So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jazzbo]

“Weather Report Live in Tokyo” Sony 2 LP set, LP 2

 

[jazzbo]

“Introducing The Rocky Boyd Quintet–Ease It” Jazztime/Muzak lp facsimile cd

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

21 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

Having seen Ralph perform live several times over the years, I wonder why he hasn't made more of a name for himself on the Jazz scene. The dude can play. Is it because he liked playing in big bands? Did he not get the opportunity?

[kh1958]

Johnny Smith, The Last Night at Shaner's

[HutchFan]

4 hours ago, mhatta said:

Sir Roland Hanna is an enigma to me. He is clearly an excellent pianist, but something is missing. I just don't know what it is.

Just goes to show that we all hear music differently -- because Hanna is among my favorite jazz pianists. 

I think there's a wide swath of classical music that's woven into Hanna's playing.  (Arthur Rubinstein was one of his favorites.)  So Hanna doesn't swing the way that most of his Detroit peers do/did -- pianists like, say, Tommy Flanagan or Barry Harris.  Hanna still swings; it's just different, subtler.

Just my take, of course.   

 

 

Now playing:

I'm still getting to know this relatively new-to-me album.   But I'm really digging it, so far.

 

Edited August 2, 2024 by HutchFan

[rostasi]

[HutchFan]

Next up, music from fellow forum member @Gheorghe:

Bop Explosion - Waltz for Serena (Alessa Records, 2024)

Anyone who enjoys classic bop groups like The Jazztet or Gigi Gryce & Donald Byrd's Jazz Lab Quintet -- or more contemporary groups like One for All -- might want to give Waltz for Serena a listen.  Every soloists in the band is rock-solid, and the music is bolstered further still by the impressive compositions (including six originals by Gheorghe) and thoughtful arrangements that lend the music (at times) a chamber-like quality.  One should note that when I use the term "chamber-like," it's bebop chamber jazz a la Benny Golson or Gigi Gryce.  Because this music is more reminiscent of The Jazztet than, say, the more classically-oriented chamber jazz of the MJQ.  After all, the band's name is Bop Explosion! 

Well done, @Gheorghe!   

 

Edited August 2, 2024 by HutchFan

[JSngry]

 

[soulpope]

Well-reheased Norman Simmons + Lisle Atkinson + Al Harewood keep rollin`....

[Peter Friedman]

Ben Webster is in good form here.

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Next up, music from fellow forum member @Gheorghe:

Bop Explosion - Waltz for Serena (Alessa Records, 2024)

Anyone who enjoys classic bop groups like The Jazztet or Gigi Gryce & Donald Byrd's Jazz Lab Quintet -- or more contemporary groups like One for All -- might want to give Waltz for Serena a listen.  Every soloists in the band is rock-solid, and the music is bolstered further still by the impressive compositions (including six originals by Gheorghe) and thoughtful arrangements that lend the music (at times) a chamber-like quality.  One should note that when I use the term "chamber-like," it's bebop chamber jazz a la Benny Golson or Gigi Gryce.  Because this music is more reminiscent of The Jazztet than, say, the more classically-oriented chamber jazz of the MJQ.  After all, the band's name is Bop Explosion! 

Well done, @Gheorghe!   

👌👍 ....

[HutchFan]

56 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Well-reheased Norman Simmons + Lisle Atkinson + Al Harewood keep rollin`....

Yes!   

If anyone wants to hear more of that same trio -- minus Carter -- they made a terrific album titled Ramira the Dancer for Spotlite in 1977.  (The group, led by Simmons, is augmented with percussionist Ralph Dorsey.)

 

Edited August 2, 2024 by HutchFan

[soulpope]

4 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Yes!   

If anyone wants to hear more of that same trio -- minus Carter -- they made a terrific album titled Ramira the Dancer for Spotlite in 1977.  (The trio is augmented with percussionist Ralph Dorsey.)

 

Yep .... btw also on "Midnight Creeper" (Milljac) from 1980 ....

[Rabshakeh]

Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band – At The Roundtable

This one seems to have been a really big seller, given its presence in the bins. First listen to it, and probably last too. I can handle early Lu Watters but this is just too slick.

[HutchFan]

Prompted by @mjazzg, who posted this album on the vinyl thread:

Vocalion CD reissue

 

Edited August 2, 2024 by HutchFan

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

Herbie Hancock “Maiden Voyage” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD
Got in my June batch of this series in from CDJapan today. This sounds really good. . . or at least does as well as I can decipher while listening upstairs here as it pours rain outside.

 

[Joe]

[Jim Duckworth]

8 hours ago, jazzbo said:

“Weather Report Live in Tokyo” Sony 2 LP set, LP 2

 

Heard the Directions medley recently and have been listening to Weather Report and Mwandishi and enjoying it a good deal.

 

[rostasi]

Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water:
The Gospel of James Baldwin

[Peter Friedman]

[Rabshakeh]

Katsumi Odagiri Trio - Assault Kamikaze Squadron

[dougcrates]

Original LP

[Gheorghe]

14 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Next up, music from fellow forum member @Gheorghe:

Bop Explosion - Waltz for Serena (Alessa Records, 2024)

Anyone who enjoys classic bop groups like The Jazztet or Gigi Gryce & Donald Byrd's Jazz Lab Quintet -- or more contemporary groups like One for All -- might want to give Waltz for Serena a listen.  Every soloists in the band is rock-solid, and the music is bolstered further still by the impressive compositions (including six originals by Gheorghe) and thoughtful arrangements that lend the music (at times) a chamber-like quality.  One should note that when I use the term "chamber-like," it's bebop chamber jazz a la Benny Golson or Gigi Gryce.  Because this music is more reminiscent of The Jazztet than, say, the more classically-oriented chamber jazz of the MJQ.  After all, the band's name is Bop Explosion! 

Well done, @Gheorghe!   

 

Thank you so much for that kind review. Glad you enjoyed it ! 

[soulpope]

10 hours ago, Joe said:

Good one ....