So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[gmonahan]

6 hours ago, jazzbo said:

 

Count Basie "Straight Ahead" GRP Checkmates cd

Listening to Disc two of this fine set: 

 

 

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Out of the Blue - Spiral Staircase (Blue Note, 1989)

Alto Saxophone – Steve Wilson
Tenor Saxophone – Ralph Bowen
Trumpet – Michael Philip Mossman
Piano – Renee Rosnes
Bass – Kenny Davis
Drums – Billy Drummond

 

[soulpope]

11 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Muscle Shoals Studios recorded ❤classic❤ ....

[Rabshakeh]

Melissa Aldana – 12 Stars (Blue Note, 2022)

[Rabshakeh]

Now on:

Ab Baars Trio – Songs (GeestGronden, 2001)

This one is brilliant. My first listen.

Does anyone know anything about Ab Baars? He's a new name to me.

Edited May 6, 2022 by Rabshakeh

[BillF]

18 hours ago, jazzbo said:

 

Count Basie "Straight Ahead" GRP Checkmates cd

Nestico Basie. Can't beat it!

13 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Leo Wright "Soul Talk" Atlantic/Water Records cd

Leo was such a cool player. And. . . Kenny Burrell!

Saw Leo with a local rhythm section here at Club 43 in Manchester in the later 1960s. It was after he'd made his name as a member of the Gillespie quintet.

Edited May 6, 2022 by BillF

[jazzbo]

15 minutes ago, BillF said:

 

Saw Leo with a local rhythm section here at Club 43 in Manchester in the later 1960s. It was after he'd made his name as a member of the Gillespie quintet.

I never saw him, but one of my first three jazz LPs (all received at once) was his fantastic "Blues Shout" on Atlantic which influenced my jazz. discovery..

[mjazzg]

17 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Jose Roberto Bertrami – Blue Wave (Milestone, 1983)

Marc Levin – The Dragon Suite (Savoy, 1968)

 

Big  for the Levin, don't know Bertrami at all, should I?

[jazzbo]

I had time to slip one in before family events.

Disc one of this set. 

Alain Jean-Marie "Beguine Reflections"

I've enjoyed Marie's work with Berney Wilen for a few decades but this is the first time I have heard his leader work. Very interesting!

[Rabshakeh]

58 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Big  for the Levin, don't know Bertrami at all, should I?

It's a different thing. Bertrami is the keyboardist from Azymuth. It's a lot more Jazz than that group, but still...

 

[Joe]

[Dub Modal]

For whatever reason this is my first listen to this album and it's phenomenal. Definitely leaves a "what could've been" thought in my mind. It doesn't look this has ever been reissued with alternate tracks, and so I wonder if those possibly exist? If so, would be great to see those released at some point. 

 

 

[JSngry]

2 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

 

For whatever reason this is my first listen to this album and it's phenomenal. Definitely leaves a "what could've been" thought in my mind. It doesn't look this has ever been reissued with alternate tracks, and so I wonder if those possibly exist? If so, would be great to see those released at some point. 

 

 

 

 

If you come across the LP version, grab it. The CD, or whatever reason, jacks up a Roy Brooks saw solo. Can't remember if they erased it altogether or just remixed it down to the point of inaudibility. Whatever, it leave a gap in the music that just doesn't sound right, imo.

[Dub Modal]

12 minutes ago, JSngry said:

If you come across the LP version, grab it. The CD, or whatever reason, jacks up a Roy Brooks saw solo. Can't remember if they erased it altogether or just remixed it down to the point of inaudibility. Whatever, it leave a gap in the music that just doesn't sound right, imo.

Noted 

[mjazzg]

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

It's a different thing. Bertrami is the keyboardist from Azymuth. It's a lot more Jazz than that group, but still...

 

I know Azymuth and enjoy what I've heard so will have a listen to Bertrami, thanks

[BillF]

2 hours ago, jazzbo said:

I never saw him, but one of my first three jazz LPs (all received at once) was his fantastic "Blues Shout" on Atlantic which influenced my jazz. discovery..

Blues Shout is a fine one! 

[Dub Modal]

On 5/4/2022 at 8:16 AM, mjazzg said:

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

That was a great opener for this session. Time constraints kept me from going through the whole thing but I'll revisit. It's one of those "radio" style playlists where the songs aren't shown in succession, only what's playing at that moment. Maybe after some time period they convert to listing out the playlist? I had to write these down as they popped up...

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

I know Azymuth and enjoy what I've heard so will have a listen to Bertrami, thanks

I very much enjoy Azymuth, but I think Bertrami's two solo releases -- Blue Wave and Dreams Are Real -- are even better.  Like Rab said, more jazz-oriented.

 

 

NP:

[Dub Modal]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

If you come across the LP version, grab it. The CD, or whatever reason, jacks up a Roy Brooks saw solo. Can't remember if they erased it altogether or just remixed it down to the point of inaudibility. Whatever, it leave a gap in the music that just doesn't sound right, imo.

Also noted in that it doesn't seem there was never a Japanese LP made, only a German LP and US/Euro/Japan CDs (and of course, an 8-track!). Seems prime material for these current BN reissue programs. 

[porcy62]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

If you come across the LP version, grab it. The CD, or whatever reason, jacks up a Roy Brooks saw solo. Can't remember if they erased it altogether or just remixed it down to the point of inaudibility. Whatever, it leave a gap in the music that just doesn't sound right, imo.

I got it, never spin since long time.

[JSngry]

24 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

Also noted in that it doesn't seem there was never a Japanese LP made, only a German LP and US/Euro/Japan CDs (and of course, an 8-track!). Seems prime material for these current BN reissue programs. 

I would hope that the saw remains on the master tape, or more accurately that the master tape with the saw remains. And that whoever's doing the Toned Poets series knows the difference.

It's kinda weird to know a record one way for decades, then get excited about it finally coming out on CD only to find that they've made a fundamental "change to one of the cuts, one of the more memorable parts, actually.

[JSngry]

Remember Charles McGee? He's on some cuts here. On the whole, a good "local" type record.

[relyles]

[Peter Friedman]

Ray Brown's Bag

with Blue Mitchell and Rice Kamuca