What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Teasing the Korean]

2 hours ago, mjazzg said:

David Mack - New Directions [Columbia, UK 1964 mono]

Yesterday's purchase, in part due to positive comments by @sidewinder and @jeffcrom (miss his contributions) found from discussions long ago here.

Third stream, 12 tone moderne. Wondering if @Teasing the Korean knows it?

NO!!! Is this a UK-only album? 

[sidewinder]

1 minute ago, Teasing the Korean said:

NO!!! Is this a UK-only album? 

Came out in the US on the Serenus label one year later than the UK Columbia - 1965. Different cover design.

[Teasing the Korean]

Just now, sidewinder said:

Came out in the US on the Serenus label one year later than the UK Columbia - 1965. Different cover design.

Thanks!  

[Pim]

 

[kh1958]

McCoy Tyner, Extensions (Blue Note Tone Poet)

[soulpope]

16 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Laurindo Almeida - Concierto de Aranjuez (East Wind/Inner City, 1978)

Sublime solo rendition in beautiful sound ....

[jazzcorner]

Denon PCM YX-7538-ND - Archie Shepp "Live In Tokyo" - rec.  June 1978 - Engineer: Tsutomu  Ueno (Nippon Columbia)

Edited January 20, 2024 by jazzcorner

[soulpope]

20 minutes ago, jazzcorner said:

Denon PCM YX-7538-ND - Archie Shepp "Live In Tokyo" - rec.  June 1978 - Engineer: Tsutomu  Ueno (Nippon Columbia)

Outstanding 😍 ....

[optatio]

7 hours ago, Pim said:

 

👍

[Teasing the Korean]

Jacques Loussier - Play Bach, Vol. 3 - London (mono)

In my experience, European jazz fans don't appreciate this music, maybe because they are too close to it to appreciate what it conveys to non-Europeans.

[JSngry]

Which is? 

[optatio]

On 1/20/2024 at 1:46 AM, HutchFan said:

Laurindo Almeida - Concierto de Aranjuez (East Wind/Inner City, 1978)

👍

[optatio]

11 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Jacques Loussier - Play Bach, Vol. 3 - London (mono)

In my experience, European jazz fans don't appreciate this music, maybe because they are too close to it to appreciate what it conveys to non-Europeans.

 

On the back cover there is a controversial discussion between A. and B. in German. B. (translated): “It sounds like the Modern Jazz Quartet without Milt Jackson” and “Playing Bach has snob appeal.” The inner sleeve says it all about marketing! The trio was in Göttingen three times: 1965, 1967 and 1969, I wasn't there - it wasn't the time...

[Pim]

 

[jazzcorner]

A real burner

Denon PCM YX-7548 ND - Hilton Ruiz  "Fantansia" - rec. 1978 - Engineer: Jim McCurdy

Edited January 21, 2024 by jazzcorner

[Teasing the Korean]

4 hours ago, optatio said:

On the back cover there is a controversial discussion between A. and B. in German. B. (translated): “It sounds like the Modern Jazz Quartet without Milt Jackson” and “Playing Bach has snob appeal.” 

That is funny!  They were taking on the criticism directly, like the famous US Volkswagen ads of the early 1960s. 

Last night's selections:

• Jacques Loussier - Play Bach Vol. 3 - London (mono)
• The Swingle Singers - Bach's Greatest Hits - Philips (mono)
• Gabor Szabo - Spellbinder - impulse! (mono)
• Ben Webster & Joe Zawinul - Soulmates - Riverside (mono)

These were paired with wine and pizza.  We paused between the first two and the last two to watch Burnt Offerings (1976), directed by Dan Curtis, with Oliver Reed, Karen Black, Bette Davis, and Burgess Meredith. 

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, optatio said:

 

On the back cover there is a controversial discussion between A. and B. in German. B. (translated): “It sounds like the Modern Jazz Quartet without Milt Jackson” and “Playing Bach has snob appeal.” The inner sleeve says it all about marketing! The trio was in Göttingen three times: 1965, 1967 and 1969, I wasn't there - it wasn't the time...

The listener has to be familiar with Bach and his compositions to appreciate this "treatment" .... btw the basstone of Pierre Michelot is beautiful ....

[Teasing the Korean]

23 minutes ago, soulpope said:

The listener has to be familiar with Bach and his compositions to appreciate this "treatment" ...

I generally agree, although I don't think you need to be familiar with every piece if you are familiar with Bach's music and baroque devices in general.  

Edited January 21, 2024 by Teasing the Korean

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Teasing the Korean said:

I generally agree, although I don't think you need to be familiar with every piece if you are familiar with Bach's music and baroque devices in general. 

I believe the best results are achieved if the listeners either don't have a clue about Bach at all (aka novelty) or are deeply interested in individuals pieces .... in case you are only familiar with the concept of Bach's music the cover versions of Loussier - more sooner than later - grow boring....

[Teasing the Korean]

7 minutes ago, soulpope said:

I believe the best results are achieved if the listeners either don't have a clue about Bach at all (aka novelty) or are deeply interested in individuals pieces .... in case you are only familiar with the concept of Bach's music the cover versions of Loussier - more sooner than later - grow boring....

Well, I fall between those two categories, and these albums have never grown boring for me.  And I can't be that unusual. 

[kh1958]

Terry Gibbs Big Band, Swing is Here (Verve)

Kenny Burrell, K.B. Blues (Blue Note, Tone Poet)

Edited January 21, 2024 by kh1958

[soulpope]

3 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Well, I fall between those two categories, and these albums have never grown boring for me.  And I can't be that unusual. 

To each his own ....

[Teasing the Korean]

1 minute ago, soulpope said:

To each his own ....

Precisely. 👍 

NP:  Harry Arnold + Big Band + Quincy Jones = Jazz (Mercury, mono)

[Teasing the Korean]

George Gruntz Quintet - Bach Humbug! Or Jazz Goes Baroque - Philips (mono)

[HutchFan]

4 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

Denon PCM YX-7548 ND - Hilton Ruiz  "Fantansia" - rec. 1978 - Engineer: Jim McCurdy

I'm a fan of Hilton Ruiz, and I had NO IDEA that this existed. 

Thanks for the heads-up, jazzcorner!