What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[HutchFan]

Next up:

Dave Frishberg - Getting Some Fun Out of Life (Concord, 1977)

 

[jazzcorner]

[HutchFan]

Waldo's Gutbucket Syncopators - Jazz in the Afternoon (Blackbird, rec. 1971)

 

[JSngry]

5 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Waldo's Gutbucket Syncopators - Jazz in the Afternoon (Blackbird, rec. 1971)

 

I have another record on that label. They seem to have a bit of a catalog, all of it being local/ Midwestern trad bands.

If one had the means and the inclination, one could probably get a really good picture of that particular sub-subset.

That might be fun? 

 

[HutchFan]

42 minutes ago, JSngry said:

That might be fun? 

I agree.    IIRC, Blackbird Records was based out of Chicago, and the catalog was later acquired by Delmark, Bob Koester.

Jazz in the Afternoon always makes me smile.  It's evidence that early-jazz revivalism doesn't have to be amateurish or necrophilic.  Because they sound great!

. . . And Waldo literally wrote a (if not "the") book on ragtime.

[HutchFan]

 

Now this:

Baden Powell Quartet - Vol. 3 (Barclay, France, 1971)

Dayum!  This music swings so hard!!!  . . .  IMO, this particular band might've been BP's best -- in no small part due to bassist Ernesto Ribeiro Gonçalves and drummer Helio Schiavo.

 

[soulpope]

7 hours ago, HutchFan said:

 

Now this:

Baden Powell Quartet - Vol. 3 (Barclay, France, 1971)

Dayum!  This music swings so hard!!!  . . .  IMO, this particular band might've been BP's best -- in no small part due to bassist Ernesto Ribeiro Gonçalves and drummer Helio Schiavo.

Excellent ....

[Rabshakeh]

9 hours ago, JSngry said:

I have another record on that label. They seem to have a bit of a catalog, all of it being local/ Midwestern trad bands.

8 hours ago, HutchFan said:

I agree.    IIRC, Blackbird Records was based out of Chicago, and the catalog was later acquired by Delmark, Bob Koester.

 

What other stuff is there on the label? Id not heard of it.

[sidewinder]

Chris McGregor Septet 'Up To Earth' (Stamford Audio)

[HutchFan]

7 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

What other stuff is there on the label? Id not heard of it.

Rab, here's the Discogs entry: https://www.discogs.com/label/321539-Blackbird-3?page=1

 

[mjazzg]

Hiroshi Fukumara Quintet - Morning Flight [Three Blind Mice, Japan 1977 RE]

[Pim]

Marion Brown playing with Stanley Cowell, Sirone and Rashied Ali…

[Pim]

Charles Brackeen with Charlie Haden, Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell.

[Pim]

 

[Rabshakeh]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Rab, here's the Discogs entry: https://www.discogs.com/label/321539-Blackbird-3?page=1

 

I mean, what other good stuff is there? I love this kind of stuff.

[Pim]

With Reggie Workman and Ed Blackwell

Edited February 11, 2024 by Pim

[kh1958]

Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (Pablo)

Phineas Newborn Plays the Music From Harold Arlen's Jamaica (RCA)

 

[soulpope]

24 minutes ago, Pim said:

With Reggie Workman and Ed Blackwell

Actually I`m not a fan of "jazzified" Classical Music, but the Mal Waldron Trio nails it here .... btw sort of companion album to "Breaking New Ground" ....

[HutchFan]

42 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

I mean, what other good stuff is there? I love this kind of stuff.

You can’t go wrong with the Terry Waldo stuff, imo. Those are the only Blackbird records I know.

 

[Chuck Nessa]

[HutchFan]

Woody Herman - Herd at Montreux (Fantasy, 1974)

Continuing my recent exploration of WH's 1970s recordings for Fantasy. I think this live album is a shade less convincing than the studio LPs from around the same time. There's no problem with the band's playing. I'm just not as keen on the repertoire.

 

[Chuck Nessa]

19 hours ago, JSngry said:

I have another record on that label. They seem to have a bit of a catalog, all of it being local/ Midwestern trad bands.

If one had the means and the inclination, one could probably get a really good picture of that particular sub-subset.

That might be fun? 

 

Blackbird owner Leon Kelert was an electrical engineer and a friend of mine. I used his union labor agreement to record my first recording session. He and I recorded the "The Chase" by Jug and Dexter for Fantasy. After his passing, Bob Koester purchased the catalog from Leon's sister.

More can be seen HERE.

I have a Blackbird 45 by Little Brother Montgomery!

[Pim]

1 hour ago, soulpope said:

Actually I`m not a fan of "jazzified" Classical Music, but the Mal Waldron Trio nails it here .... btw sort of companion album to "Breaking New Ground" ....

Yeah that one is awesome as well. 

[JSngry]

I think the Blackbird LP I got came as an "extra" with my order of several Mosaic sets from the post-JRM Koester site. It was a fun record, whatever one it was. 

[Rabshakeh]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

You can’t go wrong with the Terry Waldo stuff, imo. Those are the only Blackbird records I know.

 

1 hour ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Blackbird owner Leon Kelert was an electrical engineer and a friend of mine. I used his union labor agreement to record my first recording session. He and I recorded the "The Chase" by Jug and Dexter for Fantasy. After his passing, Bob Koester purchased the catalog from Leon's sister.

More can be seen HERE.

I have a Blackbird 45 by Little Brother Montgomery!

 

40 minutes ago, JSngry said:

I think the Blackbird LP I got came as an "extra" with my order of several Mosaic sets from the post-JRM Koester site. It was a fun record, whatever one it was. 

Thanks!