So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jazzbo]

Right now. . . as far as Brazilian jazz this has it all. All it is missing is somehow Tom Jobim beaming down from the cosmos to contribute. 

Duduka Da Fonseca, Helio Alves, featuring Maucha Adnet "Samba Jazz and Jobim"

[EKE BBB]

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Now playing Bob Kaufman - Dreaming Out Loud (Whaling City Sound). Berklee professor Kaufman on drums. Berklee professor Bruce Gertz on bass. Local tenor master Jerry Bergonzi on tenor. This is a very good trio date that would likely slide by most people as the leader and bassist are less know outside the Boston area. Funny thing is, even though I have seen Kaufman & Gertz on the bandstand many times, I still bought this because Bergonzi was in the tenor chair.

[Rabshakeh]

Charlie Parker Big Band – Charlie Parker Big Band (Clef, 1954)

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Ellington Indigos (Columbia, 1958)

Listening to this one because of a mention on the recent thread about the first jazz albums people bought.

It gets a bad rap for some reason, and I'd never listened to it as a result. But I really like it. I accept that none of these is the best version of these tunes, but it has a unified feel, great sound, and a nice simple one-soloist-per-song concept. I can see why it was a hit: If I was a stern 1950s father, I would have bought it too.

Johnny Hodges is great on it. 

5 hours ago, BillF said:

 

Love this one. Something about the treatment really brings out the familial link between scotch/Irish folk and the blues, really strongly.

Edited September 16, 2022 by Rabshakeh

[JSngry]

7 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Ellington Indigos (Columbia, 1958)

Listening to this one because of a mention on the recent thread about the first jazz albums people bought.

It gets a bad rap for some reason...

Who gives this a bad rap? I've always loved that record and it was also a hit!

[HutchFan]

Prompted by the Gertz and Gonz post above by @bresna:

[Jim Duckworth]

[Rabshakeh]

29 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Who gives this a bad rap? I've always loved that record and it was also a hit!

The universally trusted Allmusic is one (never great, but normally good for Ellington at least). A few other places.

It seems really good to me. It might even be the Ellington I'd recommend to a casual beginner.

[JSngry]

I guess those people read the liner notes instead of listening to the record.

Oh wait, yeah, the first CD issue of it was jacked up, not at all the original record except in partial part. THAT version should be panned, just because. But the OG record itself, I will go to the mat for THAT one.

[Rabshakeh]

George Duke – Night After Night (Elektra, 1989)

[John Tapscott]

On 9/15/2022 at 3:18 AM, BillF said:

 

Now playing:

Now:

Disc 1

23 hours ago, HutchFan said:

 

 

 

 

Al Cohn - Play It Now (Xanadu)

Cohn in excelsis.

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

36 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Prompted by the Gertz and Gonz post above by @bresna:

Have you ever spun any of Gertz's self-produced/released LPs with Bergonzi? I think Gertz still has a bunch of sealed copies in his closet. I was able to buy a few from him years ago. He had these back then:

Con Brio - Con Brio (Not Fat Records 01-22)
Gonz - Uranian Undertow (Not Fat Records 02-22)
Jerry Bergonzi Quartet - Featuring Bruce Gertz (Not Fat Records 03-22)
Con Brio - The Ray (Not Fat Records 04-22)
Gonz - Caught in the Act! (Not Fat Records 06-22)

There was another one by Gonz called "The Front End", which Gertz also had, but I had found a copy of that at Stereo Jack's years before. That band, Gonz, was a great trio with Gertz & the late Bob Gullotti backing Jerry. I wish I had gotten a chance to see them live.

[BillF]

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

Charlie Parker Big Band – Charlie Parker Big Band (Clef, 1954)

 

 

 

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

23 minutes ago, bresna said:

Have you ever spun any of Gertz's self-produced/released LPs with Bergonzi? I think Gertz still has a bunch of sealed copies in his closet. I was able to buy a few from him years ago. He had these back then:

Con Brio - Con Brio (Not Fat Records 01-22)
Gonz - Uranian Undertow (Not Fat Records 02-22)
Jerry Bergonzi Quartet - Featuring Bruce Gertz (Not Fat Records 03-22)
Con Brio - The Ray (Not Fat Records 04-22)
Gonz - Caught in the Act! (Not Fat Records 06-22)

There was another one by Gonz called "The Front End", which Gertz also had, but I had found a copy of that at Stereo Jack's years before. That band, Gonz, was a great trio with Gertz & the late Bob Gullotti backing Jerry. I wish I had gotten a chance to see them live.

I haven't heard those.  Will have to keep an eye out for them.   

The only other Gertz & Gonz album that I know is Red Handed on Double-Time.  

 

[jazzbo]

The Complete Freddie Hubbard Blue Note & Impulse '60s Studio Sessions, disc 3

Edited September 16, 2022 by jazzbo

[Peter Friedman]

[Rabshakeh]

Nate Wooley and Columbia Icefield – Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes (Pyroclastic, 2021)

[jazzbo]

This is in some ways a strange box set, but I like it. Disc1

[jazzbo]

John Coltrane "Blue Train--the Complete Masters" Blue Note Japan SHM-SACD

This Japanese SHM-SACD sound pretty darned good. What might set it apart from a number of other issues is the stereo separation and the depth of the soundfield.

Edited September 16, 2022 by jazzbo

[medjuck]

4 hours ago, JSngry said:

I guess those people read the liner notes instead of listening to the record.

Oh wait, yeah, the first CD issue of it was jacked up, not at all the original record except in partial part. THAT version should be panned, just because. But the OG record itself, I will go to the mat for THAT one.

Ditto. And a couple of the later cd reissues too. (I think I own 3 different versions-- and I'd go to the mat for all of them. 

[jlhoots]

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

Nate Wooley and Columbia Icefield – Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes (Pyroclastic, 2021)

On my short list.

[jazzcorner]

Fresh Sound Records FSR-3000 - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra "Live At Humbolt State College 1959


 

[Peter Friedman]

[Chuck Nessa]