So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Marzz]

Astor Piazzolla - Tango: Zero Hour

 

[alankin]

Thelonious Monk – Blues Five Spot [CDs 7b/8a from the Complete Riverside Recordings session 18] (Milestone Records / Riverside)
— Thelonious Monk — piano; Johnny Griffin — tenor saxophone; Ahmed Abdul-Malik — bass; Roy Haynes or Art Blakey — drums; live 9 July 1958 at the Five Spot Café, NYC.

 

[kh1958]

Mingus Big Band, Live at Jazz Standard

[HutchFan]

Ray Baretto & New World Spirit - Ancestral Messages (Concord Picante)
Ray Vega's excellent trumpet playing on Dave Samuels' Birds of a Feather prompted me to pull this off the shelf -- since Vega plays on this CD too.

[JohnS]

   Today

and by way of a change

 

 

[Cyril]

 

[alankin]

Maarten Altena Ensemble – Quotl (hat ART / hat now series)
— Maarten Altena, bass; Peter van Bergen, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet; Marc Charig, trumpet; Maartje ten Hoorn, violin; Michiel Sheen, piano; Michael Moore, alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet; Michael Vatcher, percussion, celeste; Wolter Wierbos, trombone

 

[HutchFan]

Michal Urbaniak, Tomasz Stanko, et al - We'll Remember Komeda (MPS)

[Peter Friedman]

[Morganized]

[soulpope]

5 hours ago, Marzz said:

Astor Piazzolla - Tango: Zero Hour

 

Outstanding ....

[Peter Friedman]

[alankin]

Gerry Mulligan – Re-Birth of the Cool (GRP Records)
— With Wallace Roney (trumpet), John Clark (French horn), Dave Bargeron (trombone), Bill Barber (tuba), Phil Woods (alto sax), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), John Lewis (piano), Dean Johnson (bass), Ron Vincent (drums) + Mel Torme (vocals on one track)

[BillF]

3 hours ago, Cyril said:

 

1 hour ago, Peter Friedman said:

1 hour ago, alankin said:

Gerry Mulligan – Re-Birth of the Cool (GRP Records)
— With Wallace Roney (trumpet), John Clark (French horn), Dave Bargeron (trombone), Bill Barber (tuba), Phil Woods (alto sax), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), John Lewis (piano), Dean Johnson (bass), Ron Vincent (drums) + Mel Torme (vocals on one track)

[alankin]

Louis Armstrong – Live At Winter Garden, New York, 1947 & Blue Note, Chicago, 1948 (Storyville)

Personnel:
— Louis Armstrong (tp,vo), Bobby Hackett (cnt), Jack Teagarden (tb,vc), Peanuts Hucko (cl,ts), Ernie Caceres (bars,bassax), Dick Cary (p), Jack Lesberg (b), George Wettling (dr). NBC Broadcast, Winter Garden Theatre, NYC, June 19, 1947.
— Louis Armstrong (tp,vo), Jack Teagarden (tb), Barney Bigard (cl), Earl Hines (p), Arvell Shaw (b), Sidney Catlett (dr). Broadcast, Blue Note, Chicago, Dec. 11, 1948.

Happy Birthday, Louis!

[John Tapscott]

[HutchFan]

Andrew Hill Trio and Quartet - Shades (Soul Note)
Everyone sounds terrific on this date -- but today I couldn't help but notice Ben Riley's perfect drumming.

[Buddha the Magnificent]

Ryan Keberle - The Ryan Keberle Double Quartet (Alternate Side Records, 2007).  Ryan Keberle - trombone; Adam Birnbaum - piano; Matt Brewer - bass; Brad Wentworth - drums; Michael Rodriguez - trumpet; Chris Komer - French horn; Marshall Gilkes - trombone; Jose Davila - tuba. 

[Clunky]

4 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Michal Urbaniak, Tomasz Stanko, et al - We'll Remember Komeda (MPS)

hmm.....that looks interesting

 

NP

Neil Ardley --------BBC Sessions 1971---------(BBC/Duskfire)

 

[alankin]

The Mahavishnu Project – Phase 2 - CD 1 (Aggregate Music)
— Gregg Bendian - drums; Pete McCann - guitar; Steve Hunt - keyboard; Stephan Crump - bass; Rob Thomas - violin; recorded live during their 2003 US tour

Fusion Friday!
 

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

2 hours ago, Clunky said:

hmm.....that looks interesting

I like it very much.

If you happen to have Amazon Prime, you can stream it for free. (Or at least you can if you're on this side of the pond. Not sure about over there.  )

 

 

NP:

Mal Waldron - Plays the Blues: Live at the Domicile (Enja)
So good.

Edited August 4, 2017 by HutchFan

[John Tapscott]

[HutchFan]

Horace Parlan - Frank-ly Speaking (SteepleChase)

[jlhoots]

Pharaoh Sanders: The Creator Has A Master Plan (Venus CD)