So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Brad]

This is Volume 2, volume 1 being The Definitive Fats Waller, Volume One: His Rhythm, His Piano. Volume 2 is Fats playing solo, whether singing and/or playing piano.  Both are excellent. 

[Referentzhunter]

... just found a interesting simpel but brilliant 'uplifting unknown electronic track' from Australia. Listen if you like Orbital or Future sound of London. A nice surprice ! See myself driving too a big lake for some sun and fun (and beer of course) !!!

You have to hear that break at 3.25 minutes, it's ... fabulous.

 

Edited August 7, 2023 by Referentzhunter

[felser]

May be the best Concord album I've ever heard start to finish.  Frank Strozier and Conte Candoli shine.

[HutchFan]

First spin:

ETC [Steve LaSpina, Fred Hersch, Jeff Hirshfield] & Jerry Bergonzi - ETC Plus One (Red, 1993)

 

 

40 minutes ago, felser said:

May be the best Concord album I've ever heard start to finish.  Frank Strozier and Conte Candoli shine.

Yep.  It's a doozy.

 

[BillF]

[jazzbo]

Tania Maria “Love Explosion” Concord cd

Well, “Funky Tamborin” woke me up!

A bigger band than usual for Ms Maria with horns and chorus.

[jazzbo]

Mario Adnet, Philippe Baden Powell "Afro Jazz Samba–a Musica de Baden Powell " Adventure Music cd

 

   

 

One great sounding cd that keeps getting better as it spins.

[Chuck Nessa]

[jazzbo]

Donald Byrd & Barney Wilen “Jazz In Camera” Sonorama cd

Excellent sound restoration and mastering.

Bass – Doug Watkins
Drums – Al Levitt
Guitar – Jimmy Gourley
Piano – Walter Davis
Tenor Saxophone – Barney Wilen
Trumpet – Donald Byrd

Producer notes:
“Unreleased soundtrack album of an aborted film project, produced July 1958 in Paris. Transferred and mastered from unique transcription discs (acetates), recently discovered in the estate of Barney Wilen as only remaining source. Excellent hard bop and modern jazz session, finally released after more than 50 years with original session photos by the producers.”

[dougcrates]

[jazzbo]

“Basie at Birdland” Roulette/WEA Japan cd

 

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[HutchFan]

 

 

14 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

“Basie at Birdland” Roulette/WEA Japan cd

 

 

 

Outstanding Basie!   

 

[BillF]

1 hour ago, dougcrates said:

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[jazzcorner]

5 hours ago, felser said:

May be the best Concord album I've ever heard start to finish.  Frank Strozier and Conte Candoli shine.

Yep and full agreement!

My copy is one of the very early 'Concord Jazz' vinyls - cat# CJ-21 (still with the white label).

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Ernie Krivda - The Alchemist (Inner City, 1978)

with Gil Goldstein, Eddie Gomez, Bob Moses, and Ray Mantilla 

[dougcrates]

[HutchFan]

[jazzbo]

“Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn And The Orchestra” Verve/Analogue Productions SACD

 

Arrangements tailor made for Johnny and he steps up to the plate and knocks them out. Great sound too!

[HutchFan]

Freddie Redd - Straight Ahead! (Interplay, 1978)

trio with Henry Franklin (b) and Carl Burnett (d)

 

[dougcrates]

 

[HutchFan]

First listen:

[HutchFan]

Phil Woods Quintet - Souvenirs (Venus/Evidence, 1995)

 

[BillF]

4 hours ago, dougcrates said:

 

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Now playing:

[Rabshakeh]

Freddie Hubbard – Splash (Fantasy, 1981)

First listen to this record. It's actually quite good, I'm surprised to say.

Clearly pop not bop. It's not quite disco jazz or smooth jazz. It really reminds me of the kinds of "jazz" music that London's Jazz FM (later and more accurately renamed Smooth FM) used to play in the early 90s: high sheen pop music with female vocals, similar to, but less accomplished than, Sade, and bobbing in what I assume was the wake of the similarly non-jazz Jazz Dance movement.

Anyway, judged as that sort of pop music, it's a successful and strong record. Not too much filler, and lots of dynamic hooks.