So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Art Pepper - Unreleased Art Vol. III - The Croydon Concert (Widow's Taste)

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

[jlhoots]

Dave Rempis: Astragaloi

[Tom 1960]

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

I don't know Pavement from Sidewalks of Cuba, but this is a totally wack album, in the very best kind of way. And even though I no familiarity with the source material, the fact that I can hear a solid structural underpinning tells me that there's something there to begin with, although how much is already there and how much gets added, I don't know. and don't really care about right now. I'm too busy ROTFLMFAO to worry about anal shit like that right now, I mean, for real.

 

 

[Rabshakeh]

Guillermo Gregorio – Ellipsis (Hat, 1997)

Marty Ehrlich ‎– The Long View (Enja, 2002)

Edited May 2, 2022 by Rabshakeh

[Chuck Nessa]

"Dreams" from this box

[EKE BBB]

[BillF]

11 hours ago, Tom 1960 said:

15 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Steve's best recording, in my opinion. He plays here with strength, creativity and intensity. Based on his performance here, he rises to the top level of Hard Bop tenor players currently on the scene.

Now listening!

[Gheorghe]

17 hours ago, jazzbo said:

The stubborn mule genius of Charles Mingus on display on a Blue Note cd that really does improve and expand on the United Artist LP.

Flawed but powerful music. The emotion and drive is very apparent and one could only wish that more time to master the arrangements could have happened. Schuller's "Epitaph" revisits most of this . . .it's a fascinating set as well but it lacks Mingus.

Charles Mingus "Complete Town Hall Concert" Japan UHQCD -- uses '94 Malcolm Addey mastering as far as I can tell.

I mostly like the slower tracks on it. That version of "I Can´t Get Started" with the wonderful bass solo of Mingus, and the tune that originally was recorded as "Love X" on Impulse. This is one of the most beautiful ballads I know. 

[soulpope]

21 hours ago, HutchFan said:

NP:

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Porgy & Bess (Verve, 1958)

A winner ....

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Joe Farnsworth - It's Prime Time (Eighty-Eight's). Joe playing with his usual cohorts (Eric Alexander, Harold Mabern, Dave Hazeltine, Jim Rotondi) but with Ron Carter on bass and guest appearances by Benny Golson (3 tunes), Curtis Fuller (2 tunes) and a rare appearance by his brother John. The title track has Joe going for a "Sidewinder" feel. Golson's "Stablemates", which seems to be played at every one of his recording dates, is actually a drum feature for Farnsworth. An enjoyable hard bop date.

[Peter Friedman]

[Rabshakeh]

50 minutes ago, bresna said:

Joe Farnsworth - It's Prime Time (Eighty-Eight's). Joe playing with his usual cohorts (Eric Alexander, Harold Mabern, Dave Hazeltine, Jim Rotondi) but with Ron Carter on bass and guest appearances by Benny Golson (3 tunes), Curtis Fuller (2 tunes) and a rare appearance by his brother John. The title track has Joe going for a "Sidewinder" feel. Golson's "Stablemates", which seems to be played at every one of his recording dates, is actually a drum feature for Farnsworth. An enjoyable hard bop date.

Thanks. I'll check this out. They're a remarkably consistent cadre of players.

[JSngry]

Confronting my ambivalence head-on.

[kh1958]

Bombino, Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Munck Music)

[HutchFan]

 

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Edited May 3, 2022 by HutchFan

[BillF]

23 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Steve's best recording, in my opinion. He plays here with strength, creativity and intensity. Based on his performance here, he rises to the top level of Hard Bop tenor players currently on the scene.

Now playing:

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

8 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

I mostly like the slower tracks on it. That version of "I Can´t Get Started" with the wonderful bass solo of Mingus, and the tune that originally was recorded as "Love X" on Impulse. This is one of the most beautiful ballads I know. 

I would say it was recorded for this concert, then for the Impulse album.

[Peter Friedman]

[Referentzhunter]

[jlhoots]

6 hours ago, bresna said:

Joe Farnsworth - It's Prime Time (Eighty-Eight's). Joe playing with his usual cohorts (Eric Alexander, Harold Mabern, Dave Hazeltine, Jim Rotondi) but with Ron Carter on bass and guest appearances by Benny Golson (3 tunes), Curtis Fuller (2 tunes) and a rare appearance by his brother John. The title track has Joe going for a "Sidewinder" feel. Golson's "Stablemates", which seems to be played at every one of his recording dates, is actually a drum feature for Farnsworth. An enjoyable hard bop date.