So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Rabshakeh]

John Carter Quintet – Variations

 

[BillF]

2 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

 

 

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Edited April 10, 2023 by BillF

[Kevin Bresnahan]

When you really enjoy baritone saxophone, having three of them has to be better, right?

It's actually a very enjoyable recording. Nothing earth shattering but I think that having Farnsworth on the drums helps.

[jazzbo]

“The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury” Vol. 5, disc 2

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

❤️Outstanding❤️ ....

[gmonahan]

Some very fine Brown on this one

 

[jlhoots]

Nathan Davis: Two Originals (Happy Girl & The Hip Walk) - 2 LPs on 1 CD

[jazzbo]

This is the first cd reissue of one of my favorite albums from the 'seventies, originally released in the US on Cobblestone.

Great, wild music.

Hermeto Pascoal, “Hermeto”

 

[mjazzg]

Karl Berger & Kirk Knuffke - Heart Is A Melody [Stunt]

[soulpope]

5 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Benny Bailey - Grand Slam (Storyville, 1979)
These guys lay down such a mellow, feel-good vibe.  It's like a walk in the park on a sunny day.

This may be the "half full" view wheres "half empty" would expect from players of this calibre a bit more .... to me sort of a missed opportunity .... 

[HutchFan]

First listen. Phew!  . . . Powerful stuff, for sure.
 

[Brad]

[Peter Friedman]

[Bluesnik]

The original soundtrack to a surf movie. But it showcases Billy Bean a lot. Plus the wonderful rhythm section of Gary Peacock and Chuck Flores.

[jlhoots]

2 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Karl Berger & Kirk Knuffke - Heart Is A Melody [Stunt]

My copy arrives tomorrow.

[T.D.]

   

[HutchFan]

 

35 minutes ago, T.D. said:

What are your initial impressions, T.D.?

[T.D.]

35 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

What are your initial impressions, T.D.?

All the art and documentation, apart from a few words, are in Japanese so I can't say a lot of substance. I can piece together the constituent albums (covers are given in the booklet), but can't go anywhere on track titles without a whole lot more work.

Disc 1 is all jazz, I only have one tune (#8) on previously acquired recording, it's a nice compilation with a bunch of styles: some straight-ahead (one vocal), some fusion, some free. The apparent cult favorite Aya's Samba album is represented, not sure if it's the title tune (see above). Based on a couple of listens, the disc is rather good.

Disc 2 was a complete shot in the dark. Mostly pop or rock of some type, lots of vocals, one mainly electronic selection, one electric blues. Definitely interesting, I like it more than expected. Fortunately no discernible techno/disco/boy band material.

Overall a pretty cool set. I'm happy with the purchase, spent $20 + (domestic US) shipping and don't begrudge the money. I'd say that disc 2 and the compilation nature of disc 1 (8 tunes by different groups, which I find a bit tough to wrap my head around) limit the amount one would pay for it. If you can find it on a streaming site*, definitely take a listen!

*Some pretty obscure Japanese titles on the "Aketa's Disk" label seem to be on Apple Music; I dunno about "Johnny's Disk", but maybe...

Edited April 11, 2023 by T.D.

[ghost of miles]

On 4/8/2023 at 7:50 PM, HutchFan said:

Ghost - Is the audio quality OK?

 

To my less-than-audiophile ears, yes—more than acceptable. And so good to have such a trove of Scott with George Coleman. Three vocals from Ernie Andrews as well.

[dougcrates]

[BillF]

[Gheorghe]

1 hour ago, BillF said:

I never saw this cover and as much as I remember I had it as "Hawk in Germany" , I think it´s a Black Lion thing or so. 

As I have mentioned so often, I like Bud´s recording mostly when it was with hornplayers, like this one with Hawk, like the BN Vol 1 with Fats and Sonny, the one with Sonny Stitt, the Birdland Live Recordings with Bird and Diz and Fats, the Massey Hall and the  Curtis Fuller side 2 on BN Vol. 3. Much more than studio trio recordings. 

So, Bud is in top form here, his solos on "Stuffy" and "Spotlite" are incredible, and it might be the most exiting versions of Shaw Nuff, Salt Peanuts and so on....

But on this cover it shows a very young Bud, probably at WOR Studio in NY in the 40´s. That´s really strange......, as there are no photos of Bud with Hawk......

I think Bud played a second time in Essen, exactly one year later. 

The great bassist from Switzerland told once that he had seen the Bud-Pettiford-Clark union in Basel , but obviously there were no recordings of it. I think it was Barney Wilen on tenor on those. 

[Rabshakeh]

Larry Grenadier - The Gleaners (ECM, 2019)

 

[jazzbo]

 

Starting off the day re-listening to this one. The mastering is excellent.

This is the first cd reissue of one of my favorite albums from the 'seventies, originally released in the US on Cobblestone.

Great, wild music.

Hermeto Pascoal, "Hermeto" 

followed by

"CENARIO BRASILEIRO featuring João Bosco"
Celia Malheiros

 

Edited April 11, 2023 by jazzbo