So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[mjazzg]

Claire Daly - VuVu For Frances

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

The Albert Mangelsdorff Quartet - Never Let It End (MPS, 1971)
with Heinz Sauer (ts, as), Günter Lenz (b), and Ralf Hübner (d)

Brilliant band.  Brilliant album.

If MPS ever reissued this on vinyl, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

 

[Referentzhunter]

La Forme De L'esprit Est Un Papillon * Couleurs Inventées * Univers Nerveux (Inédit)

(In Memoriam K. Stockhausen)

[jazzbo]

The Complete Capitol Studio Recordings of Stan Kenton 1943-1947, disc II

Revisiting this set with enjoyment. That studio at that time had such a rich sound for their releases.

 

Edited May 3, 2024 by jazzbo

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Tommy Flanagan - Positive Intensity (Sony/Japan). Tommy with Ron Cater & Roy Haynes from 1977. Nicely done if a bit too brightly presented on the Japanese CD I found in a used bin yesterday.

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

The Albert Mangelsdorff Quartet - Never Let It End (MPS, 1971)
with Heinz Sauer (ts, as), Günter Lenz (b), and Ralf Hübner (d)

Brilliant band.  Brilliant album.

Yep .... btw we should mention Günter Lenz in the "Underrated Bassists" thread .... 

[jazzbo]

Dexter Gordon “Night Ballads - Montreal 1977” Uptown cd

This one cost me a pretty penny but it was worth it.

Recorded live at The Rising Sun in Montreal, November 9-12, 1977. Featuring the great saxophonist Dexter Gordon, pianist George Cables, bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Eddie Gladden.

[Stevie Mclean]

On 5/2/2024 at 6:36 AM, soulpope said:

A Ben Tucker master class ....

Along with one of my personal favourites:

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

Kinda the Postcards All-Stars here. It was a nifty label.

"Dated" in the sense of technology. "Derivative" in that it sometimes sounds like if Wayne and Joe never got into popular rhythms and such. 

Pleasant listening, and with the players on hand to move it ahead. Fun listen!

[dougcrates]

Mr Bongo CD reissues

[soulpope]

6 hours ago, dougcrates said:

Good one ....

[Balladeer]

Rich Perry - Mood (Steeplechase)

 

[jazzbo]

Blue groovin’ this morning.

Jack McDuff “Ain’t No Sunshine” Reel to Real cd 1

[jazzbo]

Shelly Manne & His Men “Jazz from the Pacific Northwest” Reel to Real cd 1

Two killer performances, one from the Monterey Jazz Festival, the other from the Penthouse in Seattle. Great bands.

[dougcrates]

[Jazzmonkie]

On 5/2/2024 at 11:53 PM, Gheorghe said:

From what year is this? 

I got acquainted with the music of Sun Ra very early, let´s say even before I knew much about earlier jazz stiles like bop. 
It was there, it was happenin, and my first Sun Ra album was the ESP "Nothing Is" that I got second hand from a girl who emegrated to Brazilia. Sun Ra and a lotta other stuff that´s hot, like early electric Miles, Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane and so on, that was my start for jazz. 

I heard Sun Ra live in the late 70´s until around 80 with Gilmore and Allen in the band and June Tyson singin´. That´s where I first heard older jazz forms like Fletcher Henderson´s "Yeah Man" or similar stuff, as well as the more usual space age free jazz and space chants.....

Disc 1 is from 1977, disc 2 is from 1976. Both excellent performances.

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

Thought about Isla Eckinger due to the "Underrated Bassists" thread .... and had to play this superb Mal Waldron Trio platter near time ....

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzcorner]

Liberty  LRP 3380 (FSR reissue 1985) - Bob Florence " Here And Now" - rec.  1964 - Engineer: Bones Howe

 

 

[Chuck Nessa]

[optatio]

3 hours ago, soulpope said:

Thought about Isla Eckinger due to the "Underrated Bassists" thread .... and had to play this superb Mal Waldron Trio platter near time ....

👍

[gmonahan]

Back to reading Nat Hentoff's _Hear Me Talkin' To Ya_ again and the chapter on this guy. Thank goodness, as always, for John R. T. Davies!