So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jazzbo]

I had pulled out some Kenton discs yesterday to go through this week. 

Starting off with

"Kenton's West Side Story" Capitol cd

[dougcrates]

Original LP.  Probably need to part with this one.  I've never been able to get into it.  

[dougcrates]

[mjazzg]

1 hour ago, dougcrates said:

Original LP.  Probably need to part with this one.  I've never been able to get into it.  

I kind of agree. My copy survived the last purge but I'm not sure it will do next time

[rostasi]

Edited Sunday at 06:44 PM by rostasi

[Peter Friedman]

[Chuck Nessa]

[dougcrates]

[JSngry]

Celia, que Rica indeed!

[T.D.]

Motivated by another thread on the forum.

[T.D.]

This might be rough and a mess in some ways, but if so it's a glorious mess.

Edited yesterday at 03:50 AM by T.D.

[Chuck Nessa]

17 minutes ago, T.D. said:

This might be rough and a mess in some ways, but if so it's a glorious mess.

Indeed?

[JSngry]

8 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Do you get sucked into a eternal world of essential qualitiness by this record, especially "Azalea"? I know I do.

[optatio]

5 hours ago, T.D. said:

👍

[optatio]

2 hours ago, T.D. said:

👍

[Rabshakeh]

Aja Monet - When The Poems Do What They Do

This is a jazz poetry record that I have been enjoying recently. Monet's poetry isn't very good (she is very much a product of academia), but she's learned her lessons well from records at least and she knows what delivery works in this context.

The band is great. The artist formerly known as Christian Scott, the Pinderhughes sisters (who I don't know but for whom I will look out for) and several others. Sleek modern spiritual jazz. 

Maybe I am just getting old and more tolerant of this stuff, but I liked this record. 

Black Eagle Jazz Band - Gretna 1982

Now streaming this really top notch Dixieland circuit record from 1982 via YouTube, after a mention of it in this month's Syncopated Times.

[Pim]

5 hours ago, T.D. said:

This might be rough and a mess in some ways, but if so it's a glorious mess.

Yeah that’s a great one. I love Elmo Hope.

16 hours ago, dougcrates said:

Original LP.  Probably need to part with this one.  I've never been able to get into it.  

I agree. There are some very good arts but also less interesting parts. It’s too inconsistent. 

[Holy Ghost]

23 hours ago, Referentzhunter said:

A beautiful record. 

17 hours ago, dougcrates said:

Original LP.  Probably need to part with this one.  I've never been able to get into it.  

Feel exactly the same about the Larry Ridley. Love both bassists and the record sleeves are killer Strata East, but the music is so underwhelming. I keep the Ridley only for the record jacket, which is pretty sweet. 

[Holy Ghost]

Last record I listened to with my Mom before she passed in 2011. She really dug Sonny, along with Miles, and Bird. She was upset learning about Miles' passing in 1991. 

[HutchFan]

[jazzbo]

Cold start to the morning, but I’m getting used to that. Other parts of the nation are having heat waves. . . .

Starting off with
Miles Davis “Miles '54 (The Prestige Recordings)” 2 cd set, disc 1

This is my second copy of this set as my first copy had a defective track.

I have this material several other times elsewhere but I really enjoy the Paul Blackmore transfers Concord has been using, they sound excellent. The '55 recording set is due out soon.

 

[Holy Ghost]

Maybe the most interesting period of Sonny's career in my opinion: the RCA sides.

[HutchFan]

[Referentzhunter]

Replay of this gem of a record (2024 repress). It's a strange eclectic 'thing' that keep stangers at a distance. Masterpiece is a term that comes to my mind while listening to this record while i am not enterily sure about that (for now). Repeated listening recommended.

[kh1958]

Dave Burrell and Sam Woodyard, The Lost Session, Paris, 1979 (No Business)