So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[mikeweil]

Got my copy of the Japanese reissue today. An excellent album, and one of the best Duke tributes I have heard. Highly recommended!

[alankin]

Mal Waldron with The Steve Lacy Quintet (America Records / Universal Music France)
— Steve Lacy (soprano sax), Steve Potts (soprano & alto sax), Mal Waldron (piano), Irene Aebi (cello, voice), Kent Carter (bass), Noel McGhie (drums); plus two alternate takes

 

Paris, 1972.

[soulpope]

50 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

Got my copy of the Japanese reissue today. An excellent album, and one of the best Duke tributes I have heard. Highly recommended!

Agreed .... and superb sound via this SHM-CD edition ....

[Tom 1960]

[Buddha the Magnificent]

Barry Harris Plays Tadd Dameron (Xanadu, 1975).  Barry Harris - piano; Gene Taylor - bass; Leroy Williams - drums.

[StarThrower]

[l p]

Pharoah Sanders

26.08.77, Willisau, switz 
Kenneth Moss (Khalid) p
Hayes Burnett b
Clifford Jarvis dr 

[John Tapscott]

[soulpope]

[Buddha the Magnificent]

Ben Allison - Little Things Run the World (Palmetto, 2008).  Ben Allison - bass; Ron Horton - trumpet; Steve Cardenas - guitar; Michael Blake - sax; Michael Sarin - drums. 

[HutchFan]

On a bit of a Calderazzo kick:

Joey Calderazzo - S/T (Sony)
with John Patitucci & Jeff "Tain" Watts

[Cyril]

3 hours ago, alankin said:

Mal Waldron with The Steve Lacy Quintet (America Records / Universal Music France)
— Steve Lacy (soprano sax), Steve Potts (soprano & alto sax), Mal Waldron (piano), Irene Aebi (cello, voice), Kent Carter (bass), Noel McGhie (drums); plus two alternate takes

 

Paris, 1972.

 !!!

[paul secor]

Whistlin' Alex Moore 1929 - 1951

[BillF]

[duaneiac]

On half of the tracks from the original 1960 album, "some of Basie's cats" appear -- the Two Franks, Al Grey, Joe Newman and Freddie Green.  The Lonehill Jazz CD reissue also includes the album Deep Roots from two years later.

Much of my listening lately has been the audiobbok version of Elvis Costello's new memoir:

I'm currently at Disc 5 of 15.  He has a lot of interesting tales to tell, and in the early discs, it's not always so much about himself as about his parents.  His father was a singer with the Joe Loss band and came into contact with a lot of the stars and up-and-comers in the UK music biz of the 1950's and 60's and on occasions when young Declan might accompany his dad to a gig, he got to meet some of them as well.  His mom worked for a time in a record shop and was instrumental in smuggling some Lee Konitz and Lennie Tristano records into England for a customer (a tale Mr. Costello was able to recount to Mr. Konitz years later when the latter made a guest appearance on one of his albums).  He seems to be aware of his own limitations as a singer and songwriter (at least, it doesn't sound like false modesty), but is justly proud of his best work.  He does jump around in time a lot here, as one experience in his youth might remind him of a  situation from much later in his life, and my lack of knowledge of the geography of the UK & London is a bit of a hindrance.

I've always wanted to like Elvis Costello's music more than I do.  He seems like an intelligent enough chap with a world view beyond just "sex & drugs & rock 'n roll", but outside of the usual hits, most of his music just hasn't done much for me.  Still, he is an interesting storyteller.

[Cyril]

[optatio]

1 hour ago, BillF said:

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[Buddha the Magnificent]

Ben Allison - Peace Pipe (Palmetto, 2002).  Ben Allison - bass, guitar; Mamadou Diabaté - kora; Michael Blake, Peter Apfelbaum - saxes; Frank Kimbrough - piano; Mike Sarin - drums; Tomas Ulrich - cello. 

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, BillF said:

Beautiful .....

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, Cyril said:

Superb!  

 

 

 

Joe Henderson - Power to the People (Milestone)

Edited April 6, 2017 by HutchFan

[Tom 1960]

[alankin]

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – Rotterdam 1969 (Storyville Records—D.E.T.S.)
— With Cat Anderson (tp), Cootie Williams (tp), Ambrose Jackson (tp), Mercer Ellington (tp), Nelson Williams (tp), Benny Bailey (tp), Lawrence Brown (tb), Chuck Connors (tb), Russel Procope (as,cl), Johnny Hodges (as), Norris Turney (as,ts,cl,fl), Harold Ashby (ts, cl), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl), Duke Ellington (p), Victor Gaskin (b), Rufus Jones (d), Tony Watkins (vcl); live recording of the 2nd concert at De Doelen Concert Hall, Rotterdamm, Holland.

 

[soulpope]

[sidewinder]

Superb..

[Buddha the Magnificent]

Ben Allison - The Stars Look Very Different Today (Sonic Camera, 2013).  Ben Allison - bass; Steve Cardenas - guitar; Brandon Seabrook - guitar, banjo; Allison Miller - drums.