So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[mjazzg]

30 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

I actually dreamt it had been reissued last night and that is why I listened to it. 

Maybe Abdul Wadud's By Myself first though. 

How about on the same day. Possibly my top two.

Do your dreams ever come true?

[jlhoots]

Noah Howard: The Black Ark (Freedom Muzak Japanese CD reissue)

[Rabshakeh]

16 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

How about on the same day. Possibly my top two.

Do your dreams ever come true?

Let's see. 

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Roy Brooks, Understanding (Reel to Real)

Your impressions .... ?

[Rabshakeh]

Angles - Every Woman Is A Tree (Clean Feed, 2008)

[kh1958]

2 hours ago, soulpope said:

Your impressions .... ?

Just listened to the first disc so far. Woody Shaw is on fire. Slow start on first track, but both Understanding and Billie's Bounce are terrific. Good sound too.

[HutchFan]

NP:

Steve Turre - Viewpoints and Vibrations (Stash)

 

[Bluesnik]

Seeing it in yesterday's Jazz Gazette as one of the top 60s albums made me see how long I hadn't played it. And I corrected. Now.

Edited July 26, 2021 by Bluesnik

[John Tapscott]

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Paul Brusger - Go To Plan B (Consolidated Artists Productions). This was listed in this thread a while back and the lineup intrigued me, Cuber & Hicks in particular. Very well done date. I ordered another of his titles (on Steeplechase) that was listed here as well and I'm waiting for that one to come in. If it's as good as this one, I'll be a very happy camper.

[Rabshakeh]

26 minutes ago, bresna said:

Paul Brusger - Go To Plan B (Consolidated Artists Productions). This was listed in this thread a while back and the lineup intrigued me, Cuber & Hicks in particular. Very well done date. I ordered another of his titles (on Steeplechase) that was listed here as well and I'm waiting for that one to come in. If it's as good as this one, I'll be a very happy camper.

It caught my attention too for the exact.same reason. They're two musicians who you never turn down. The two of them together...

I'd have liked Hicks a bit higher in the mix, is my only comment. It feels like a sax/drums duo at times.

[HutchFan]

[jlhoots]

2 hours ago, rostasi said:

Detroit Black Journal Presents: Detroit Jazz: Ancient to the Future, a 1981 one hour special about Detroit jazz musicians, the special examines how modern day jazz grow out of traditional African art forms such as dance, storytelling and music. Guests on the broadcast include Marcus Belgrave, Hal McKinney, Leon Thomas, Betty Carter, Donald Washington, Faruq Z. Bey, J.C. Heard, Dave Wilborn, Count Basie, Howard Sims, Chuck Green, Jimmy Wilkins, Barry Harris, Donald Byrd, Robert McCabe, Ken Cox, Roy Brooks, Ed Nelson, Spencer Barefield, Ernie Rogers, Archie Shepp.

I'm going to watch / listen to that. Thanks!!

[HutchFan]

[Chuck Nessa]

[soulpope]

8 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Just listened to the first disc so far. Woody Shaw is on fire. Slow start on first track, but both Understanding and Billie's Bounce are terrific. Good sound too.

Thnx for your feedback .... mouthwatering indeed ....

Edited July 27, 2021 by soulpope

[jazzcorner]

5 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Good LP.

 a  little bigger group ---> these are here

 

[BillF]

8 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

8 hours ago, bresna said:

Paul Brusger - Go To Plan B (Consolidated Artists Productions). This was listed in this thread a while back and the lineup intrigued me, Cuber & Hicks in particular. Very well done date. I ordered another of his titles (on Steeplechase) that was listed here as well and I'm waiting for that one to come in. If it's as good as this one, I'll be a very happy camper.

My favourite Brusger is Definitely! with John Swana, Hod O'Brien and the hugely underrated George Allgaier on tenor.

20 minutes ago, jazzcorner said:

Good LP.

 a  little bigger group ---> these are here

 

Yes to the Nonet! 

 

[Rabshakeh]

Gyorgy Szabados - Az Esküvö (1974)

Now on:

Exodus to Jazz by Eddie Harris (Vee-Jay, 1961).

Edited July 27, 2021 by Rabshakeh

[John Tapscott]

[jazzbo]

Two new arrivals that I am really enjoying the first disc of (both are 2 cd sets)

Roy Hargrove and Mulgrew Miller "In Harmony" 

I'm enjoying this more than I anticipated. The sound is quite good and the playing captured my attention and would not let go.

Roy Brooks "Understanding" 

Woody! Carlos! Harold! Cecil! The mastering is quite good, making this one of the best Left Bank Society recordings I've heard.

[Rabshakeh]

Now on: 

Nils Petter Molvær's Khmer (ECM, 1997).

Nothing dates worse than yesterday's hip attempt at crossover.

 

Now cleansing the ears with the real deal.

Blue Note have just released a range of tee shirts. For whatever reason, one of the initial launch is the cover of The Prophetic.... It is prominently featured in promotional photographs.

It's a great image, but I'm surprised that whichever set of ghouls currently inhabits the facade of Blue Note thought that this image was the one to use, or that they were even aware that the Blue Note Legacy Back catalogue Monetisation Pool (TM) includes an artist named Herbie Nichols.

Edit: It is a tie in with Uniqlo. https://www.bluenote.com/blue-note-uniqlo-ut-t-shirt-collection/

I think this explains it: presumably the designers got first say and went for designs that might shift tee shirts. Hence a tendancy towards the abstract artworks of the earlier releases and not the more famous Reid Miles designs.

Edited July 27, 2021 by Rabshakeh

[jazzbo]

Alice Coltrane (with strings) "World Galaxy" 60th Anniversary SHM-CD Japan

One of my favorite Alice releases in great sound.

[Rabshakeh]

10 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

One of my favorite Alice releases in great sound.

I really like how raw the synths sound.

[mjazzg]

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

Now on: 

Nils Petter Molvær's Khmer (ECM, 1997).

Nothing dates worse than yesterday's hip attempt at crossover.

 

Now cleansing the ears with the real deal.

Blue Note have just released a range of tee shirts. For whatever reason, one of the initial launch is the cover of The Prophetic.... It is prominently featured in promotional photographs.

It's a great image, but I'm surprised that whichever set of ghouls currently inhabits the facade of Blue Note thought that this image was the one to use, or that they were even aware that the Blue Note Legacy Back catalogue Monetisation Pool (TM) includes an artist named Herbie Nichols.

Edit: It is a tie in with Uniqlo. https://www.bluenote.com/blue-note-uniqlo-ut-t-shirt-collection/

I think this explains it: presumably the designers got first say and went for designs that might shift tee shirts. Hence a tendancy towards the abstract artworks of the earlier releases and not the more famous Reid Miles designs.

They did the same about ten years ago and followed it with Prestige designs. Snaffled a couple.  I like the 'Unit structures' from this run