So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[optatio]

1 hour ago, jazzcorner said:

 Was this vinyl reissued in Japan on Verve? The group looks very promising?

https://www.discogs.com/de/release/13790147-Lester-Young-Pres

https://www.discogs.com/de/release/13829930-Lester-Young-And-His-Orchestra-Pres 

Edited July 22, 2023 by optatio

[soulpope]

20 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Good one ....

[Peter Friedman]

[Referentzhunter]

[jazzbo]

Charles Mingus “Changes: The Complete 'Seventies Atlantic Recordings” disc 3

The material in this box set is far from my favorite Mingus, but there are gold nuggets within.

[Referentzhunter]

[Referentzhunter]

[jazzbo]

1m

 

Charles Mingus “Changes: The Complete 'Seventies Atlantic Recordings” disc 4

 

 

[Joe]

https://www.discogs.com/release/572568-Centipede-Septober-Energy

[BillF]

1 hour ago, Referentzhunter said:

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1 hour ago, Referentzhunter said:

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[jazzcorner]

4 hours ago, optatio said:

https://www.discogs.com/de/release/13790147-Lester-Young-Pres

https://www.discogs.com/de/release/13829930-Lester-Young-And-His-Orchestra-Pres 

Re:  Lester Young

Thanks found it. Copies (mint -) are pricy from outside Germany due to postage and VAT

so I have to look among germanor european sellers (except UK)

 

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, Referentzhunter said:

Blue Note classic ....

[jlhoots]

On 7/11/2023 at 6:44 AM, jazzbo said:

Jure Pukl "Broken Circles" Whirlwind Recordings cd

 

$7.50 at Bandcamp to ship this 1 CD. I'll keep looking.

[Peter Friedman]

[Teasing the Korean]

Now enjoying my pulp/noir standard/substandard playlist

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Now enjoying my pulp/noir standard/substandard playlist

Very nice.

 

[Teasing the Korean]

17 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Very nice.

 

Thanks!  I started a thread about this a while back in the "recommendations" sub-form called something like "pulplish nourish standards."  It is a work in progress, and I am always up for additions!

 

Edited July 22, 2023 by Teasing the Korean

[jazzcorner]

2 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Now enjoying my pulp/noir standard/substandard playlist

No Ella in the list and missing also some of my favorite vocal groups

[Teasing the Korean]

3 minutes ago, jazzcorner said:

No Ella in the list and missing also some of my favorite vocal groups

Most of my Ella and vocal groups are on LP, so I was limited to what I had digitally. 

Setting aside your legitimate complaint, what do you think of the song selection?  I am going for noirish, world-weary, pulpish lyrics, capturing the mid-20th-century mood of urban isolation, with Cainesque, Chandleresque language.  Here is the thread I started a while back:

 

Edited July 22, 2023 by Teasing the Korean

[HutchFan]

Now:

 

 

5 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Thanks!  I started a thread about this a while back in the "recommendations" sub-form called something like "pulplish nourish standards."  It is a work in progress, and I am always up for additions!

How about Arlen's & Mercer's "Blues in the Night"?  Sinatra's classic version works--but  Billy Eckstine's version (with Billy May's arrangement) is every bit as good:

A song about a no-good woman is right up noir alley.   

 

[Teasing the Korean]

16 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

How about Arlen's & Mercer's "Blues in the Night"?  Sinatra's classic version works--but  Billy Eckstine's version (with Billy May's arrangement) is every bit as good:

Yeah, that should be on the list!

[HutchFan]

Now streaming:

Sebastião Tapajos & Pedro Dos Santos (Trova, 1972)

Beautiful.

 

[rostasi]

[JSngry]

4 minutes ago, rostasi said:

What is this? Is that photo one of the performer? 

[HutchFan]