So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[HutchFan]

1 minute ago, JSngry said:

If you're respectably familiar with Age Of Steam, ok, fair enough.

Yep.  Know the record well.  ... Just never clicked with me.

 

[jazzcorner]

 

[Peter Friedman]

49 minutes ago, JSngry said:

If you're respectably familiar with Age Of Steam, ok, fair enough.

but if not, respectfully suggest a relisten/reconsideration. It's a very "70's" sounding music and in all the good ways. Plus, yeah, I know, Mulligan as a player swims in the shallower end of the pool most of the time, but this is not a record to listen to for his playing (except his piano playing, which is very strong here), it's his writing. masterful here, imo, both the germ ideas and the ensemble realizations.

Let's put it this way - by the time of this record, Mulligan had lived and played through Nixon as both Vice-President and President.

This is his McGovern album.

Mulligan is not one of my most favorite baritone sax players, but I do enjoy many of his albums. The Age of Steam is not one of them. I suspect it is that very 70's sounding music that appeals to you, that I don't really like.

I much prefer the Concert Jazz Band recordings as well as a number of his other sessions such as the Sextet with Zoot and Jon Eardley,  the quartet with Tommy Flanagan - Jeru -, his meeting with Ben Webster, his quartets with Art Farmer, and Walk On the Water with a big band.

[John Tapscott]

[Larry Kart]

is steam the one with his chart of "I'm getting sentimental over you'?  I heard the band play it with the late laurie frink playing lead. lovely piece of work.  

nope -- it was on walk on the water.

[optatio]

4 hours ago, soulpope said:

3 x !!!

[Peter Friedman]

[Bluesnik]

The other day I listened with great delight to Dizzy Reece's Coming On, which by the way wasn't issued until 1999, thanks to Cuscuna, I think, and now I've rediscovered this, where Tubby Hayes is on tenor:

Edited May 20, 2020 by Bluesnik

[JSngry]

1 hour ago, John Tapscott said:

That's a pretty darn good record!

[JSngry]

Jesse White go home!

 

[Hardbopjazz]

Odell Brown.

Just finished this one.

Now listening to 

[jazzcorner]

9 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

I much prefer the Concert Jazz Band recordings as well as a number of his other sessions such as the Sextet with Zoot and Jon Eardley,  the quartet with Tommy Flanagan - Jeru -, his meeting with Ben Webster, his quartets with Art Farmer, and Walk On the Water with a big band.

I wonder that noone mentions his collaboration with Bob Brookmeyer for example the great Paris concert. I rate this group even with the Chet Baker recordings. "Age of Steam" is lesser important for me.

[medjuck]

7 minutes ago, jazzcorner said:

I wonder that noone mentions his collaboration with Bob Brookmeyer for example the great Paris concert. I rate this group even with the Chet Baker recordings. "Age of Steam" is lesser important for me.

I saw the quartet with Brookmeyer some 50+ years ago and really like the sextet recordings. 

[Coda]

[B. Goren.]

This morning:

[Justin V]

[Brad]

4 hours ago, Coda said:

This one sounds super interesting. 

[Justin V]

It still stings that I missed my chance to see Mulgrew Miller perform.  Although there was one song omitted from this compilation due to time constraints, it is unfortunate that they didn't restore it to the download version.  

[EKE BBB]

[Coda]

Brad,  I liked my first listen to that CD.   

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