So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jazzbo]

Betty Carter "I Can't Help It" GRP/Impulse cd

The irrepressible brave and resolute Betty Carter.

[Chuck Nessa]

Duke Ellington Victor Master takes 1927-1934 disc 1 (of 4) - cdr I made from

[Peter Friedman]

[Dub Modal]

4 hours ago, JSngry said:

Cool, thanks. "Yes" it is!

I'm totally unversed in classical so in terms of how true these songs are to the source material I can't tell you. For all I know the titles could be a ruse to lure in Chopin fans and then sucker them into the jazz world. The old switcheroo, if you will. 

It's a good album though, esp if you like Rosenwinkel's style and sound. Brodbeck is new for me and I dug his piano playing also. 

5 hours ago, JSngry said:

 

 

3 hours ago, mjazzg said:

That's an old favourite

Listening to this one and damn it's got some atmosphere 

[JSngry]

Only been paying any real attention to "classical" for a few years now (and generally more modern stuff), but Chopin's harmonies have had an immeasurable influence on a certain type of jazz harmony. Any good collection of the Preludes won't hurt any, if you know what I mean.

[mjazzg]

9 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

 

Listening to this one and damn it's got some atmosphere 

You may already know but just in case, there's lots more very good music under the Chicago Underground umbrella - Duo, Trio, Quartet and Orchestra.

My introduction to both Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor, both of whom I still pay very close attention to

[Dub Modal]

20 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

You may already know but just in case, there's lots more very good music under the Chicago Underground umbrella - Duo, Trio, Quartet and Orchestra.

My introduction to both Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor, both of whom I still pay very close attention to

Another group I know nothing about, so thanks for the lead. I see in the notes on the rear card they played with Fred Anderson, so that's definitely intriguing.

[mjazzg]

I suspect Mr Anderson cast a very influential shadow over the generation represented by the Chicago Underground crew, maybe less so in musical style than in organisation and facilitation. 

They connect strongly with Tortoise and others from that Chicago scene. Jeff Parker's in the mix too so in a way it threads right through to the current International Anthem stable.

Edited May 10, 2022 by mjazzg

[BillF]

[John Tapscott]

This is a great CD. I've never heard Joe Henderson play better than he does here (maybe it's the excellent recording quality).  

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Frank Sinatra - The Capitol Years
Disc 1 of 3

 

[John Tapscott]

w. Brian Lynch, Gary Smulyan, Rufus Reid and Billy Hart. Fine band. 

[Rabshakeh]

2 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

This is a great CD. I've never heard Joe Henderson play better than he does here (maybe it's the excellent recording quality).  

That's serious talk.

[HutchFan]

The Very Best of Nancy Wilson: The Capitol Recordings, 1960-1976
Disc 3 of 3

 

[ghost of miles]

This excellent Astrud Gilberto collection.

[BillF]

10 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

8 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

w. Brian Lynch, Gary Smulyan, Rufus Reid and Billy Hart. Fine band. 

Will give it a listen.

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[Gheorghe]

11 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

This is a great CD. I've never heard Joe Henderson play better than he does here (maybe it's the excellent recording quality).  

Must find that. For me it looks like an absolute dream band. Those four stars, each one of them for itself have been my very favourites from what I heard and saw live on Festivals from the late 70´s to the early 80´s. Within only a year (79/80) I had seen Joe Henderson twice, Ron Carter with his own Quartet, McTyner sextet with the personnel of "Horizon" and Al Foster with Sonny Rollins......., great times when all of them were at the peak of their power and we saw them regularly and would wait for their next albums....
Ron Carter was something like a "Mr. Hip" for us, very very tall, and that incredible bass sound with all his gimmicks like those glissandos and double grips....., Ron´s sound on Milestone Records or with VSOP was the sound of our time...., and McCoy Tyner seemed to be one of the most influencial pianists of all times....

[jazzcorner]

10 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Frank Sinatra - The Capitol Years
Disc 1 of 3

 

4 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

This excellent Astrud Gilberto collection.

[jazzbo]

Edited May 11, 2022 by jazzbo

[Peter Friedman]

This is a lovely Lee Konitz album. Perhaps my favorite of later period.

[BillF]

[JSngry]

This is a good record.

[jazzbo]

[John Tapscott]

1 hour ago, jazzbo said:

40 minutes ago, BillF said:

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