So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[soulpope]

5 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Excellent ....

[Pim]

playful and melodic. Lovely stuff.

[Gheorghe]

13 hours ago, mikeweil said:

Oh yes, I had some of those "Electra Musician" albums . I think it was a very very short lived label and it was started by Bruce Lundvall after he left Columbia and took his main artists, Dexter and Woody with him.

It has some of the best cover photo of Dexter, this and "Manhattan Symphony" , but the album itself is not as good as Manhattan Symphony. 
First, Manhatten Symphony is like a typical Dexter Gordon Set from a concert/club date (I have a live tape made from Village Vanguard from the same time). 
They splitted this, one side with Shirley Scott, the other with his regular working quartet....., and that´s not what I think is ideal. For me anyway since I´m not the biggest fan of organ, that´s an own category IMHO....

And that´s pity, since Dexters discography after his leaving CBS became quite scarce. 

[BillF]

7 hours ago, HutchFan said:

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[optatio]

18 minutes ago, BillF said:

 

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[jazzcorner]

8 hours ago, HutchFan said:

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[Rabshakeh]

Naná – Amazonas

 

Milosc and Lester Bowie - Not Two

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[Justin V]

This arrived yesterday. 

[Rabshakeh]

Joanne Grauer Introducing Lorraine Feather

[Peter Friedman]

[BillF]

[Chuck Nessa]

disc 2

[scooter_phx]

[jazzcorner]

Bebopper George Wallington not often seen here. This is an excellent LP presented by Leonard Feather

Mode Records Mod LP # 127 [Japan] - Leonard Feather presents BOP - Music Of The Day with George Wallington - rec. 1957

[scooter_phx]

[Balladeer]

Mary Lou Williams - Asch Recordings
Disc 2

[ghost of miles]

[kh1958]

Ballake Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Emile Parisien, Vincent Peirani, Les Egares (No Format)

[BillF]

2 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

disc 2

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1 hour ago, jazzcorner said:

Bebopper George Wallington not often seen here. This is an excellent LP presented by Leonard Feather

Mode Records Mod LP # 127 [Japan] - Leonard Feather presents BOP - Music Of The Day with George Wallington - rec. 1957

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[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

In a big band frame of mind this afternoon.

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Earlier:

I've been really digging this album lately.  It's fun to hear Rich drive / flog the orchestra from the drum chair.

 

[jazzcorner]

13 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

In a big band frame of mind this afternoon.

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Earlier:

I've been really digging this album lately.  It's fun to hear Rich drive / flog the orchestra from the drum chair.

 

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2 hours ago, scooter_phx said:

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[JSngry]

9 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

I've been really digging this album lately.  It's fun to hear Rich drive / flog the orchestra from the drum chair.

 

It truly is. I still maintain that people who haven't heard/didn't get to hear a real live REAL Big Band have no idea of how much physical impact the sheer sound of it would make. It could pin you on your ass and not let you back up.

This was one of the first 25-50 jazz records I bought...well not really bought, got it as an introductory offer from Record Club of America (the others were Transition, Time/Peace, The Best of Cream, Blind Faith, and maybe Burnt Weenie Sandwich?)

As such, and this is a very trivial concern, the logo on that reissue "pisses me off" That's an early PJ logo. The OG cover very much reflected the corporate transitions that were going on (and were not yet finished:

"Pacific Jazz Series"!!!!

 

[Peter Friedman]

[John Tapscott]

Disc 1. I'd forgotten how well Miles plays on these early tracks. Really steals the show on these tracks IMHO. Walter Bishop Jr. sounds really good, too.  

Edited March 12, 2023 by John Tapscott