So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, HutchFan said:

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Edited January 3, 2019 by soulpope

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2 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

Chet Baker live at "Uncle Poe´s Carnegie Hall" Hamburg 1979. That´s one of my favourite Baker records, I like the really long and extended tracks on all records from that NDR series.

Chet Baker ist in top form, and Phil Marcovitz is a great pianist and ideal partner for Chet. And it´s great to have the legendary Mr. Rassinfosse on bass, and a rare occasion to hear Chet Baker with a drummer. I´m a drums freak and actually Baker is the only musician I´d listen to when playing without drums.

I hope there will be further albums from that NDR Uncle Poe´s Series, I allready have most of them with exception of those who are not typical jazz musicians so it might be music I´m not listenig to.....

The first two batches came within a couple of months, the second of these in early 2018 - so hopefully this not a sign the series is over (as contradition to The New Woody Shaw Quintet ‎– Vol.1 At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall Hamburg 1982) ....

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[Marzz]

Clark Terry - Color Changes (Candid)

[soulpope]

thereof

[Coda]

[mikeweil]

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[Coda]

Thomas Marriott - trumpet & flugelhorn 
Joe Locke - vibraphone, drum programming 
Ryan Cohan - piano, fender rhodes, orchestrations and software instrument performances & programming 
Jeff Johnson - bass 
John Bishop - drums

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[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Charlie Mariano - Crystal Bells (CMP, 1980)
with Charlie Mariano (as, ss, nadaswaram, bamboo fl); Stu Goldberg (p, el p, synth); Gene Perla (b); Don Alias (d, perc, cga, vo)

On this one, Mariano is paired with the excellent Stone Alliance Perla & Alias rhythm team. Add Goldberg's synth and the music sounds sort of like Weather Report -- but not in a derivative sense. It's just similarly expansive, world-fusion-y, percussive, and electric.

... Or, as Forrest Gump would say, "I like it a lot."

[HutchFan]

More Mariano on CMP:

Philip Catherine, Charlie Mariano, Jasper van 't Hof - Sleep My Love (CMP, 1979)
As the title and cover image imply, this music is dreamy and floating -- very different from Crystal Bells. Earlier in the Seventies, these guys billed themselves (and recorded) as Pork Pie. Not sure why they dropped the name for this record.

[BillF]

1 hour ago, Peter Friedman said:

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Hank ‘Caddy for Daddy’

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11 hours ago, Marzz said:

Thank you very much for mentioning that documentary. I didn't know that but I think I found it on youtube - will be watching that tonight 

Marzz - Would you mind sharing the URL? 

 

[Marzz]

21 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Marzz - Would you mind sharing the URL? 

 

Ah, sorry I meant to. Here it is. Video says it's part 1 of 2 but apparently part 2 is "blocked" in Australia. You might have no problem though. The title to search via youtube is - Kenny Wheeler (2/2) [BBC Omnibus 1977].

Alternatively, I found a different link that should work. Both parts included here, as well as a nice interview with Wheeler.

https://www.rockpeaks.com/video/w/Wheeler-Kenny/Omnibus-UK-TV-series-1977/documentary-BBC-Omnibus-22

Also, I then ended up enjoying another interesting video with Norma Winstone & Evan Parker sharing memories about Wheeler. "Song for Someone" album is even mentioned (very briefly).

 

Edited January 3, 2019 by Marzz

[BillF]

1 hour ago, Peter Friedman said:

Now playing:

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Earlier .... :

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, Marzz said:

Ah, sorry I meant to. Here it is. [ . . . ]

Many thanks!

[soulpope]

NP .... :

[sidewinder]

1 hour ago, Marzz said:

Ah, sorry I meant to. Here it is. Video says it's part 1 of 2 but apparently part 2 is "blocked" in Australia. You might have no problem though. The title to search via youtube is - Kenny Wheeler (2/2) [BBC Omnibus 1977].

Alternatively, I found a different link that should work. Both parts included here, as well as a nice interview with Wheeler.

https://www.rockpeaks.com/video/w/Wheeler-Kenny/Omnibus-UK-TV-series-1977/documentary-BBC-Omnibus-22

Also, I then ended up enjoying another interesting video with Norma Winstone & Evan Parker sharing memories about Wheeler. "Song for Someone" album is even mentioned (very briefly).

 

Thanks for posting these videos. I have this on DVD somewhere but couldn’t previously find it on Youtube. Interestingly, looks like the late Alan Downey is in the trumpets but don’t think he is credited on the album. Same for Henry Lowther. Dave Horler on valve trombone was also there on those 75th and 80th birthday concerts. Alfie Reece on tuba was on ‘Windmill Tilter’ !

Edited January 3, 2019 by sidewinder