So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Dub Modal]

The bossa style drumming and Desmond's playing make this album good. Also enjoy the guitar from Dorio Ferreira and Edu Lobo. 

[Dub Modal]

And now on to this Bob James arranged beauty. Hard to do better in the groove market whenever Idris Muhammad pairs with Ralph MacDonald. 

[JSngry]

On ‎4‎/‎13‎/‎2021 at 11:06 PM, HutchFan said:

NP:

Graciela, Mario Bauza, and Friends - Afro-Cuban Jazz (Caiman, 1986)

what is this label, is there more on it? where did you find this and is it someplace i too can go to find things?

[Referentzhunter]

[Dub Modal]

9 minutes ago, JSngry said:

what is this label, is there more on it? where did you find this and is it someplace i too can go to find things?

Discogs link

Looks like they went bankrupt in 2009

[jazzbo]

Louis Hayes/Junior Cook Quintet "At Onkel Po's Carnegie Hall, Hamburg 1976" disc one

Surprisingly vivid sound and  Woody Shaw is really "on." LONG performances.

[felser]

[John Tapscott]

[Referentzhunter]

[kh1958]

Nubya Garcia, Source (Concord)

Edited April 14, 2021 by kh1958

[JSngry]

52 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

Discogs link

Looks like they went bankrupt in 2009

Quite a mixed variety of offerings...

[Dub Modal]

21 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Quite a mixed variety of offerings...

Seems like a good amount of Cuban artists/styles...? This one has a cheesy cover, but man - it delivers:

And from a different album, but this is a tune:

 

Edited April 14, 2021 by Dub Modal

[mjazzg]

 

[jazzbo]

[mjazzg]

The joy of a large collection, rediscovering a title you'd forgotten about...

[Peter Friedman]

[Referentzhunter]

[HutchFan]

4 hours ago, JSngry said:

what is this label, is there more on it? where did you find this and is it someplace i too can go to find things?

I think I discovered that record a couple years ago when I was working on my 70s jazz blog.  IIRC, I read about Mario Bauza and Graciela leaving Machito's band in the 70s -- maybe it was in John Storm Roberts' Latin Tinge? -- and that led me to discogs to explore their work.  I think discogs led me to both La Botánica and Afro-Cuban Jazz.

Incidentally, if you're an Amazon Prime member, you can listen to Afro-Cuban Jazz via that service.  The cover is different (and they don't give Graciela leadership credit), as shown below:

 

Also, here are the Caiman listings on discogs.  [EDIT: I just now see that Dub Modal beat me to the punch. ]

I've heard that the Caiman LP called Super All Stars is really good. (Again, maybe read that in Latin Tinge?)  I haven't heard all of it, but here are a couple cuts:

 

Here are the personnel credits for the Super All Stars:

Alto Saxophone [Saxofones Alto], Flute [Flauta] – Paquito D'Rivera
Bass [Bajo] – Andy González
Chorus – Adalberto Santiago, Leo González, Felo Barrios
Congas – Daniel Ponce
Drums [Bateria] – Ignacio Berroa
Guiro – Felo Barrios
Guitar [Guitarra] – Juan Márquez
Piano – Paquito Pastor
Tenor Saxophone [Saxofones Tenores], Baritone Saxophone [Saxofones Baritono], Piccolo Flute [Picolo] – Mario Rivera
Timbales, Vibraphone [Vibrafono] – Tito Puente
Trombone – Claudio Roditi, José Rodrigues, Steve Turre
Trumpet [Trompetas] – 'Chocolate' Armenteros, Spanky Davis, Valery Ponomorev

LOTS of Latin Jazz heavies!  

 

Edited April 14, 2021 by HutchFan

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

Yes, lots of possibilities on that Caiman label...the Discogs listing also has no small number of electro/reggaetron stuff, which to me seems to indicate that it was very much a "community" label with product for all ages (and in between!). The impression I have gotten is that the only time the Cuban/Cuban-American coummunity stops living with their musics is when they did, and even then, conclusive proof has yet to be offered.

[jazzbo]

Don Ellis "How Time Passes" Candid/Solid Records Japan, mono cd

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

Yes, lots of possibilities on that Caiman label...the Discogs listing also has no small number of electro/reggaetron stuff, which to me seems to indicate that it was very much a "community" label with product for all ages (and in between!). The impression I have gotten is that the only time the Cuban/Cuban-American coummunity stops living with their musics is when they did, and even then, conclusive proof has yet to be offered.

Absolutely. 

 

NP:

Charles Earland - Front Burner (Milestone, 1988)
with Virgil Jones (tr), Bill Easley (ts, ss), Bobby Broom (g), Buddy Williams (d) and Frank Colon (cga)

Some good stuff from "The Mighty Burner"!  

 

[Peter Friedman]

[John Tapscott]

[Peter Friedman]