So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Referentzhunter]

[Rabshakeh]

13 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Classic

Say hello to Devon.

Hope to be there in a few weeks when my folks' second jabs take effect

I will pass on your regards. 

Breaking up the journey because, midway through the organ solo on "Favours" off Dr. Lonnie Smith's Afro-Desia, the three year old suddenly uncovered the fountain of youth, so to speak. 

It's going to be a long drive...

[Peter Friedman]

[BillF]

6 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said:

[soulpope]

[JSngry]

Oh my!

[HutchFan]

25 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Oh my!

I need to get that one.

 

[JSngry]

Yeah, it's wild, Moody ripping like Tab and/or Willie Smith on some things, honking on others, BirdBop always....he sounds pretty howl-y, actually. Strong stuff and not always "pretty". In fact, almost never pretty, actually. It's deeper than pretty.

 

[Peter Friedman]

[Bluesnik]

6 hours ago, Referentzhunter said:

That's a really great one. Produced by David Bowie and with the 90s revived (through the movie Trainspotting) title track on it. No, I was mistaken. I mixed it up with the slightly later The Idiot, which actually was produced by Bowie when they lived together in Berlin. That period, that gave birth to the Berlin trilogy (Low, Heroes and Lodger) in the late 70s, is my favorite Bowie.

Edited April 12, 2021 by Bluesnik
production credits cleared up

[JSngry]

2 hours ago, JSngry said:

Yeah, it's wild, Moody ripping like Tab and/or Willie Smith on some things, honking on others, BirdBop always....he sounds pretty howl-y, actually. Strong stuff and not always "pretty". In fact, almost never pretty, actually. It's deeper than pretty.

 

Sometimes, on tenor, Moody is sounding like he's locked in mortal combat with Lockjaw as to whose tenor this is that's being played.

[jazzbo]

Started the day off with "The Complete Verve Recordings Of The Buddy De Franco Quartet / Quintet With Sonny Clark" on Mosaic Records, cd 2

Then drove to visit my Dad and back, listened to:

"Sonny Meets Hawk!" Sony cd

Sony Rollins "What's New?" Sony cd

Lee Konitz/Lars Sjosten Octet "Dedicated to Lee--plays the music of Lars Gullin"

Now home and listening to

SF Jazz Collective "Wonder: The Songs of Stevie Wonder"

 

[Peter Friedman]

[Bluesnik]

[duaneiac]

Proof that "rarities" does not equal "necessities".  The good stuff comes at the very beginning and the very end of this collection of tidbits.  The CD starts with 8 tracks from a 1955 octet session.  It's some of the usual Kenton guys (Carl Fontana, Bill Perkins, Charlie Mariano, Mel Lewis), playing textbook West Coast jazz.  One realizes quite quickly however that that is not Smiling Stan, You Used Car Dealin' Man (as seen on the cover and late night TV commercials), but in fact, a real piano player.  And it is  -- surprise, surprise -- Dave McKenna!  Never would have thought him to have been ensnared in the Kenton sphere, but there ya go.  The CD ends with a couple of leftover tracks recorded in 1959 for the Tropicana album.  In between is some pretty forgettable stuff including  -- hey, ya remember how the band had a bit of a hit with their version of "September Song" when the band sang a unison vocal?  How would you like to hear 4 more like that including such timeless classics as "Serenade In Blue" and "Harbor Lights"?  Or would you rather hit yourself in the head with a ball peen hammer?  Yeah, me too.

Edited April 13, 2021 by duaneiac

[HutchFan]

[HutchFan]

NP:

Graciela, Mario Bauza, and Friends - Afro-Cuban Jazz (Caiman, 1986)

[BillF]

4 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Saw them in Manchester. 

[Referentzhunter]

12 hours ago, Bluesnik said:

That's a really great one. Produced by David Bowie and with the 90s revived (through the movie Trainspotting) title track on it. No, I was mistaken. I mixed it up with the slightly later The Idiot, which actually was produced by Bowie when they lived together in Berlin. That period, that gave birth to the Berlin trilogy (Low, Heroes and Lodger) in the late 70s, is my favorite Bowie.

'the idiot' is fantastic. I was searching for a first UK original copy because i liked it enormously. Searching, searching, searching, ... my sister (not a collector at all) said to me ohhh do you like that album i have one at home and you can have it, don't liste to it much and i haven't got a decent recordplayer. It is a UK original miraculously !

That's luck !!!

[Referentzhunter]

easily ' 8.5 out of 10' for me ... Classic

[Referentzhunter]

Chroniques Terriennes

[BillF]

[jazzbo]

Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi "They're Calling me Home"

This one is quite good. I love this woman. 

[jazzbo]

[EKE BBB]