So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Quasimado]

13 hours ago, Tom in RI said:

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

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[EKE BBB]

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

[Rabshakeh]

Chris Burn and John Butcher – Fonetiks

Edited 4 hours ago 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 4 hours ago 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