So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[HutchFan]

Next up:

IMO, this 1957 performance is one of EKE's essential live dates.  The music is so loose and so right!  It's bursting at the seams, overflowing with vitality.  Incomparable artistry.

 

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

I played it last week and for the first time in ages realised how strong side 2 is

Yes!  "Love from the Sun" !!!  

 

Edited October 14, 2024 by HutchFan

[jazzcorner]

Pacific Jazz (Liberty) 91 - Les McCann & The Gerald Wilson Orchestra - rec. 1964 - Engineer: Richard Bock  - Cover art by Thomas Knitch( courtesy The McKenzie Gallery)

[HutchFan]

Now listening to:

Tomasz Stańko - Balladyna (ECM, 1976)
with Tomasz Szukalski, Dave Holland, and Edward Vesala

 

[ghost of miles]

10 minutes ago, jazzcorner said:

Pacific Jazz (Liberty) 91 - Les McCann & The Gerald Wilson Orchestra - rec. 1964 - Engineer: Richard Bock  - Cover art by Thomas Knitch( courtesy The McKenzie Gallery)

That one has never been reissued on CD, correct? I know it's not part of Mosaic's Gerald Wilson set.

[JSngry]

No it's not, and neither is McCann's vocal album with Wilson.

 

[jazzbo]

2 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Absolute gem

And another. I played it last week and for the first time in ages realised how strong side 2 is

That's been my issue with his entire career. I always wish he'd hired a vocalist to sing his lyrics. And yes, I do realise this is tantamount to a heresy 

Oh I generally love his singing, and think he's a master. . . but in this instance, a return to touring after a long spell and in front of a loud band, and trying something new, I don't think I'll dig it over 27 cds.

Edited October 14, 2024 by jazzbo

[medjuck]

22 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

Wow. Didn't know about this record.  I saw Perry some 60 years and was really impressed.  IIRC I have one cd of his on an obscure Canadian label. 

[jlhoots]

Patricia Brennan: Breaking Stretch

[gmonahan]

[optatio]

4 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

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[Rabshakeh]

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis-Johnny Griffin Quintet – Blues Up And Down

A particularly enjoyable match up. Who is pianist Lloyd Mayer's? 

[Stompin at the Savoy]

I got the first of these two albums - The Swinger/Mr. Swing, both from same session - on a Harry Edison Euro compilation.  Decided to upgrade and get the second part.  Verve has a legit release and Presto sells it as a download for $7.  Swings along great with Freddie Green.

Edited October 15, 2024 by Stompin at the Savoy

[jazzbo]

Just a gentle whispy rain this morning. I’ve gotten used to the chill in the air, but Lucinda put the heat on and I’m not complaining!

Starting off with an excellent compilation cd of two 1972 Stitt powerhouse recordings with Barry Harris at the piano.

Sonny Stitt “Endgame Brilliance” 32 Jazz cd

 

[Gheorghe]

17 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

One of my favourite Donald Byrd records. That great tune in minor, it´s also on a live double CD from Half Note I think...

3 hours ago, Stompin at the Savoy said:

I got the first of these two albums - The Swinger/Mr. Swing, both from same session - on a Harry Edison Euro compilation.  Decided to upgrade and get the second part.  Verve has a legit release and Presto sells it as a download for $7.  Swings along great with Freddie Green.

I saw Harry Sweets Edison together with Eddie Lockjaw Davis, it was in 1978 ! But I still remember that the first tune was the bop standard "Rifftide" ! 

4 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis-Johnny Griffin Quintet – Blues Up And Down

A particularly enjoyable match up. Who is pianist Lloyd Mayer's? 

I have a 4 or 5 CDs compilation of all Griff-Davis albums, but must admit that this one I have not so often listened like the CD with the Monk tunes. I have no idea who is Lloyd Mayer´s . I just had a look at the personnel and think I had remembered him as "Fort Myers" 😄.

About the music : That 2 tenor tandem was great and they played much again in the next decades, once in an all star formation with Diz and Milt Jackson. 
I´ve played also with 2 tenors the famous Lockjaw Davis composition loosly based on "Body and Soul" but at brisc tempo..

[jazzbo]

The rain picked up!

Neil Young & The Stray Gators “Tuscaloosa” Reprise cd

I really love “Time Fades Away” and this recording from earlier on that tour is very good. I love Buttrey’s drumming.

 

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Edited October 15, 2024 by jazzbo

[jazzbo]

Archie Shepp “Blase” BYG Actuel cd

A somewhat unusual Shepp recording. Been a long time since it was spun!

[HutchFan]

Last night and again this morning:

Unity – Blow Thru Your Mind (EPI, 1974)
with vocalist Jay Clayton

 

[John Tapscott]

21 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Next up:

IMO, this 1957 performance is one of EKE's essential live dates.  The music is so loose and so right!  It's bursting at the seams, overflowing with vitality.  Incomparable artistry.

 

👍 Yes, a really good one.

Now:

Bought this from amazon.ca for $11 Canadian (a bargain). Some really fine music on this 3 CD set. 

[Peter Friedman]

Primarily known for the years when he was with the Count Basie Band.

[HutchFan]

Next up:

Disc 3 - originally released as Re: Person I Knew and (the beginning of) Intuition

 

[HutchFan]

Now this:

[Peter Friedman]

[jlhoots]

3 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Next up:

Disc 3 - originally released as Re: Person I Knew and (the beginning of) Intuition

 

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