So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jazzcorner]

31 minutes ago, John Tapscott said:

 

Now:

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[T.D.]

3 hours ago, HutchFan said:

I think you might enjoy it, T.D.  Schneiderman's playing is very strong.  I remember reading an interview with Reid, and he explained how devastated he was when Schneiderman later left the band -- because the two of them had such a tight musical connection.  

. . . I don't have any of Schneiderman's work as a leader.  Any particular album(s) that you would recommend?

 

Thanks, I very likely would enjoy it.

I discovered Schneiderman through his Reservoir releases. First one was Dark Blue, an old-fashioned straight-ahead hard bop quintet (incl. Ralph Moore and Brian Lynch) but I was stunned by how good it sounded. I also have and can vouch for the Reservoir releases Back in Town (trio), Glass Enclosure (quartet w. Chas. McPherson) and Radio Waves (hard bop sextet also w. Moore and Lynch).

I've long intended to get more of his recordings, but like many other things I haven't gotten around to it. Last month's BFT renewed the idea of trio sessions.

[jazzcorner]

 Playing now

Mercury Records [Japan] 195J-37 (M) - Gerry Mulligan " A Profile"  (compilation) - rec. 1955 & 1956

 

[BillF]

54 minutes ago, jazzcorner said:

 Playing now

Mercury Records [Japan] 195J-37 (M) - Gerry Mulligan " A Profile"  (compilation) - rec. 1955 & 1956

 

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[optatio]

6 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Dizzy Gillespie and the Mitchell-Ruff Duo

👍 - with three bonus tracks of the duo! I also have the LP with five tracks.

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

3 hours ago, T.D. said:

I discovered Schneiderman through his Reservoir releases. First one was Dark Blue, an old-fashioned straight-ahead hard bop quintet (incl. Ralph Moore and Brian Lynch) but I was stunned by how good it sounded. I also have and can vouch for the Reservoir releases Back in Town (trio), Glass Enclosure (quartet w. Chas. McPherson) and Radio Waves (hard bop sextet also w. Moore and Lynch).

Thanks.   

 

Now playing:

O Universo Musical de Baden Powell (Sunnyside/Universal, 2 CDs)
Disc 2 - A Selection from the Festival Years (1970-1977)

 

[T.D.]

52 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Thanks.   

 

 

 

Off-topic, but I also admire Rob Schneiderman because he's about my age (b. 1957) and became a mathematician as a nearly middle-aged man (B.A. 1994, Ph. D. 2001). He now has an academic career. 👍

[HutchFan]

16 minutes ago, T.D. said:

Off-topic, but I also admire Rob Schneiderman because he's about my age (b. 1957) and became a mathematician as a nearly middle-aged man (B.A. 1994, Ph. D. 2001). He now has an academic career. 👍

How interesting.  IIRC, Schneiderman was to returning to school when he left TanaReid.  But I didn't realize that he'd earned his Ph.D. and was working as an academic now. 

. . . The story comes full circle.   

 

 

NP:

Norman Simmons Quartet - Ramira the Dancer (Spotlite, 1977)
with Lisle Atkinson (b), Al Harewood (d), and Ralph Dorsey (perc)

 

[Peter Friedman]

[GA Russell]

[ghost of miles]

[T.D.]

[Peter Friedman]

[ghost of miles]

[Gheorghe]

1 hour ago, ghost of miles said:

such a great musician ! 

[BillF]

7 hours ago, GA Russell said:

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Now playing:

[jazzbo]

Miles Davis “Complete Live at Plugged Nickel 1965” Sony SACD box set, disc 2B

[jazzbo]

On to some mature swing from a Texas tenor.

Arnett Cobb “Funky Butt” Progressive Records/Solid Records Japan cd

Bass – Ray Drummond
Drums – Ronnie Bedford
Piano – Derek Smith
Tenor Saxophone – Arnett Cobb

Recorded on January 22, 1980 at The Big Apple Studio in NY.

[jazzbo]

Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim) “Zimbabwe” Enja/Solid Records Japan cd

 

This one has the leader on both piano and soprano saxophone. A good thing.

Bass – Essiet Okun Essiet

Drums – Don Mumford

Flute, Alto Saxophone – Carlos Ward

Soprano Saxophone, Piano – Dollar Brand

[Gheorghe]

19 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim) “Zimbabwe” Enja/Solid Records Japan cd

 

This one has the leader on both piano and soprano saxophone. A good thing.

Bass – Essiet Okun Essiet

Drums – Don Mumford

Flute, Alto Saxophone – Carlos Ward

Soprano Saxophone, Piano – Dollar Brand

Maybe this might be quite interesting, the bassist and the alto saxophonist says something to me. I didn´t know Dollar Brand also played soprano sax. 
My only encounter with him was at some festival, where he led a kind of big band. But as you know, those festivals can get somehow tedious and after hearing the guys I was looking for most (Elvin Jones, Joe Henderson, Ron Carter the only thing I remember is that he had some strange robe, stood with the back to the audience and somehow "conducted" that orchestra, which played a quite repetive thing, maybe later something would have happened, but.....I had fallen asleep......

[jazzbo]

Perhaps my favorite of her albums.

Sathima Bea Benjamin “Love Light” Enja/Solid Records Japan cd

Bass – Buster Williams
Drums, Talking Drum – Billy Higgins
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Piano – Larry Willis
Tenor Saxophone – Ricky Ford
Vocals, Arranged By, Producer – Sathima Bea Benjamin

[kh1958]

Eddie Henderson, Witness to History (Smoke Sessions)

[John Tapscott]

10 hours ago, T.D. said:

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Now:

[Eric]

32 minutes ago, kh1958 said:

Eddie Henderson, Witness to History (Smoke Sessions)

Thinking about this one, how do you like it?