So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

jazzbo · 2025-08-04T11:03:40Z

Starting off a cool morning with some music I love!

“Ella and Louis”

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Recorded 16 August 1956

I’m listening to this music on this box set:

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A master class in singing jazz duets!

EKE BBB · 2025-08-04T11:21:03Z

Martial Solal Michel Portal, principal, 1 de 4

jazzbo · 2025-08-04T12:53:46Z

On to “Ella and Louis Again”

Recorded July 23, July 31 and August 13, 1957

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I’m listening to this music on this box set:

Pim · 2025-08-04T14:03:36Z

From the Free for a Minute set by Emanem

HutchFan · 2025-08-04T14:11:03Z

jazzbo · 2025-08-04T14:17:50Z

Squeezing another one in.

“The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946–66” disc IV

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The alternates from “Plays W.C. Handy”

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Peter Friedman · 2025-08-04T14:31:09Z

dougcrates · 2025-08-04T14:45:01Z

Original LP

Gheorghe · 2025-08-04T14:50:47Z

Nowadays I rarely listen to "straight ahead jazz" because my moods and spirits go more into other stuff in "so called jazz", mostly in awareness of geniusses like Albert Ayler, Pharoah Sanders, and my beloved Sun Ra. Almost all music I have in my head, all the sounds I hear, all the feelings come from that directions, period.

But......of course I love some very good albums of boppish sounds and still have to play gigs with straight ahead music.

So last night I had "Sphere" on the USB in my car. They so great. I love Charlie Rouse, else than most of you I like him most with Monk, with all due respect to Griffin, Rollins, Trane, Frank Foster or who was with Monk. But Charlie Rouse is my favourite. Same with Ben Riley I love him.

I had heard Ben Riley and Kenny Barron AND Buster Williams as sidemen for a Ron Carter Quartet in 1979. So I know and love them all. But to be deeply honest, I loved the one solo Buster Williams played, even more than what Carter played on piccolo bass......

The Sound of Buster Williams on that record is SO GREAT, I can become addict to that bass sound.

And Kenny Barron really knocked me out on "Eronel". Never ever anyone played it so beautifully, I just shouted with enthusiasm while drivin, but crazy I am, I never pretended I am a normal person.......