So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, JohnS said:

Very good indeed ....

[optatio]

MARILYN CRISPELL: CIRCLES. VICTO CD012 [1991]

[EKE BBB]

Charles Mingus - Town Hall Concert (Jazz Workshop, 1964)

[John Tapscott]

[JSngry]

[Buddha the Magnificent]

Vic Juris - Walking on Water (SteepleChase, 2014).  Vic Juris - guitar; Tim Hagans - trumpet; Jay Anderson - bass; Anthony Pinciotti - drums.

[Mary6170]

Wayne Shorter: Super Nova

[alankin]

Andrew Hill – unreleased 1967 trio session [(C) on Mosaic Select 16 box] (Blue Note / Mosaic )
— Andrew Hill (ss, p, org), Ron Carter (b), Teddy Robinson (d)

This is a very good, fairly free session.  Scheduled to be issues as Chained on BN(J)GXF-3080 in 1980, but never released.   His organ work on "Resolution" made me think of Sun Ra. 

[l p]

charlie parker
June 23, 1951 Eastern Parkway Ballroom, Brooklyn
July 22, 1951 Municipal Arena, Kansas City 
August 1951 Lenny Tristano's house, New York
February 24, 1952 Dumont TV Studios, New York
March 25, 1952 Loew's Valencia Theater, Jamaica, New York
June 16, 1952 Trade Winds Club, Inglewood 

[HutchFan]

Prompted by the Mainstream reissues thread:

Jack Wilkins - Windows (Mainstream)

[BillF]

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

From the Lush Life box set.

[erwbol]

The most exquisite Kind of Blue release in the physical digital domain: the Ultra HD CD mastered in 32-bit by Michael Bishop for Sony Hong Kong (limited edition of 1000).

[jazzbo]

I really like that one, though I'm not sure it tops the Mobile Fidelity SACD on my system. Love them both.

Right now

Disc 5
Slightly slick sound, and music. Nice though for a sunny spring day.

 

 

[alankin]

Bobby Hutcherson – Spiral (Blue Note Connoisseur)
— Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone, marimba; Harold Land - saxophone; Stanley Cowell - piano; Reggie Johnson - bass; Joe Chambers - drums; two compositions by Chambers and one each by Hutcherson, Land and Cowell; 11/11/1968; on two-fer with Medina

   
 

Edited March 24, 2017 by alankin

[erwbol]

51 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

I really like that one, though I'm not sure it tops the Mobile Fidelity SACD on my system. Love them both.

 

If I had been able to preview both discs at home, I think I would have bought just the Ultra HD CD. But then I would have been tempted to get the MFSL for completeness' sake, of course.

Edited March 24, 2017 by erwbol

[StarThrower]

[jazzbo]

57 minutes ago, erwbol said:

If I had been able to preview both discs at home, I think I would have bought just the Ultra HD CD. But then I would have been tempted to get the MFSL for completeness' sake, of course.

If I were comparing just the Redbook layers I'm not sure what I'd choose, they're both really good. But the SACD layer seals the deal for the MOFI for me, it's a must have. I'm glad to have both. . . and several other versions. Anyway, these sort of things are very subjective.

The system is really liking the Dutch Jazz Orchestra disc today. "Basin Street" was really good. I'm able to crank and no glare.

Edited March 24, 2017 by jazzbo

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, alankin said:

Bobby Hutcherson – Spiral (Blue Note Connoisseur)
— Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone, marimba; Harold Land - saxophone; Stanley Cowell - piano; Reggie Johnson - bass; Joe Chambers - drums; two compositions by Chambers and one each by Hutcherson, Land and Cowell; 11/11/1968; on two-fer with Medina

   
 

Fantastic music ....

[JohnS]

Disc 2, solo guitar.

[Peter Friedman]

[Simon8]

[Buddha the Magnificent]

Marion Brown - Sweet Earth Flying (Impulse!, 1974).  Marion Brown - alto, soprano sax; Muhal Richard Abrams, Paul Bley - keyboards; James Jefferson - bass; Steve McCall - drums; Bill Hasson - perc. 

[erwbol]

2 hours ago, jazzbo said:

If I were comparing just the Redbook layers I'm not sure what I'd choose, they're both really good. But the SACD layer seals the deal for the MOFI for me, it's a must have. I'm glad to have both. . . and several other versions. Anyway, these sort of things are very subjective.

The system is really liking the Dutch Jazz Orchestra disc today. "Basin Street" was really good. I'm able to crank and no glare.

I still have not bought a SACD player. I thought I'd build a substantial library of audiophile hybrid SACDs first, but I think now I have enough of my favourite jazz albums on SACD to eventually invest in a good SACD player. And then there are the classical hybrid SACDs, of course.

Edited March 24, 2017 by erwbol