What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[BillF]

35 minutes ago, jazzcorner said:

 

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[HutchFan]

6 hours ago, Pim said:

I think this one was meant to be one and it really sounds like a very, very solid Blue Note date.

I agree.  Whenever I listen to it, I'm surprised (again) that BN didn't want to issue it.

 

Next up:

Dollar Brand / Abdullah Ibrahim - Tintinyana (Kaz UK, 2 LPs)
The third volume in "The African Recordings" series

I brought this home from a record store in Madrid last summer.   

 

Edited October 15, 2023 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

Larry Coryell - Offering (Vanguard, 1972)

 

[HutchFan]

Oregon - Winter Light (Vanguard, 1974)

 

[HutchFan]

The Family of Mann - First Light (Atlantic, 1974)
with:
- Herbie Mann - flute
- David Newman - tenor saxophone, flute
- Pat Rebillot - keyboards
- Sam Brown - guitar
- Tony Levin - bass
- Steve Gadd - drums
- Armen Halburian - percussion
- Carlos "Patato" Valdes - congas (trk 1 only)

 

[Pim]

8 hours ago, HutchFan said:

I agree.  Whenever I listen to it, I'm surprised (again) that BN didn't want to issue it.

 

Next up:

Dollar Brand / Abdullah Ibrahim - Tintinyana (Kaz UK, 2 LPs)
The third volume in "The African Recordings" series

I brought this home from a record store in Madrid last summer.   

 

These are all great and would make one hell of a Mosaic.

[Gheorghe]

15 hours ago, Pim said:

I’d say the 60’s is my favorite OP decade. I enjoy these records a lot more than the drumless trio from the ‘50’s and the Pablo stuff from the 70’s. This Exclusively for My Friends series is lovely and MPS delivered some top quality sound. These 5 dollar discs sound like audiophile records.

I agree with you on more than one point, even if I am not a Peterson fan and never was. 

But I don´t like drumless trios since I´m a drum addict and the first thing I consider if I play or go out to listen is about who plays the drums. 
But Peterson as one thing and no drums as the other thing is double punishment for me 😄, though I must admit I heard some stuff where he is not so selfih as usual and leaves more space for the others. That´s why strange to say my favourite Peterson record is the one with the Singers Unlimited which is strange for me since I m no Peterson fan and vocal jazz also is not my most secret love. 

From the Pablo records I like mostly the Eddie Lockjaw Davis with the OP-Trio, that´s a fine little record. I don´t have others. Okay I heard a Montreux Jam once but listened to it mostly because it had Diz, Clark Terry and I think also Jaws, but one thing about Pablo often is the  choice of the drummers. They just didn´t use drummers that I like, for example  Klook,  Max, Philly J.J,., Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, Tony Williams, Al Foster etc........ 

[jazzcorner]

EmArCy [Japan] EXPR-1006 - Herb Geller Sextette - rec. 1955

 

 

[optatio]

1 hour ago, jazzcorner said:

EmArCy [Japan] EXPR-1006 - Herb Geller Sextette - rec. 1955

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[Rabshakeh]

12 hours ago, HutchFan said:

The Family of Mann - First Light (Atlantic, 1974)
with:
- Herbie Mann - flute
- David Newman - tenor saxophone, flute
- Pat Rebillot - keyboards
- Sam Brown - guitar
- Tony Levin - bass
- Steve Gadd - drums
- Armen Halburian - percussion
- Carlos "Patato" Valdes - congas (trk 1 only)

 

Ha! I hadn't heard of this. How is it?

[HutchFan]

2 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Ha! I hadn't heard of this. How is it?

It's OK.  But not as good as one might hope, given the line-up.

There are several other Mann albums from around that time that are better, IMO. 

 

10 hours ago, Pim said:

These are all great and would make one hell of a Mosaic.

Agreed on both points. 

 

[Rabshakeh]

9 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

It's OK.  But not as good as one might hope, given the line-up.

There are several other Mann albums from around that time that are better, IMO. 

There's always more Herbie Mann albums and you never know whether or not they will be excellent, terrible or average.

[HutchFan]

14 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

There's always more Herbie Mann albums and you never know whether or not they will be excellent, terrible or average.

