So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jazzbo]

I am having what turns out to be an interesting day.

One happy thing is that we had our taxes done. . . and we lwe less than we thought we did, much less. Whew! Yeeha!

And then the mail came. . . and there was a Claudia Acuna cd that I didn't think I had ordered. In fact there were two copies, one sealed, and one open with on the front cover "Lon Armstrong, Thank you for your support! Claudia Acuna" . . . . I looked and it was mailed by Claudia Acuna.

I've looked through my purchase history and I can't see anywhere that I ordered that cd, although I did order a few other Acuna cds a month ago.

A happy mystery! Thanks Ms Acuna!

[John Tapscott]

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

This was legal?

[Holy Ghost]

On 4/8/2025 at 9:23 AM, Peter Friedman said:

Been meaning to pick this one up. Fantastic sleeve.

Really, really enjoying this one:

[Referentzhunter]

[Referentzhunter]

[EKE BBB]

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

Bill Evans “Another Time: The Hilversum Concert” Resonance Records cd

Bill with Eddie Gomez and Jack DeJohnette. Killer imo.

[Simon8]

[Chuck Nessa]

[John Tapscott]

[Peter Friedman]

Blue Mitchell's albums on the Mainstream label were (to my ears) generally terrible. The one I had hoped would be the exception was this one -Vital Blue. With Joe Henderson as a sideman my expectations were quite high. It turned out that the album was a mixed bag. About half the tracks were (to my taste) quite enjoyable. The remaining half were spoiled by a  vocal obligato that made me want to quickly move on.

All of this is disappointing as I have greatly enjoyed Blue Mitchell's playing as leader and sideman on numerous albums on a variety of labels other than Mainstream. 

[Chuck Nessa]

Disc 3

[T.D.]

[jlhoots]

4 hours ago, rostasi said:

👍

[HutchFan]

[JSngry]

26 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Tell me more?

[Peter Friedman]

[mikeweil]

One of Nina's best live albums, IMO, excellent sound on this reissue:

Afterwrds, one of my favourites:

 

[jazzbo]

Tom Harrell “Infinity” High Note cd

Wow. This band. . . this writing and the arrangements. . . one of his really good ones.

Tom Harrell – trumpet, flugelhorn
Mark Turner – tenor saxophone
Charles Altura – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Ben Street – bass
Johnathan Blake – drums
Adam Cruz – percussion

[jazzbo]

Claudia Acuna “Turn Pages”

Claudia Acuña, vocals; Juancho Herrera, guitar, vocals; Pablo Vergara, Jon Cowherd, piano, keyboards; Carlos Henderson, Michael Olatuja, bass; Yayo Serka, drums, percussion; Grégoire Maret, harmonica.

 

[HutchFan]

NP:

 

 

[JSngry]

Laura Henton, KC, 1929, with Eddie Durham(!).

Benny Moten is supposed to be on here too, but inaudibly if so. I hear no piano.

Laura Henton swings!!!