So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[BillF]

[jazzbo]

[duaneiac]

[duaneiac]

[danasgoodstuff]

1 hour ago, duaneiac said:

Kinda silly concept, definitely silly cover, so why is the album so fine?

[duaneiac]

[HutchFan]

[JSngry]

Well, this is interesting!

 

 

[HutchFan]

[jlhoots]

Riverside: The New National Anthem

[bluemonkey]

Freddie Green: Mr. Rhythm

[soulpope]

10 hours ago, rostasi said:

A fitting title for one of the last great albums (omitting the sessions with Stan Getz btw Carmen McRae the last gem) of this outstanding European Bigband ....

[soulpope]

Another winner hailing from these fabulous July 1975 sessions with Cedar Walton (p) + Sam Jones (b) + Billy Higgins (dr) ....

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

[Berthold]

Bix Beiderbecke: Bix Restored Vol. 3 CD3

[kh1958]

Kenny Garrett, Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane (Warner Bros.)

[Berthold]

Woody Herman: The V-Discs 1 (HEP Version)

[soulpope]

The "Slug`s" performances .....

[alankin]

McCoy Tyner – McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington (Impulse! / GRP–MCA Records)
— With Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones + Willie Rodriguez, Johnny Pacheco; with bonus tracks: two new tunes and one alternate take

 

[HutchFan]

20 hours ago, jazzbo said:

I really like that one.  One of Hutch's strongest during his later Blue Note years, imho.  ULTRA laid back.

 

 

2 hours ago, soulpope said:

The "Slug`s" performances .....

So good!!!  

 

 

Now listening to Ira Sullivan's Multimedia again:

I think this is a wonderful record.  Sullivan's ability to play different instruments really well is astonishing.

I wonder if it actually hurt him in terms of notoriety.  Here's what I mean: Usually when you're getting to know a musician, you only have to learn one sound.  (Occasionally, you'll come across multiple instrumentalists.  But typically they have a main axe and supplement it with other instruments.)  But Sullivan is a true multi-instrumentalist.  And that means that you really need to figure out his "signatures" on several different instruments.  As a (non-musician) listener, that makes it a bit tougher to get a toe-hold on what he's all about.

All that said, the more I listen, the more I am impressed.  It's well worth the effort!  

Edited August 16, 2017 by HutchFan

[alankin]

Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog – Party Intellectuals (Pi Recordings)
— With Ches Smith, Shahzad Ismaily

 

Edited August 16, 2017 by alankin

[soulpope]

Sublime and heartfelt Merle Haggard tribute album .....

[jazzbo]

[soulpope]