So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jazzbo]

Got busy with "Honey do" tasks. Now this one again recause I dug it so much the previous spin.

George Russell "So What" Blue Note cd

Edited March 4, 2021 by jazzbo

[jazzbo]

"The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy" Candid/Solid Records Japan mono cd.

The very first Candid Records release, in '61.

Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone
Charles Davis - baritone saxophone
John Ore - bass
Roy Haynes - drums

 

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Chico Freeman Quintet featuring Arthur Blythe - Focus (Contemporary, 1995)
with George Cables, Santi Debriano, and Yoron Israel

Has this ever happened to you?  You hear a record, and it isn't what you wanted it to be. (Doesn't matter why.  It could be just about anything.)  So you're disappointed.  Then, time passes and you listen again.  And maybe even a few more times after that.  And then, suddenly, for some reason, you're actually able to hear the music for what it is, rather than what you expected or hoped it would be.  It's as if someone turned on a light.  ... That's a nice feeling, finally letting go of those notions and getting to where the music actually is.  ... It doesn't always happen, of course.  Sometimes, you don't make it, and sometimes the music doesn't make it.  But it sure does feel good when that pleasurable understanding/alignment thing happens.  The feeling of "Oh, that's it. There it is."

I really dig that. 

 

Edited March 4, 2021 by HutchFan

[jazzbo]

Back to basics.

Count Basie Vol. 4 1937. Masters of Jazz 

 

 

 

[BillF]

40 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said:

[Bluesnik]

8 hours ago, EKE BBB said:

I think I've got that in the Grant Green/Sonny Clark box.

[soulpope]

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, Peter Friedman said:

Peter, I'm now giving this a listen via YT.  Enjoying it very much. 

Thanks for the heads-up.  

 

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

[Dub Modal]

Marty Morell gettin' funky with the brushes. Some crisp playing on this one. Nice sound as well. 

[Chuck Nessa]

Have to admit I never thought of Marty Morell gettin' funky.

[Dub Modal]

56 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Have to admit I never thought of Marty Morell gettin' funky.

 Yeah, me neither but he's playing some inspired brush work here. Maybe it was being in Tokyo or something but he's having fun. Gomez is kind of a drag here but Morell & Evans are in good form. 

 

[BillF]

[jazzbo]

Zoot Sims, "Zoot Suite" High Note cd. A live recording with a great group. . . Zoot with Jimmy Rowles, George Mraz and Mousey Alexander. These guys are musical friends and it shows. Sound is just this side of "okay," but once the groove sets in I don't care.

[Rabshakeh]

Currently enjoying revisiting Kulack 29 & 30 (Hatology, 1998) by Ellery Eskelin. 

[Peter Friedman]

[John Tapscott]

[jazzbo]

Omar Sosa & NDR Big Band, Arrangements by Jacques Morelenbaum

I had to listen to this one again today. Morelenbaum arranging this band and Sosa's playing and compositions. . . in spectacular sound. To hear this presented this way is one reason I'm an audiophile as well as a music-lover.

[jazzbo]

Kenny Barron "Sambao" Gitanes Jazz cd

Kenny Barron – piano
Toninho Horta – guitar
Nico Assumpção – bass
Mino Cinelu – percussion
Victor Lewis – drums

Original compositions of Barron's that show his strong musical identity and evoke Brasil. I love this one.

[HutchFan]

[Simon8]

[JSngry]

 

Roscoe Mitchell & Mike Reed - the Ritual and the Dance

All of that!

[Peter Friedman]