So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jazzbo]

Elvin Jones “Revival: Live at Pookie’s Pub” Impulse Japan SHM-CD disc 2

[HutchFan]

Two albums from the Dutch avant-jazz scene in the 1970s:

Willem Breuker Kollektief - Live in Berlin (BVHaast/FMP, 1981)
recorded in 1975

 

and

Instant Composers Pool Tentet – Tetterettet (ICP, 1977)

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Dick Hyman and Roger Kellaway - Live at Michael's Pub

This one is great. Thanks to @HutchFanwho I think recommended it. Such an exciting and fresh sound.

I wasn't me, Rab.  I'm not familiar with that record.  But I'm happy that you're enjoying it, regardless.  

 

Edited March 26, 2023 by HutchFan

[Rabshakeh]

Paul Bley - The Nearness of You

Billy Hart is just fantastic on this one.

[EKE BBB]

[Peter Friedman]

[John Tapscott]

On 3/25/2023 at 5:04 PM, Peter Friedman said:

That's an excellent set, IMHO.👍

Now:

 

[John Tapscott]

[HutchFan]

Now streaming:

[HutchFan]

 

[Gheorghe]

20 hours ago, BillF said:

I have not listened to the 4 classic "First Quintet" sessions for decades, but "Steamin´" was my very first Jazz LP in the early 70´s. Cookin´, Relaxin, and Workin where not easy to be found then. The "Steamin" I think was a Bellaphon reissue with another cover. 

On 3/25/2023 at 1:50 PM, BillF said:

those funny Verve covers. I think I saw this one with that yellow fish on it, but don´t know which of the 8 LP-Volumes it is. 
I got to listen to Bird with Strings for the intro of "April in Paris". Not that I like strings, but I need a good intro for "April in Paris" since it will be on a concert set list next thursday and I got to get some idea for good chords for a piano intro. 

[BillF]

8 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

That's an excellent set, IMHO.👍

Now:

 

👍

Now playing:

Edited March 27, 2023 by BillF

[Referentzhunter]

[Referentzhunter]

[Niko]

21 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

The best beginner's guide I have so far located has been this one:

https://syncopatedtimes.com/texas-shout-8-guide-to-classic-dixieland/

From the 1990s and from a bandleader who is obviously quite embedded in and committed to the San Francisco revivalist circuit.

Not much there that a dedicated searcher would not know, but I have not found anything that goes into more depth than this out there. A complete contrast to 'spiritual jazz' or Blue Note or whatever, where there are thousands of lists and dedicated blogs.

agree, that list is pretty good, but a bit heavy on bay area stuff... and, indeed, the list includes some things that also helped me get into the topic, like the Wilbur de Paris band (at Symphony Hall) or Kid Thomas (esp. the one with Emile Barnes on Riverside, and some of those with his own band with Manny Paul on tenor, like "At Kohlman's Tavern")... and last week, I finally got to the Condon Commodores (this compilation) and they are obviously amazing, first class jazz. As a newbie, I must say that I still have a preference for stuff with a single horn - even though that will possibly wash out with more experience anyway, one album that I've played a lot via spotify is this one Art Hodes (p) with Truck Parham (b) and Volly de Faut (cl).

I have mostly avoided both George Lewis and the bay area stuff so far... even though I really like this session which combines the two... (Dan Morgenstern writes in the comments it's some of the best George Lewis he's heard). Singer Barbara Dane is a fascinating figure who I have followed a bit... That an album called "I hate the capitalist system" would (indirectly) come out of a dixieland scene was really at odds with preconceptions I had (and I guess the 1950s bay area scene was also quite different from the 1990s European scene I dimly remember from my childhood - as it would be for most genre's of music)

Btw, I have also learned a lot from jeffcrom's blog and his posts here

[BillF]

1 hour ago, Referentzhunter said:

👍

[EKE BBB]

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

I can still remember how excited I was when this third volume of the series came out–this facinating music has been in my llstening world since about 1973 (in edited form).

MIles Davis Bootleg Series Vol. 3 Blu-Spec CD2, disc 4 “Saturday Miles”

 

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[Rabshakeh]

5 hours ago, Niko said:

agree, that list is pretty good, but a bit heavy on bay area stuff... and, indeed, the list includes some things that also helped me get into the topic, like the Wilbur de Paris band (at Symphony Hall) or Kid Thomas (esp. the one with Emile Barnes on Riverside, and some of those with his own band with Manny Paul on tenor, like "At Kohlman's Tavern")... and last week, I finally got to the Condon Commodores (this compilation) and they are obviously amazing, first class jazz. As a newbie, I must say that I still have a preference for stuff with a single horn - even though that will possibly wash out with more experience anyway, one album that I've played a lot via spotify is this one Art Hodes (p) with Truck Parham (b) and Volly de Faut (cl).

I have mostly avoided both George Lewis and the bay area stuff so far... even though I really like this session which combines the two... (Dan Morgenstern writes in the comments it's some of the best George Lewis he's heard). Singer Barbara Dane is a fascinating figure who I have followed a bit... That an album called "I hate the capitalist system" would (indirectly) come out of a dixieland scene was really at odds with preconceptions I had (and I guess the 1950s bay area scene was also quite different from the 1990s European scene I dimly remember from my childhood - as it would be for most genre's of music)

Btw, I have also learned a lot from jeffcrom's blog and his posts here

Thanks. I think that you are a lot further advanced on this music than I am. 

I am with you in that the music that I have probably enjoyed the most has been the Condon crowd stuff. It has more space (which is probably what I am used to) and seems to have better playing than a lot of the SF stuff. The George Lewis stuff seems to vary: some stuff of the repertoire is quite repetitive and hackneyed but there are times that it gets really strong.

What is jeffcrom's blog? I have tried looking for it.

[BillF]

[Joe]

[Chuck Nessa]

56 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

What is jeffcrom's blog? I have tried looking for it.

RIGHT HERE

[Rabshakeh]

7 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

RIGHT HERE

Thank you

[jazzbo]

“A Love Supreme–Complete Masters, Super Deluxe Version”–Impulse Japan SHM-CD edition, disc 2

Listening to the amazing sextet version. Having these first two segments in stereo here for the first time is a big plus.

[EKE BBB]

...preceded by

Edited March 27, 2023 by EKE BBB