

J.Lamotta - Suzume

[Brad]

[BillF]

On 14/04/2021 at 1:24 PM, bresna said:

Bill Evans - How My Heart Sings! (Riverside/OJC)

[HutchFan]

This again:

EDIT: 
Just finished listening to Tate's version of "Isfahan," the first cut on Side 2.  I had to get up and move the tonearm back to the beginning to listen again.  Wow.  Tate doesn't erase memories of Johnny Hodges' way with this tune -- no one can! -- but Tate can take a proud spot right up there beside Hodges on Olympus when it comes to this song.  That is no mean feat.

 

 

16 hours ago, Brad said:

 

Edited April 17, 2021 by HutchFan

[kh1958]

T.P. Orchestre Poly Rythmo De Cotonou, Unite Africaine

[HutchFan]

Great music + Superb sidemen + Excellent AQ = Prime Kenny Barron

 

[rostasi]

1 hour ago, kh1958 said:

T.P. Orchestre Poly Rythmo De Cotonou - Unité Africaine

Wow! Just pulled this out of the package an hour ago!

[kh1958]

28 minutes ago, rostasi said:

Wow! Just pulled this out of the package an hour ago!

There's another one on the same label just reissued that I haven't heard yet... https://acidjazz.bandcamp.com/album/vol-4-yehouessi-leopold-batteur

[jazzcorner]

Some  big band jazz from Canada

 

 

 

[rostasi]

7 minutes ago, kh1958 said:

There's another one on the same label just reissued that I haven't heard yet... https://acidjazz.bandcamp.com/album/vol-4-yehouessi-leopold-batteur

Thanks for that. I'm pretty sure that I have the original of that.

Here's the two I just took out of the package:

[HutchFan]

NP:

Paquito D'Rivera - Mariel (Columbia, 1982)

Strange that this LP has never been reissued on CD.  I think BGO should package up Paquito's Columbia records just like they did Arthur Blythe's. 

 

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, kh1958 said:

T.P. Orchestre Poly Rythmo De Cotonou, Unite Africaine

A fantastic band for sure ....

[Rabshakeh]

10 hours ago, rostasi said:

Thanks for that. I'm pretty sure that I have the original of that.

Here's the two I just took out of the package:

I saw them live a few years back. On of my most treasured live music experiences.

[rostasi]

 

Edited April 18, 2021 by rostasi

[kh1958]

Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, Central Park North (Solid State)

Melvin Sparks, Sparks (Prestige)

Gary McFarland/Steve Kuhn, The October Suite (Impulse)

[rostasi]

Webster Lewis Quintet ‎– Live At Kongsberg Jazz 1971 [191/250]

Alto Saxophone – Bobby Greene

Drums – Jimmy Hopps

Organ – Webster Lewis

Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Stan Strickland

Vocals – Judd Watkins

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, kh1958 said:

Gary McFarland/Steve Kuhn, The October Suite (Impulse)

Outstanding ....

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Horace Silver - Further Explorations of the Horace Silver Quintet (Blue Note/Tone Poet).

This may be one of my last Tone Poet buys. Sound is very good but as I've been buying more & more of these, I'm remembering how damn inconvenient LPs are. Even with the purchase of a second turntable for my upstairs listening space, I still have to "make time" to play these damn things. It's so much easier to drop a CD into a tray and hit "Play" and even easier to load up my playlist on my PC and never have to get up again. I guess I'm getting too lazy for vinyl.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Booker Ervin - The In Between (Blue Note). As much as I like Booker, this doesn't seem to come off the shelf very often. "Typical Booker" might be the best descriptor. I was once told by a musician that Booker only has two solos - a slow one and a fast one. Maybe this is one of those dates where that is more evident?

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Weird about this Booker Ervin LP... the lead-in groove area seems smaller than usual. I found myself dropping the needle into music on both sides. I had to drop it almost on the edge to get the lead-in.