So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Peter Friedman]

[Rabshakeh]

Birthright – Breath Of Life (Freelance, 1976)

[jazzbo]

Miles Davis "Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel" Sony Teo Macero Edited Edition disc 3

[BillF]

[JSngry]

Mad crazy skills as far as pitch and phrasing. 

Would I want to go into a dark room and ponder my existence with this? No. But if I just wanted to hear some skills on display, yeah, I would turn on the light and let this in the room for a little set of this.

[jazzbo]

Good on you.

Right now

[JSngry]

 

[HutchFan]

Ray Barretto - Jazz (Fania, 2008)
Superb collection of jazz- and descarga-oriented Fania cuts, compiled by Bobby Sanabria.  I'm often not a fan of compilation albums -- but this is off the chain!  I'd chalk it up at a full FIVE stars.

 

 

[Rabshakeh]

Max Roach & Anthony Braxton – One In Two - Two In One (HatHut)

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

More Barretto:

Ray Barretto & New World Spirit - Taboo (Concord Picante, 1994)
This album isn't astounding like the compilation above (IMO).  It's more straightforwardly conventional "Latin Jazz".  Even so, I still really dig it.  Check out the selection of tunes.  Along with a few originals, they cover Nat's "Work Song," Stanley's "Brother Tom," and McCoy's "Effendi" -- plus "Lazy Afternoon."  It works.  

 

 

34 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Max Roach & Anthony Braxton – One In Two - Two In One (HatHut)

That one has never quite grabbed me like Birth and Rebirth. ... What are your impressions?

Maybe it's time to pull it from the shelf & give it another listen.   

 

Edited September 14, 2022 by HutchFan

[EKE BBB]

[JSngry]

 

[John Tapscott]

2 hours ago, BillF said:

30 minutes ago, EKE BBB said:

Listening now:

Edited September 14, 2022 by John Tapscott

[Rabshakeh]

58 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

 

That one has never quite grabbed me like Birth and Rebirth. ... What are your impressions?

Maybe it's time to pull it from the shelf & give it another listen.   

 

I know this is wrong, but I like it more.

I think that Roach is more in the background, so Braxton gets free-er reign. I like his melodic ideas, which are unusually simple for him.

Birth and Rebirth never really took for me - to my ears Braxton isn't quite up to what Roach is doing.

I am currently on this one:

Mentioned recently on this board.

[HutchFan]

17 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

I know this is wrong, but I like it more.

I think that Roach is more in the background, so Braxton gets free-er reign. I like his melodic ideas, which are unusually simple for him.

Birth and Rebirth never really took for me - to my ears Braxton isn't quite up to what Roach is doing.

IMO, there's no such thing as "wrong" when it comes to musical preferences.  

I'll give One In Two - Two In One another listen.  

 

[Peter Friedman]

[BillF]

7 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said:

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, EKE BBB said:

Outstanding .... a classic indeed ....

[jazzcorner]

3 hours ago, BillF said:

[Rabshakeh]

Semantics – Semantics (Rift, 1986)

[BillF]

2 hours ago, EKE BBB said:

Now playing:

[jazzbo]

Disc 1. Sound is really good.

[mikeweil]

[soulpope]