So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jazzbo]

Harold Mabern "Mabern Plays Coltrane" Smoke Sessions cd

[jazzcorner]

44 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

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. 

[BillF]

2 hours ago, jazzbo said:

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.

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

These past few days I've been wanting to hear "Ruby My Dear" and today I'm listening to the solo piano version on Thelonious Monk "Solo Monk"

[jlhoots]

2 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

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. 

Well, now you do.

[BillF]

1 hour ago, Peter Friedman said:

[hopkins]

Nice compilation of this wonderful singer.

https://archive.org/details/cd_seems-like-old-times_thelma-carpenter

 

[Rabshakeh]

Weldon Irvine - Sinbad (RCA)

Edited June 23, 2022 by Rabshakeh

[JSngry]

2 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

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. 

Walter Benton actually had a leader date on Jazzland. Hardly a "name" but he's on several other records, more than you might expect.

Joe Maini will forever be remembered, not only for his fine lead alto work, but for providing one of the most memorable prank photographs ever.

For more about him: https://www.jazzwax.com/2010/06/the-truth-about-joe-mainis-death.html

[Rabshakeh]

25 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Walter Benton actually had a leader date on Jazzland. Hardly a "name" but he's on several other records, more than you might expect.

Joe Maini will forever be remembered, not only for his fine lead alto work, but for providing one of the most memorable prank photographs ever.

For more about him: https://www.jazzwax.com/2010/06/the-truth-about-joe-mainis-death.html

Thanks! 

Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society – Nasty (Moers, 1981)

 

[Peter Friedman]

[Bluesnik]

7 hours ago, jazzbo said:

That's one I like very much too.

[sgcim]

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

Thanks! 

Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society – Nasty (Moers, 1981)

 

I have a record by a classical music saxophone concerto (20th century) played by a sax player named Walter Benton. I wonder if he was the same guy?

[Peter Friedman]

[jlhoots]

Walter Benton was on Max Roach: Freedom Now Suite on Candid.

[HutchFan]

Now streaming via YT:

[HutchFan]

[Larry Kart]

1 hour ago, jlhoots said:

Walter Benton was on Max Roach: Freedom Now Suite on Candid.

Also on three tracks from Quincy Jones' "Go West, Man' (ABC Paramount)

 

Go West, Man!
Studio album by  Quincy Jones
Released	October 17, 1957
Recorded	February 25, 1957
Studio	Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:56
Label	ABC Paramount
Producer	Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones chronology
This Is How I Feel About Jazz (1956) Go West, Man! (1957) The Birth of a Band! (1959)

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Allmusic	[1]

Go West, Man! is the second studio album by Quincy Jones.^[2] It was released in 1957 by ABC Records.

Track listing[edit]

1. "Dancin' Pants" (Jimmy Giuffre) – 3:50
2. "Blues Day" (Giuffre) – 4:40
3. "Bright Moon" (Giuffre) – 5:20
4. "No Bones at All" (Johnny Mandel) – 3:58
5. "The Oom Is Blues" (Charlie Mariano) – 5:10
6. "Be My Guest" (Lennie Niehaus) – 4:29
7. Medley: "What's New?" - Bill Perkins solo (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) / "We'll Be Together Again" - Pepper Adams solo (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) / "Time on My Hands" - Buddy Collette solo (Vincent Youmans); / "You Go to My Head" - Carl Perkins solo (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie); / "Laura" - Walter Benton solo (David Raksin / Johnny Mercer) – 6:17
8. "London Derriere" (Johnny Mandel) – 4:06
9. "Kings Road Blues" (Lennie Niehaus) – 5:06

Personnel[edit]

• Quincy Jones – conductor
• Conte Candoli (2, 4, 8) – trumpet
• Pete Candoli (2, 4, 8) – trumpet
• Harry Edison (2, 4, 8) – trumpet
• Jack Sheldon (2, 4, 8) – trumpet
• Benny Carter (1, 6, 9) – alto saxophone
• Herb Geller (1, 6, 9) – alto saxophone
• Charlie Mariano (1, 6, 9) – alto saxophone
• Art Pepper (1, 6, 9) – alto saxophone
• Pepper Adams (3, 5, 7) – baritone saxophone
• Walter Benton (3, 5, 7) – tenor saxophone
• Buddy Collette (3, 5, 7) – tenor saxophone
• Bill Perkins (3, 5, 7) – tenor saxophone
• Lou Levy (1, 6, 9) – piano
• Carl Perkins (2-5, 7-8) – piano
• Red Mitchell (1, 6, 9) – bass
• Leroy Vinnegar (2–5, 7–8) – bass
• Shelly Manne (1, 3, 5–7, 9) – drums
• Mel Lewis (2, 4, 8) – drums

[Gheorghe]

18 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

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. 

would be worth a topic in the forum jazz literature.
I thought the most bitter is the interview with Hampton Hawes. And there is a very unusual interview with Eddie Lockjaw Davis...

[Rabshakeh]

22 minutes ago, Gheorghe said:

would be worth a topic in the forum jazz literature.
I thought the most bitter is the interview with Hampton Hawes. And there is a very unusual interview with Eddie Lockjaw Davis...

I don’t remember either of them! I’ll go back and review. I remember Blakey being refreshing, because he was one of the few who dodged the leading questions.

[BillF]

5 hours ago, HutchFan said:

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[EKE BBB]

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[jazzbo]

Charles Mingus "Reincarnation of a Love Bird" Candid/Solid Records (mono) cd