So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[EKE BBB]

[Rabshakeh]

[Coda]

[duaneiac]

Not just a B. B. King CD -- it's a B. B. King CD on which the band included (not just as "special guests", mind you, but on every track) Marcus Belgrave, Hank Crawford, David "Fathead" Newman, Russell Malone (rhythm guitar), Dr. John (Piano), Neil Larsen (Hammond organ), John Heard (bass) Earl Palmer (!!!) (drums) and Lenny Castro (perc.).  I wish a few of the tracks stretched out a little longer and allowed the guys more solo space.  Most of the numbers are in the spirit of Louis Jordan records, so they are jukebox friendly lengths, many under 3 minutes.  They do stretch things out a bit on blues (no surprise) such as "Early In The Mornin'" and "I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town".

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

[OliverM]

Bill Dixon - November 1981 - Soul Note

[Chuck Nessa]

[jazzbo]

Lee Morgan "City Lights" 24 bit by RVG Blue Note Japan cd

Followed by
Dario Carnovale/Alessandro Turchet/Luca Colussi "Untitled" Albore Jazz, Japan cd

[JSngry]

WELL now!

[Jim Duckworth]

22 hours ago, JSngry said:

My old friend and one time teacher Ed Finney is on Life Is Round, so I've always been partial to that one. 

[Matthew]

Weather Report: Black Market

[jazzbo]

JAM "Silent Notes" Victor Japan cd

Pianist Josei, bassist Akita, and drummer Midorin

[Matthew]

Weather Report: Mysterious Traveler. Love this one

[Justin V]

John Handy Quintet - Live at Yoshi's Nightspot: I've been listening to some Mingus and had forgotten that I have this one.

[Matthew]

Weather Report: Live in Tokyo

[JSngry]

There he is, there he was, there he will always be. He ain't goin nowhere except there.

I don't love that about everybody, especially deepening what/where "there" is.

But with Jackie McLean, yes, please. There, always. Love.

Fire & Love. There.

[Justin V]

12 minutes ago, JSngry said:

There he is, there he was, there he will always be. He ain't goin nowhere except there.

I don't love that about everybody, especially deepening what/where "there" is.

But with Jackie McLean, yes, please. There, always. Love.

Fire & Love. There.

Excellent late-period Jackie Mac.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Joe Farnsworth - Make Someone Happy (Hadley Street Records). Self produced CD by Farnsworth with the band he calls "Joe Farnsworth & Primetime":

• Trumpet – Jim Rotondi (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 6)
• Trombone – Curtis Fuller (tracks 1, 2, 3, & 5)
• Tenor Saxophone – Eric Alexander (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6)
• Vibraphone – Steve Nelson (tracks 2, 3, 4 & 5)
• Piano – Dave Hazeltine
• Bass – Nat Reeves
• Drums – Joe Farnsworth
• Congas – Ray Mantilla (tracks 4 & 6)

This is a nice date. The piano sound is a little too much like something RVG would do (love it or hate it). I love Curtis Fuller but he seems to be having some trouble getting through this date.

 

[Peter Friedman]

A favorite since I first bought it on LP when it was initially issued on the Transition label.

[JSngry]

hmmm...McPhee has a great sound, but this music...if you want an example of how there was kind of a "void" after Coltrane died and before AACM got more traction/exposure in/to the collective hearing, maybe this will do. Certainly nothing worng with it, and again, McPhee's core power is still here, but as far as "purpose"...that would be forthcoming.

 

Ok, the longer this one plays, the better it gets to me.

[clifford_thornton]

I like that one.

[JSngry]

I liked it a lot more by the time it was over. The opening things just seemed kinda weeeeyascreee but then they stopped that and started doing something else, and THAT was very good!

I mean, I shouldn't be surprised, here it is almost 50+ years later and people still be chasin' dat trane, this was less that 5 years later. But then as now, there's no place to go with that other than a weaker version of what already was.

But they figured that out themselves, right? And right on the gig apparently!

[JSngry]

Maybe I was just too stupid at the time to hear this at face value, but DAMN is this a beautiful record.

[Peter Friedman]