So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[JSngry]

Yeah, society has evolved out of that whole sexual predator thing since then, right?

[Peter Friedman]

I find the word "junk" to describe the male sexual organs to be more offensive than the photo.

Also the other Frank Wess Cd with the title "Surprise! Surprise" on the Gemini label has a tune with that same title. This was a 1993 session which predated the  Chiaroscuro session, and was recorded in Norway. The CD was called "Surprise! Surprise as the producer had no intention to record musicians who were playing at the Oslo Jazz Festival.

I have not heard the Chiaroscuro CD, but like the one on Gemini a lot. 

[John Tapscott]

[Brad]

2 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Also the other Frank Wess Cd with the title "Surprise! Surprise" on the Gemini label has a tune with that same title. This was a 1993 session which predated the  Chiaroscuro session, and was recorded in Norway. The CD was called "Surprise! Surprise as the producer had no intention to record musicians who were playing at the Oslo Jazz Festival.

I have not heard the Chiaroscuro CD, but like the one on Gemini a lot. 

You might enjoy this one. 

Edited October 10, 2018 by Brad

[ghost of miles]

[Bluesnik]

and

[Gheorghe]

4 hours ago, Bluesnik said:

and

Those are really classics. The two volums of J.J. are quite different. The best is the first session with Clifford Brown etc.. The second is quite strange, and I think it´s the only time Charles Mingus appears as bassist on the BN label. The last session from 1955 with Hank Mobley is quite good.

Jazz Giant would have been my first Bud Album, but then it was a 2-LP Verve set which had the 1949-1951 Verve Session.

Sonny Stitt.... I think it was the first time he recorded tenor. But if I have to choose between alto and tenor I like Stitt mostly on alto.

 I like this one very much "Sonny Stitt-Bud Powell-J.J.Johnson. IMHO Bud was always best when combined with other great bop players, like the sessions he did with Dexter, with J.J, with Bird and Fats Navarro, the half BN-Side with Curtis Fuller, the encounter with Art Blakey Jazzmessengers (Blakey in Paris) and the Essen Festival with Hawk, and the stuff with Johnny Griffin.

The J.J.Johnson tracks are much more relaxed, it might be the influence of John Lewis. And it´s strange for Prestige Recordings, that there are so many alternative tracks on the J.J. Session. At least on the japanes edition.

[EKE BBB]

Lee Morgan ‎– The Sidewinder (Blue Note, 1963)

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

8 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

A great album!!!

Breakfast this morning with

Oliver Nelson - Screamin' the blues

Empire Bakuba - Kabambare

Houston Person & Ron Carter - Remember love 

MG

[EKE BBB]

Joe Henderson - Our Thing (Blue Note, 1963)

[soulpope]

13 minutes ago, EKE BBB said:

Joe Henderson - Our Thing (Blue Note, 1963)

Probably Joe Henderson`s best leader date for Blue Note ....

[EKE BBB]

56 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Probably Joe Henderson`s best leader date for Blue Note ....

Agreed! 

[BillF]

8 hours ago, Bluesnik said:

and

Now playing:

[JohnS]

[Gheorghe]

3 hours ago, soulpope said:

Probably Joe Henderson`s best leader date for Blue Note ....

Perhaps my favourite Joe Henderson BN album. The combination with Andrew Hill is great. Such a lot energy on that album.

[soulpope]

[Gheorghe]

My personal "Prestige Festival" is going on:

This one was my first Sonny Rollins as a leader , purchased 40 years ago.

It´s interesting that my next Rollins album would be the much heavier "Stuttgart 1963" with Don Cherry, no piano, Henry Grimes and Billy Higgins. I still remember I was even more impressed by the Rollins-Cherry connection.

[paul secor]

4 minutes ago, Gheorghe said:

My personal "Prestige Festival" is going on:

This one was my first Sonny Rollins as a leader , purchased 40 years ago.

It´s interesting that my next Rollins album would be the much heavier "Stuttgart 1963" with Don Cherry, no piano, Henry Grimes and Billy Higgins. I still remember I was even more impressed by the Rollins-Cherry connection.

There's a video where Sonny talks about how much he enjoyed playing with Don Cherry.

[Gheorghe]

Just now, paul secor said:

There's a video where Sonny talks about how much he enjoyed playing with Don Cherry.

Same on Don Cherry  about Sonny Rollins.

I remember a DB interview with Don Cherry and at the end of the interview Don was told that Sonny Rollins is playing that night. Don Cherry answered "I think I´m a wanted man" and hurried away, probably to jam with Sonny. This must have been around 1980...., much later than the recorded collaboration from ´62-63

[Coda]

Yuka & Chronoship

If you're a fan of Steve Wilson, you'll love this Japanese progressive rock band too.  

[soulpope]

[soulpope]

[John Tapscott]

4 hours ago, BillF said:

Now playing:

Bill: You might not realize  just how relevant this CD is - especially by a Canadian musician with weed about to become legal here in Canada on Oct. 17.

Edited October 10, 2018 by John Tapscott

[JSngry]

Weed legal in Canada? The whole country?

[John Tapscott]

7 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Weed legal in Canada? The whole country?

Yes. With some restrictions on where it can be bought and sold. The method of distribution varies a bit with each province. Also a big issue for the police is how to detect drivers who are driving "high".  The government is running ads on TV warning people not to drive under the influence.  Of course, the big attraction for the government is the tax take on legal pot (just like booze). 

And I say all this as one who never indulges.  

Edited October 10, 2018 by John Tapscott