What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[soulpope]

49 minutes ago, Pim said:

such a great 3LP compilation from MCA Japan. Great discographical information. For 10 euros truly a steal. And it might be just my imagination or what I want to hear: but the sound quality is the best I’ve heard up till now with these Columbia/Decca records. Better than my They don’t sound like they were recorded in the 40’s. 

A steal indeed .... btw beautiful Cover Art ....

[Pim]

2 hours ago, soulpope said:

A steal indeed .... btw beautiful Cover Art ....

Yes very happy with it  

now something more spicy:

 

[optatio]

21 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Having spent a wonderful few hours this afternoon at this location (without being flooded out too !) there's only one record to spin..

It's never been the same though since the days (circa 1970) of playing cricket with tennis ball against the stones. 😮

Same here 😅

 

My family between the stones in July 1974!

[Kevin Bresnahan]

The Modern Jazz Sextet (Verve).

[Pim]

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Blue Mitchell - Step Lightly (Blue Note). This is the LT-1082 pressing. While I've found that some of these LT pressings aren't in the best sound, this one sounds very nice.

[Rabshakeh]

Ronald Shannon Jackson And The Decoding Society – Eye On You

[sidewinder]

1 hour ago, optatio said:

Same here 😅

 

My family between the stones in July 1974!

I think that's my impromptu set of wickets on the right !

[sidewinder]

1 hour ago, bresna said:

Blue Mitchell - Step Lightly (Blue Note). This is the LT-1082 pressing. While I've found that some of these LT pressings aren't in the best sound, this one sounds very nice.

I find that these LT issues can sound very good indeed, particularly the US pressings. For this reason I have held off buying the 'Infinity' Tone Poet. I think I have most of these LT issues but not 'Step Lightly'.

[kh1958]

The Art of the Ballad 2 (Verve)

Jazz West Coast  (Pacific Jazz)

 

 

[jazzcorner]

3 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Jazz West Coast  (Pacific Jazz)

👍 ❤️ 😁

The complete 15 volume series is one of the best series ever issued on West Coast Jazz.

 

 

Edited January 6, 2024 by jazzcorner

[HutchFan]

Now spinning:

Stanley Turrentine - In the Pocket (Fantasy, 1975)

A recent dollar bin find.  The strings & voices on this album, arranged by Gene Page, give the music a 70-soundtrack vibe.  It's soul-jazz with a definite emphasis on the soul side.  Regardless of the low-ish jazz quotient, I think the music is terrific. It accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do, and Stanley sounds great. 

Edited January 7, 2024 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

Another recent retrieval from a shop's bargain bin:

Blakey, Diz, Monk, et al - The Giants of Jazz (Atlantic, 2 LPs)

The album cover is tatty (both top seams are blown out), but the vinyl is in NM condition and plays beautifully, especially since I've given the discs a few spins on my RCM.

I've heard this music before via streaming services, but (as usual) it sounds much better coming from my stereo -- both musically speaking and AQ-wise.

 

[soulpope]

5 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Now spinning:

Stanley Turrentine - In the Pocket (Fantasy, 1975)

A recent dollar bin find.  The strings & voices on this album, arranged by Gene Page, give the music a 70-soundtrack vibe.  It's soul-jazz with a definite emphasis on the soul side.  Regardless of the low-ish jazz quotient, I think the music is terrific. It accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do, and Stanley sounds great. 

Yep .... definitely better than the review from Robert Christgau would suggest 🤡 ....

[jazzcorner]

United Artists LAX 3138 [Japan] - "Down Home Reunion - Young Men From Memphis" - rec. N.Y. 1959- Engineer: Lewis Merritt

 

 

5 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Another recent retrieval from a shop's bargain bin:

Blakey, Diz, Monk, et al - The Giants of Jazz (Atlantic, 2 LPs)

The album cover is tatty (both top seams are blown out), but the vinyl is in NM condition and plays beautifully, especially since I've given the discs a few spins on my RCM.

I've heard this music before via streaming services, but (as usual) it sounds much better coming from my stereo -- both musically speaking and AQ-wise.

 

There exists a series of of recordings of this group's european tour. All excellent.

Have the above Item too.

[Gheorghe]

5 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Another recent retrieval from a shop's bargain bin:

Blakey, Diz, Monk, et al - The Giants of Jazz (Atlantic, 2 LPs)

The album cover is tatty (both top seams are blown out), but the vinyl is in NM condition and plays beautifully, especially since I've given the discs a few spins on my RCM.

I've heard this music before via streaming services, but (as usual) it sounds much better coming from my stereo -- both musically speaking and AQ-wise.

 

I didn´t have the LP , but I´m still pissed of that I was not there when they played Viena in 1972. It´s a drag that I became interested in jazz only a few month later and had missed that. 

Two guys who were 4-5 years older saw it, saw Monk while I, one of Monk´s biggest fans, missed it. 
At Vienna Dizzy was missing, he was replaced by Cat Anderson and Clark Terry.  

I had to go to concerts from 1973 on and saw Miles that year, but it still took 2 or 3 years that I could sneak into a jazz club though underage.....

[optatio]

11 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Another recent retrieval from a shop's bargain bin:

Blakey, Diz, Monk, et al - The Giants of Jazz (Atlantic, 2 LPs)

The album cover is tatty (both top seams are blown out), but the vinyl is in NM condition and plays beautifully, especially since I've given the discs a few spins on my RCM.

I've heard this music before via streaming services, but (as usual) it sounds much better coming from my stereo -- both musically speaking and AQ-wise.

👍 - also on my shelf!

[mjazzg]

Sonny Rollins - East Broadway Run Down [Impulse, UK 1976 RE]

A big album in my early Jazz listening. I'm never sure these days how successful it is but it sounds good today

Edited January 7, 2024 by mjazzg

[Pim]

 

[mjazzg]

Turning the heat up, it's cold today

Milford Graves - Children Of The Forest [Black Editions, 2023]

one of the albums of last year

[optatio]

33 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Sonny Rollins - East Broadway Run Down [Impulse, UK 1976 RE]

A big album in my early Jazz listening. I'm never sure these days how successful it is but it sounds good today

👍

[sidewinder]

'Miles - His New Quintet' (Esquire)

57 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Sonny Rollins - East Broadway Run Down [Impulse, UK 1976 RE]

A big album in my early Jazz listening. I'm never sure these days how successful it is but it sounds good today

Those 1975/76 UK Impulse releases were good. Put out through 'Anchor Records' I think - I bought a number of them at the time. Although the vinyl was UK, the sleeves were imported from the US.

Edited January 7, 2024 by sidewinder

[Clunky]

23 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Turning the heat up, it's cold today

Milford Graves - Children Of The Forest [Black Editions, 2023]

one of the albums of last year

I've succumbed and just order this, damn you......

[sidewinder]

Art Farmer/Gigi Gryce - 'Music For That Wild Party' (Esquire)

Trounces Prestige !

[JSngry]

52 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Sonny Rollins - East Broadway Run Down [Impulse, UK 1976 RE]

A big album in my early Jazz listening. I'm never sure these days how successful it is but it sounds good today

It got made and continues to intrigue. Success in itself! 

I wonder what's still in the can...Freddie Hubbard said that Sonny stopped his ,,{Hubbard's) best solos because they were too Trane-ish. So, we know that there COULD be more material in the archive.