So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[soulpope]

3 minutes ago, BillF said:

I remember it's arrival well. Would it be as good as Riverside? We weren't sure.

How did you rate it back then .... and now .... ?

[Simon8]

2 hours ago, soulpope said:

The mighty fine Columbia debut ....

👍😄

[Peter Friedman]

[Chuck Nessa]

[John Tapscott]

[Jim Duckworth]

[optatio]

18 minutes ago, Jim Duckworth said:

👍 ... both on my shelf 😉

[jazzbo]

Jimmy Knepper was such a great trombonist–I wish he had more leader dates. This is a good one with Bill Evans on the piano stool for six of the nine tracks.

“A Swinging Introduction to Jimmy Knepper” Bethlehem / Solid Records cd

 

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Tracking

[Rabshakeh]

Earl Bostic – Jazz As I Feel It (King, 1963)

[HutchFan]

22 hours ago, bresna said:

I just came across a review of this and it sounds like something I might like. It seems to be only available as part of a large box or an old French CD. Is this highly regarded here? How did Columbia forget about it?

bresna, I can't speak for others, but I regard it very highly. If you love EKE's music, I'd say it's essential. 

 

Now playing:

Giovanni Hidalgo - Time Shifter (TropiJazz, 1996)

Edited November 15, 2022 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

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[Chuck Nessa]

Jason Stein, Damon Smith & Adam Shead

[Larry Kart]

[Chuck Nessa]

16 minutes ago, Larry Kart said:

Fun record.

[Chuck Nessa]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

bresna, it's music from Ellington's "stockpile"; it wasn't originally recorded for Columbia. I can't speak for others, but I regard it very highly. If you love EKE's music, I'd say it's essential. 

Incorrect. It was recorded for Columbia and produced by Irving Townsend on July 14, 1960.

I have a Columbia lp from 1979.

Nice record.

How in hell does this wrong info get spread.

Edited November 15, 2022 by Chuck Nessa

[EKE BBB]

[BillF]

11 hours ago, soulpope said:

How did you rate it back then .... and now .... ?

We noticed a sharper, more "presentational" sound than we'd heard with Riverside - a step in the direction of Blue Note, though not so much, of course. (We were very critical of Blue Note at the time that their now classic albums were coming out. People used to say "They all sound the same.")

In more recent times both Riverside and Columbia Monks had a prize place in my record collection.

10 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

👍

10 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

👍

[jazzcorner]

15 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

One of his best. Like it very much

😁👍

13 hours ago, soulpope said:

The mighty fine Columbia debut ....

A really good one 👍😁

[soulpope]

50 minutes ago, BillF said:

We noticed a sharper, more "presentational" sound than we'd heard with Riverside - a step in the direction of Blue Note, though not so much, of course. (We were very critical of Blue Note at the time that their now classic albums were coming out. People used to say "They all sound the same.")

In more recent times both Riverside and Columbia Monks had a prize place in my record collection.

 

Thnx for sharing ....

[Gheorghe]

It didn´t happen often this year that I posted what I listened to, since the most listening was live, but since some of my best music colleages and I dare to say almost friends played "Chick´s Tune" I must say I loved that line and anyway the song structure and form is easy since it´s based on "You Stepped Out of a Dream". I had asked them during intermission what it was and they told me the name of the tune, so I googled and found it on that Blue Mitchell album. 

I somehow reminded I had bought this once with some batch of RVG´s without paying much attention, so I revisited it and oh yeah, wonderful:

The first tune is some party mood, very danceable stuff on rhythm changes in F . 

There also is a slow blues composed by Joe Henderson, who didn´t play on that session. 

The musicians just great. I don´t remember I had heard Blue Mitchell else than in the context with Horace Silver. Junior Cook sure was underrated, he really can play and never disappointed me. The bass player is a bit subdued.....
Chick Corea is superb here. Sometimes he got shades of Monk in his solos, sometimes you hear a bit of Bud, but you also hear lines that later developed to what he started with Miles . Such a great musician. 

And my all time favourite Al Foster, I love him, I love everything he did. A fanstastic drummer. 

And then "Chick´s Tune" the reason why I listened to this record. I have it in my head all the time, anyway I love to improvise on "You Stepped out of a Dream" it´s tricky changes but it flows so easily.... 

[EKE BBB]

Man, how I love these two guys... either playing within his 'pre-defined' repertory or in a different and more 'advanced' context. And if you'd have to name a player you would recognize after listening to just a couple of bars, that would be Pee Wee Russell.

[BillF]

3 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

It didn´t happen often this year that I posted what I listened to, since the most listening was live, but since some of my best music colleages and I dare to say almost friends played "Chick´s Tune" I must say I loved that line and anyway the song structure and form is easy since it´s based on "You Stepped Out of a Dream". I had asked them during intermission what it was and they told me the name of the tune, so I googled and found it on that Blue Mitchell album. 

I somehow reminded I had bought this once with some batch of RVG´s without paying much attention, so I revisited it and oh yeah, wonderful:

The first tune is some party mood, very danceable stuff on rhythm changes in F . 

There also is a slow blues composed by Joe Henderson, who didn´t play on that session. 

The musicians just great. I don´t remember I had heard Blue Mitchell else than in the context with Horace Silver. Junior Cook sure was underrated, he really can play and never disappointed me. The bass player is a bit subdued.....
Chick Corea is superb here. Sometimes he got shades of Monk in his solos, sometimes you hear a bit of Bud, but you also hear lines that later developed to what he started with Miles . Such a great musician. 

And my all time favourite Al Foster, I love him, I love everything he did. A fanstastic drummer. 

And then "Chick´s Tune" the reason why I listened to this record. I have it in my head all the time, anyway I love to improvise on "You Stepped out of a Dream" it´s tricky changes but it flows so easily.... 

I agree. "Chick's Tune" is a winner! 👍

4 hours ago, EKE BBB said:

👍

20 hours ago, mikeweil said:

👍

[BillF]

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[sidewinder]

Prompted by another thread and fun to be reminded of this lineup.

The Horizon Blue Notes are well worthy of reissue in remastered sound.

Edited November 15, 2022 by sidewinder

[Referentzhunter]