So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[optatio]

[Pim]

17 hours ago, soulpope said:

That might be my favorite Desmond. Such an excellent selection of songs played by a great band. Love that atmosphere.

[Gheorghe]

50 minutes ago, optatio said:

What a dream team. And when I think that Frank Morgan who has top billing here was completlly unknown to me during a time, when Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Mulgrew Miller, Ron Carter and Al Foster were some of my top favourites whom I had seen live in various surroundings. 
I´ll have to ask Allan more about Frank Morgan.....

[soulpope]

53 minutes ago, Pim said:

That might be my favorite Desmond. Such an excellent selection of songs played by a great band. Love that atmosphere.

Well said ....

[Rabshakeh]

Urs Leimgruber, Joëlle Léandre, Fritz Hauser – No Try No Fail (Hat, 1997)

An absolute personal fav from my younger days (it coincided with my first interest in jazz and improv). I spent a lot of time listening to it in Summer 2020, and it was a kind of soundtrack for when my daughter was first born (headphones only, with all respect to my wife). Always good to return to it.

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, optatio said:

A good one indeed ....

[jazzbo]

I’m back to serious listening after a hiatus as my wife was off from Thursday last week til today.

Started off with “Thelonious Monk Big Band and Quartet in Concert” from a gold disc sold by High Density Tape Transfers, a “gray market” firm that transfers in high density from tapes that are out of copyright, mostly classical and some jazz. Though they will sell numerous download in differing formats from DSD 256 down I don’t do files. . . they also offer Redbook options. Interestingly though this has the same material as the LP I am not sure what tape they use as the drum solos are intact that were edited out of the original release. Never-the-less I must say that the sound is excellent, better than the Columbia (expanded) 2 cd set. I also have Duke Ellington’s “Indigos” from them that sounds quite good, if not quite as transformed as this one.

 

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I followed that up with the newly released XRCD24 disc from Audio Wave of the Stanley Turrentine Blue Note “Look Out!”

Now onto a disc I haven’t played in a long time, Clark Terry “Duke with a Difference” Riverside/OJC cd.

 

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Like an addict who needed a fix, I feel pretty good listening at length this morning; the system sounds fantastic!

[Rabshakeh]

Milt Buckner Trio with Jo Jones – Play Chords (SABA, 1966)

Something about young and spruce Milt Buckner's pose on the cover really reminds me of George Costanza from Seinfeld.

[jazzbo]

Paul Gonsalves “Ellington Moods and Blues” RCA Victor cd

I had to play another Ellington related disc. . .Duke gets under my skin. And I love Gonsalves’ playing!

Paul Gonsalves - Tenor Saxophone
Johnny Hodges - Alto Saxophone
Booty Wood - Trombone
Ray Nance - Trumpet
Jimmy Jones - Piano
Al Hall - Bass
Oliver Jackson - drums

Recorded February 29, 1960

[jazzbo]

The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927-1973) disc 21 "The Far East Suite"

 

It has been too long since I cracked open this set, and I'm on an Ellington kick right now.

[Peter Friedman]

[BillF]

1 hour ago, jazzbo said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[optatio]

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

Milt Buckner Trio with Jo Jones – Play Chords (SABA, 1966)

Something about young and spruce Milt Buckner's pose on the cover really reminds me of George Costanza from Seinfeld.

👍 - often on my turntable! 

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[BillF]

[Rabshakeh]

Bluiett & The Baritone Nation – Blueblack (Justin Time, 2002)

22 minutes ago, optatio said:

👍 - often on my turntable! 

It's a great record! I had a lot of fun with it. I love Buckner's stuff where you can hear him muttering.

[jazzbo]

Now some incredible sounding Columbia Duke: “Jazz Party in Stereo”

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[Balladeer]

John Prine - In Spite of Ourselves (Oh Boy)

[kh1958]

Dezron Douglas, Atalaya (International Anthem)

[Rabshakeh]

John Carter – Dance Of The Love Ghosts (Gramavision, 1987)

 

[HutchFan]

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

[HutchFan]

[jazzcorner]

[jazzbo]

Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette “Changes” ECM cd