So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[EKE BBB]

[soulpope]

3 minutes ago, EKE BBB said:

Good platter which still leaves me wondering how well Thad Jones fits in here ....

[Gheorghe]

1 hour ago, soulpope said:

This their 5th platter from 1979 released in US and Japan (with different Cover Art) ....

Oh yes, than it is the best of all, though it´s hard for me to choose. The "Tempest at Colosseum" is also top and was my favourite until I discovered "Under the Sky".  On the other hand, the studio album from the same time as "Under The Sky" is a lame duck for me. 

By the way: You should also get Sonny Rollins "Under the Sky", it´s incredible !!!!

1 hour ago, EKE BBB said:

This was my first Art Tatum album in the 70´s, it had another cover but I like it even more than the Verves. The "Begin the Beguine" is outa sight ! 

1 hour ago, BillF said:

Oh yes wonderful, the rhythm section is tops, the album is very fine, though I alsways found that J.R.Monterose has a bit a strange way of phrasing. I´m no collector, but I think I have another one where he plays with Kenny Dorham. 

[optatio]

1 hour ago, BillF said:

👍 ... a gem from the fifties!

[soulpope]

2 minutes ago, Gheorghe said:

Oh yes, than it is the best of all, though it´s hard for me to choose. The "Tempest at Colosseum" is also top and was my favourite until I discovered "Under the Sky".  On the other hand, the studio album from the same time as "Under The Sky" is a lame duck for me. 

My fave being  "Tempest at Colosseum" .... and "Five Stars" as dark horse ....

[EKE BBB]

1 hour ago, Gheorghe said:

This was my first Art Tatum album in the 70´s, it had another cover but I like it even more than the Verves. The "Begin the Beguine" is outa sight ! 

Yes, the Onyx LP was issued in 1972, with this cover:

[Gheorghe]

1 hour ago, EKE BBB said:

Yes, the Onyx LP was issued in 1972, with this cover:

Yeah that´s the one I got. 

[EKE BBB]

[BillF]

4 hours ago, EKE BBB said:

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[EKE BBB]

[BillF]

Now playing:

Just now, EKE BBB said:

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[Gheorghe]

28 minutes ago, EKE BBB said:

I think I have this somewhere, this might have been very very long ago, it was that short lived label from Bruce Lundvall. 

As much I can remember it would be some of the best Bud Powell live ever, but something was with the soundquality I mean I´m no audiophile but I think I didn´t hear Mingus´bass and it was too sharp or too much treble, so it was a pain in the ear. 

But from the playing it was about the best tunes and best solos he played. And above all because it was a dream team with Mingus and Roy Haynes, If I remember right there are some really fast tunes on it like "Salt Peanuts" "Little Willie Leaps" and a fantastic version of "Woody´n You" if it is that record. 
 

But I listen very seldom to albums without horns. Massey Hall I know too well to hear something new, but maybe I might make an exception to spin this one at some point, if I can catch something I had missed. 

13 minutes ago, EKE BBB said:

It was a favourite of mine when I bought anything that had one or two members of the original Miles quintet, since one LP with the original Miles was my first jazz listening and like maybe Beatles fans might see each member of the band as their idols, in my case it was besides Miles the other players of that first quintet. 
And I already had dug some of Tadd Dameron´s stuff. 
This I think is the last real Tadd Dameron album. "In a Misty Night" became something like a "mini hit", a catchy tune, many fellow musicians like it and at least I heard it played live by Pharoah Sanders.....

16 minutes ago, BillF said:

Now playing:

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I think I had it on a Double LP of Miles that had "Round Midnight" on the first LP. It´s a good album with a wonderful version of the title tune, I think there is one walking blues on it and one stuff similar to the Flamenco thing on KOB. But in general this was more a transition period for Miles, it took 2 more years to have Tony Williams, my favourite drummer. 

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, BillF said:

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Nice album mirroring also Hank Mobley`s values while playing with Miles Davis ....

Edited November 21, 2022 by soulpope

[jazzcorner]

16 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

 

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Now:

Love it. There are more from this excellent  orchestra here

👍😁

Edited November 21, 2022 by jazzcorner

[jazzbo]

Listening to something very familiar as I made a change to the DAC–added a specially designed plug for the USB input that has removed another veil of noise. It’s amazing how “noise”–so much more in our environment than decades ago–is something that when incrementally removed creates sonic improvement. And it seems there is always more noise to be eliminated.

Miles Davis “Sorcerer” Mobile Fidelity SACD

 

[Eric]

2 hours ago, EKE BBB said:

Yes this is fantastic.  Maybe the Bud I reach for most often.  Sound quality of the “who cares” variety.  Just a joy to listen to.

[JSngry]

33 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

 And it seems there is always more noise to be eliminated.

 

Manfred Eicher is putting you in his will as we speak!

9 minutes ago, Eric said:

Maybe the Bud I reach for most often.  

When reaching with both hands 😃

 

[jazzbo]

Joe Lovano / Greg Osby "Friendly Fire" Blue Note cd

Haven't played this one in a few years, and whenever I revisit something after that long I notice how much better it sounds because the system sounds so good now.

What a band. I forgot how good Cameron Brown can be on bass, and Jason Moran and Idris Muhammed bring a lot.

Edited November 21, 2022 by jazzbo

[Justin V]

 

[John Tapscott]

 

[optatio]

15 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Joe Lovano / Greg Osby "Friendly Fire" Blue Note cd

Haven't played this one in a few years, and whenever I revisit something after that long I notice how much better it sounds because the system sounds so good now.

What a band. I forgot how good Cameron Brown can be on bass, and Jason Moran and Idris Muhammed bring a lot.

👍 ... hardbop at it´s best!

[Peter Friedman]

[dougcrates]

[jazzbo]

Jackie Cain & Roy Kral “One More Rose: a Tribute to Allan Jay Lerner” Audiophile Records cd

More Jackie and Roy with vibes!

[HutchFan]

Prompted by the Latin-American jazz thread started by @Rabshakeh:

Opa - Goldenwings / Magic Time (Milestone)