So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[paul secor]

Steve Lacy Four: Morning Joy (Live at Sunset Paris) - (hat ART)

[duaneiac]

[Brad]

Earlier today, disc one. 

[paul secor]

Baby Let's Burn - Blues from Baton Rouge (Flyright)

[paul secor]

John Lindberg Ensemble: A Tree Frog Tonality (Between the Lines)

[mjazzg]

1 hour ago, paul secor said:

John Lindberg Ensemble: A Tree Frog Tonality (Between the Lines)

[sidewinder]

8 hours ago, Larry Kart said:

 

Unexpectedly, I found the Shaw-Hayes band to be in rather tense, unsettled form here, with the exception of Ronnie Matthews and some of Hayes' solo work. I know that Stafford James' was a longtime Shaw associate, but his sense of  of where "one" is seems very pushy to me. Was this a happy band? I get the feeling that it might not have been. By contrast, the wholeness of the "message" of  the 1960 Messengers was striking.

I remember reading in a gig review in Melody Maker (1976/77?) that there was a major bust up on stage between Woody and Junior Cook during what must have been this tour, during their stint Ronnie Scotts. I recall the gig/tour ended up continuing as a quartet. So what you are sensing was spot on !

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[soulpope]

6 hours ago, paul secor said:

Steve Lacy Four: Morning Joy (Live at Sunset Paris) - (hat ART)

and more !!!

[BillF]

1 hour ago, sidewinder said:

I remember reading in a gig review in Melody Maker (1976/77?) that there was a major bust up on stage between Woody and Junior Cook during what must have been this tour, during their stint Ronnie Scotts. I recall the gig/tour ended up continuing as a quartet. So what you are sensing was spot on !

I saw them at Ronnie's and found it a surprisingly dull session.

[BillF]

[soulpope]

9 hours ago, bluemonkey said:

Jack Wilson: Something Personal

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[Simon8]

[Berthold]

Swinging Ladies

 

[sidewinder]

[soulpope]

What a voice .... stunning Southern Soul ....

[soulpope]

[HutchFan]

Henri Texier - Colonel Skopje (Evidence/Label Bleu)
I discovered this CD, recorded in 1988, just last year.  It's wonderful. Joe Lovano & John Abercrombie fans take note!  

[mjazzg]

Similar line up on this one too

All Texier albums on Label bleu come highly recommended. They are a great run, his French and adopted French bands are every bit as good as the Transatlantik Quartet. I'd say that they're better on a number of the releases. Sclavis, Romano, Deschepper, Ferris, Rabeson - there's some great players on these releases and Texier's writing is always worth the entry fee

Edited May 11, 2018 by mjazzg

[Clunky]

8 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Similar line up on this one too

All Texier albums on Label bleu come highly recommended. They are a great run, his French and adopted French bands are every bit as good as the Transatlantik Quartet. I'd say that they're better on a number of the releases. Sclavis, Romano, Deschepper, Ferris, Rabeson - there's some great players on these releases and Texier's writing is always worth the entry fee

Texier is always worth it. I think I prefer his European bands. On this one I didn’t really hear the personalities of his famous band mates. Lovano was particularly anonymous. Sorry Joe😮

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

[Simon8]

 

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[duaneiac]

[HutchFan]

2 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Similar line up on this one too

All Texier albums on Label bleu come highly recommended. They are a great run, his French and adopted French bands are every bit as good as the Transatlantik Quartet. I'd say that they're better on a number of the releases. Sclavis, Romano, Deschepper, Ferris, Rabeson - there's some great players on these releases and Texier's writing is always worth the entry fee

Thanks for the heads-up on Izlaz, mjazzg!    I wasn't familiar with that one.  I do have several of Texier's other recordings on Label Bleu with his European bands.  . . . I'm probably in the minority here, but I gotta admit that I prefer Colonel Skopje to some of Texier's more well-known records like Mosaic Man.  

 

 

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2 hours ago, Clunky said:

Texier is always worth it. I think I prefer his European bands. On this one I didn’t really hear the personalities of his famous band mates. Lovano was particularly anonymous. Sorry Joe😮

We all hear things differently.  Often one person's dross is another person's gold -- and vice versa.   

Edited May 11, 2018 by HutchFan