So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[JSngry]

Donny McCaslin has played some good stuff on some Monday Michiru records. I find his solo work to be kinda same-y in terms of solo vocabulary and structure, but it's a not-unattractive same-y.

But put him on a Monday Michiru record with fixed confines, he's magnificent.

Oh yeah, he worked with Bowie at the end too, did great work there.

some jazz players are better in non-jazz contexts.

[HutchFan]

I only have one Donny McCaslin recording, Soar (Sunnyside, 2006). 

I like it -- but I haven't played it in a long while.

 

 

NP:

Charlie Palmieri - Impulsos (Coco, 1975)

 

Edited June 4, 2021 by HutchFan

[Rabshakeh]

30 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Donny McCaslin has played some good stuff on some Monday Michiru records. I find his solo work to be kinda same-y in terms of solo vocabulary and structure, but it's a not-unattractive same-y.

But put him on a Monday Michiru record with fixed confines, he's magnificent.

Oh yeah, he worked with Bowie at the end too, did great work there.

some jazz players are better in non-jazz contexts.

That makes sense. I have only heard him on the one record, so I am on the not-unattractive stage still.

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

33 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

That makes sense. I have only heard him on the one record, so I am on the not-unattractive stage still.

There was a Tiny Desk Concert that I started a thread about a year or so ago....the sameyness was obvious, but the ban was just throwing himself ALL into it, so it worked for me. none of this post-modern "detatchemnt" or anything, that space was fully occupied and totally kinetic.

Again, his own records....yes, but not really over the long haul, imo. But in spots, hell yeah.

[felser]

[soulpope]

One of Randy Weston`s finest hours ....

[Simon8]

[jazzbo]

I really enjoyed re-listening to this Sal Nistico cd. . . 

Sal Nistico "Live at the Douglas Beach House '81"

Followed by this, which is a bit hit and miss for me, but when it hits it's so good it hurts.

Ran Blake/Jeanne Lee "Free Standards-Stockholm 1966" Fresh Sound cd

And now, fresh from the mailbox,
Gary Bartz and Nu Troop "Live in Bremen 1975" disc 1--which I am really enjoying.

 

[erwbol]

Stanley Cowell Equipoise (Galaxy, UCCO-90224)

Great album, great sound. A shame it was released on CD only once.

[Dub Modal]

16 hours ago, JSngry said:

All these years having to run away from Streisand & the like, hell columbia does one record with Joanie Sommers, gets Mort Garson (of Arthur Prysock) and BOOM who cares about that?

A lot of people, obviously, but...Joanie Sommers got skills, is it ok to say that? If it was really that way, everybody would do it, right?

Did everybody do that?

 

 

14 hours ago, rostasi said:

Mort Garson - Mother Earth's Plantasia

Mort Garson was a talented guy. I've got a couple of his albums. Going to reach for one before the weekend's out. 

Meanwhile, playing some John Patton. First up, Accent on the Blues

With Blood Ulmer & Marvin Cabell - great, great album. Up next and now: 

[JSngry]

4 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

Mort Garson was a talented guy. I've got a couple of his albums. Going to reach for one before the weekend's out. 

Are you into Arthur Prysock at all?

 

[Dub Modal]

2 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Are you into Arthur Prysock at all?

 

Have only heard a song or two via links shared somewhere on these boards. 

It was his version of Rainy Night in Georgia that I really dug. 

 

Edited June 4, 2021 by Dub Modal

[JSngry]

6 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

Meanwhile, playing some John Patton. First up, Accent on the Blues

With Blood Ulmer & Marvin Cabell - great, great album. Up next and now: 

 

My favorite Patton BN, hands-down. Total band action, not "solos + band"!

[Dub Modal]

1 minute ago, JSngry said:

My favorite Patton BN, hands-down. Total band action, not "solos + band"!

I was noticing a little more cohesion between him and Ulmer. Green and Patton seem to get competitive at times on their albums together. 

[soulpope]

20 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

 Up next and now: 

Excellent ... both sax players soar ....

[ghost of miles]

[Dub Modal]

Moving on to more Patton, this time Blue John. Per Discogs there was only an original test pressing of this LP on plastylite(!) then absolutely nothing until the 1986 DMM LP and cassette(!!!). Later on came CDs. Wild. They must not have thought much about this album. 

