So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

2 hours ago, JohnS said:

Today

This was the first Hutcherson-as-a-leader recording I ever heard.  I was prompted to find it after seeing the "crown" rating it was given in the Penguin Guide.  Bobby quickly became -- and still is -- one of my very favorite artists. (I guess that's sorta obvious, given my avatar name. )

But what an INCREDIBLE debut.  Talk about a strong start!   Andrew Hill composed most of the tunes, so I think it's a little bit less representative than the music that would follow.  (If I'd written the Penguin Guide, I'd give the crown to Happenings, which -- to my ears -- is more thoroughly Bobby's record.)  OTOH, any way you slice it, Dialogue is a stunner, an amazing record.

I'm still sad that he's gone. But I'm grateful for the music.  What a gift.

Edited August 7, 2017 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

More Fatha Hines:

One for My Baby (Black Lion)
More irrepressible vitality.

 

[John Tapscott]

[jazzbo]

Helen Merill: "Carousel: the Music of Heikki Sarmonto"

[Peter Friedman]

[alankin]

Barbara Carroll – One Morning In May (Fynsworth Alley)
— With Jay Leonhart, Randy Sandke, Ken Peplowski, a.o.

[duaneiac]

Among the "+6" trombones on the first album were Eddie Bert, Jimmy Cleveland and Urbie Green.  The second album, a supposedly "live" recording, sure sounds like a studio session with canned applause and Mr. Johnson's song/band intros added.  The band for that one included Nat Adderley, Tommy Flanagan, Wilbur Little and Tootie Heath.

[HutchFan]

Mal Waldron - Black Glory: Recorded Live at the Domicile (Enja)
with Jimmy Woode & Pierre Favre

The first Enja.

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Mal Waldron - Black Glory: Recorded Live at the Domicile (Enja)
with Jimmy Woode & Pierre Favre

The first Enja.

YES !!!

[alankin]

The Original Mahavishnu Orchestra – Unreleased Tracks from Between Nothingness & Eternity [bonus CD on the Complete Columbia Albums Collection box] (Columbia/Legacy – Sony Music)
— With John McLaughlin, Jerry Goodman, Jan Hammer, Rick Laird, Billy Cobham; recorded live at Wollman Runk, Central Park, NYC

 

[jazzbo]

So glad that this Paul Jeffrey release is now on cd.

[duaneiac]

I could do without the vocals of Mykia Jovan, but otherwise this is an enjoyable recording.

[duaneiac]

Nick Brignola plays bari, alto and soprano saxes as well as clarinet on this 1992 "live" recording which was not issued until 2003.

[alankin]

Carl Fontana – The Great Fontana (Uptown Records)
— With Al Cohn, Ricard Wyands, Ray Drummond, Akira Tana; includes 4 CD bonus tracks.

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

[optatio]

CECIL TAYLOR: JAZZ ADVANCE. BLUE NOTE CDP 7 84462 2 [1991]

[John Tapscott]

[jazzbo]

The new SHM-CD. Boy does this sound good.

[Cyril]

[Peter Friedman]

[Tom 1960]

[duaneiac]

I've been listening to Discs 2 & 3 from this collection:

I think a lot of people tend to dismiss the works of Burt Bacharach as lightweight pop fare.  There is some of that in his work (even as a kid I couldn't stand the insipidness of "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"), but the best of his work has so much going on with it.  And heck, the best thing about the first film version of Casino Royale was his music, both the theme song (the second best Bond theme song, IMO) and "The Look Of Love".  He may not have been another George Gershwin, but I would say his work is every bit the equal of the work of Richard Rodgers.  This song, for example has always knocked me out.  It's seemingly simple, yet there are more complex elements in the arrangement and the lyrics are far from boy-meets-girl stuff -- kind of reminds me of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "You've Got To Be Carefully Taught".

That song is 50 years old now and still mighty relevant. 

This CD set also has 4 tracks by Lou Johnson, a singer I had not heard of or thought about in years.  I forgot he was the artist who originally recorded these two songs:

According to comments on YouTube, Mr Johnson is still alive at age 76, but in poor health.

Edited August 8, 2017 by duaneiac

[paul secor]

1 hour ago, Tom 1960 said:

  Nice one, Tom.