So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

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1 hour ago, jcam_44 said:

An album I can put on ANY time

I do wonder if the most recent Japanese issue has improved sound clarity 

Beneath the vinyl I only have the japanese CD from 1991, so no idea about the sound of the 2015 WPCR-16377 edition ....

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Some great Benny Golson in there ....

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15 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Now playing:

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Two Sonny Criss favorites:

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3 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

 

👍👍👍.... Barry Harris (!!) ....

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Disc 1

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On 9/12/2018 at 9:42 AM, Berthold said:

Louis Bellson: Big Band Jazz From The Summit

 

 

Someone else mentioned/endorsed this a bit more recently than Berthold, adding that Fresh Sound had put it out with additional small group tracks recorded in the studio a few days after the Summit gig. I just picked it up minus the small group tracks on a Real Gone compilation of seven Bellson albums, and I agree that this is an exceptional album. For one thing, most of the charts are by Benny Carter at the top of his game (those sax-section soli), the band is inspired, as is Bellson (he and bassist Jimmy Bond are locked in), and Joe Maini's several solos are the best I've ever heard from him. Also, the other poster who mentioned this album noted the presence of tenorman Carrington Visor, who in fact plays his ass off when he gets chance.

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Blues from Dolphin's of Hollywood (Specialty)

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What We Live: Quintet for a Day (New World)