So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jlhoots]

1 hour ago, jazzbo said:

Roland Haynes "2nd Wave" Black Jazz/Real Gone Music cd

Keyboards, Written-By, Arranged By – Roland Haynes
Bass – Henry Franklin
Drums – Carl Burnett
Keyboards – Kirk Lightsey
 

You're always ahead of me. My copy is in transit. 

[Dub Modal]

16 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Really?! 

I prefer some of his other records, but I'm not sure this is exactly fair. I'd still put this above almost any Sun Ra record, cute kitsch or no kitsch. 

Not necessarily by a long way, but... come on! It hasn't dated a minute.

I found myself wishing it was a trio of Dolphy, Williams & Davis. Hubbard & Hutch - I love 'em, esp Hutch - but their playing seemed unnecessary and upped the hoke-factor for me. I definitely wouldn't put it above some of Ra's albums. 

[Rabshakeh]

Darius Jones Trio - Big Gurl (Smell My Dream) (AUM Fidelity, 2011)

8 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

I found myself wishing it was a trio of Dolphy, Williams & Davis. Hubbard & Hutch - I love 'em, esp Hutch - but their playing seemed unnecessary and upped the hoke-factor for me. I definitely wouldn't put it above some of Ra's albums. 

It's not my favourite of Hutcherson's performances, and his playing does colour the album as a whole, I guess.

Hubbard seemed to get everywhere at that point, including places that he probably could have stayed out of. But I think he's good here, certainly compared to the lost soul on some other records from the period. 

VSOP - The Quintet (Columbia, 1977).

This album's a bit like a school reunion. Everyone is a bit heavier and balder, but you quickly remember why you were friends originally.

Wayne in particular seems to be relishing his day out away from the family. 

Edited October 28, 2020 by Rabshakeh

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[EKE BBB]

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[Peter Friedman]

[BillF]

1 hour ago, EKE BBB said:

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[duaneiac]

Disc 2 of 2.

[HutchFan]

Martial Solal, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Daniel Humair - Suite for Trio (MPS, 1978)

Brilliant. 

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Martial Solal, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Daniel Humair - Suite for Trio (MPS, 1978)

Brilliant. 

❤❤❤ !!!

[soulpope]

On 28.10.2020 at 6:51 AM, BillF said:

A gem .... but unknown to many ....

[EKE BBB]

[BillF]

10 hours ago, HutchFan said:

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[Justin V]

[jazzbo]

John Coltrane "Kulu Se Mama" Impulse Japan UHQCD

Obviously I wanted more cowbell.

As time goes by it occurs to me that this album is sort of a hidden influential time machine in the Coltrane catalog. The large ensemble pieces seem like a window into the 'seventies. I honestly could be convinced that Miles Davis listened to this intently and it shaped his electric period. And even the other numbers could conceivably have inspired explorations like "Go Ahead John" and "Lonely Fire" and '73 to '75 concerts, and perhaps even the mic'ing and mixing and collage of Miles and Teo Macero. Certainly there was a lot of "spiritual jazz" of the next decade that sprang from this soil. A case could perhaps be made that this album is another reason John Coltrane cast such a huge and long shadow.

This new mastering is very good. Certainly I have never heard this sound this good.

Edited October 29, 2020 by jazzbo

[Justin V]

A really strong jazz-funk date.  Ray studied at Rutgers with Kenny Barron, Ted Dunbar and Ralph Bowen and was based in New York when he recorded this debut.  He was living in Las Vegas when he was hit and killed by a train during a photo shoot for his planned second album. 

[Dub Modal]

17 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Darius Jones Trio - Big Gurl (Smell My Dream) (AUM Fidelity, 2011)

It's not my favourite of Hutcherson's performances, and his playing does colour the album as a whole, I guess.

Hubbard seemed to get everywhere at that point, including places that he probably could have stayed out of. But I think he's good here, certainly compared to the lost soul on some other records from the period. 

VSOP - The Quintet (Columbia, 1977).

This album's a bit like a school reunion. Everyone is a bit heavier and balder, but you quickly remember why you were friends originally.

Wayne in particular seems to be relishing his day out away from the family. 

I've actually never spent any time with any VSOP albums. No reason other than they've never popped up on my radar. 

[jazzbo]

Freddie Hubbard "Gleam" Sony/BGO 

I totally missed this one in the day, and am glad to have this two cd set now. I appreciate Freddie Hubbard more and more as time goes on. He's gone from "okay" to "wow" in my vocabulary, it took me a while to appreciate him fully.

[soulpope]

Solid gold .... wonderful ....

[Peter Friedman]

[kh1958]

38 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Freddie Hubbard "Gleam" Sony/BGO 

I totally missed this one in the day, and am glad to have this two cd set now. I appreciate Freddie Hubbard more and more as time goes on. He's gone from "okay" to "wow" in my vocabulary, it took me a while to appreciate him fully.

Keep Your Soul Together/High Energy/Gleam-a superb run of consecutive albums.