Now that I'm listening to it maybe it had to do with subpar sonics from the session? Or is that just my CD version of this?

Edited June 4, 2021 by Dub Modal

[cds23]

THE LLOYD MCNEILL QUARTET | WASHINGTON SUITE | ASHA | 1970 | US FIRST STEREO PRESSING ASHA_3 LP 






This album, of course, is a favourite of many Soul and Fusion Jazz aficionados and doesn't require much introduction. I feel the greatest achievement of this album is how it turned even the most ardent of flute-haters into flute enthusiasts. The recording, the perfect control of all instruments used and the arrangements make this one of my desert island records. 
When I first listened to this original pressing I was shocked by how different it sounded compared to the Soul Jazz / Universal Sounds reissue (available on CD and LP). I couldn't put my finger on it right away; at first I thought the transfer used for the reissue (sadly, no master tapes exist anymore, so all reissues were cut from a needle drop) lacked bass. But then I realized the original is much slower than the reissue. "Home Rule" for example, clocks in at 6:25 minutes - on the Soul Jazz LP and CD, this track merely lasts 6:00. Same goes for all other tracks, which are between 20 and 35 seconds faster on the reissue. Overall, the original is about 2 minutes slower - believe me, you don't need perfect pitch hearing to hear that. I guess either the turntable used by Soul Jazz for the vinyl transfer wasn't properly set up or the pitch got accidentally changed during digital mastering. Anyway, I'm curious to hear/read how obvious the difference in pitch is to you (if you don’t have any version of this album yet, you can find it on Spotify, which is the Soul Jazz version - compare that to the youtube uploads which were done from a different transfer without speed issues). I had to laugh when I thought about how much trouble mastering engineers went to reset pitch on "Kind of Blue", which was maybe 1% too fast on the original six-eye pressing compared to the three track tapes; here you have a reissue that is about 5% too fast or more and nobody even noticed before releasing it.

[sidewinder]

12 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

Moving on to more Patton, this time Blue John. Per Discogs there was only an original test pressing of this LP on plastylite(!) then absolutely nothing until the 1986 DMM LP and cassette(!!!). Later on came CDs. Wild. They must not have thought much about this album. 

Now that I'm listening to it maybe it had to do with subpar sonics from the session? Or is that just my CD version of this?

I think the first CD version that came out was white spine ‘Collectors Choice’. Still have my copy.

Big John did have a habit of issuing one offs on BN which then went into obscurity (i.e. ‘Memphis’ German Liberty).

Liking it !

[Dub Modal]

2 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

I think the first CD version that came out was white spine ‘Collectors Choice’. Still have my copy.

Big John did have a habit of issuing one offs on BN which then went into obscurity (i.e. ‘Memphis’ German Liberty).

Actually, I'm now noticing that Braith is playing a Stritch. At first it sounded like the sax was distant, then almost kazoo-ish. Now that I know it's a Stritch I take back my bad SQ comment. This is a damn good album. I wonder if there were second thoughts about how the Stritch sounded on the recording, but not the overall recording. 

[sidewinder]

3 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

Actually, I'm now noticing that Braith is playing a Stritch. At first it sounded like the sax was distant, then almost kazoo-ish. Now that I know it's a Stritch I take back my bad SQ comment. This is a damn good album. I wonder if there were second thoughts about how the Stritch sounded on the recording, but not the overall recording. 

I’d even forgotten Braith was on that one !   Must dig it out this weekend (if I can find it).

[erwbol]

Marion Brown Why Not?, 2009 ESP CD.

[Dub Modal]

13 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

I’d even forgotten Braith was on that one !   Must dig it out this weekend (if I can find it).

Actually going by the full "Braithwaite" on the cover. Side question is that I'm wondering if he was related to Junior Braithwaite of early Wailers fame? 

And actually, I think Braith might be playing his Braithophone! It's a Stritch & soprano mended together. Wild wild stuff. 

Edited June 4, 2021 by Dub Modal

[Dub Modal]

Next up is Patton's Boogaloo

With Sunshine Man Harold Alexander, George Brown, Pablo Landrum & Vincent McEwan.