So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[John Tapscott]

 

[BillF]

50 minutes ago, John Tapscott said:

 

[duaneiac]

 

[HutchFan]

Buster Williams - Griot Liberté (HighNote, 2004)

Outstanding record. One of Buster's very best, IMO.

[Peter Friedman]

[duaneiac]

 

[gmonahan]

After a recent thread on the Board, listening to this one:

 

[HutchFan]

Anthony Cox - Dark Metals (Antilles/Minor Music, 1991)
with Dewey Redman

[Peter Friedman]

[Justin V]

Cliff Smalls - Caravan: With the Black and Blue offer from jazzmusicdepot, I am trying to decide between this date and the Oliver Jackson date with the same group to join the Sammy Benskin I plan on ordering.   

Edited June 27, 2019 by Justin V

[BillF]

[Referentzhunter]

I can't listen to this compilation more than 20 minutes. Not my thing.

Edited June 27, 2019 by Referentzhunter

[Gheorghe]

18 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

I wouldn´t say I´m a big Oscar Peterson fan, but this album has a special meaning to me. A friend of mine at high school had it when I was just starting to listen to jazz. See, Oscar Peterson was something that people dug who otherwise didn´t listen to jazz .

But later, just a few years ago I bought the CD just for historical reasons, since I liked it so much when I was still a boy.

 

And I want to say, I like THIS, and "Nighttrain" best. I don´t usually listen much to Peterson, but what I like on those albums is that Mr. Peterson doesn´t "overdo" the stuff. He had a helluva technique, but this here is really a beauty, nice spare piano, things that I can dig after a day of hard work when I maybe dont want to "figure out" heavier stuff like Mingus or Trane or whatever......

[Coda]

[jlhoots]

1 hour ago, Coda said:

[Peter Friedman]

[Coda]

Disc 1

[Justin V]

Cannonball Adderley - Them Dirty Blues: This has become my go-to Cannonball album and is becoming an all-time favorite.  It is a trip going from the more familiar Timmons/Jones/Hayes team to  the tracks with Barry Harris.  In terms of performance, choice of material and sound quality, the album is flawless, IMO.

[HutchFan]

Bennie Wallace - Big Jim's Tango (Enja)

 

16 minutes ago, Justin V said:

Cannonball Adderley - Them Dirty Blues: This has become my go-to Cannonball album and is becoming an all-time favorite.  It is a trip going from the more familiar Timmons/Jones/Hayes team to  the tracks with Barry Harris.  In terms of performance, choice of material and sound quality, the album is flawless, IMO.

That's one of my favorites by Cannonball too.

 

[erwbol]

[duaneiac]

 

[sidewinder]

[jazzbo]

Charles Mingus "Mingus Ah Um" Mobile Fidelity Lab

I listened to this SACD again and I have to say. . . I wouldn't change a thing about the sound. This listen made me clearly realize how amazing the original engineering was for this record--the engineering tells the story of the arrangements and soloists and the ebullient leader and his direction. The tonal balance, the resolution that resolves the direct and ambient sound, the dynamics. . . this is a great sounding disc.

And I have listened to two more of the 80th Anniversary CDs from Blue Note Japan, Lou Donaldson's "Lou Takes Off" and Donald Byrd's "Blackjack." Both sounded very good.

[John Tapscott]

[erwbol]

4 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Charles Mingus "Mingus Ah Um" Mobile Fidelity Lab

I listened to this SACD again and I have to say. . . I wouldn't change a thing about the sound. This listen made me clearly realize how amazing the original engineering was for this record--the engineering tells the story of the arrangements and soloists and the ebullient leader and his direction. The tonal balance, the resolution that resolves the direct and ambient sound, the dynamics. . . this is a great sounding disc.

And I have listened to two more of the 80th Anniversary CDs from Blue Note Japan, Lou Donaldson's "Lou Takes Off" and Donald Byrd's "Blackjack." Both sounded very good.

Teo Macero mix right? I ordered a copy at a local store last week.