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:

 

 

[Referentzhunter]

14 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

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

Sade is her artist name ...

[kh1958]

14 hours ago, JSngry said:

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

That I do not know.

[JSngry]

16 minutes ago, kh1958 said:

That I do not know.

Music for Black Pigeons https://share.google/3BJ1fFQsp5Jf6DWO4

It's on Kanopy.

[John Tapscott]

 

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[jazzbo]

Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans here. Hope everyone is where they want to be and safe.

Going to have to do a little shoveling and clearing soon but just got some time to sit and listen and I’m going to take advantage of it. The system sounds so amazing. . . .

Listening to “Somethin’ Else” the lone Blue Note title by Cannonball Adderley for Blue Note records, this time listening to the 85th Anniversary UHQCD from Japan. (It sounds GREAT).

This is a fascinating release. Miles is sort of in charge, sort of not, Hank Jones is an amazing accompanist here and interesting soloist, and Art Blakey’s performance here is one of my favorites as far as taste and structural groove. I wonder who was responsible for the arrangements here. This time through I wonder if there was any Gil Evans input, a few points sound to me a little like his work. Anyway, a great album that is hard bop but also swings in a mainstream way, and just pulls one in and keeps one there all the way through.

 

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On to another Blue Note, this time a 24 Bit by RVG Japanese LP facsimile release of Kenny Burrell’s “Blue Lights Vol. 2” from Blue Note Japan. I really like the sound of most 24 Bit by RVG discs. And the music here is excellent!

 

 

[Peter Friedman]