Yep.  Mann is like Chick Corea in that regard.  They're both prolific, and consistency isn't exactly their forte.  

 

Edited October 16, 2023 by HutchFan

[Bill Nelson]

Mann's 'Stone Flute' (1970) may be his answer to Miles' 'Silent Way'. 

With Ron Carter, and regulars Sharrock, Miroslav, and Roy Ayers and cellos and violins.  It's spacey, not beat-driven with radio hit potential.

 

[mjazzg]

Schlippenbach Quartett - Das Hohe Lied [Po Torch Records, Germany 1991]

I've been rediscovering my collection of Schlippenbach Trio/Quartet albums. A marvellous group.

[Rabshakeh]

52 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Schlippenbach Quartett - Das Hohe Lied [Po Torch Records, Germany 1991]

I've been rediscovering my collection of Schlippenbach Trio/Quartet albums. A marvellous group.

So good.

1 hour ago, Bill Nelson said:

Mann's 'Stone Flute' (1970) may be his answer to Miles' 'Silent Way'. 

The Mann had an answer to everything.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

21 hours ago, HutchFan said:

I agree.  Whenever I listen to it, I'm surprised (again) that BN didn't want to issue it.

Regarding Woody's unissued Blue Note date, the story goes that Alfred Lion recorded several sessions for release on Blue Note but before he could get them out, he sold the business to Liberty. Since the deal did not include these recent dates, they were in some sort of limbo, so Lion gave the masters to the artists. I would think that if the deal didn't happen or if the deal had been structured differently, they would have issued this themselves.

[HutchFan]

23 minutes ago, bresna said:

Regarding Woody's unissued Blue Note date, the story goes that Alfred Lion recorded several sessions for release on Blue Note but before he could get them out, he sold the business to Liberty. Since the deal did not include these recent dates, they were in some sort of limbo, so Lion gave the masters to the artists. I would think that if the deal didn't happen or if the deal had been structured differently, they would have issued this themselves.

O.K., that makes sense.  Thanks for the insight. 

 

 

[GA Russell]

3 hours ago, Bill Nelson said:

Mann's 'Stone Flute' (1970) may be his answer to Miles' 'Silent Way'. 

With Ron Carter, and regulars Sharrock, Miroslav, and Roy Ayers and cellos and violins.  It's spacey, not beat-driven with radio hit potential.

 

I saw Herbie's band at The Cellar Door very soon after this was released.  (Early 1970?)

They all pulled out their sheet music to play Waltz for My Son.

[Chuck Nessa]

[Gheorghe]

20 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

EmArCy [Japan] EXPR-1006 - Herb Geller Sextette - rec. 1955

 

 

"Crazy he Calls me" is a wonderful ballad like all ballads originally sung by Billie Holiday. We play it quite often and it is fine in D-flat, the key Lady Day sung it. 
It seams that it is not played very often. I heard Gary Bartz-Buster Williams-Al Foster do it, but I think they did it in F . 

[jazzcorner]

Mercury Records  195J-44 [Japan]  - Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley " Cannonball's Sharpshoters" - rec. 1958 -

Nice Inlay with an  Julian Adderley discography compiled by  Kioshi  Koyama

 

5 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

"Crazy he Calls me" is a wonderful ballad like all ballads originally sung by Billie Holiday. We play it quite often and it is fine in D-flat, the key Lady Day sung it. 
It seams that it is not played very often. I heard Gary Bartz-Buster Williams-Al Foster do it, but I think they did it in F . 

Have the following versions of that composition:

crazy she calls me    1254    Atlantic (jap)    The Jimmy Giuffre 3
crazy she calls me    3121    Vanguard    Free Wheeling - Ted Brown Sextet
crazy she calls me    45956    RCA Victor (jap)    The Horn`s Full-Jack Montrose Allstars
crazy she calls me    8209    Verve    Very Cool - Lee Konitz

[BillF]

3 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

 

 

 

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[mjazzg]

Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Five: In The Garden [Constellation Records, 2023]

Stunning

[jlhoots]

3 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Five: In The Garden [Constellation Records, 2023]

Stunning

Yep - I like it too. I'm listening on CD.

Edited October 17, 2023 by jlhoots