So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Peter Friedman]

Disc 2 - This is a set of 4 albums that I like quite a bit. It was Larry's earlier post that got me interested in this set. Sam Most plays flute, clarinet and tenor sax over the 4 albums. His tenor on "You Stepped Out of a Dream" was most impressive on THE AMAZING MR. MOST. Jimmy Raney sounds awfully good on that album too. PLAYS BIRD, BUD, MONK & MILES as the title suggests is focused heavily on Bebop. It features a larger group with Most on clarinet throughout. I found all four albums well worth adding to my collection.

 

 

[John Tapscott]

[paul secor]

3 hours ago, Mary6170 said:

Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound Ensemble: Snurdy McGurdy and her Dancing Shoes

[soulpope]

38 minutes ago, John Tapscott said:

Simply superb ....

[duaneiac]

5 hours ago, kh1958 said:

I was not able to attend, but when I was in  NYC last October, Lou Donaldson was playing at an unfamiliar lower Manhattan venue.

Thanks for that info, kh1958.  It's one thing for a pianist such as Eubie Blake or Sir Charles Thompson to still be playing in their 90's, but it's amazing to me for a player of any wind instrument to still be playing at that age.  I hope Lou Donaldson is doing well and keepin' on keepin' on  these days.

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2 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Disc 2 - This is a set of 4 albums that I like quite a bit. It was Larry's earlier post that got me interested in this set. Sam Most plays flute, clarinet and tenor sax over the 4 albums. His tenor on "You Stepped Out of a Dream" was most impressive on THE AMAZING MR. MOST. Jimmy Raney sounds awfully good on that album too. PLAYS BIRD, BUD, MONK & MILES as the title suggests is focused heavily on Bebop. It features a larger group with Most on clarinet throughout. I found all four albums well worth adding to my collection.

 

 

Thanks for sharing your take on this CD release, Peter.  I've had that one on my Amazon Wishlist for a while now.  Your positive opinion of it might just induce me to get it sooner rather than later.

[bluemonkey]

Chet Baker Sextet: Chet is Back!

[paul secor]

Elton Dean/Paul Dunmall/Tony Levin/PaulRogers/Roswell Rudd/Keith Tippett: Bladik (Cuneiform)

[duaneiac]

Surprisingly, there is no complete personnel listing on this CD.  Did the original LP have such info?  I'd say "The Sleeping Lady And The Giant Who Watches Over Her" is a significant Ellington composition.

[paul secor]

Texas Blues - Volume 1

[paul secor]

Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces 1929 - 1938

[jeffcrom]

   

 

A bit of variety at the JC household this evening - getting progressively more raucous, apparently.

Gil Evans featuring John McLaughlin - We Remember Jimi (Dark Magus). An "unofficial release," as Discogs says.

Johnny Jenkins - Ton-Ton Macoute (Capricorn). The Macon, Georgia bluesman's first album, with members of the Allman Brothers Band and other Southern studio guys. 

Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music (Williams Street). We love Killer Mike in Atlanta. Our tunnel-drilling machine is named Driller Mike. (This is not a joke - it really is.) I'll say that I like some of the tracks better than others, but the best tracks have a political awareness and/or spiritual dimension far beyond gangster or bragging/lifestyle hip-hop.

[paul secor]

Mingus: East Coasting

[optatio]

2 hours ago, paul secor said:

Mingus: East Coasting

3 x !!!

[Berthold]

Fred Hersch "Sarabande"

[Clunky]

10 hours ago, paul secor said:

Joyous music, possibly my favourite Roscoe but then again there so many I love

[JohnS]

[BillF]

[JohnS]

9 hours ago, paul secor said:

Mingus: East Coasting

Thanks for the prompt Paul, I've been meaning to play this gem for some.time.

Edited February 22, 2018 by JohnS

[optatio]

LEE MORGAN: THE PROCRASTINATOR. BLUE NOTE CONOISSEUR SERIES CDP 7243 8 33579 2 5 [1995]

[soulpope]

7 hours ago, paul secor said:

Mingus: East Coasting

Definitely a favourite Mingus recordings of mine ....

[soulpope]

[JohnS]

Lovely cd.

Edited February 22, 2018 by JohnS

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

[Morganized]