So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Kevin Bresnahan]

20 hours ago, sidewinder said:

This Toshiba CD was £4 in Ray’s Jazz. I remember when Mole were selling them for over £15. Bargain !

I wonder why that Byrd TOCJ CD was being sold as a "cut-out" (priced cheaply in the bargain bin)? I also bought that same CD for a few bucks at the Tower Records store in Cambridge, MA back in the day. That one and Walter Davis Jr's "Davis Cup" were oddballs in that cheapie bin. I remember it vividly because they were pointed out to me by a guy who I'd seen in the store before but never met. He said I had to buy them. We became friends because of those cheap TOCJ CDs, although we haven't hung out in many years now as our lives went in different directions, but I still have those CDs.

In the end though, those cheap TOCJ CDs ended up costing me a bundle, as they turned me onto that series.

[sidewinder]

The TOCJ was second hand but in immaculate condition, not a cut out and with OBI. Back in the 1990s I used to see similar second hand ones from the series in Mole but they were always £15 and up. Quite a chunk of change at the time.

4 hours ago, porcy62 said:

Cassette?????

‘Fraid so. My excuse - I played it in the car !  Still have it I think.

Edited May 26, 2022 by sidewinder

[mjazzg]

Mary Halvorson - Belladonna 

Double bullseye

 

[felser]

[Peter Friedman]

[mjazzg]

32 minutes ago, felser said:

I hope you're enjoying it

[Peter Friedman]

[Chuck Nessa]

[Larry Kart]

Wouldn't have thought Perlemuter, at an advanced age, would have the facility or the power to handle the daunting Scherzo No. 3. He take things more deliberately than most pianists -- 8:20 versus the ferocious Martha Argerich's 7:01, but in the descending waterfall cascades that dominate much of the piece, with Perlemuter every drop, so to speak, is also a note of clearly discernible pitch, which is not the case in most performances I know. I assume a case can be made either way, and Argerich's wash of sheer sound  approach is certainly thrilling, but Perlemuter fascinates.

 

[BillF]

[sidewinder]

11 hours ago, felser said:

There’s even a book that Collier wrote that goes with it - about his approach to jazz composition.

[Rabshakeh]

Kuzu - Purple Dark Opal (Aerophobic, 2018)

[Chuck Nessa]

29 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Kuzu - Purple Dark Opal (Aerophobic, 2018)

The label is Aerophonic!

[JSngry]

The best jazz is sung with Verve, they say. Nothing here contradicts that statement!

50 chicks not over 22. JOE WILLIAMS, you hush that talk!!!!

[John Tapscott]

5 hours ago, BillF said:

Now:

[Peter Friedman]

Hank Jones, Eddie Gomez, Al Foster

[soulpope]

13 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Lovely ....

[BillF]

1 hour ago, John Tapscott said:

Now:

Will give it a listen!

[jazzcorner]

 

Prestige P-24097 - Four Trombones - The Debut Series - rec. 1953 - Engineer (remastering 1981):  George Horn

 

[HutchFan]

Sammy Davis Jr. - The Wham of Sam (Warner Archives)
This CD compiles Davis' collaborations with arranger/conductor/producer Marty Paich; originally, these cuts were spread across many LPs.

Excellent!

 

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

30 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Sammy Davis Jr. - The Wham of Sam (Warner Archives)
This CD compiles Davis' collaborations with arranger/conductor/producer Marty Paich; originally, these cuts were spread across many LPs.

Excellent!

 

You know the album of Sammy singing with the Buddy Rich band, right?

A little goes a long way, but on "Ding Dong, The Witch Is Dead", it does indeed go there. And on "The Birth Of The Blues"...it goes to the other there. Too bad about that.

too bad they couldn't/didn't get Oliver Nelson or Gerald Wilson to write the charts. Oh well, they're all dead now, and tis is the decision they made. So be it.

[HutchFan]

1 minute ago, JSngry said:

You know the album of Sammy singing with the Buddy Rich band, right?

I've not heard that.  Will definitely give it a listen.  Thanks for the heads-up.   

 

Next up, more Sammy -- with Count Basie:

 

[JSngry]

2 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

I've not heard that.  Will definitely give it a listen.  Thanks for the heads-up.   

Overall more than a "DUCK!!!" than a "heads-up", but if you're wondering about these type things, then you'll want to at least hear it.

 

[HutchFan]

2 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Overall more than a "DUCK!!!" than a "heads-up", but if you're wondering about these type things, then you'll want to at least hear it.

 

  Yeah, I hear you.

I'm on a bit of a Sammy Davis kick.  I've just ordered his autobiography -- the version that combines both Yes I Can and Why Me? 

Looking forward to reading it.