So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jazzcorner]

11 hours ago, BillF said:

😁👍

Excellent trombone player. Know his sound from the "Airmen Of Note"

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[Rabshakeh]

Frisque Concordance - Spellings

John Butcher and Georg Grawe at their absolute best.

[jazzcorner]

Shiah Records SR 116 - Phil Wilson " Live!!! At Joe Seagal's Jazz Showcase" - rec. 1984

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[Teasing the Korean]

Leith Stevens - War of the Worlds/When Worlds Collide - Lalaland

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[jazzbo]

Had to turn this up a bit louder than usual, a hard rain is a-fallin’. . . .

Planet D Nonet “Blues to be There–A Salute to Duke Ellington”

This is a good one!

[BillF]

[Rabshakeh]

Ahmed Abdul-Malik - Sounds of Africa

[HutchFan]

Now streaming this:

Masahiko Togashi - Guild for Human Music (Denon, 1976)

Beautiful. 

[Rabshakeh]

Paul Winter – Callings

Being a child of the digital age means that it is only today that I noticed that the cover of this record has Paul Winter lurking sinisterly behind the rainbow. I had naively assumed it was another sea lion, perhaps part of a mutually supportive three lion pride of sea lions.

[Niko]

thinking of lists, a really curious one are the New Age Grammies from 1987 to now, with winners like Pat Metheny, Yusef Lateef, Jack deJohnette, Paul Winter of course, Stewart Copeland... 

[BillF]

[Rabshakeh]

50 minutes ago, Niko said:

thinking of lists, a really curious one are the New Age Grammies from 1987 to now, with winners like Pat Metheny, Yusef Lateef, Jack deJohnette, Paul Winter of course, Stewart Copeland... 

Lewis / Ewell Big 4 is the only New Age we need.

[jazzbo]

Duke Ellington “The Private Collection, Vol. 7: Studio Sessions, 1957 & 1962”

Full orchestra and octet recordings, featuring some interesting arrangements re-thinking band staples. Lots of great Gonsalves!

[Dan Gould]

23 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Duke Ellington “The Private Collection, Vol. 7: Studio Sessions, 1957 & 1962”

Full orchestra and octet recordings, featuring some interesting arrangements re-thinking band staples. Lots of great Gonsalves!

 

How exactly are they private?  Studio sessions Duke paid for but were never issued? Unissued/rejected tracks from known LPs?  Been listening to more Gonsalves lately and this makes me curious.

[jazzcorner]

2 hours ago, BillF said:

👍😁

[jazzbo]

51 minutes ago, Dan Gould said:

How exactly are they private?  Studio sessions Duke paid for but were never issued? Unissued/rejected tracks from known LPs?  Been listening to more Gonsalves lately and this makes me curious.

Pulled from a "stockpile" of recordings that Ellington produced and recorded over the years funded from his own pocket and not officially released before this series. Not unissued or rejected  tracks, but full-fledged recordings made for various reasons--try out new arrangements, showcase new compositions, feature an artist, etc.

 

Now Playing

Disc 2

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[jazzbo]

Marcus Roberts Trio “Time and Circumstance” Columbia cd

Haven’t spun this one in a few years. Such an amazing pianist. I vividly remember seeing him perform at Antone’s in Austin. Piano master!

[HutchFan]

More from Masahiko Togashi:

with Masahiko Satoh, Sabu Toyozumi, and others

 

Like Togashi's Guild for Human Music, Essence was released on the Denon Jazz imprint.  I'm curious: Does anyone know who owns the rights to these recordings now?  Have they been pulled under the new Concord umbrella / conglomerate? 

I'm only asking because there were many outstanding releases on the label.  (And it's not just Japanese jazz.  Don't forget: Max Roach Quartet - Live in Tokyo, Vols. 1 & 2.)  These LPs deserve to be reissued; in fact, an entire reissue series dedicated to Denon Jazz would be fantastic. 

What about Solid/Ultra-Vybe?  They could do it.  This stuff would be right up their alley.

I realize that it's unlikely.  But I can dream, can't I ?!?  

 

 

4 hours ago, Dan Gould said:

How exactly are they private?  Studio sessions Duke paid for but were never issued? Unissued/rejected tracks from known LPs?  Been listening to more Gonsalves lately and this makes me curious.

Dan - If you want to dig into Gonsalves' playing, these Private Collection recordings are the MOTHERLODE.  He's featured throughout.  

 

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[Dan Gould]

42 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

 

 

 

 

 

Dan - If you want to dig into Gonsalves' playing, these Private Collection recordings are the MOTHERLODE.  He's featured throughout.  

 

Thanks, and thanks to Lon as well.  I am looking into these.

[HutchFan]

Cedar Walton - The Trio 2 (Red, 1986)
with David Williams & Billy Higgins

 

[medjuck]

4 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Pulled from a "stockpile" of recordings that Ellington produced and recorded over the years funded from his own pocket and not officially released before this series. Not unissued or rejected  tracks, but full-fledged recordings made for various reasons--try out new arrangements, showcase new compositions, feature an artist, etc.

 

Jack Chambers' collection of Ellington essays "Sweet Thunder" has a good chapter on the stockpile.  IRRC a few of the self financed sessions were released on major labels during EKE's lifetime. 

[jazzbo]

Possibly, probably, but none that are in the Private Collection.

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[Rabshakeh]

Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra Featuring Maynard Ferguson – Diz Does Everything

[jazzbo]

Marcus Roberts “Blues for the New Millenium” Columbia cd

It now IS that new millenium. . . and I’ve had the blues. Managing them well though.

This is giving me memories of my 'nineties Austin life with my late first wife and our pets. For a spell there life was as good as it gets at home. I was listening to a lot of “Chicago Style” jazz at the time based on the old New Orleans jazz and blues.

[jazzbo]

Jason Palmer “City of Poets” Whirlwind Records cd

Cédric Hanriot - piano
Jason Palmer - trumpet
Donny McCaslin - tenor saxophone
Michael Janisch - double & electric bass
Clarence Penn - drums

Recorded live at the Pizza Express Jazz Club September 23, 2014, London