So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

Sounds/Feels like "smooth jazz" to me, but not in a derogatory way.

[Rabshakeh]

1 hour ago, soulpope said:

Nice!

[Dub Modal]

10 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Sounds/Feels like "smooth jazz" to me, but not in a derogatory way.

I thought that when he was on a recent BFT, but his playing keeps it firmly out of any smooth jazz cheese. Some of the production elements flirt with smooth jazz but he and his bandmates keep it interesting. I'm not a smooth jazz hater either, FTR. 

[HutchFan]

Now listening to Nelson's tribute to MLK:

Oliver Nelson - Black, Brown and Beautiful (Flying Dutchman, 1970)

 

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

1 hour ago, Dub Modal said:

I thought that when he was on a recent BFT, but his playing keeps it firmly out of any smooth jazz cheese. Some of the production elements flirt with smooth jazz but he and his bandmates keep it interesting. I'm not a smooth jazz hater either, FTR. 

I don't necessarily equate "smooth jazz" with "cheese" (although god knows it's a well-deserved conditioned relex/survival mechanism to do so). What struck me about this record (or the first disc, anyway, as far as I've gotten) is how "large audience ready" the whole thing is. I mean, it's all there but the sing/clap-along. And that's ok with me, I mean, if you can get a lot of people to listen to something besides metronomes and fascistic diatonic assaults, good for you.

I was just sorta taken aback at how...un-austere the whole thing was. I've not listened to Gararek for a loooong time, when was It's Ok To Listen to the Grey Voice? I liked him, precisely becuase of his austerity. He had a sorta "bleak vision" thing going on that seemed quite real to me. But there's nothing like that here.

But, as "friendly" as it is, there's no cheapness, none. So, yeah, Do it like that. Cheapness sucks.

[jlhoots]

Junior Mance Trio & Eric Alexander: Groovin' Blues (MYCJ-30152)

[Justin V]

Johnny Griffin with Junior Mance, Wilbur Ware and Buddy Smith.  Highly recommended.

Edited January 18, 2021 by Justin V

[jlhoots]

15 minutes ago, Justin V said:

Johnny Griffin with Junior Mance, Wilbur Ware and Buddy Smith.  Highly recommended.

Short but sweet!!

[Rabshakeh]

Teddy Edwards’s Tango in Harlem (Verve / Gitanes, 1995).

[ghost of miles]

[ghost of miles]

I hear this guy's cool with the kidz these days: 

[Justin V]

[JSngry]

 

[BillF]

[Referentzhunter]

[Rabshakeh]

The Next Step (Verve, 2000) by Kurt Rosenwinkel, starring Mark Turner on tenor and Jeff Ballard on drums. 

This has to have one of my least favourite album covers of all time. I don't know what it is. 

Edited January 19, 2021 by Rabshakeh

[Peter Friedman]

[Justin V]

I just found out that Mike Grey died in 2017.

[BillF]

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

The Next Step (Verve, 2000) by Kurt Rosenwinkel, starring Mark Turner on tenor and Jeff Ballard on drums. 

This has to have one of my least favourite album covers of all time. I don't know what it is. 

But it's not as bad as this ...

 

[jazzbo]

Cannonball Adderley "Somethin' Else" Blue Note Japan 24Bit by RVG cd

I love this music--a unique Blue Note release.

[jazzbo]

Followed by
"Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall" Sony 20 bit LP facsimile cd

Unfortunately not as well recorded as it could possibly have been but an exciting performance.