So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[felser]

12 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

I love James Moody and must admit, that my first hearing experience was from the legendary "Miles Davis-Tadd Dameron" in Paris 1949, which came out in 1977. 

I had not heard about Moody before and was astonished how modern he sounds, and I had heard Dave Liebman live on several occasions before and he was then my favourite Saxophonist, and I was astonished that some "scream" in Moody´s solos almost reminded me of Liebman and other post Coltrane saxophonists.....

Later I saw Moody on several occasions, very often with Dizzy. 

One fantastic live concert was 1999 at the Viennese Jazzland, my wife and me were in the first row. 

During that time, it was the most normal thing that you smoke in a jazz club. And when Moody was scheduled, we were told NOT to smoke. 

Art Farmer was there and had a long talk with Moody during intermission. It was the last time I saw him, he died shortly after that. 

After the concert, Moody shook my wife´s and my hands and said "Thank you for not smoking" and we said "WE MUST THANK YOU, it was WONDERFUL".

One year later, my wife and me were in Miami and Moody was in town. I think it was "Van Dyke´s" on Lincoln Road. Before the concert startet, we were allready there and here comes James Moody with his bags and spotted us, came to our table, shook our hands and said "You were in Vienna last year. Art Farmer was there" Yes, we said, it´s so sad he died. 

But isn´t that incredible ? Mr Moody, who played hunderts of gigs for millions of people, recongnized us two a year later on an other continent....... 

 

Thanks so much for sharing this great story!

[cds23]

GATO BARBIERI | IN SEARCH OF THE MYSTERY | ESP_DISK | 1967 | US TEST PRESSING AND FIRST STEREO PRESSING ESP_1049 LP

[HutchFan]

Listening to lots of Freddie Hubbard today:

 

 

[Peter Friedman]

[Chuck Nessa]

Just recently became aware of this Storyville box (3 cds, 1 dvd). I had the 2 quartet discs but not the one with Lockjaw. The dvd has 45+ minutes of Griff at the Vanguard and 16 minutes of Jaws in Copenhagen. I got the box for $14 on Amazon last week and see it is up to $19 today.

The dvd listing misses a 17 minute version of What is this Thing Called Love by Griffin.

[HutchFan]

[soulpope]

9 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Listening to lots of Freddie Hubbard today:

Good one ....

[BillF]

17 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Now playing:

Edited July 17, 2021 by BillF

[Rabshakeh]

Creative Arts Ensemble - One Step Out (Nimbus West, 1981)

[mjazzg]

14 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Creative Arts Ensemble - One Step Out (Nimbus West, 1981)

Nice start to a sunny Saturday

[Rabshakeh]

Absolutely, aside from a truly pathetic dose of man flu (sniff sniff).

I've stayed on the West Coast with this one:

Henry Franklin - The Skipper (Black Jazz, 1972)

[Rabshakeh]

Now on my second play of Raul de Souza’s Colors (Milestone, 1975),

 

It’s that Baden Powell track that really does me in.  

[jazzcorner]

 

[Peter Friedman]

[BillF]

You're right, Ken! 

[Referentzhunter]

[Peter Friedman]

[sidewinder]

2 hours ago, rostasi said:

A1	–Kenny Wheeler & The John Dankworth Orchestra	Don The Dreamer
A2	–Don Rendell Quintet	A Matter Of Time
A3	–Collin Bates Trio	Brew
A4	–John Surman, John Warren	With Terry's Help
B1	–Michael Garrick Sextet*	Second Coming
B2	–Mike Westbrook Concert Band*	Waltz (for Joanna)
B3	–Stan Tracey & His Big Band*	Matinee Days
B4	–Harry Beckett	Third Road
C1	–Neil Ardley, Ian Carr, Don Rendell	Greek Variations: VI Kriti [Edit]
C2	–The New Jazz Orchestra	Angle
C3	–Alan Skidmore Quintet*	Old San Juan
D1	–Dick Morrissey Quartet*	Storm Warning
D2	–Mike Taylor Quartet	To Segovia
D3	–Michael Gibbs	Some Echoes, Some Shadows

Been playing this one on LP for much of the day. Outstanding compilation in stunningly clear sound.

[jazzcorner]

On 16.7.2021 at 3:41 PM, Peter Friedman said:

[HutchFan]

 

 

and

I dug this disc so much I played it twice.  

 

[cds23]

PHAROAH SANDERS | IZIPHO ZAM_MY GIFTS | STRATA_EAST | 1969 | US PROMO STEREO PRESSING SES_19733 LP

 

 

 

 

Need some distraction from all the flood, destruction and clearing work in my hometown, so I decided to work on some pictures of a record I admittedly took some time getting into; I was kinda turned off by the 28 minutes behemoth of a track on Side B. But repeated listening paid off; the standout track on this album is "Balance", a phenomenal spiritual jazz monster with extremely cool and menacing tuba sounds from Howard Johnson. The line-up is pretty much the best you could hope for, with two of my favourite bassists (McBee and Sirone) and Sonny Sharrock on guitar. "Prince of Peace", later re-recorded for "Jewels of Thought" (on Impulse) as "Um-Allah" is quite raw and less accessible than the later version, but if I had to choose between both, I'd take this one, just for the exceptional playing by the rhythm section by the end of the track.

 

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[HutchFan]

10 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Now on my second play of Raul de Souza’s Colors (Milestone, 1975),

 

Yeah!  

 

[Rabshakeh]

25 minutes ago, cds23 said:

PHAROAH SANDERS | IZIPHO ZAM_MY GIFTS | STRATA_EAST | 1969 | US PROMO STEREO PRESSING SES_19733 LP

 

 

 

 

Need some distraction from all the flood, destruction and clearing work in my hometown, so I decided to work on some pictures of a record I admittedly took some time getting into; I was kinda turned off by the 28 minutes behemoth of a track on Side B. But repeated listening paid off; the standout track on this album is "Balance", a phenomenal spiritual jazz monster with extremely cool and menacing tuba sounds from Howard Johnson. The line-up is pretty much the best you could hope for, with two of my favourite bassists (McBee and Sirone) and Sonny Sharrock on guitar. "Prince of Peace", later re-recorded for "Jewels of Thought" (on Impulse) as "Um-Allah" is quite raw and less accessible than the later version, but if I had to choose between both, I'd take this one, just for the exceptional playing by the rhythm section by the end of the track.

 

[MEDIA=youtube]tIR6Z7aIeuo[/MEDIA]

I'm with you. Balance is one of the best tracks Sanders ever recorded.

[soulpope]

43 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

❤❤❤ !!! ❤❤❤ !!!

[EKE BBB]