So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

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[kh1958]

Lawrence Sieberth, New New Orleans Solo Piano

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[jazzbo]

Cassandra Wilson “Jump World” Winter&Winter cd

I sure wish Ms Wilson would put out a new one. I haven’t heard this one in a while.

[Chuck Nessa]

disc 4

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56 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Cassandra Wilson “Jump World” Winter&Winter cd

Good stuff!   

 

[Peter Friedman]

Music from 1958. The first part of the album reminds me of the West Coast Jazz of the period with 3 good saxophone players I had not heard before.

Vocalist Ann Richards sings on the last few tracks and sounds very nice. 

[optatio]

19 hours ago, optatio said:

Sheila Jordan & Sabine Kühlich: 2 Generations of Singers. DLR 2006 [Germany 2006]

 

9 hours ago, EKE BBB said:

Never listed to (or even heard of) this one. Impressions?

 

Sabine Kühlich's initiative to invite Sheila Jordan to Germany, to tour with her in May 2006, and to release two CDs has attracted a lot of attention!

See: Gudrun Endress: Substanz, Charme und Phantasie – Sabine Kühlich. In: Jazzpodium 6/06, pp.3-4.

Note: Gudrun Endress was the managing director of the Jazzpodium.

Sabine Kühlich & Crisp: Fly Away. Acoustic Music Records 319.1370.2 [Germany s.d]

... with three tracks with Sheila Jordan: Ornithology, Beautiful love ..., How deep is the ocean.

I purchased both CDs years ago directly from Sabine Kühlich: https://sabinekuehlich.com/

[HutchFan]

with Peter Washington & Lewis Nash

 

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[optatio]

6 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

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[jazzbo]

Flora Purim "Open Your Eyes You Can Fly" Milestone LP

Maybe not my favorite Flora LP, but it's a good one.

Ah, they're all good.

with Airto, David Amaro, Ron Carter, George Duke, Egberto Gismonti, Alphonso Johnson, Ndugu (Leon Chancler), Laudir De Oliveira, Robertinho Silva, and Hermeto Pascoal.

[jazzbo]

Joel Ross “Who Are You?” Blue Note cd

Joel Ross on vibes, Jeremy Corren on piano, Immanuel Wilkins on alto saxophone, Jeremy Dutton on drums, Kanoa Mendenhall on bass. Harpist Brandee Younger guests on five tracks.

This is a killer band and album, Ross’ second as a leader.

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[Peter Friedman]

Jackie McLean, Lee Morgan and Billy Higgins are all in top form on the fine album!

[Gheorghe]

Too beautiful ! 

How much I love that album. This is my year ! Maybe the best I ever had in live. 

23 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said:

Jackie McLean, Lee Morgan and Billy Higgins are all in top form on the fine album!

I don´t know that special album, but each of them is a personal favourite of mine so it must be good. It just happens that at that important period in my live I rarely purchase or spin so called "straight ahead" albums, though I am sure that those men go far beyond it. 

It´s strange: this must have been "centuries" ago but I also saw Jackie McLean live together with Herbie Lewis and Billy Higgins, the 4th member of the quartet was no one less than Bobby Hutcherson. I remember it was the best bebop setting I ever had heard. Don´t know how I would think about it today, but sure it is very good music. 

7 hours ago, HutchFan said:

 

 

Good stuff!   

 

Schizophrenia was the first Wayne Shorter album I had. I think it is wonderful. Maybe even my favourite from that early period. 

17 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

Norgran MG N 1017 (Japan 1993) - Bud Powell "Jazz Original" - rec. 1955

 

💗 Love it!

I think I saw the cover foto on another album of Bud Powell.

I have not listened to bop music for much time and don´t really want to play that style myself anymore, but I think I remember the very very fine versions of those super old tunes "Deep Night" and "Thou Swell" and "OId Black Magic"  I think they go back to the 20´s. I remember Bud played them very very often so they must have been favourites of him, and I think I hear it in my ears that he plays some astonishing stride piano on it. This must be an early Bud Powell record from the mid fifties, but I think I mostly heard interpretations of those tunes at least 10 years later when Bud had returned to Birdland and seemed to celebrate that event with those old tunes from his youth/childhood.

[Gheorghe]

On 8/11/2025 at 8:08 PM, Peter Friedman said:

This is one of my favorite Monk Quartet albums.

Especially outstanding is the track on Disc 2 "Misterioso". It features some truly amazing solos from both Charlie Rouse and Monk. 

I think I also know that album. Isn´t Bemsha Swing and Evidence on it ? 

I love those tunes and they are few I kept in my repertory from the bop tunes, maybe the only ones that I kept. During the spring tourings I think I did either Bemsha or Evidence sometimes as the last tune and got so carried away that I jumped up from the piano and did some dance steps. 

On 8/12/2025 at 11:15 AM, EKE BBB said:

I think I have it with another cover. this looks much more like a much later foto of Mingus than the time when "Chazz" was recorded. Wasn´t "Chazz" and "Mingus Quintet plus Max Roach" on the French America label, I had both of them, but think as a boy I was a little disappointed since it sounded much more "tame" than the recordings with Dolphy. Almost like an old bop record. But the sections with Max Roach are fine ! Otherwise it is too much hard bop or bebop style than I want to hear from Mingus.

[jazzbo]

A wonderfully cool morning after a hot day.

Starting off with the second half of this release, didn’t get to fully digest it yesterday. Excellent music and sound.

Joel Ross “Who Are You?” Blue Note cd

 

[jazzbo]

Carmen McRae “Carmen Sings Monk”

Like Betty Carter Ms McRae recorded some amazing albums right before her passing, this perhaps the best of them.

A perfect marriage of music and singer.

 

[Referentzhunter]

Brilliant track

 

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[jazzbo]

Alexis Cole and Bucky Pizzarelli “A Beautiful Friendship” Venus cd

 

Bass, Vocals – Nicki Parrott
Clarinet – Anat Cohen
Guitar – Bucky Pizzarelli, Frank Vignola
Trumpet – Warren Vaché
Vocals – Alexis Cole

[Chuck Nessa]