So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Niko]

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

Tom Waits, I assume there's not another album with that title. I was knocked out by that the day I bought the LP in the week it was released.

I can still remember listening to it with my mate, we were big Waits fans and Heartattack And Vine had hinted a little at a new direction but we didn't see the new sound coming at all

I knew Rain Dogs fairly well when I first heard Swordfishtrombones, knew Greg Cohen a bit from his work with John Zorn... There's stuff that's just different when you live through history in it's linear way

[jazzbo]

 

[sidewinder]

On vinyl - very striking rehearsal tape, flawed genius and total original.

Edited September 2, 2023 by sidewinder

[gmonahan]

7 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Stan Kenton – Kenton / Wagner

Just hilarious. Let's take Ride of the Valkyries and play it in the most lumpen way possible. You know what this needs, lads? Latin percussion.

Yeah, that's a bizarre one! One of the few that has never been reissued on cd!

 

I'm listening to this one, which I got after reading about it here on the board:

 

[Dan Gould]

1 hour ago, gmonahan said:

Yeah, that's a bizarre one! One of the few that has never been reissued on cd!

 

I'm listening to this one, which I got after reading about it here on the board:

 

You got it faster than it got to me.

[Rabshakeh]

Stan Kenton – Sketches On Standards

This one you can certainly identify the soloists. Still many of the same issues with not really swinging though, but I quite enjoyed this one.

[jazzbo]

Stanley Turrentine and the Three Sounds “The Blue Hour, Volume 2” TOCJ Japan cd

I see many who think this second volume (a “Lost Session”) is inferior to the released “Blue Hour” . . . but I like it nearly as much.

[Rabshakeh]

Stan Kenton – Adventures In Jazz

Okay, this one I actually like. It seems like all the energy went in the right place with this one. 

[BillF]

25 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Stan Kenton – Sketches On Standards

 

👍

[jazzcorner]

55 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Stan Kenton – Sketches On Standards

This one you can certainly identify the soloists. Still many of the same issues with not really swinging though, but I quite enjoyed this one.

Its a good one I like very much from the beginning. Good songs and nice melodies.

😁👍

36 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Stan Kenton – Adventures In Jazz

Okay, this one I actually like. It seems like all the energy went in the right place with this one. 

This one too. Glad to ,see some big band music here. Thanks

👍😁

Edited September 2, 2023 by jazzcorner

[Rabshakeh]

Woody Herman And His Orchestra – Early Autumn

Really enjoying this comp.

1 hour ago, jazzcorner said:

This one too. Glad to ,see some big band music here. Thanks

👍😁

Just hit me recently. I want the colour and complexity of big band charts at the moment. Don't know why.

Edit: I should add that all the Kenton today has made me more unpopular with my partner than months of Arthur Doyle and Albert Ayler could have done.

Edited September 2, 2023 by Rabshakeh

[Rabshakeh]

Fred Astaire – The Astaire Story

[Peter Friedman]

[ghost of miles]

One of the albums that I inevitably revisit every 1-2 years (I’m sure other board members have similar album predilections):

[Kevin Bresnahan]

2 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Stanley Turrentine and the Three Sounds “The Blue Hour, Volume 2” TOCJ Japan cd

I see many who think this second volume (a “Lost Session”) is inferior to the released “Blue Hour” . . . but I like it nearly as much.

Depending on my mood, I sometimes like this second batch of tunes more. The released "Blue Hour" is excellent late night blues to wind down with. It can be a bit sleepy if the mood doesn't fit.

[mikeweil]

This afternnon as soundtrack to a sunny balcony:

[optatio]

43 minutes ago, ghost of miles said:

One of the albums that I inevitably revisit every 1-2 years (I’m sure other board members have similar album predilections):

👍

[jazzbo]

38 minutes ago, bresna said:

Depending on my mood, I sometimes like this second batch of tunes more. The released "Blue Hour" is excellent late night blues to wind down with. It can be a bit sleepy if the mood doesn't fit.

Yes. S'all good man.

[Rabshakeh]

Rhythm Combination & Brass, Peter Herbolzheimer – Wide Open

[jazzcorner]

11 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Woody Herman And His Orchestra – Early Autumn

Really enjoying this comp.

👍😁

Just hit me recently. I want the colour and complexity of big band charts at the moment. Don't know why.

 

One of the true  "classics" with Woody. Have the original Capitol vinyl.  BTW beside Kenton Woody is a great part of my total big band stock. Other great examples are Shorty Rogers, Buddy Rich, Bob Florence, Basie & Duke. Cant name them all but big band is a fine  cathegory  of jazz for me.

Edited September 3, 2023 by jazzcorner

[BillF]

8 minutes ago, jazzcorner said:

 

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9 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

 

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Now playing:

[jazzbo]

Wes Montgomery “In Paris – The Definitive oRTF Recording” Resonance Records 2 cd set, disc 1

Exciting material. Johnny Griffin featured on several numbers.

[jazzcorner]

2 hours ago, BillF said:

Now playing:

😁 👍

Edited September 3, 2023 by jazzcorner

[jazzbo]

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers “Gypsy Folk Tales” Roulette Japan SHM-CD

 

Has that 'seventies jazz recording sound, but it’s definitely a Jazz Messengers album! Sound is much clearer here than on a previous European 2 cd set I had of the Roulette material.

Alto Saxophone – Bobby Watson

Bass – Dennis Irwin

Drums – Art Blakey

Tenor Saxophone – David Schnitter

Trumpet – Valery Ponomarev

• Walter Davis, Jr. - piano

Edited September 3, 2023 by jazzbo

[jazzbo]

Louis Hayes “Serenade for Horace” Blue Note cd

 

 

A relatively mellow sounding disc full of Horace Silver compositions. Nice band.

Bass – Dezron Douglas
Drums – Louis Hayes
Piano – David Bryant
Tenor Saxophone – Abraham Burton
Trumpet – Josh Evans
Vibraphone – Steve Nelson