So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[medjuck]

Didn't know of the existence of this till recently when a friend turned me on to it.  Now it's a favorite. 

[Chuck Nessa]

4 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Yes, I have the 2 lp set. 

[duaneiac]

1 hour ago, medjuck said:

Didn't know of the existence of this till recently when a friend turned me on to it.  Now it's a favorite. 

  Fun album!  I like the title track.

Now playing:

An excellent overview of the songs of Kurt Weill.  The disc kicks off with Louis Armstrong's version of "Mack The Knife" and includes several other jazz or jazz related singers:  Bing Crosby, Lee Wiley, Sarah Vaughan, June Christy, Lena Horne, Tony Bennett.  Even Benny Goodman shares the vocal chores on "Jenny" with Helen Forrest.  The lyricists who worked with Mr. Weill are quite an impressive group:  Bertholt Brecht, Ira Gershwin, Alan Jay Lerner, Ogden Nash, Langston Hughes and Maxwell Anderson.

[sonnyhill]

[kinuta]

[bluemonkey]

The Gil Evans Orchestra: Out Of The Cool

[paul secor]

1 hour ago, bluemonkey said:

The Gil Evans Orchestra: Out Of The Cool

  Very Cool Record.

[paul secor]

Houston Stackhouse: Cryin' Wont Help You (Genes)

[JohnS]

6 hours ago, paul secor said:

  Very Cool Record.

Definitely. I remember I bought my first vinyl copy from Ronnie Scott's short lived record shop.

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

 

[BillF]

[kinuta]

[Balladeer]

Inga Rumpf & NDR Bigband, NDR Radiophilharmonie - Radio Love (Edel)

[JohnS]

This morning

     

[alankin]

Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath – "Live At Willisau" (Ogun)
— With Harry Miller, Louis Moholo, Dudu Pukwana, Evan Parker, Gary Windo, Mongezi Feza, Harry Beckett, Marc Charig, Nick Evans, Radu Malfatti

 

[Cyril]

[mikeweil]

Before that:

Yesterday in the car and at home, and this morning for breakfast, it was a string of Carmen McRae discs, most of them with Brubeck involved:

[BillyBatts]

Herbie Mann - Greatest Ideas of Western Mann

[sidewinder]

[JSngry]

behold and believe

[JSngry]

 

[paul secor]

 

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

behold and believe

Indeed. Never heard Mr. B's version before, though I'm sure Sonny had.

Edited August 19, 2017 by paul secor

[BillyBatts]

Houston Person - Basics (On Muse Records)

[JSngry]

That's a Nelson Riddle chart, bwiw. Magnificent!