So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Rabshakeh]

51 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Evolution' is a super deep, ‘lost classic’ radical and groundbreaking deep spiritual jazz album, apparently. I definitely know his name, can't think from where at the moment 

It's definitely worth a stream. Quite unique. It suffers from tracks being too short and fading out, but there are lots of interesting ideas.

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Peter Friedman said:

When this music was first released on vinyl back many many decades ago I loved it immediately. With Jackie McLean, Bill Hardman and Art Blakey, The title of the album says it all. Was highly pleased when Mosaic reissued it on CD.

Good one 👌 ....

[JSngry]

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

Evolution' is a super deep, ‘lost classic’ radical and groundbreaking deep spiritual jazz album, apparently. I definitely know his name, can't think from where at the moment 

Is that David Lee the Sonny Rollins drummer?

This is on some commercial now.

Apparently jingle-writing is going out of style?

[clifford_thornton]

yes, the same David Lee.

I quite like that record, but haven't dug it out in a very long time.

[JSngry]

Then I have that record, and concur with the comments above. I still wonder whatever happened to him. Helluva good drummer.

NP thanks to a Spotify suggestion:

Transparent, you can listen and not listen, if you know what I mean. In a good way.

[mjazzg]

3 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

It's definitely worth a stream. Quite unique. It suffers from tracks being too short and fading out, but there are lots of interesting ideas.

Thanks, I will hunt it down for a stream.

I realise I was thinking of another David Lee, a bass player with the Bill Smith Ensemble.

[Rabshakeh]

6 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Thanks, I will hunt it down for a stream.

I realise I was thinking of another David Lee, a bass player with the Bill Smith Ensemble.

This guy is a drummer, and it is a drummer's album. 

It's a weird one. A bit like a soundtrack or library record in the way it presents short snippets of excellent ideas but then moves on too fast.

Edited December 12, 2024 by Rabshakeh

[Rabshakeh]

On 12/11/2024 at 10:47 AM, jazzbo said:

Allen Lowe, “Louis Armstrong’s America Volume 1” disc 2

 

 

Fascinating set. Like a bizarro universe at times, but truly involving.

I hadn't realised that it was out yet. Just purchased and will be listening to it tomorrow. Great track titles.

[T.D.]

[HutchFan]

R.I.P.  😪

[rostasi]

Getting ready to unbox the new computer and replace my cherished 15 year old one that, mechanically, still works great, but has probs with old software and browsers. I'm having to reorganize my filing systems since I'll no longer have the luxury of drive "drawers" that I have now in my older Mac Tower. Anyway, it also comes at a time when I've just uploaded my 2,000,000th tune to my iTunes [which, I guess will soon be "Apple Music"(?)]. I'm also gonna miss the two CD drawers that I've used for over a quarter century to upload discs to the collection. Oh well..."progress" marches on...

This is #2,000,000:

 

 

[ghost of miles]

[Gheorghe]

4 hours ago, T.D. said:

though I don´t have that album from the great iugoslav trumpetist Dușco Goicovici it must be an extraordinar one with them great musicians, I´d say some of the very best. Like a Dream Band ! 

I had first heard Dușco on an Enia Record titled "After Hours" . 

 

The thing with Woody Shaw, I have an album of them playing at Uncle Poe´s in Hamburg, Germania, and it is great. 
But I was a bit astonished that the most prominent of them all, Woody Shaw did not get top billing, 
Stafford James remained Woody´s bassist, but I saw him with Tony Reedus on drums, who was also great ! 

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, T.D. said:

A showcase for Ronnie Mathews ....

[jazzbo]

Starting off this morning with this interesting 7th release from Jorge Ben (in 1970) “Brut Forca” on a Philips cd reissue.

 

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[jazzbo]

Reaching back to the earliest cd version I have retained of “Miles in Berlin”–the SBM Master Sound lp facsimile version, which is sounding mighty good this morning.

This was the earliest concert of the Quintet with Wayne Shorter released before this year’s box set of recordings in '63 and '64 in France. And it has long been a favorite since the LP version was first released way back when in the US as part of a 2 LP set.

“Miles in Berlin” Sony SRCS 9708 cd

 

[soulpope]

27 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

“Miles in Berlin” Sony SRCS 9708 cd

Great music (obviously) and excellent version ....

[jazzbo]

Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette “Always Let me Go–Live in Tokyo” ECM 2 cd set, disc 2

[mjazzg]

Brötzmann, Amadou, Noble - B.A.N.

[Rabshakeh]

Ablution – Ablution

[Peter Friedman]

[mjazzg]

On 12/12/2024 at 2:49 PM, Rabshakeh said:

David Lee Jr. – Evolution

This is really good. I get the frustrations about the fade outs. 

[mjazzg]

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

This is really good. I get the frustrations about the fade outs. 

Someone might have had a word about the vocal

[HutchFan]

Martial Solal's MPS recordings deserve an official box set treatment -- even though it'll probably never happen.  I think they're the most consistently interesting albums of his career.

 

Edited December 13, 2024 by HutchFan

[Peter Friedman]