So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[gmonahan]

One doesn't hear jazz accordion very often, but Pete Jolly plays a lot of it here.

 

[HutchFan]

Earlier this evening, I was listening to Cal Tjader's Guarabe (Fantasy, 1977), as heard on this CD: 

Along with the entirety of Guarabe, this CD compiles the music from Tjader's LP Here (Galaxy, 1978), less one cut.

 

Now:

Jack DeJohnette - Parallel Realities (MCA, 1990)
with Herbie Hancock and Pat Metheny

Picked this album up recently for the second time.  I had bought it on cassette when it originally came out.  Not long after, my car's player "ate" the tape.  So it's been fun re-hearing the music again, decades later. 

 

Edited October 11, 2022 by HutchFan

[BillF]

[Gheorghe]

15 hours ago, Referentzhunter said:

This was the first Wes Montgomery I ever heard. I still love it very much. 

[Bluesnik]

15 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Lonnie Smith – Move Your Hand (Blue Note, 1970)

 

I have this in an old domestic CD release. I think from the 90s, but previous to the Japanese in any case. I think Rare Groove.

[Bluesnik]

14 hours ago, dougcrates said:

That's one I have too. That Super Bit Jazz Classics were great. Mini LPs too.

[jazzcorner]

12 hours ago, gmonahan said:

One doesn't hear jazz accordion very often, but Pete Jolly plays a lot of it here.

 

[Justin V]

This is probably my favorite Tatum. 

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

3/10/81 from this set

The Grateful Dead: In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81 ’82 ’83

Edited October 11, 2022 by jazzbo

[John Tapscott]

On 2022-10-10 at 3:28 AM, BillF said:

Now playing:

Now:

 

[BillF]

13 minutes ago, John Tapscott said:

 

 

Now playing:

[jazzbo]

"Quincy--Here we Come--Compositions by Quincy Jones played by Joe Harris, Ake Persson, Benny Bailey," Dragon Records cd

Recorded Millessalen, Hotel Foresta, Stockholm, Oct 8 and 9, 1959

Edited October 11, 2022 by jazzbo

[jazzbo]

Luis Gasca "The Little Giant" Atlantic Records

Arranged By – Hubert Laws, Luis Gasca, Mark Levine 
Bass – Chuck Rainey, Dave Herscher, Richard Davis 
Bass Flute – Hubert Laws 
Bata – Jullito Collazo
Congas – Mongo Santamaria 
Cowbell – Marty Sheller
Drums – Bernard Purdie, Mickey Roker 
Flute – Hubert Laws, Lew Tabackin
Piano – Herbie Hancock, Mark Levine, Paul Griffin  
Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson  
Timbales – Steve Berrios  
Trombone – Joe Gallardo 
Trumpet – Luis Gasca  

Edited October 11, 2022 by jazzbo

[HutchFan]

The Singers Unlimited:

 

 

and The Swingle Singers (uncredited):

Stan Getz with Michel Legrand - Communications '72 (Verve)
with Eddy Louiss (also uncredited)

 

[John Tapscott]

[HutchFan]

Sathima Bea Benjamin with Dollar Brand - African Songbird (The Sun, 1976)
with Basil 'Mannenberg' Coetzee

 

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

3/10/81 from this set disc 2

The Grateful Dead: In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81 ’82 ’83

[jazzbo]

Kalia Vandever "Regrowth"

[HutchFan]

The Chris Hinze Combination - Mission Suite (MPS, 1973)

Flute, Alto Flute, Piccolo Flute, Bamboo Flute, Arrangements – Chris Hinze
Electric Piano – Rob van den Broeck
Bass, Electric Bass – John Lee 
Drums – Gerry Brown
Vocals, Percussion – Henny Vonk
Guest, Guitar – Sigi Schwab
Guest, Percussion – Wim van der Beek
Guest, Percussion – Cees See

This album is a sort of predecessor to John Lee & Gerry Brown's terrific Bamboo Madness (originally titled Infinite Jones), which came out in 1974 on Hinze's Keytone label.  To my ears, Mission Suite isn't as compelling as Bamboo Madness -- but it's in the exact same neighborhood style-wise.  Gary Bartz (and, to a lesser extent, Jasper van't Hof) bring a little extra "juice" to Bamboo Madness -- and that's what's missing on Mission Suite.  As for Lee and Brown, they kick ass on both albums.

Interesting bit of trivia: Michael Cuscuna wrote the original liner notes for both of these albums. 

 

Edited October 11, 2022 by HutchFan

[Peter Friedman]

[Rabshakeh]

Pat Matshikiza – Sikiza Matshikiza (The Sun, 1976)

[HutchFan]

Now:

John McNeil - East Coast Cool (OmniTone, 2006)
with Allan Chase (bari sax); John Hebert (b); Matt Wilson (d)

This album is a tip of the cap to the Baker/Mulligan quartet; however, this band sounds much more contemporary.  They're just using the Baker/Mulligan aesthetic as a jumping off point for doing their own thing.

 

[Rabshakeh]

2 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Now:

John McNeil - East Coast Cool (OmniTone, 2006)
with Allan Chase (bari sax); John Hebert (b); Matt Wilson (d)

This album is a tip of the cap to the Baker/Mulligan quartet; however, this band sounds much more contemporary.  They're just using the Baker/Mulligan aesthetic as a jumping off point for doing their own thing.

 

Agent Smith on bari.