So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Larry Kart]

Can't justify this by and large on aesthetic grounds, but I've been listening to this a good deal lately because it's such a good sound-system test record  -- wide stereo spread, vivid piano sound (the whole rhythm section is vividly captured), a good many strings, solo winds, etc. Further -- and feel free to shoot me -- there are times when McCoy's evident involvement in this material kind of gets to me. John Clayton's writing is more than a bit ripe at  times, but that kind of fits the nature of the project.

Don't worry, I'll be back.

[bluemonkey]

Kenny Burrell: Blue Lights, vols. 1 & 2
 

[ghost of miles]

[paul secor]

2 hours ago, Larry Kart said:

Can't justify this by and large on aesthetic grounds, but I've been listening to this a good deal lately because it's such a good sound-system test record  -- wide stereo spread, vivid piano sound (the whole rhythm section is vividly captured), a good many strings, solo winds, etc. Further -- and feel free to shoot me -- there are times when McCoy's evident involvement in this material kind of gets to me. John Clayton's writing is more than a bit ripe at  times, but that kind of fits the nature of the project.

Don't worry, I'll be back.

Reading this reminds me that I have a Japanese issue of a KD LP that doesn't do all that much for me on a musical level, but the sound - especially the way it captures the sound of the trumpet - is wonderful. I've kept it for that reason alone.

[HutchFan]

3 hours ago, Niko said:

Gijs Hendriks Quartet - Close to the edge

with Siegfried Kessler on piano,which means it wasn't a purely intuitive buy - but nevertheless 4 Euros extremely well spent...

 

Niko -- I'm not familiar with Gijs Hendriks.  But your post piqued my curiosity.

I found this Hendriks album on YouTube, and I'm giving it a listen now:

Very nice!

Notes on the album's page on Discogs:

GIJS HENDRIKS QUARTET
with Siegfried Kessler (p, el p), Bert van Erk (b), Michael Baird (d)
& guests Slide Hampton, Sonny Grey, Raul Burnet

These 1976-77 recordings are from the period with Franco-German pianist Siegfried Kessler.
This quartet was together for a year and a half. Frequent guests at the time were trombonist
Slide Hampton and trumpeter Sonny Grey -- both are featured here on two tracks each. And
the legendary conga drummer Raul Burnet is featured on one track.

Made over thirty-five years ago, these are historical recordings from a particularly creative
period of Gijs Hendriks, which were never released. Also fine playing by Slide, whose stay in
Europe was under-recorded. 

Recorded at Lucassound Studio, Hilversum, Holland October/November 1976 & January 1977.

 

Edited October 21, 2017 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

More Dutch jazz from the 1970s:

Rein De Graaff - Dick Vennik Quartet ‎– Modal Soul (Timeless Muse)
with Koos Serierse (b) and Eric Ineke (d)

[paul secor]

"Play My Juke-Box" - East Coast Blues 1943 - 1954 (Flyright)

[HutchFan]

Classic Columbia Condon Mob Sessions
Disc 7 - Music under the leadership of Dick Cary & Billy Butterfield

[HutchFan]

The Progressive Don Friedman (Progressive)
with Frank Luther and Billy Hart

 

Edited October 22, 2017 by HutchFan

[soulpope]

5 hours ago, HutchFan said:

More Dutch jazz from the 1970s:

Rein De Graaff - Dick Vennik Quartet ‎– Modal Soul (Timeless Muse)
with Koos Serierse (b) and Eric Ineke (d)

Excellent ....

[BillF]

[JohnS]

      

The Jazz at the Academy tracks.  Shame about the fake applause.

[BillF]

[soulpope]

[sidewinder]

[soulpope]

[Niko]

12 hours ago, HutchFan said:

 

Niko -- I'm not familiar with Gijs Hendriks.  But your post piqued my curiosity.

I found this Hendriks album on YouTube, and I'm giving it a listen now:

Very nice!

 

I will definitely need that CD, too... ironically, Hendriks is easy to overlook because he recorded almost exclusively as a leader (more than 20 albums) but didn't have high-profile sideman dates... so unless you stumble the records or are a completist of one of his sidemen (Siegfried Kessler, Beaver Harris, Stan Tracey, Joe Diorio, Michel Herr, Kenny Wheeler being the most likely) he stays under the radar... I already had bought one of his other albums a few months ago, but the quartet with Kessler I like a lot better... nevertheless, it's getting another try:

essentially the same band as on the other albums but with Stan Tracey in place of Kessler and a large horn section which includes Sandy Mosse (his first recording since the 50s? but he doesn't solo) and Kenny Wheeler... this is a fairly ambitious affair which has some great moments but is too complex for me overall...

[soulpope]

It`s been a long time .... definitely a thrilling band in the early 80`s and the urgency is still lingering on after all these years .... available for little money as japanese reissue Solid CDSOL-6383 ....

[mikeweil]

3 hours ago, soulpope said:

Great album - it should be noted that it's a Clarke-Boland Octet accompanying him on this album. 

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Just listened to this and must say, for me, Eckstine was the greatest. He is the first singer that made me listen to the lyrics to Stardust and other well known tunes, and what he does with them is stunning. There should be a Mosaic box of his MGM sides.

Edited October 22, 2017 by mikeweil

[HutchFan]

Various Artists - Chess Blues (MCA)
Disc 3 (1954 - 1960)

On Friday after work, I stopped by the local Salvation Army store.  Found this Chess Blues 4-CD set AND the Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 8-CD set.  

[Peter Friedman]

Todd Coolman Trio with Renee Rosnes and Lewis Nash

[sidewinder]

[HutchFan]

Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts - An Attitude for Gratitude (Palmetto)
with Terell Stafford, Gary Versace, and Martin Wind

[Peter Friedman]

[Tom 1960]