So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Peter Friedman]

[Dub Modal]

I was listening to a new DJ Spinna radio show of "London Jazz-funk" 

Some of the tracks:

London Town - Light of the World
Escapee - Daniel Casimir
Rude Movements - Sun Palace
Movin' On - Outside
Sphynx - Brand New Heavies
Walk in the Night - Paul Hardcastle
You Gotta Get It - Congress
Night Birds - Shakatak
summer grooves - Mirage
Mr moon - Jamiroquai
Parisienne Girl - Incognito
Can't Keep Holding On - Second Image

Then moved on to: 

[Gheorghe]

8 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

I remember Ray Drummond was one of the most busy young bass players in the late 70´s early 80´s . I saw him very often with different great stars, until he became Johnny Griffin´s permanent bassist. And he, together with Stafford James played the bass in a very forceful manner, not like those who got the strings lower down to play faster (guitar like) without the real "bass sound". 
Everytime when I listend to Mingus´ "Me Myself an Eye" with Gomez and Mraz sharing the bass part, I wonder how it would have sounded if they would have had Ray Drummond and Stafford James.....much better I suppose. 

[soulpope]

23 hours ago, EKE BBB said:

Great Cover Photography .... and the music is outstanding anyway ... 

[Rabshakeh]

17 hours ago, JSngry said:

Confronting my ambivalence head-on.

And? Do you still feel that way?

[EKE BBB]

[soulpope]

26 minutes ago, Gheorghe said:

I remember Ray Drummond was one of the most busy young bass players in the late 70´s early 80´s . I saw him very often with different great stars, until he became Johnny Griffin´s permanent bassist. And he, together with Stafford James played the bass in a very forceful manner, not like those who got the strings lower down to play faster (guitar like) without the real "bass sound". 
Everytime when I listend to Mingus´ "Me Myself an Eye" with Gomez and Mraz sharing the bass part, I wonder how it would have sounded if they would have had Ray Drummond and Stafford James.....much better I suppose. 

Feel you .... btw Eddie Gomez most of the time performed on that side of the street (only Steps "Live at the Pit In" comes to my mind differently) whereas George Mraz could do it both ways - which made it even more painful when he decided to play "guitar like" ....

[Gheorghe]

2 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Feel you .... btw Eddie Gomez most of the time performed on that side of the street (only Steps "Live at the Pit In" comes to my mind differently) whereas George Mraz could do it both ways - which made it even more painful when he decided to play "guitar like" ....

I saw Mraz in 1985 with Flanagan and Art Taylor at Holabrunn Festival and thanks God he had got rid of that "guitar like" shit than and really played bass. But those two basses on "Me Myself" sound like "Dünnschiss".....

[BillF]

15 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

13 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

[Quasimado]

[soulpope]

34 minutes ago, Gheorghe said:

I saw Mraz in 1985 with Flanagan and Art Taylor at Holabrunn Festival and thanks God he had got rid of that "guitar like" shit than and really played bass. But those two basses on "Me Myself" sound like "Dünnschiss".....

....

[jazzcorner]

3 hours ago, Quasimado said:

20 hours ago, BillF said:

 

Now playing:

[JSngry]

5 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

And? Do you still feel that way?

Working on it. The logic is working it's way. 

I read where Craft used all "Hollywood" musicians for these recordings. In some way that I:m probably just imagining, there seems to be a flow to the compositions that is largely not what I've experienced elsewhere.

I think I can easy do a disc a day with this one, it's certainly inviting in that way, put it on and keep it on.

[mjazzg]

14 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

I was listening to a new DJ Spinna radio show of "London Jazz-funk" 

Some of the tracks:

London Town - Light of the World
Escapee - Daniel Casimir
Rude Movements - Sun Palace
Movin' On - Outside
Sphynx - Brand New Heavies
Walk in the Night - Paul Hardcastle
You Gotta Get It - Congress
Night Birds - Shakatak
summer grooves - Mirage
Mr moon - Jamiroquai
Parisienne Girl - Incognito
Can't Keep Holding On - Second Image

 

Some of those take me right back. Loved Light of the World at the time

[Peter Friedman]

[BillF]

[relyles]

[HutchFan]

Now:

 

Earlier:

[Tom 1960]

[HutchFan]

Mal Waldron - A Touch of the Blues (Enja/Solid, rec. 1972)
with Jimmy Woode (b) and Allen Blairman (d)

R.I.P.  Allen Blairman

 

[soulpope]

27 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Mal Waldron - A Touch of the Blues (Enja/Solid, rec. 1972)
with Jimmy Woode (b) and Allen Blairman (d)

R.I.P.  Allen Blairman

❤❤ !!

[Peter Friedman]

[BillF]

2 hours ago, Tom 1960 said:

[Kevin Bresnahan]

4 hours ago, relyles said:

Ordered a copy for myself. I wish he would tour through Boston.

[Peter Friedman]