So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[John Tapscott]

4th time through. I really enjoy this release.

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzcorner]

Gryphon [Japan] BT-8086 - Bob Brookmeyer "Small Band" - rec. 1978 - Engineers: Keith Grant & Dale Ashby

[HutchFan]

 

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone on the forum.  

 

[danasgoodstuff]

Jommy Woods, Conflict, recently picked u[ a cheap used CD of this fine session.

[HutchFan]

Now listening to Masahiko Satoh & Medical Sugar Bank  - MSB Two (Openskye/Sony Japan, 1981):

Edited November 25, 2022 by HutchFan

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Now listening to Masahiko Satoh & Medical Sugar Bank  - MSB Two (Openskye/Sony Japan, 1981):

Sort of japanese Fusion classic ....

[BillF]

[Gheorghe]

2 hours ago, BillF said:

I like Brew Moore. I have some of him as a sideman with Maggie, with Machito and with Miles from the late 40´s - early 50´s, and then I think a double CD live on Steeplechase......., 

As a pianist I think it was a very comfortable thing to play with him. 

[jazzbo]

I also am a big fan of Brew Moore.

[BillF]

[Peter Friedman]

Cover makes no sense at all. This trio has Piano, Guitar and bass, no Harp whatsoever.

 

Edited November 25, 2022 by Peter Friedman
need explanation

[soulpope]

52 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said:

Cover makes no sense at all. This trio has Piano, Guitar and bass, no Harp whatsoever.

A vast number of Venus Records Cover Art didn't make sense at all .... to put it mildly ....

Edited November 25, 2022 by soulpope

[Joe]

[Peter Friedman]

Not sure how this one slipped by me, I was unaware of it until now.

It is a 5***** album in my opinion. Rouse is delightful, George Cables plays so many excellent solos it blew me away. Buddy Montgomery on vibes is terrific.

[Bluesnik]

11 hours ago, BillF said:

I once read, in the liners to the Joe Pass Mosaic, I think, that Moore, Pass and Burroughs shared a crash pad at some time in New Orleans, I think. Pass played in a strippers club. So all very seedy.

[HutchFan]

15 hours ago, soulpope said:

Sort of japanese Fusion classic ....

Yep. Satoh is a very interesting musician. 

 

[ghost of miles]

Impulsively Ellington, a nicely-done Ellington Impulse tribute compilation put together in 1999 for his centennial. Came across a cheap used copy at my local record store this afternoon and picked it up, partly for the handful of tracks I didn’t already have, and partly because I’ve grown to really enjoy well-curated anthologies like this one:

Edited November 25, 2022 by ghost of miles

[optatio]

2 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Not sure how this one slipped by me, I was unaware of it until now.

It is a 5***** album in my opinion. Rouse is delightful, George Cables plays so many excellent solos it blew me away. Buddy Montgomery on vibes is terrific.

👍

 

[Peter Friedman]

[Kevin Bresnahan]

8 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Cover makes no sense at all. This trio has Piano, Guitar and bass, no Harp whatsoever.

 

At least she has clothes on while she plays.

[Rabshakeh]

10 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Cover makes no sense at all. This trio has Piano, Guitar and bass, no Harp whatsoever.

 

Is it good? Venus is an interesting label but with an uneven output.

Now playing:

Solomon Ilori And His Afro-Drum Ensemble – African High Life

Not a great record, but it is still interesting for the way some tracks, particularly the more "jazz" tracks, prefigure the more recent London scene with their mix of West African-derived jazz rhythms and dance-minded saxophone solos.

[HutchFan]

[Rabshakeh]

Tyshawn Sorey Trio +1 With Greg Osby – The Off-Off Broadway Guide To Synergism (Pi, 2022)

Just listening to the taster on Spotify at the moment, but I find this a little disappointing.

Sorey is wonderful, but the record breathes the same sort of close air as some of the 00s Motian releases, but without the strength of ideas that Lovano and Frisell brought. I find Aaron Diehl particularly disappointing but Osby not far behind. I would be interested in finding out other members' views, particularly those who've heard the full set.

[Gheorghe]

7 hours ago, optatio said:

👍

 

Must be very interesting. Rouse is one of my favourite. 
It would be fine to hear this. Especially for hearing Monk´s music in a maybe more modern context where you hear the instruments, especially the drums and also the bass better than on the original BN record. 

The original BN-Monk records have such a terrible sound quality, I didn´t know that in the late 40´s right sound recording still was so low standard. It sounded like in a haze, and like you put a mike in front of an old gramofon and re-record it on audio caseta. 

I like to play Monk tunes my self and Epistrophy is a favourite of mine. It´s such a fine and logic construction of that tune. 

This was really Charlie Rouse´ last concert. I didn´t know he died so early, he really looks fine and healthy on that cover.