So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[JSngry]

7 hours ago, soulpope said:

Porter - Praskin Quartet with Sal Nistico "Sonnet For Sal" (Enja) 1994 .... rather unknown little gem ....

That's a damn good record. Perhaps my favorite Sal. He's singing on this one.

[Holy Ghost]

The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall-Riverside/OJC

[Chuck Nessa]

36 minutes ago, Holy Ghost said:

The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall-Riverside/OJC

Did my previous post prompt that?

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Outstanding 👌👍 ....

[Holy Ghost]

18 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Did my previous post prompt that?

Yep. That's way hip. 

John McLaughlin. Where Fortune Smiles. Sanctuary/BMG 

 

[soulpope]

9 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Harold Land “Choma (Burn)” Mainstream/Solid Japan cd

Reggie Johnson (!!) ....

[Holy Ghost]

Elvin Jones Revival. Live at Pookie's Pub. BN, Disk One. Clutch Joe Farrell!

[jazzbo]

3 hours ago, soulpope said:

Reggie Johnson (!!) ....

Yes! Buster Williams is given a similar prominence on "A New Shade of Blue" and delivers.

 

NOW--Jeepers creepers!

Arrived too late to start listening to last night, now disc I

Edited December 21, 2024 by jazzbo

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, jazzbo said:

Yes! Buster Williams is given a similar prominence on "A New Shade of Blue" and delivers.

Agreed 👍 ....

[jazzbo]

Grant Green “Feelin’ the Spirit” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary SHM-SACD

Wow. This one really shines in the SHM-SACD version. The detail on Billy Higgin’s drums draws one in. . .the clave and rim shot strokes so delicately presented, the dynamics from gentle to harder strikes so clear. And Hancock’s piano (one of my favorite of his performances ever) is placed just right in the center and so well captured. Just a delight to listen to.

 

[mjazzg]

Ganavya - Daughter Of A Temple

includes a startlingly beautiful take on 'A Love Supreme'

[John Tapscott]

[jazzbo]

Bill Evans Trio “Consecration II” Timeless Records/Solid Records Japan cd

 

[John Tapscott]

[jazzbo]

Zoot Sims “Zoot at Ease” Progressive/Solid Records Japan cd

Zoot had a beautiful sound playing soprano. Reminds me of Barney Wilen’s.

[soulpope]

20 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Zoot Sims “Zoot at Ease” Progressive/Solid Records Japan cd

Zoot had a beautiful sound playing soprano. Reminds me of Barney Wilen’s.

Excellent 👌....

[jazzbo]

Out of/Into “Motion I” Blue Note cd

[kh1958]

Johnny Smith with the Neil Bridge Trio, Jazz in the Springs

[Rabshakeh]

Tomin – A Willed And Conscious Balance

Another from the recent end of year lists. Not a bad record at all, but not one I'll revisit. In line with other more recent International Anthem releases, I guess. I sometimes feel like this cohort of musicians just don't feel that their music needs to be exciting. 

[Rabshakeh]

Nala Sinephro – Endlessness

This one made a lot of Jazz year end lists, particularly outside of the jazz establishment. It might be the most highly rated jazz release of the last year.

It is interesting to me how a record like this comes to represent the genre of jazz to so many people: it is essentially low key chill out electronica with Alice Coltrane type model harp. 

It is pretty good as background music goes. I can see why people like it. And the spiritual jazz references do help it sound like something that is worth listening to.

But it is jazz in the way that a Vauxhall Corsa with a spoiler glued to it is a Formula One race car.

Rebecca Trescher Tentet – Character Pieces

This isn't great the whole way through but do like it.  It sounds like its own thing.

Edited December 21, 2024 by Rabshakeh

[Holy Ghost]

Charlie Byrd-Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros-Riverside/K2 20bit

[Holy Ghost]

Charlie Mingus-Tijuana Moods-RCA/Bluebird first editions

[Rabshakeh]

Mrs H Sings - Songs Dance and Mischief

On the Yoto (a robust piece of hardware for children's audio books and songs). 

Mrs H is a children's entertainer based in London. Her weekly sing a longs are basic parenting round these parts. (Not a joke: a local childcare practitioner recommended that a friend attend an event as part of dealing with a low level bout of post-natal depression). 

Surprisingly, her recordings are incredibly excellent. Original children songs recorded with a charming trad jazz band. It is a good deal more impressive than Tuba Skinny or your average Syncopated Times 2010s New Orleans vocal fare.

 

Edited December 21, 2024 by Rabshakeh

[jazzcorner]

Gryphon BT-8086 (Japan 1979) - Bob Brookmeyer " The Bob Brookmeyer Small Band" - rec. 1978 - Engineer: Keith Grant & Dale Ashby

 

 

 

 

 

 

[soulpope]

Steve Lacy Quintet "Thelonious Monk Memorial"

Steve Lacy (ss) + Steve Potts (ss/as) + Sonhando Estwick (vib) + Jean-Jacques Avenel (b) + John Betsch (dr)

Live @ Jazz Festival Willisau on August 29th, 1992

(Radio Broadcast)