So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[mjazzg]

24 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

David Sanborn – Straight To The Heart

Me too now.

The 'Hideaway' album was a gateway from Bowie to Jazz for me. Just looked it up, I saw him in a rammed Town & Country club in 1992, it was great.

[HutchFan]

Now streaming:

Quarteto Em Cy (Odeon Brazil, 1972); reissued by Elemental

Although they're very different, I think learning to get inside The Singers Unlimited's music laid the groundwork for my understanding of this group. . . . Coming out of bossa nova, this quartet taps into that early-70s Euro-sophistication/decadence vibe, but -- paradoxically -- there's also a strain (maybe even more prominent) of late-60s idealism/pop-innocence.  Naturally, they're locked in on that delicious, distinctively Brazilian sway & sinuousness too.  Since I don't know Portuguese, I have no idea what they're saying.  Regardless, from a purely musical point of view, it's an intoxicating mix.

(Im)pure Pop for Now (no-longer-young) People.

 

 

 

Edited August 15, 2023 by HutchFan

[Rabshakeh]

Chick Corea Elektric Band – To The Stars

Chick's clientology record. A tone poem inspired by the works of Elron. David Weckl kills on this record, even if it isn't all that great otherwise.

[HutchFan]

2 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Chick Corea Elektric Band – To The Stars

Chick's clientology record. A tone poem inspired by the works of Elron. David Weckl kills on this record, even if it isn't all that great otherwise.

A ride on a rocket ship or a slog through the muck.  You never quite know what you're gonna get with Chick.   

 

[felser]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

A ride on a rocket ship or a slog through the muck.  You never quite know what you're gonna get with Chick.   

 

I always found the Elektric Band to be slog through the muck, and is some of the only Chick I have fully excused myself from ever needing to explore further.

[John Tapscott]

[jlhoots]

Kaisa's Machine: Taking Shape

[Peter Friedman]

[Rabshakeh]

2 hours ago, felser said:

I always found the Elektric Band to be slog through the muck, and is some of the only Chick I have fully excused myself from ever needing to explore further.

Strangely I find this one easier to handle than most. The first track is gross out space invaders fusion, but a lot of the rest of it is pretty good electric jazz, much better recorded than those very dry and lifeless earlier records. 

[HutchFan]

2 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

That looks interesting, Peter. Are you enjoying it?

 

[Peter Friedman]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

That looks interesting, Peter. Are you enjoying it?

 

Yes, HutchFan, I like it quite a bit. I have quite a few Stanley Cowell albums. Most of them are, to my taste, very good, though a few veer off in a direction that does not appeal to me. This has a few more horn players than most of his things, and yet there are a few tracks without horns.

 

Currently listening to:

[John Tapscott]

[felser]

4 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Strangely I find this one easier to handle than most. The first track is gross out space invaders fusion, but a lot of the rest of it is pretty good electric jazz, much better recorded than those very dry and lifeless earlier records. 

I stopped with the early ones - what are the best of breed?

[Rabshakeh]

58 minutes ago, felser said:

I stopped with the early ones - what are the best of breed?

Gosh. I don't know. It's not my music.

I think I enjoyed Light Years the most of the earlies, but this one is maybe stronger, particularly once past the first track. 

I think a lot of that is down to the recording style, which is more natural and dynamic.i hate how those early records sound.

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

Tony!

 

[HutchFan]

Roberto Gatto Plays Rugantino (CAM, 2000)

Music by Armando Trovaioli arranged by Paolo Silvestri for jazz ensemble; soloists include Enrico Rava, Enrico Pieranunzi, Gabriele Mirabassi, Rosario Giuliani, and others

[Chuck Nessa]

Tomorrow

[Gheorghe]

2 hours ago, JSngry said:

Tony!

 

Those were the days when you were waiting for the next album of Sonny Rollins and when you saw him live playing you would get live renditions of just recently recorded tunes. 
This is one of my favourite Milestone albums of Rollins. I heard him play the "Isn´t She Lovely" shortly after that recording, with Mark Soskin, Jerome Harris and the great Al Foster. Same was after the "No Question" album with Larry Corryell, just great times. 

[jazzcorner]

16 hours ago, BillF said:

👍😁

23 hours ago, BillF said:

Now playing:

Elliot Lawrence has recorded some fine bb albums. This is one of them

😁😁

 

[optatio]

2 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Tomorrow

👍 + the original LPs on my shelf!

Edited August 16, 2023 by optatio

[BillF]

[BillF]

[jazzcorner]

Some swinging  Shorty Rogers big band sounds on CD

 

2 hours ago, BillF said:

😁👍

[Peter Friedman]