So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[optatio]

1 hour ago, Holy Ghost said:

... Unknown players to me, ...

One of them was Allan Praskin (as). He was a member of Gunter Hampel's Galaxy Dream Band and lived in Göttingen for many years.

Allan Praskin in Göttingen 1975

[Holy Ghost]

54 minutes ago, Pim said:

Yeah I once made the mistake to skip a McCoy Tyner gig, thinking he would come to the Netherlands again but he didn’t and died a year later. I very much regretted that decision. Evan Parker plays in Belgium so that’s a 3 hours a drive for me but I decided to bring me wife and make it a two day trip to the city of Gent

Excellent decision!

37 minutes ago, optatio said:

One of them was Allan Praskin (as). He was a member of Gunter Hampel's Galaxy Dream Band and lived in Göttingen for many years.

Allan Praskin in Göttingen 1975

Wow! You just made this record so much cooler. 👍

[jazzbo]

4 hours ago, Holy Ghost said:

This era of Duke, when he was exploring new ground, playing with younger players, excites me.  

Great record. Read somewhere that this was even Jerry Garcia's favorite record (he may even be on it, playing percussion?) Got to hang with Grace Slick's daughter, decades later, at all places a concert in Sunrise, Florida at a Starship concert back in 1986. 

A fantastic album i've enjoyed more than five decades. Garcia's involvement is under dispute, but seems quite extensive really, details are here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealistic_Pillow

[jazzbo]

Cold this morning, but it’s going to be a beautiful day for a solemn holiday.

Easing into the day with a beautiful disc. The system is giving me a lush listen.

Eliane Elias “Love Stories” Concord cd

[jazzbo]

Lee Morgan “The Rumproller” Blue Noe Japan 24 bit by RVG lp facsimile cd

[jlhoots]

Myra Melford Trio: Splash (Intakt CD)

[Chuck Nessa]

They should have put Marcus Belgrave's name on thee cover too.

[dougcrates]

2023 CD

Edited May 26 by dougcrates

[dougcrates]

2017 CD

[Balladeer]

Joe Lovano - I´m all for you, Ballad Songbook (Blue Note)

[Peter Friedman]

[kh1958]

Trumpet Mafia Live at the 2026 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

[rostasi]

[jazzbo]

Hristo Vitchev Quintet “The Perperikon Suite” First Orbit Sounds Music cd

Hristo Vitchev, guitar, vibraphonist Christian Tamburr, pianist Weber Iago, bassist Dan Robbins and drummer Joe DeRose

 

 

 

[jazzbo]

Todd Bishop Group “Little Played Little Bird–the Music of Ornette Coleman” Origin cd

RICHARD COLE - bass clarinet, baritone,
tenor and soprano saxophone
TIM WILLCOX - tenor and soprano saxophone
WEBER IAGO - piano and Wurlitzer
BILL ATHENS - bass
TODD BISHOP - drums

[Holy Ghost]

5 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Lee Morgan “The Rumproller” Blue Noe Japan 24 bit by RVG lp facsimile cd

👌One of my favorite Lees' 

4 hours ago, dougcrates said:

2023 CD

Woah!! Never seen this before. 

6 hours ago, jazzbo said:

A fantastic album i've enjoyed more than five decades. Garcia's involvement is under dispute, but seems quite extensive really, details are here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealistic_Pillow

I love 60's Duke, Money Jungle, Impulse!, Trane, yeah!

[gmonahan]

Finishing the box set of Baker's Timeless recordings with this one. His playing is fine (though I'm not a big fan of his singing), and Philip Catherine's guitar is great to hear. Glad I got it.

 

[John Tapscott]

 

[John Tapscott]

[jazzbo]

Claudia Acuna “Turning Pages”

 

I cherish this disc, personally inscribed to me by Ms Acuna.

[JSngry]

On 5/15/2025 at 10:39 PM, ghost of miles said:

This.

A Mosaic of Ellington's Columbia work from 1947-1952, why not? Even with all the singles of variable quality, the band is consistently superb, and a few of the singers are quite fine.

[ghost of miles]

8 minutes ago, JSngry said:

This.

A Mosaic of Ellington's Columbia work from 1947-1952, why not? Even with all the singles of variable quality, the band is consistently superb, and a few of the singers are quite fine.

Mosaic had such a set in the pipeline, but apparently Sony ultimately scotched it. 

[JSngry]

In favor of what?

This Jasmine disc is not exactly great audio quality...

[jazzbo]

I have the complete output of this time period in a French CBS LP box set, as well as separate CBS cds, and Chronogical Classics cds, and most of it on Columbia 2 LP sets. I love this period--it has so much great music in a variety of styles!

Edited May 26 by jazzbo

[optatio]

6 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

They should have put Marcus Belgrave's name on thee cover too.

👍