So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Peter Friedman]

[paul secor]

Ellington: Will Big Bands Ever Come Back?

[bluemonkey]

Lester Young • Harry Edison: Pres & Sweets

[paul secor]

Muggsy Spanier & Bud Freeman: 1944-45 - The Complete V-Disc Sessions

[JohnS]

22 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Will probably dig the Chico Hamilton Mosaic set out a bit later on in response to that article in this month’s JJI. Interesting details of the ‘Strollers’ residency.

Try listening to it on a good old vinyl copy. My opinion went up too after that.

Yep, it was the article in JJ that prompted this play.  Also it as one of my earliest record purchases back in the 50s.  So there's a  certain nostalgia element.  Playing it now it's only Jim Hall and the leader which really catches my ear.  

[BillF]

[Cyril]

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, BillF said:

!!!

[Misterioso]

[JohnS]

[John Tapscott]

[Coda]

Don Sebesky - A jazz Portrait of Charlie Mariano

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Cal Tjader - The Grace Cathedral Concert (Fantasy)

[soulpope]

[John Tapscott]

[Coda]

Mary Halvorson - Code Girl

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/04/03/598886127/mary-halvorson-re-engineered-jazz-guitar-now-shes-hacking-her-own-code

Drummer Tomas Fujiwara
Bassist Michael Formanek
Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire
Vocalist Amirtha Kidambi

[Peter Friedman]

Grant plays tenor sax on 6 tracks and soprano sax on the other  2 tracks.

On tenor his identifiable sound and style come through strongly. When he plays soprano his playing lacks those qualities, and he loses the personal qualities that make him one of my favorite living tenor saxophonists. 

[Brad]

7 hours ago, JohnS said:

Wonderful records, especially the First Sessions, all three volumes. 

Edited April 3, 2018 by Brad

[Clunky]

2 hours ago, Coda said:

Mary Halvorson - Code Girl

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/04/03/598886127/mary-halvorson-re-engineered-jazz-guitar-now-shes-hacking-her-own-code

Drummer Tomas Fujiwara
Bassist Michael Formanek
Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire
Vocalist Amirtha Kidambi

I’m awaiting with interest receiving this one. Everything MH seems to turn to gold. She’s that good, IMO 

 

NP 

Johnny Hammond Smith/——-Good’Nuff———(Prestige) 

nice combo of two LPs . Not familiar enough where this ranks in his output.

[bluemonkey]

The Lucky Thompson Quartet: Lucky Strikes

[jlhoots]

Joan Shelley - produced by Jeff Tweedy

[Peter Friedman]

[John Tapscott]

[paul secor]

Big Maybelle: The Complete Okeh Sessions 1952-55