So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[HutchFan]

[duaneiac]

[Kevin Bresnahan]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

Your guess is as good as mine...I think this was one of those "anonymous studio band" grocery-store-label products, both of them.

How did they figure out the band members for that first LP?

[duaneiac]

Disc 1 of 2.

[HutchFan]

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

Today I spun three Eddie Lockjaw Davis cds I received from our forum mate here, Michael.

 

First was an MPS cd of the Eddie Lockjaw Davis/Johnny Griffin Quintet "Tough Tenors."  Lockjaw really shines here, sparred on by Griff who shares both his joie de vivre attitude and his joie de jouer energy.

 

Then it was on to the Steeplechase cd "All of Me" by Eddie Lockjaw Davis. Kenny Drew is fantastic on this one. The arrangements are quite nice. The Danish drummer is exciting as well.

Then on to a Prestige twofer cd, "Streetlights." Lockjaw shows his mastery here of swing, soul, and imagination. I hung on his every phrase, there's so much skill and wit and groove in his lines and notes. And the secret sauce on these tracks is George Duvivier. His ever fingering is both precise and moving. He has clandestine control of the whole band. It's too bad that he is just a tad lower in the balance here than I'd like.

 

After this I needed to cool down a bit! A good choice for that was Diana Panton "To Brazil with Love". . . this is a very nice cd, Panton's voice reminds me of Blossom Dearie and Karrin Allyson, and her timing is impeccable. And she can evoke emotion with no melodrama at all. 

Edited September 16, 2020 by jazzbo

[Dan Gould]

6 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Today I spun three Eddie Lockjaw Davis cds I received from our forum mate here, Michael.

 

First was an MPS cd of the Eddie Lockjaw Davis/Johnny Griffin Quintet "Tough Tenors."  Lockjaw really shines here, sparred on by Griff who shares both his joie de vivre attitude and his joie de jouer energy.

 

Then it was on to the Storyville cd "All of Me" by Eddie Lockjaw Davis. Kenny Drew is fantastic on this one. The arrangements are quite nice. The Danish drummer is exciting as well.

Then on to a Prestige twofer cd, "Streetlights." Lockjaw shows his mastery here of swing, soul, and imagination. I hung on his every phrase, there's so much skill and wit and groove in his lines and notes. And the secret sauce on these tracks is George Duvivier. His ever fingering is both precise and moving. He has clandestine control of the whole band. It's too bad that he is just a tad lower in the balance here than I'd like.

 

After this I needed to cool down a bit! A good choice for that was Donna Panton "To Brazil with Love". . . this is a very nice cd, Panton's voice reminds me of Blossom Dearie and Karrin Allyson, and her timing is impeccable. And she can evoke emotion with no melodrama at all. 

And she'd be welcome anytime in Sexiest Album Covers.

I do agree that Steeplechase (not Storyville) with Kenny Drew is great.

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, EKE BBB said:

Outstanding ....btw Carl Perkins (!!) ....

[John Tapscott]

[jazzbo]

28 minutes ago, Dan Gould said:

And she'd be welcome anytime in Sexiest Album Covers.

I do agree that Steeplechase (not Storyville) with Kenny Drew is great.

You're right, it's Steeplechase, thanks for the correction. And it's Diana not Donna Panton. I need more coffee. (And I do believe I placed her in that thread months ago. . . I may be wrong.)

[EKE BBB]

[Chuck Nessa]

Disc 1

[jazzbo]

Stan Getz "Nobody Else But Me" Verve

I like all the Getz and Burton collaborations. . . glad this one was released even if years and years later.

[HutchFan]

[BillF]

41 minutes ago, EKE BBB said:

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

[EKE BBB]

[Justin V]

[John Tapscott]

[Peter Friedman]

[BillF]

1 hour ago, EKE BBB said:

39 minutes ago, John Tapscott said:

[Chuck Nessa]

[gmonahan]

The Original Master Recording version: