So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[HutchFan]

Last night:

Les McCann - Invitation to Openness (Atlantic/Label M, 1972)

 

[jazzcorner]

[BillF]

2 hours ago, EKE BBB said:

 

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1 hour ago, jazzbo said:

 

 

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[Joe]

 

[Jim Duckworth]

2 hours ago, jazzbo said:

I was thinking of playing a Duke Pearson album, but saw this one first and it has lovely arrangements by Duke with an all-star (imo) cast and it sure sounds nice this morning.

Lee Morgan “Standards” Blue Note Japan SHM-CD

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Arranged By – Duke Pearson
Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Mickey Roker
Flute, Alto Saxophone – James Spaulding
Piano – Herbie Hancock
Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
Trumpet – Lee Morgan

This is a go-to for me:  I love those Duke Pearson arrangements with Lee.

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington “The Making of the Great Summit” Roulette cd

One gets to be a fly on the wall for portions of this awesome session. Wow.

[jazzbo]

"A Perfect Match -- Ella and Basie" Pablo cd

 

Everybody is into it.

Edited November 23, 2022 by jazzbo

[jazzbo]

Wow. I forgot how thrilling the duet between Ella (scat) and Booty Wood (on trombone) was on this Pablo cd! I find the cd sounds best with phase in the “OUT” position on my DAC.

Now on to
Randy Weston “Solo, Duio & Trio” OJC cd

[BillF]

2 hours ago, Joe said:

 

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2 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

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[HutchFan]

3 hours ago, BillF said:

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Terrific.

This album could've easily been titled with these GIGANTIC hands...   

 

[Stevie Mclean]

48 minutes ago, BillF said:

 

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[Peter Friedman]

[ghost of miles]

[Rabshakeh]

Orchestra – Not In Our Name
 

[John Tapscott]

[HutchFan]

Now playing:

Masahiko Satoh - Amorphism (Portrait, 1986)
with Eddie Gomez & Steve Gadd

Redolent of the 1980s -- it's the synthesizers (among other things) -- but also compelling and unique.  

 

[BillF]

[Gheorghe]

17 hours ago, Joe said:

 

oh them album covers of that time 😄

I only have the Miles and Horns. The Side One with Rollins is very fine and has immortalized the blues "Down", which he also played live at BL. 

Side II I think is that stuff with Cohn and Zoot, composed by Cohn, well it´s nice and "tasty", but maybe a bit to much like tunes for an old "show orchestra". But beautiful solos. 

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Somehow "Peckin´ Time didn´t become a favourite. I had great expectations when I bought it in the States/FL in 1999, but I think it´s the drummer Charlie Persip, who is more a big band drummer I think. 
He also ruined the otherwise fantastic 1953 Mobley-Benny Green live set, where he plays a very old Gene Krupa styled drums with 4ths on the bass drum, so covering completly the bass lines......, it just goes "doof daff doof daff" all the time. 

[Balladeer]

Chet Bakers mid-Sixties Prestige Sessions w. George Coleman

[BillF]

4 minutes ago, Balladeer said:

Chet Bakers mid-Sixties Prestige Sessions w. George Coleman

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[Joe]

36 minutes ago, Gheorghe said:

oh them album covers of that time 😄

 

All artwork by Don Martin of (later) Mad Magazine fame!

The Farmer is the jewel here, IMO.

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, BillF said:

A short cut to heaven 😇 ....

[BillF]

2 hours ago, soulpope said:

A short cut to heaven 😇 ....

 

1 minute ago, BillF said:

Coming back to this after many years (if not decades!) I'm struck by how far Miles is from the bop that preceded this and in which he was a participant. In fact, his drawn out, inflected utterances bring to mind figures of an earlier generation, such as Johnny Hodges or Ben Webster.

 

Edited November 24, 2022 by BillF

[Peter Friedman]