So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Peter Friedman]

[Bluesnik]

[paul secor]

16 hours ago, soulpope said:

 

16 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

Too bad I don´t have that, would be very interesting, though I always try to avoid to buy piano-trio albums, preferring them together with horn players. Great cover ! I think I remember the Steeplechase covers from the inner sleeves of the LPs and Birdtown Birds had another cover.

Recently I saw the film based on Albany´s daughters Amy book "Low Down" or something like that. Some piano tracks show a quite interesting piano style, somehow a mixture of bop with more Tristano-like dissonant touches, maybe a bit like a mixture between the late Dick Twardzick and Herbie Nichols.

On the only recorded document  I have from him with Bird at the Finale Club he sounded a bit stiff, but interesting.

This is the original cover:

I prefer the reissue cover over the original.

[Larry Kart]

 

 Barron is in remarkable form on "Live at Bradley's." Tracks average 12-15 minutes, and his solos sustain interest with ease.

Gonsalves' reading of "You Go To My Head" on the album below (he and Lockjaw play on different tracks) is an out-of-body experience.

[Gheorghe]

This, and Jackie McLean´s One Step Beyond, but I coudln´t post the album cover

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Gheorghe said:

This, and Jackie McLean´s One Step Beyond, but I coudln´t post the album cover

Ten carat music .... 

[BillF]

8 hours ago, Bluesnik said:

Now playing:

[JohnS]

My kind of music.

Edited December 7, 2018 by JohnS

[paul secor]

3 hours ago, BillF said:

 

Now playing:

  My favorite Barry Harris record - strange cover photograph, but I like it

Edited December 7, 2018 by paul secor

[soulpope]

[kh1958]

Don Byron, Ivey-Divey (Blue Note)

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Duke Ellington & Count Basie - First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (Sony Legacy)
I listened to this last night and again earlier this morning. It's really not a promising concept, putting two big bands together. But I think it comes off astonishingly well here. It's strange and fascinating to hear the overall and individual personalities of the bands in "conversation." The interplay between Basie's and Ellington's piano is especially wonderful. Or how about Jimmy Hamilton's clarinet contrasting with Frank Wess' flute?  And Paul Gonsalves doing his thing and then... Frank Foster!  The two bands are like sounds from different but somehow parallel universes -- like superheroes from the Marvel and DC worlds somehow meeting up and doing their thing together. I love it.

 

NP:

I'm not listening to the  original King of America record; it's the bonus disc that came with the Ryko reissue. It's an EP, a live recording of Elvis Costello & the Confederates from 1986.  Anyone who's a fan of guitarist James Burton (or EC) should hear it.

[mjazzg]

inspired by reading the autobiography.

I just realised that these two albums bookended my Bruce purchasing

Edited December 7, 2018 by mjazzg

[Tom 1960]

[soulpope]

[Tom 1960]

[HutchFan]

To me, Bill Evans' recordings for Verve are very "hit-or-miss," especially compared to the music he released on Riverside and Fantasy. That said, I think these two LPs are BE's strongest Verve releases -- and it's Shelly Manne's presence that lifts them.

 

 

20 minutes ago, Tom 1960 said:

Beautiful swan song.

 

Edited December 7, 2018 by HutchFan

[mjazzg]

 

Goodbye to a great songwriter. RIP Pete Shelley

[sidewinder]

[medjuck]

2 hours ago, mjazzg said:

inspired by reading the autobiography.

I just realised that these two albums bookended my Bruce purchasing

I always thought Tunnel of Love was underrated. 

[mjazzg]

2 minutes ago, medjuck said:

I always thought Tunnel of Love was underrated. 

I came to that conclusion today. Some of the 80s production gets in the way but the songs are pretty strong.  Can't remember what I thought of it on release. I do remember the gig on the tour was great

[John Tapscott]

[soulpope]