So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Larry Kart]

27 minutes ago, Deadman said:

Just saw your post from 2020 and wanted to wholeheartedly agree!  The Fox is an amazing album with mystery man Dupree Bolton, Elmo Hope & Harold Land cooking well, and yes, Frank Butler is really impressive on this disc. And the Elmo Hope Trio lp on Contemporary? I think it's best piano trio lp of all time.

 

And tonight I'm listening to Smokin At The Half Note by Wes.

I had the great pleasure of reviewing "The Fox" for Down Beat when it it came out.

[Deadman]

13 minutes ago, Larry Kart said:

I had the great pleasure of reviewing "The Fox" for Down Beat when it it came out.

That's very cool. I'll have to go thru my 1960s Downbeats and check it out. Say, you live in Highland Park?  I'm a neighbor from down south in Wilmette. By any chance did you know Jim Neumann?

[Chuck Nessa]

Both "The Fox" and the Hope trio sessions were initially issued on the HIFI label.

[Dub Modal]

7 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Both "The Fox" and the Hope trio sessions were initially issued on the HIFI label.

I definitely didn't know that relationship when I played these back to back. Interesting. 

[Larry Kart]

Yes, I knew Jim. Not as well as I might have, but our paths certainly crossed. Chuck Nessa knew Jim better than I did.

[HutchFan]

[Referentzhunter]

[Referentzhunter]

7 hours ago, rostasi said:

Jean Schwarz - Quatre Saisons

Composed in 1982-83, for voice, electronics, natural and instrumental sounds treated by computer. 
Text based on Goethe's poem "The Four Seasons."

 

 

nice to realize i am not alone listening to electronic Musique concrète, Avant-Garde !@ so much to discover here.

[Referentzhunter]

rp

 

[BillF]

[Peter Friedman]

With: Albert Dailey, Joe Cohn, George Duvivier, Ronnie Bedford

[Joe]

Setsubun (節分)

Chris Jusell - violin

Chaz Prymek - bass, guitar, synthesizer, clarinet, field recordings

Matthew Sage - keyboards, percussion, radio, field recordings

Patrick Shiroishi - alto, tenor, and soprano saxophones, clarinet, glockenspiel, samples, voice

Lovely stuff! https://patrickshiroishi.bandcamp.com/album/setsubun

[jlhoots]

1 hour ago, BillF said:

Looks like an excellent group.

[BillF]

1 hour ago, jlhoots said:

Looks like an excellent group.

Yes, from way back.

But Mags is still hot. My interest has been rekindled by this from a few days ago:

 

[mikeweil]

This is right in the middle between earlier Blue Note organ albums and later funky stylistics, and has some hip Wade Marcus arrangements with vibes, guitar, two basses, drums, and percussion. I liked it instantly and learned a lot from it.

[Peter Friedman]

[Referentzhunter]

[soulpope]

[BillF]

1 hour ago, rostasi said:

 

Always a favourite!

Saw Feldman at Ronnie Scott's "old place" in 1959 , during a triumphant Xmas home visit to the UK "just after he joined Cannonball Adderley", as Simon Spillett told me.

When I saw him he played only vibes, but it was his piano playing, as on this disc, that fascinated me. Tellingly, he said that Carl Perkins had been a big influence on his distinctive chording style.

[HutchFan]

8 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Has anyone ever started a thread about "Great/Amazing Debut Recordings"?  If so, this album belongs in the first post!

 

[soulpope]

1 minute ago, HutchFan said:

Has anyone ever started a thread about "Great/Amazing Debut Recordings"?  If so, this album belongs in the first post!

Yes .... and pls start the thread a.s.a.p ....

[Peter Friedman]

[BillF]

Just now, rostasi said:

Yeah, for some inexplicable reason, it's been recently re-released as "Piano for Dancers Only." 

Well, they've gotta sell it somehow!  IIRC that's a track on the album, a nice tune from Jimmy Lunceford in the 30s. (I wonder if that was the first of the many "For ------s Only" tunes (e.g. Jimmy Heath's "For Minors Only").

 

 

 

[HutchFan]

10 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Yes .... and pls start the thread a.s.a.p ....

Done.    See new thread here.

 

Edited April 17, 2021 by HutchFan

[soulpope]

4 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Done.    See new thread here.

Thank you  ....