So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[soulpope]

29 minutes ago, Pim said:

Chico Freeman had a wonderful tone at that time .... sublime platter ....

[Gheorghe]

On 9.9.2022 at 0:29 AM, gmonahan said:

Fantastic. I have them as individual albums, the first I got was the Mating Call, but it had another cover, one of Tadd on piano in the studio, with a red cover and the title "Tadd Dameron with John Coltrane". The album with Fats is fantastic, that´s the great band from Royal Roost 1948, wonderful. Fontainebleau is wonderful but maybe not as strong as "Mating Call". There was another session for Prestige in 1953 but it filled only a half album, the fanstastic stuff with Clifford Brown, the so called "Atlantic City Band". 
The last album "Magic Touch" disappointed me. Some remakes of old tunes, but the new compositions are to "smooth", I like the more tricky things like "Hot House", "Good Bait", "Our Delight" and so on. And the disappointment also was that Dameron himself was no longer playing himself. Bill Evans is not really an adequate replacement. Tadd was during the end of his life and to ill to play a piano. It reminds me of Mingus´"Me myself and I" where he couldn´t longer play the bass himself, and the two replacement basses can´t fit into the role Mingus himself had on bass. That´s what I think about the Magic Touch album, same impression....

[Rabshakeh]

Jim Beard – Song Of The Sun (CTI, 1991)

[Pim]

2 hours ago, soulpope said:

Chico Freeman had a wonderful tone at that time .... sublime platter ....

Yeah he did. Essentially a ballad album but a very good one  he will be performing at the Bimhuis coming Sunday performing Coltrane tunes. Curious to see if he still has that tone.

[soulpope]

30 minutes ago, Pim said:

Yeah he did. Essentially a ballad album but a very good one  he will be performing at the Bimhuis coming Sunday performing Coltrane tunes. Curious to see if he still has that tone.

Saw him (before the COVID-19 outbreak) performing "live" with Swiss bassplayer Heiri Känzig .... Chico Freeman still had it, nevertheless the 70`s/early 80`s recording showed him at his peak .... I`m interested about your impresions from the Bimhuis performance ....

[Pim]

28 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Saw him (before the COVID-19 outbreak) performing "live" with Swiss bassplayer Heiri Känzig .... Chico Freeman still had it, nevertheless the 70`s/early 80`s recording showed him at his peak .... I`m interested about your impresions from the Bimhuis performance ....

Great to hear that. Must say I like his India Navigation stuff the most. Indeed the ‘70’s/80’s stuff. With these guys I always feel happy to be able to see them perform live. As a 31 year old, I’ve missed a lot of my idols
 

You’ll here from me

Edited September 11, 2022 by Pim

[BillF]

Two interesting contributions on Miles and Tadd, Gheorghe! 

Now playing:

Choice inspired by this:

 

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[Peter Friedman]

[Rabshakeh]

Lennie Niehaus – Vol. 5: The Sextet (Contemporary, 1956)

Avishai Cohen – Cross My Palm With Silver (ECM, 2017)

[BillF]

43 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Lennie Niehaus – Vol. 5: The Sextet (Contemporary, 1956)

 

[kh1958]

Wayne Shorter, Teri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese, Esperanza Spalding, Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival (Candid)

5 hours ago, Pim said:

Yeah he did. Essentially a ballad album but a very good one  he will be performing at the Bimhuis coming Sunday performing Coltrane tunes. Curious to see if he still has that tone.

Yes he does.

[BillF]

[jazzbo]

"Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival" Wayne Shorter, Terri Lynne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding, Leo Genovese.

Interesting performances!

Edited September 11, 2022 by jazzbo

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

Sheila Jordan "The Crossing" Blackhawk Records cd

I decided to pick up a few Sheila Jordan discs I didn't have. This is a nice one.

Bass – Harvie Swartz
Drums – Ben Riley
Flugelhorn – Tom Harrell
Piano – Kenny Barron
Producer – Herb Wong
Vocals – Sheila Jordan

Recorded at Gramavision Studio, New York City on October 1-2, 1984

[Pim]

2 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Wayne Shorter, Teri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese, Esperanza Spalding, Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival (Candid)

Yes he does.

Great to hear. Looking forward to it anyway. I’ve got pretty old parents (relatively) and always do these gigs with them. Will have a nice diner before. Always greatful I am still able to do these kind of things with them. 

[John Tapscott]

On 9/10/2022 at 3:46 AM, BillF said:

 

Now playing:

 

 I would rank that one as Harry's best recording (at least of those I've heard).

 to the Dameron set, too.

Now:

 

On 9/10/2022 at 7:57 AM, jazzcorner said:

 

[Rabshakeh]

Dr. John – Duke Elegant (Blue Note, 2001)

[Peter Friedman]

[ghost of miles]

[gmonahan]

16 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

Fantastic. I have them as individual albums, the first I got was the Mating Call, but it had another cover, one of Tadd on piano in the studio, with a red cover and the title "Tadd Dameron with John Coltrane". The album with Fats is fantastic, that´s the great band from Royal Roost 1948, wonderful. Fontainebleau is wonderful but maybe not as strong as "Mating Call". There was another session for Prestige in 1953 but it filled only a half album, the fanstasI agreetic stuff with Clifford Brown, the so called "Atlantic City Band". 
The last album "Magic Touch" disappointed me. Some remakes of old tunes, but the new compositions are to "smooth", I like the more tricky things like "Hot House", "Good Bait", "Our Delight" and so on. And the disappointment also was that Dameron himself was no longer playing himself. Bill Evans is not really an adequate replacement. Tadd was during the end of his life and to ill to play a piano. It reminds me of Mingus´"Me myself and I" where he couldn´t longer play the bass himself, and the two replacement basses can´t fit into the role Mingus himself had on bass. That´s what I think about the Magic Touch album, same impression....

I agree with you, though there are nonetheless some nice moments on "Magic Touch." I think Tadd was trying to make some money with that one. I have to say Avid does a better job with these multiple album reissues than many other labels do.

Meanwhile, some nice sound on this Japanese reissue:

 

[ghost of miles]

[ghost of miles]

Hooked on Desmond tonight.

[Peter Friedman]

[Gheorghe]

5 hours ago, gmonahan said:

I agree with you, though there are nonetheless some nice moments on "Magic Touch." I think Tadd was trying to make some money with that one. I have to say Avid does a better job with these multiple album reissues than many other labels do.

Meanwhile, some nice sound on this Japanese reissue:

 

I hadn´t known about those multiple album reissues until I got two of them from my wife for x-mas. And good luck, it was nothing I would have already had as individual cd: it was a 2 CD Dizzy set with "Bahia" and "Dizzy´s Party" from the mid 70´s Pablo, and the other was that Mingus "Newport Rebels + the two Candid albums from the early 60´s . 

About your impressions on Magic Touch: Yes, it´s possible that he hoped to make some money with it. The last few years must have been terrible for Tadd: Bad health, a bad habit, no gigs and no money. I read the bio about Tadd (in fact, there are two of them, but one is more complex) and the last chapter is really depressing.