So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[soulpope]

31 minutes ago, John Tapscott said:

Well chosen "best of" .....

[BillF]

44 minutes ago, dougcrates said:

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[nemo7]

weather report/mysterious traveler

[Peter Friedman]

[dougcrates]

Nice remastering by Mark Wilder on the Mosaic Contemorary edition.  

Edited July 3, 2023 by dougcrates

[kh1958]

Arthur Verocai

[T.D.]

[Peter Friedman]

[kh1958]

Duke Ellington, 1949-1950 (Chronological Classics)

[JSngry]

I like the ballads. 

[BillF]

[Gheorghe]

1 hour ago, BillF said:

Sounds like a lot of former sidemen I saw in varous groups: 

Gary Smulyan I think I saw as a leading bari-soloist in Woody Herman´s Thundering Herd. I saw Dennis Irwin with Art Blakey´s Messengers, Kenny Washington many times with Johnny Griffin, Dick Oatts with the still real "Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Big Band" (1978 shortly before Thad Jones left for good). Now that I see him on the pic, he looked the same then 45 years ago !!! 

16 hours ago, Brad said:

Since Bird was one of my earliest musical influences, I should have some of his LPs (Savoy, Dial, Verve, the Massey Hall Concert and 3 Columbia albums of live broadcasts from Birdland) , but this one seems unknown to me. The photo seems to be the same like the painted picture of Bird on the cover of the Columbia release "One Night at Birdland 1950). 

I´m not a collector of remainders or false starts or studio talk, but if it is some live set with a good group (not a moment´s pick up with players unfamiliar with Bird´s music), I might buy it. 

[BillF]

3 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

Sounds like a lot of former sidemen I saw in varous groups: 

Gary Smulyan I think I saw as a leading bari-soloist in Woody Herman´s Thundering Herd. I saw Dennis Irwin with Art Blakey´s Messengers, Kenny Washington many times with Johnny Griffin, Dick Oatts with the still real "Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Big Band" (1978 shortly before Thad Jones left for good). Now that I see him on the pic, he looked the same then 45 years ago !!! 

 

Like all of us, he looks a good deal older now!

 

Sorry, I thought you were referring to Dick Oatts.

So here's a recent clip with Smulyan:

 

 

Edited July 4, 2023 by BillF

[jazzbo]

Harish Raghavan “Calls For Action”

I so much want to love this album. It features two of my favorite current players (Joe Ross and Immanuel Wilkins) and it is very well-recorded. But the drumming just seems so wrong to me, throughout. Maybe it’s because I was once a drummer but. . . just spoils it for me,

Followed by

Ricardo Silveira & John Leftwich “Cosmos”

A beautiful album featuring excellent flute from Hubert Laws, in wonderful Adventure Music sound.

 

 

Ricardo

 

 

[jazzbo]

Continuing with flute and guitar and the great engineering of Adventure Music.

Toninho Horta & Nicola Stilo “Duets”

[Rabshakeh]

1 hour ago, jazzbo said:

Harish Raghavan “Calls For Action”

I so much want to love this album. It features two of my favorite current players (Joe Ross and Immanuel Wilkins) and it is very well-recorded. But the drumming just seems so wrong to me, throughout.

This is roughly how I felt about it. I enjoyed Ross' playing but found Wilkins disappointing, probably because I did not enjoy the writing for him, rather than his own playing. There were some nice bits. I know that others on the forum hold this record in high regard, though.

[jazzbo]

4 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

This is roughly how I felt about it. I enjoyed Ross' playing but found Wilkins disappointing, probably because I did not enjoy the writing for him, rather than his own playing. There were some nice bits. I know that others on the forum hold this record in high regard, though.

I actually really like Wilkins here--but that relentless Cobham/Bruford like drumming--just hate it for this music.

[soulpope]

14 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Arthur Verocai

Good one ....

[jazzbo]

Grateful Dead, “Here Comes Sunshine 1973” 17 cd box set, disc 5, Santa Barbara

 

[John Tapscott]

8 hours ago, BillF said:

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Now:

[BillF]

3 minutes ago, John Tapscott said:

 

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Now playing:

Edited July 4, 2023 by BillF

[Peter Friedman]

[Referentzhunter]

+ bonusdisc

[Brad]

9 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

Since Bird was one of my earliest musical influences, I should have some of his LPs (Savoy, Dial, Verve, the Massey Hall Concert and 3 Columbia albums of live broadcasts from Birdland) , but this one seems unknown to me. The photo seems to be the same like the painted picture of Bird on the cover of the Columbia release "One Night at Birdland 1950). 

I´m not a collector of remainders or false starts or studio talk, but if it is some live set with a good group (not a moment´s pick up with players unfamiliar with Bird´s music), I might buy it. 

The sound is generally acceptable. They are probably air checks. There are no liner notes, just photos from other sessions. Most of the musicians in the first two dates are unidentified (perhaps local musicians). The Birdland date features Bud, Mingus, Art Taylor and Candido on congas.  On the last date, he’s sitting in with the Chet Baker Quartet  

See https://www.discogs.com/master/1151100-Charlie-Parker-The-Bird-You-Never-Heard

Edited July 4, 2023 by Brad

[soulpope]

35 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said:

Excellent ....