So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[mikeweil]

[gmonahan]

[duaneiac]

Various Artists - Swing Guitars

Barney Kessel, Jim Wyble (guitar) Morty Corb (bass) Shelly Manne (drums) Los Angeles, CA, July 23, 1952 810-5 Heat Wave 811-2 East Of The Sun 812-8 All The Things You Are 813-8 Crazy Rhythm

Carl Perkins (piano) Oscar Moore (guitar) Joe Comfort (bass) George Jenkins (drums) Los Angeles, CA, April 22, 1955 2314-6 Sonny Boy 2315-10 Beautiful Moons Ago 2316-3 A Foggy Day 2317-1 Oscar's Blues

Claude Williamson (piano) Tal Farlow (guitar) Red Mitchell (bass) Stan Levey (drums) Los Angeles, CA, April 25, 1955 2318-2 Lullaby Of The Leaves 2319-1 Stompin' At The Savoy 2320-4 This Is Always 2321-7 Tea For Two

[soulpope]

[John Tapscott]

[Peter Friedman]

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[Tom 1960]

[Balladeer]

Gillian Welch - Time (the Revelator)

[soulpope]

Very good (Rhythm Section !!) indeed ....

[John Tapscott]

[BillF]

[kinuta]

[Peter Friedman]

[John Tapscott]

[Gheorghe]

The paradox thing is, that I didn´t buy it when it came out ! 

Then, in the mid 70´s the only Mingus Album I had was "The Great Concert of Charles Mingus" (3 LP´s , feat. Dolphy etc. ). 

During that time, even if I didn´t want to recognize it in front of the long haired older guys who were into free and funk, my secret love was a walking bass line.  And though "Great Concert" first bewildered me because of the "freakish" Dolphy and the many tempo changes, I fell in love with that Album.

But I was afraid that a Mingus from 1974 would be even more freakish, I mean with no walking bass line , with no rhythm and no melodies, like radical free jazz. 

The cover photo didn´t help much: Seeing Mingus bowing in the high Register also made me think that this might not be a "regular swing thing"...…..

So it took me at least one or two years to get to listen to this and to my astonishement a Mingus even as late as in 1974 sounded more like regular swing than in 1964. 

You see, I didn´t care if the soloists went "far out" as Long as the rhyhthm section would swing. 

Like the "Ornette!" album with Scott La Faro and Ed Blackwell, it´s free jazz with swing rhythm...…. (Alfred Lion "It must s c h w i n g") 

 

[soulpope]

6 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

👍!

[Misterioso]

[Referentzhunter]

New in my collection. 'la planete sauvage' ost

[Brad]

Live at EJs

Terrific date. How can you go wrong with Sweets and Lockjaw. Thanks Dan 

[Peter Friedman]

[Tom 1960]

[Justin V]

Disc 2

[mikeweil]

mc

This allstar tribute to McLean is a really fine effort - recommended!

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, Tom 1960 said:

👍!