So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[JSngry]

[Larry Kart]

3 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Talked to Tatro on the phone some years ago (maybe 30 or so). Nice guy, pleased to know that I had fond memories of "Jazz for Moderns." He said that he'd send me a tape of a radio broadcast of the serial guitar concerto he wrote for Howard Roberts, but IIRC the tape began with an extended verbal intro from an announcer and then nothing. As I think we both know, that's little John Keonig (Lester's son) in the futuristic car. Some of the pieces on the album are haunting e.g. "Minor Incident," with its  (probably) written out solos by Bob Enevoldsen and Bill Holman and that lovely horn call by Vince De Rosa.

[Peter Friedman]

Not only does Ernie Andrews sound awfully good, but the supporting 4 musicians are simply perfect -  Frank Wess, Richard Wyands, Peter Washington and Lewis Nash

[duaneiac]

[HutchFan]

15 hours ago, Justin V said:

I would love to see Solal perform, but it likely will not happen. 

Justin, I'm in the same boat as you. I've never seen Solal in person, and I likely never will.  I understand that he's already semi-retired.  He's one of my favorites -- so it's a bit of a bummer. ... I'm grateful for the recordings, at least. 

I will admit that I much prefer Solal's solo and small combo recordings to his large ensemble work.  I have the Carlyne LP that you posted above (and others, like his Dodecaband Plays Ellington disc for Dreyfus), but they've never given me the electric jolt that his piano playing does.  Just my personal response, of course.

 

Now giving this another spin:

Another one of Kloss' LPs from the Seventies that deserves to be reissued -- and likely never will be.

 

 

3 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

The Girl's Suite & The Perfume Suite

"Dancers in Love"!   

 

Edited December 29, 2019 by HutchFan

[duaneiac]

[Peter Friedman]

[ghost of miles]

10 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

The Girl's Suite & The Perfume Suite

We’re on the same page tonight, Peter—currently listening to this, from around the same period:

9 hours ago, JSngry said:

Yeah man! Iirc is Monk on some of those broadcasts? 

[jazzbo]

Both those Ellingtons are great!

Right now

Ennio Righetti Quartet Plays Jobim

Interesting arrangements. At first I had my suspicions that they had bitten off more than they could chew. But in the end they pull it off and it's an enjoyable listen. 

[HutchFan]

[HutchFan]

More RRK.

[T.D.]

15 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

More RRK.

! A personal favorite

[Gheorghe]

4 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

We’re on the same page tonight, Peter—currently listening to this, from around the same period:

Yeah man! Iirc is Monk on some of those broadcasts? 

Referring to the Diz on Spotlite, yes you can hear Monk, but he does not get much space. He´s audible on Round Midnight and on "Our Delight". 

I like that Spotlite double CD very much. But it´s early Diz Big Band. It took another year to incorporate the latin Thing, with Chano Pozo. Here it´s straight ahead swing mostly. 

Milt Jackson is also great on the ballads. 

Right now this one is Spinning. 

I heard this Edition of the Messengers live at the Metropole, but Studio Recordings of the Messengers don´t Always live up the the live atmosphere. 

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

More RRK.

Good one with hilarious cover art ...

[EKE BBB]

[BillF]

31 minutes ago, EKE BBB said:

[sidewinder]

Interesting to hear of the chaotic circumstances of this and the ‘Return Visit’ session in the Tubby box booklet.

[BillF]

4 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Interesting to hear of the chaotic circumstances of this and the ‘Return Visit’ session in the Tubby box booklet.

Tell all! Well, a summary at least. 

[JSngry]

Monk is indeed present on almost all tracks. The liners, thought, call this a location recording by Jerry Newman, not broadcasts. I wish there was some secret science to punch up the recordings just a bit, to add presence. The band's ensemble was not yet fully formed, but still, Klook is kicking their ass and when they punch, they punch. The Salle Pleyel and Pasadena concerts (both with Chano Pozo, btw) give you the best sensations of this, but still, this was a helluva band at any point of it's life.

[EKE BBB]

[sidewinder]

8 minutes ago, BillF said:

Tell all! Well, a summary at least. 

Well, not too much to say other than it was pretty well made up on the spot and Tubby didn’t know who would be in the band until the session started. Clark Terry was a very late addition. Hence the ‘jam session’ feel to both these LPs. On ‘Return Visit’, ‘Jimmy Gloomy’ said to Tubby that he had heard he was a rock and roll singer and had assumed that the session would be so (said deadpan apparently, not in jest). RRK and the rhythm section also all left in a rush at the end for their gigs. RRK apparently also took eons setting his kit up so Tubby was worried in case the session ended before he could play a note. 

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Anthony Davis, James Newton, Abdul Wadud ‎– Trio² (Gramavision, 1989)

So beautiful.

[ghost of miles]

2 hours ago, JSngry said:

Monk is indeed present on almost all tracks. The liners, thought, call this a location recording by Jerry Newman, not broadcasts. I wish there was some secret science to punch up the recordings just a bit, to add presence. The band's ensemble was not yet fully formed, but still, Klook is kicking their ass and when they punch, they punch. The Salle Pleyel and Pasadena concerts (both with Chano Pozo, btw) give you the best sensations of this, but still, this was a helluva band at any point of it's life.

Yes, have and love both the Salle Pleyel and Pasadena concerts! I have the Uptown as well and listened to it at least twice when it first came out, but your post is going to inspire me to revisit it. 

[EKE BBB]