So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Peter Friedman]

Cedar Walton plays on some tunes here.

[Referentzhunter]

Ts-find, nice stuff !

[kh1958]

Horace Silver, Silver in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse

[kh1958]

Mulatu Astatke, Multau Plays Mulatu (Strut)

 

[Peter Friedman]

[SMB1968]

[SMB1968]

[JSngry]

 

[JSngry]

 

[optatio]

6 hours ago, JSngry said:

 

👍 - as LP on my shelf ...

[Balladeer]

Harold Danko, solo piano - This isn´t Maybe: A Tribute to Chet Baker (Steeplechase)

[Referentzhunter]

Ts find

[jazzbo]

Well 24 hours a personal nightmare began and today will be wiping up aftereffects and a few actions that are going to be datytime nightmares for me.

Just time to sneak in a partial listen to

 

[Gheorghe]

last night: 

[Holy Ghost]

22 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Horace Silver, Silver in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse

Thoughts!

2 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

last night: 

Terrific play list! Thoughts on the Alice Coltrane!

14 hours ago, JSngry said:

 

I need to listen to this.

2 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Well 24 hours a personal nightmare began and today will be wiping up aftereffects and a few actions that are going to be datytime nightmares for me.

Just time to sneak in a partial listen to

 

Whatever happened, I hope you and your family are okay...

4 hours ago, Referentzhunter said:

Ts find

Album jacket always made me uncomfortable, but my opinion, their best record

[Peter Friedman]

[Holy Ghost]

Wow, great stuff, just listening to Caddy for Daddy.

[Holy Ghost]

[SMB1968]

worth the price of admission for just the gonzo take on "Sippin' at Bells" alone

[kh1958]

52 minutes ago, Holy Ghost said:

Thoughts!

 

I am a huge fan of Horace Silver. In 1984, he played at the Caravan of Dreams in Fort Worth, with Brian Lynch on trumpet and Ralph Moore on tenor saxophone. I heard four sets on a Friday and Saturday night and was blown away by the intensity of the performance. He returned a year later in 1985 with a similar group. Once again, I attended four sets over two nights. The first night was good, but not on the same level as the prior year. I decided to come again anyway, and the first set was the same. Did I imagine how great the music was the last year? For the last set, he announced he was heading to Japan with the group after this engagement, and for the final set the intensity of the prior year returned, as he played songs from the Tokyo Blues. It was awesome. My final live experience was two years later, but this time I was traveling out of town and was only able to hear one set on a Thursday night. This time his group focused on vocals and featured Andy Bey, and (to my tastes), the set was a disappointment.

With regard to the new Horace Silver release, so far I have only listened on computer speakers, however, the sound is perfectly fine. The performance is excellent. Joe Henderson is on fire. Really good. The highlights for me are the outstanding alternative version of Song for My Father, and of Sayonara Blues. This is a highly worthwhile release.