So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Rabshakeh]

Johnny Griffin – Lady Heavy Bottom's Waltz (Vogue, 1969)

I was largely drawn to this, to which I am listening for the first time, by the funny title.

It's from 1969, so about the time that Griffin gave the very angry interview that is in Notes and Tones. Interesting to hear the kind of music that he was making at that time, which is almost self-consciously of the previous generation.

It must have been a miserable time to be a straight ahead jazz musician at the top of his or her craft.

[Gheorghe]

2 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Johnny Griffin – Lady Heavy Bottom's Waltz (Vogue, 1969)

I was largely drawn to this, to which I am listening for the first time, by the funny title.

It's from 1969, so about the time that Griffin gave the very angry interview that is in Notes and Tones. Interesting to hear the kind of music that he was making at that time, which is almost self-consciously of the previous generation.

It must have been a miserable time to be a straight ahead jazz musician at the top of his or her craft.

Yes, I also read that interview with Griffin. Griffin had a great start in Europe when he came to Paris but maybe he missed the old days. 

[jazzbo]

The Complete J.J. Johnson Columbia Small Group Sessions, disc 4

This set is a great testament to what Mosaic can do and has done.

Edited June 23, 2022 by jazzbo

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Louis Scherr - Warm Valley (What's In A Name Records). A nice, if rather tame session that I found in a dollar bin and bought with one glance at the cover.

[Rabshakeh]

24 minutes ago, Gheorghe said:

Yes, I also read that interview with Griffin. Griffin had a great start in Europe when he came to Paris but maybe he missed the old days. 

He's not alone. A lot of the interviewees in that book are very very bitter. But I think that Griffin comes across and the angriest. 

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

Togashi Masahiko/Steve Lacy/Takahishi Yuji

2000.10.16 Hall Egg Farm

 

[BillF]

[jazzbo]

"The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions" Mosaic Records cd 2

[HutchFan]

[jazzbo]

John Coltrane "My Favorite Things" 50th Anniversary 2 cd set, mono mix cd. Sounds great. I ended up with two of these sets because I chose not to wait for Rhino to mail me my pre-ordered copy which took 3 weeks to arrive.

[Referentzhunter]

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

Plenty to like (like the rhythm section, especially when the Rhodes come on!), not a whole lot to love. Recommended for the listener who loves to just like.

 

[Rabshakeh]

Maulawi – Orotunds

Recent ish reissue of an obscure Strata thing. Not really digging it. I feel like there are hundreds of records that I would have reissued before this one.

Edited June 23, 2022 by Rabshakeh

[JSngry]

Is that Strata-East or Strata?

[Rabshakeh]

Strata. Edited.

[JSngry]

It's important to keep our obscurities in order. Otherwise they become post-obscure.

[Jim Duckworth]

On 6/13/2022 at 10:25 PM, Chuck Nessa said:

Time traveling again

Lots of good Jabbo Smith, but for some reason, I am particularly fond of Monette Moore's reading of Don't You Leave Me Here.

[JSngry]

Chicago Creative Music Scene Sex Tape: Vol 1 - David Boykin

 

Let's make some noise!!!!!

[Dub Modal]

47 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Maulawi – Orotunds

Recent ish reissue of an obscure Strata thing. Not really digging it. I feel like there are hundreds of records that I would have reissued before this one.

Listening now...opening track ain't so bad. Those creeping 70s intros are so on point. 

[Rabshakeh]

18 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

Listening now...opening track ain't so bad. Those creeping 70s intros are so on point. 

I liked the first track most. But even then it’s nothing that we haven’t heard before. The later tracks are just jam standard with quite a lot of audible mistakes.

[Referentzhunter]

[Rabshakeh]

Max Roach, Herb Geller, Walter Benton, Joe Maini, Clifford Brown– Best Coast Jazz

I’m not sure I know who Joe Maini and Walter Benton were. 

[JSngry]

David Boykin Reads Sun Ra               

https://www.dustygroove.com/item/113568

The wisdom and knowledge of Sun Ra – read by saxophonist David Boykin, an artist who is definitely carrying on the spiritual legacy that Ra began on the Chicago scene! The album is all spoken word – no music at all, but instead these really well-done readings by Boykin – who clearly embraces all of the ideas in the writings of Ra, and delivers them with an understanding that really makes the words leap off the page! Selections include writings from the late 50s through the start of the 80s – with titles that include "Of Variable Universe", "The Empty Space", "Sound Silence", "The Sounds Of Planets", "The Space Age Cannot Be Avoided", "We Hold This Myth To Be Potential", "The Visitation", "Visions Out", "The Three Dimensions Of Air", and "On Solar Planes".  

A niche item, but...I am not at all turned off by Ra's writings, nor his philosophy (once "decoded", which I may or may not be getting all wrong, but...it makes more sense than anything else right now). Boykin does justice to the words. In particular, I like "We Hold These Myths To Be Potential".

Indeed.