So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Brad]

[HutchFan]

25 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said:

That one goes to my desert island.  

The "falling tree" line from the refrain of "You Upset Me Baby" always slays me:

You upset me baby
Yes you upset me baby
Like being hit by a falling tree
Woman, woman what you do to me

 

 

I'm now listening to Wayne's Odyssey of Iska again:

 

 

 

23 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Traditionally play this and "Basra" back to back as these are sort of companion albums ....

Two gems, no doubt.  

 

 

Edited November 21, 2018 by HutchFan

[BillF]

[soulpope]

[duaneiac]

Thanks for the info about that Tjader LP, HutchFan.  That "Mambero" cut was way cool.  It just amazes me that I've never even seen that LP, especially here in the SF bay area where Tjader lived and gigged frequently and had a big fan base.

Previously listened to:

I don't know how I stumbled across this disc.  I'd never heard of Ingfried Hoffmann before (and honestly, I assumed that was a woman's name), but the liner notes state he "won several polls as Germany's best organist and pianist" as a member of Klaus Doldinger's quartet.  The 10 James Bond inspired tracks from his 1966 From Twen With Love album are joined by 4 similarly themed bonus tracks.  Rene Thomas is the only sideman I'd haerd of before and he has a nice solo on "TV-Swing".

Now celebrating Happy Hawkday with Disc 1 of 2 from

This disc has a couple of 1958 sessions pairing Hawk with Red Allen and the likes of Earle Warren, Marty Napoleon, J.C. Higginbotham, Cozy Cole, Milt Hinton, Chubby Jackson and others.

Edited November 21, 2018 by duaneiac

[soulpope]

[JSngry]

These people were crazy.

bow wow wow

[soulpope]

[JSngry]

Claire Fischer & Gene Puerling palying Chase The Changes, ending in a magnificent draw.

 

[Chuck Nessa]

Going to listen to this tonight -

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

NP:

Ketil Bjørnstad - Finnes du noensteds ikveld (Philips Norway)
with Knut Riisnæs (ts, ss), Arild Andersen (b), and Pål Thowsen (d)

 

 

Earlier:

Charles Sullivan - Re-Entry (Whynot)
with Rene McLean (as, ts), Kenny Barron (p), Buster Williams (b), Billy Hart (d)

[mikeweil]

Earlier today:

[HutchFan]

Just arrived in the mail today. 

[Brad]

[ghost of miles]

[EKE BBB]

VSOP - The Quintet (Columbia, 1977)

[soulpope]

15 minutes ago, EKE BBB said:

VSOP - The Quintet (Columbia, 1977)

Very good .... nevertheless I prefer the subsequent release "Tempest In The Colosseum" (probably for sentimental reason - bought as release back then) inter alias with a truly staggering performance of "Eye Of The Hurricane" .... those were the days ....

[EKE BBB]

20 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Very good .... nevertheless I prefer the subsequent release "Tempest In The Colosseum" (probably for sentimental reason - bought as release back then) inter alias with a truly staggering performance of "Eye Of The Hurricane" .... those were the days ....

Stylistically, VSOP is not my cup of tea, actually. 

[Gheorghe]

15 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Very good .... nevertheless I prefer the subsequent release "Tempest In The Colosseum" (probably for sentimental reason - bought as release back then) inter alias with a truly staggering performance of "Eye Of The Hurricane" .... those were the days ....

Great, I still remember the exitement in the jazzszene, when this formation was founded and we all had the chance to listen to those guys, who were our idols, especially for those who also preferred electric rock jazz. Hancock and Williams were in the 30´s , the others maybe in their early 40´s so it was still quite young men, we were youngsters of the "70´s generation" and for some of us this music was the link from what they listened "Headhunters" , "Lifetime"....., back to acoustic jazz. And for the older ones it was a great reunion of the men from the "2nd Great Quintet".

As Soulpope said, I too prefer the harder to find "Tempest at the Colloseum".

Many of us also listened (and still listen) to the very first VSOP from 1976, the one with 3 Hancock bands: 1 set the VSOP Quintet, 2nd set a reunion of the late 60´s early 70´s Hancock Sextet feat. Bennie Maupin.

And the 3rd set the electric band with the famous Wah Wah Watson. All of us listend to that music, some preferred the electric band and "accepted" the acoustic because the men behind also played electric, others vice versa (myself). I listened mostly to those electric band where I had a connection to their acoustic past.

[EKE BBB]

Curtis Amy - Groovin' Blue (Pacific, 1961) + Way Down (Pacific, 1962) + Tippin' On Through (Pacifi, 1962) --> FSR 2-cd reissue

       

Edited November 22, 2018 by EKE BBB

[EKE BBB]

John Coltrane (& others) ‎– The Winner's Circle (Bethlehem, 1957)

[EKE BBB]

Stéphane Grappelli ‎– Le Toit De Paris (RCA Int./Camden, 1969)

[paul secor]

2 hours ago, EKE BBB said:

John Coltrane (& others) ‎– The Winner's Circle (Bethlehem, 1957)

It's somewhat of a mish-mash, but I've found it an interesting one.

N.P.

[corto maltese]

17 hours ago, soulpope said:

Traditionally play this and "Basra" back to back as these are sort of companion albums ....

I see what you mean.

It makes you wonder what the reputation (not to mention the market value) of this album would be, if it had been released (with superior sound) on Blue Note.