So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[John Tapscott]

4 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

👍 A good one. I like just about anything by Denny Zeitlin.

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[jlhoots]

2 hours ago, Simon8 said:

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[BillF]

3 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Miles Davis "Porgy and Bess" Mobile Fidelity Lab SACD

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[HutchFan]

[scooter_phx]

[T.D.]

Recently picked up a reissue of this.

Excellent album recorded in UK with top British jazzmen. Much less out than I expected, in fact almost totally straight-ahead, but extremely swinging.

[Bluesnik]

A nice dose of West Coast Jazz. Only this time from the Bay Area and not LA.

[John Tapscott]

1 hour ago, scooter_phx said:

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[Gheorghe]

14 hours ago, sidewinder said:

One important thing about the McCoy Tyner Quartets: 

As on my question in the "Artists" Forum about a certain Joe Zawinul tune I once had asked you all about a certain McCoy Tyner tune I had heard McCoy play live when I saw him in spring 1980 (sextet with saxophone, a violin player etc.) and you led me to the tune "The Seeker" which is here on the tunes with Bobby Hutcherson. 

I love them all. Maybe I have some difficulties with the John Abercrombie thing, it´s not "earthy" enough for me and that "electric mandoline" sounds funny to me.

But the Freddie Hubbard stuff is wonderful, as is Bobby Hutcherson and wonderful Arthur Blythe. 

And with Al Foster on drums that´s always a guarantee for me that the music will be right.

11 hours ago, Simon8 said:

I have not spinned it for a long time. As I remember Duke Jordon sounds much better on piano than on earlier recordings. The personnel is great, only I would have preferred another saxophonist than Stanley Turrentine, I´m not such a big fan of his sound and phrasing. I mean, with Dizzy Reece I would have combined let´s say Hank Mobley....

11 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

I love all his Big Band stuff. I think Dizzy left the band quite early to form his own band, and was replaced by Fats Navarro soon. 
I have the "Spotlight" live stuff, the Savoy Double album "Mr. B. and the Band" and another Savoy "Billy Eckstine Sings" (which has lesser instrumentals, but still tracks with the real band). 

[soulpope]

13 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Karin Krog, Archie Shepp - Hi-Fly (Compendium/Meantime, 1976)

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[EKE BBB]

[BillF]

[sidewinder]

4 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

One important thing about the McCoy Tyner Quartets: 

As on my question in the "Artists" Forum about a certain Joe Zawinul tune I once had asked you all about a certain McCoy Tyner tune I had heard McCoy play live when I saw him in spring 1980 (sextet with saxophone, a violin player etc.) and you led me to the tune "The Seeker" which is here on the tunes with Bobby Hutcherson. 

I love them all. Maybe I have some difficulties with the John Abercrombie thing, it´s not "earthy" enough for me and that "electric mandoline" sounds funny to me.

But the Freddie Hubbard stuff is wonderful, as is Bobby Hutcherson and wonderful Arthur Blythe. 

And with Al Foster on drums that´s always a guarantee for me that the music will be right.

Yes, that 1980 McCoy Tyner Sextet was a great one. The lineup I saw was slightly later I think but had Joe Ford, John Blake, John Lee and Wilby Fletcher. I think they did ‘The Seeker’ too and another one I remember was ‘Just Feelin’ ‘. Best performance I ever saw from McCoy and some of the greatest piano playing I saw, ever.

Wasn’t aware that Abercrombie was on ‘electric mandoline’, I’d always assumed it was just guitar. You are right though, that’s what the sleeve says.

Arthur Blythe sounding amazingly like Benny Carter on his ballad feature.

Edited March 16, 2023 by sidewinder

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[BillF]

[Gheorghe]

1 hour ago, sidewinder said:

Yes, that 1980 McCoy Tyner Sextet was a great one. The lineup I saw was slightly later I think but had Joe Ford, John Blake, John Lee and Wilby Fletcher. I think they did ‘The Seeker’ too and another one I remember was ‘Just Feelin’ ‘. Best performance I ever saw from McCoy and some of the greatest piano playing I saw, ever.

Wasn’t aware that Abercrombie was on ‘electric mandoline’, I’d always assumed it was just guitar. You are right though, that’s what the sleeve says.

Arthur Blythe sounding amazingly like Benny Carter on his ballad feature.

The group I saw was also John Blake, Joe Ford, on bass was Avery Sharp and on drums was Ronnie Burrage. 
Arthur Blythe on the ballad feature. I remember he has quite a lot of vibrato in it. Something I usually don´t hear from alto players. I must admit I´m not really familiar with Benny Carter. 

I also like very much the next Milestone-Studio album "Horizon" which has John Blake, Joe Ford and George Adams on it. And I think again the wonderful Al Foster. 

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

Carmen McRae “Live at the Flamingo Club” London, May 1961

Great performance! I hope one day to find a better sounding release.

[Brad]

[jazzbo]

Carmen McRae "Bitter Sweet" Focus Records/Koch cd

One of Carmen's best imo. She even plays piano on one track, that's always a good thing.

Edited March 16, 2023 by jazzbo

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22 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Carmen McRae "Bitter Sweet" Focus Records/Koch cd

One of Carmen's best imo. She even plays piano on one track, that's always a good thing.

I don't have Bittersweet.  Will have to keep an eye out for it.  

 

@jazzbo, I agree with you that Carmen sounds great when she's playing piano.  I assume you've heard/got her album As Time Goes By: Carmen McRae Alone Live At The Dug.  Like the title says, it's just her playing the piano & singing.  It's tremendous -- right up there with her very best, imo.

 

[jazzbo]

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I don't have Bittersweet.  Will have to keep an eye out for it.  

 

@jazzbo, I agree with you that Carmen sounds great when she's playing piano.  I assume you've heard/got her album As Time Goes By: Carmen McRae Alone Live At The Dug.  Like the title says, it's just her playing the piano & singing.  It's tremendous -- right up there with her very best, imo.

 

I don't have that one. In part I'm holding off because I'm near the very end of her catalog and I hate to get there, so I ignore one for as long as I can and this is a plum to be ignored. And in reality I haven't found a copy at a price I want to shell out for yet.

 

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Duke Ellington “1950” Chronogical Classics cd

 

   

Mostly Mercer Records material with some Columbia Records at the end.

[HutchFan]

14 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

I don't have that one. In part I'm holding off because I'm near the very end of her catalog and I hate to get there, so I ignore one for as long as I can and this is a plum to be ignored. And in reality I haven't found a copy at a price I want to shell out for yet.

Understood!  Always nice to have a gem to look forward to.   

 

[Dodo]

 

Probably some of the best Mal I've heard, drummer is on fire here

[John Tapscott]

6 hours ago, BillF said:

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