So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jazzbo]

Indeed, that was pretty much what I said when I first spun that side, seconds in: "What a bummer." I sent an email to Music Direct, my source, and hope they'll take care of this (they have been good in regard to errors and faults in the past).

EDIT TO ADD: Just got an email back from Music Direct--they are sending me a replacement LP. Good company.

Edited May 5 by jazzbo

[jazzbo]

 

Kenny Burrell & Art Blakey “On View At the Five Spot.Cafe” Blue Note Japan SHM-SACD

The entire content of the new 2 cd set on one SACD. Sounds very good–a bit “faster” and less warm than the Analogue Productions SACD I also have.

[T.D.]

Japanese jazz briefly came up on another thread.

This is a most enjoyable live hard bop album with four well-known veteran players, rec. 1994.

[ghost of miles]

[Quasimado]

13 hours ago, Tom in RI said:

Lester Young, The “Kansas City Sessions”, Commodore. Ooo, Lester on clarinet.

👍👍👍

[EKE BBB]

Starting with the Royal Roost recordings. There ain't nothing like Charlie Parker!

[Rabshakeh]

Chris Burn and John Butcher – Fonetiks

Edited May 6 by Rabshakeh

[mjazzg]

30 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Chris Burn and John Butcher – Fonetiks

There was a very good overview of Butcher's recordings in the Wire recently, written by Seymour Wright.

It highlighted how little I'd really heard, this being a case in point.

I saw him in a trio over Easter and his playing was superb, so controlled and without embellishment. Can you have saxophone haiku?

Edited May 6 by mjazzg

[Rabshakeh]

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

There was a very good overview of Butcher's recordings in the Wire recently, written by Seymour Wright.

It highlighted how little I'd really heard, this being a case in point.

I saw him in a trio over Easter and his playing was superb, so controlled and without embellishment. Can you have saxophone haiku?

That's where I heard about this one. It is streamable. A very nice record. 

Similar to e.g. News from the Shed, it is from before the point at which Butcher's concept had coalesced and his playing is different to how it would become. I really enjoy that. Nice to hear him from that early stage.

I love to see Butcher and feel spoilt by how often he plays in Hackney.

[jazzbo]

Another soggy cool morning. Spring has really sprung though–it’s beautiful to see the lovely early shades of green on the thousands of trees around us.

Starting off with this disc of Sarah Vaughan Mercury recordings. I really like Sarah. I want to love Sarah. I keep listening on and off trying to fall harder for her.

“The Complete Sarah Vaughan on Mercury Vol. 4” disc 1

 

[HutchFan]

Spinning this again:

Ray Drummond – bass
John Scofield – guitar
Randy Brecker – trumpet
Kenny Barron – piano
Marvin "Smitty" Smith – drums, percussion
Thomas Chapin – flute, alto flute, bass flute
Steve Nelson – vibraphone
Mor Thiam – percussion

 

[Chuck Nessa]

Faruq Z Bey and the Northwoods Improvisors. This is  the first of 5 discs I have by them.

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

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The Miles Davis “Bitches Brew” Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab One Step 2 LP box

Re-listening to LP 2 of this 2 LP set. It’s hard to explain what is the difference between this set and other releases I have. There is more “atmosphere” here and I think it’s because the background is so dark and silent that little details come in and help with instrument placement and dynamic texture. During “Miles Runs the Voodoo Down” I was able to hear a little more definition and heft to the fascinating notes that Dave Holland was supplying with inspiration. That’s among my favorite parts of the release and it was really intriguing to hear.

This is a very interesting mastering and pressing. As a lover of “Bitches Brew” I find it worth the wait.

[HutchFan]

Still on my Charles Lloyd kick, post Big Ears:

Charles Lloyd – tenor saxophone, flute, tarogato
Geri Allen – piano
John Abercrombie – guitar
Marc Johnson – double bass (CD1 #1, 3-7; CD2 #1, 3, 5, 9)
Larry Grenadier – double bass (CD1 #2, 8; CD2 #2, 4-8)
Billy Hart – drums

 

[jazzbo]

Revisiting this one again before I put it back into the shelves. Such nice sound.

Joshua Redman (saxophone), Brad Mehldau (piano), Christian McBride (bass), and Brian Blade (drums)

Joshua Redman Quartet “RoundAgain” Nonesuch cd

[jazzbo]

Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra "Live at the I.U.C.C. 3/30/80" Nimbus West cd

[HutchFan]

This is the last album by Lloyd's tremendous band consisting of Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin, and Billy Hart.

IMO, it's one of the high points in Lloyd's expansive discography.

 

[jazzcorner]

Polydor (Japan) 28MJ 3081 - Manne,Shelly "Goodbye For Bill Evans" - rec. 1981 - Engineer: Ishiro Masuda

 

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Kenny Garrett - Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane (Warner Bros., 1996)

 

[optatio]

David Friesen, Glen Moore: Returning. Burnside Records BCD-0013-2 [US 1995]

[Chuck Nessa]

[Kurt Anderson]

John Lewis,  P.O.V. (Columbia)  I think his small group records outside the MJQ are undervalued.  I can't think of anyone outside of Count Basie who could do so much with so little.  

[EKE BBB]