So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[HutchFan]

[jazzbo]

Billie Holiday, “Masters of Jazz Vol. 3” Storyville cd

 

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Been too long since I listened to some Billie.

[Peter Friedman]

[nighthawk68]

I have quite a number of Ray Bryant albums but I return to this one often.

[John Tapscott]

[HutchFan]

[Gheorghe]

On 11/25/2025 at 5:47 PM, Referentzhunter said:

who is the lady ? I like her eyebrows, that´s perfect form, that´s how I have mine also styled.....

[jazzbo]

34 minutes ago, Gheorghe said:

who is the lady ? I like her eyebrows, that´s perfect form, that´s how I have mine also styled.....

That is Helen Folasade Adu, known as "Sade" in the musical world. One lovely human, English and Nigerian, with quite a voice and great phrasing. (I'm a big fan).

[John Tapscott]

[kh1958]

8 hours ago, HutchFan said:

What a fascinating line-up.  I don't think I've ever seen this album before.  What do you think of it, @kh1958?

 

On first listen, I loved it. It was recorded in 2014 and just recently released.

[John Tapscott]

[JSngry]

10 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Jakob Bro/Lee Konitz/Bill Frisell/Jason Moran/Thomas Morgan/Andrew Cyrile, Taking Turns (ECM)

I think that there was a film about Bro that included some footage of these sessions, and not just playing?

[jazzbo]

I’ve had a very emotional time of late and have been staying away from Mingus, whose music seems to communicate emotion to me–that instinctively seems it would be too much for me now. But maybe not, I saw this on the shelf and wanted to revisit it. This was a powerful period for Mingus music!

Charles Mingus “Cornell 1964” Blue Note 2 cd set, disc 1

 

[dougcrates]

[optatio]

6 hours ago, jazzbo said:

I’ve had a very emotional time of late and have been staying away from Mingus, whose music seems to communicate emotion to me–that instinctively seems it would be too much for me now. But maybe not, I saw this on the shelf and wanted to revisit it. This was a powerful period for Mingus music!

Charles Mingus “Cornell 1964” Blue Note 2 cd set, disc 1

 

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[EKE BBB]

During the last few days, I have been listening to these four discs, some of the best Tete Montoliu recordings: