So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Peter Friedman]

[Bluesnik]

[jlhoots]

37 minutes ago, Bluesnik said:

Some here don't like this - BUT I do.

[Referentzhunter]

[BillF]

8 hours ago, Bluesnik said:

[Referentzhunter]

[BillF]

[jazzcorner]

3 hours ago, BillF said:

[Peter Friedman]

Bop recordings from 1946 & 1947 by 3 groups - Stan Getz Quartet ,  Sonny Stitt Quintet  &  Fats Navarro. Quintet.

[JSngry]

At its best when the horns are in, imo. But everybody's playing,

Remember when JMT was putting out all those records by this version of the :"new blood"? Not Yong Lions, though!

[jazzbo]

It's been a long time since I have spun this one.

For kicks I read a handful of reviews of this. Reviews are kindof weird and all over the place. It's a wonderful album. . . moody and yet yielding much from a close listening and re-listening.

Cassandra Wilson "New Moon Daughter" Blue Note cd

[HutchFan]

[Rabshakeh]

Various – The Jazz Scene (Clef, 1950)

12 minutes ago, JSngry said:

At its best when the horns are in, imo. But everybody's playing,

Remember when JMT was putting out all those records by this version of the :"new blood"? Not Yong Lions, though!

They sorely need a reissue in a 2022 friendly format.

[JSngry]

The Winter and Winter CDs handled that for a while, but I don't know how easily obtained they are here in 2022.

[Rabshakeh]

3 minutes ago, JSngry said:

The Winter and Winter CDs handled that for a while, but I don't know how easily obtained they are here in 2022.

Not very!

[HutchFan]

19 minutes ago, JSngry said:

The Winter and Winter CDs handled that for a while, but I don't know how easily obtained they are here in 2022.

 

15 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Not very!

Yeah, both JMT and Winter & Winter seem to be in limbo now.

Hunting for used discs is the only option, as far as I can tell.

 

 

NP:

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Porgy & Bess (Verve, 1958)

 

Edited May 2, 2022 by HutchFan

[Rabshakeh]

9 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Yeah, both JMT and Winter & Winter seem to be in limbo now.

Hunting for used discs is the only option, as far as I can tell

The problem is that they're mostly on CD, which is a format I no longer buy in. If they were downloadable I'd do it.

[BillF]

1 hour ago, Peter Friedman said:

Bop recordings from 1946 & 1947 by 3 groups - Stan Getz Quartet ,  Sonny Stitt Quintet  &  Fats Navarro. Quintet.

[jazzbo]

The stubborn mule genius of Charles Mingus on display on a Blue Note cd that really does improve and expand on the United Artist LP.

Flawed but powerful music. The emotion and drive is very apparent and one could only wish that more time to master the arrangements could have happened. Schuller's "Epitaph" revisits most of this . . .it's a fascinating set as well but it lacks Mingus.

Charles Mingus "Complete Town Hall Concert" Japan UHQCD -- uses '94 Malcolm Addey mastering as far as I can tell.

Edited May 2, 2022 by jazzbo

[BillF]

[HutchFan]

[Chuck Nessa]

[Peter Friedman]

Steve's best recording, in my opinion. He plays here with strength, creativity and intensity. Based on his performance here, he rises to the top level of Hard Bop tenor players currently on the scene.

[JSngry]

Definitely an eclectic mish-mash of combinationality, but - some (a lot, really) Pharoah Sanders that has him way outside his usual boxes, and he sounds wonderful being there. And no matter what the setting, Will Calhoun can play.

[jlhoots]

Splinters: Inclusivity (3 CD set)