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[jazzbo]

Stan Getz with the Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band “Change of Scenes” Verve “Elite” cd

It’s been too long since I played this. A great soloist in front of an amazing band full of great musicians. Love it!

 

Edited 9 hours ago by jazzbo

[jazzcorner]

18 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Mine is a 2-CD set.

https://www.discogs.com/release/3818299-Woody-Herman-His-Orchestra-Blowin-Up-A-Storm-The-Columbia-Years-1945-47?srsltid=AfmBOoqbRbGN43mRvijFgZ1_XrLWLedpc4naVvtpaoCT4nfXpuuaDGGc

Thanks for the link.  Looks like a good set.

Have some of these  late 1940s  recordings on this japanese vinyl

https://up.picr.de/43852216qg.jpg

https://up.picr.de/43852217ox.jpg

 

[optatio]

39 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Stan Getz with the Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band “Change of Scenes” Verve “Elite” cd

It’s been too long since I played this. A great soloist in front of an amazing band full of great musicians. Love it!

 

👍

[JSngry]

23 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

Have a vinyl with the same title on the sunset Label. Same as yours?

 

 

 

 Sunset was a budget label for what by then was all things Liberty...I am interested in what these recordings were sourced from...Columbia seems unlikely...maybe Everest? https://www.discogs.com/release/3437403-Woody-Herman-The-Herd-Rides-Again

But how did that get over to Liberty?

[Holy Ghost]

1 hour ago, Gheorghe said:

I should give them a try again. 

I have them but at some certain point they started to bore me because I started to get bored by the hard bop style and kept only stuff like "Soul Station" on my current playlist. 

But for some small hours listening when I lay down and close my eyes to relax a bit before falling asleep it might be nice again. 

A very good bebop record. So many don´t know Miles before the "First Quintet" but he was strong between 1949-1951 doing almost as quick and fast like Diz or Fats, but all his own. Very fine. And he had the best players, Jackie McLean, Sonny Rollins, J.J. Johnson, Art Blakey.....I also like the 1951 Birdland recordings very much. 

I love it. I love music that is like a prayer, like this one or ascension or Pharoah Sanders "The Creator..." or Alice Coltrane, it really inspires me, though I am a devout polytheist, but very religious in that manner......

It's how I forget about football😁

[jazzbo]

Jimmy McGriff “Electric Funk” Blue Note Japan cd

Jimmy McGriff – electronic organ
Blue Mitchell – trumpet
Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
Horace Ott – electric piano, arranger
Unknown – guitar
Chuck Rainey – electric bass
Bernard Purdie – drums

From 1969. “Groovy” is the word that comes to mind for me when this one plays. I wish I knew who the guitarist was.

 

[jlhoots]

2 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Jimmy McGriff “Electric Funk” Blue Note Japan cd

Jimmy McGriff – electronic organ
Blue Mitchell – trumpet
Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
Horace Ott – electric piano, arranger
Unknown – guitar
Chuck Rainey – electric bass
Bernard Purdie – drums

From 1969. “Groovy” is the word that comes to mind for me when this one plays. I wish I knew who the guitarist was.

 

Never have seen this, looks good.

[Holy Ghost]

3 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

In 1957 Hank Mobley recorded 5 albums as a leader for Blue Note. I dig all of them.That period is very appealing to me for a few reasons. One is no modal tunes, second is no boog-a-lou or otherwise commercially oriented tunes.

This album is a beauty. The tune "Bag's Groove" has been recorded numerous times. The version here is one of my favorites. Bill Hardman's trumpet solo is, to my ears PERFECT. Then Sonny Clark and Mobley play ideally within this idiom.

Big heart for Hank. This is hard to find in any format. Japanese have it at a resonable price, why haven't BN ever released a format, e.g., CD in America? This original pressing on a good day at auction goes for 6K ( I know like Tina Brook's True Blue was a low pressing) Is that it? Is the music that good? You say "perfect" I am glad you have a copy, now I want a copy!

Edited 8 hours ago by Holy Ghost

[JSngry]

The Mobley 50s Mosaic is a REALLY good set.

[HutchFan]

28 minutes ago, jazzcorner said:

Have some of these  late 1940s  recordings on this japanese vinyl

https://up.picr.de/43852216qg.jpg

https://up.picr.de/43852217ox.jpg

 

 

[Holy Ghost]

2 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

I should give them a try again. 

I have them but at some certain point they started to bore me because I started to get bored by the hard bop style and kept only stuff like "Soul Station" on my current playlist. 

But for some small hours listening when I lay down and close my eyes to relax a bit before falling asleep it might be nice again. 

A very good bebop record. So many don´t know Miles before the "First Quintet" but he was strong between 1949-1951 doing almost as quick and fast like Diz or Fats, but all his own. Very fine. And he had the best players, Jackie McLean, Sonny Rollins, J.J. Johnson, Art Blakey.....I also like the 1951 Birdland recordings very much. 

I love it. I love music that is like a prayer, like this one or ascension or Pharoah Sanders "The Creator..." or Alice Coltrane, it really inspires me, though I am a devout polytheist, but very religious in that manner......

A wonderful set. Although, Elvin is clearly in the front of the mix, it is a Love Supreme not quite like the record. Now spinning:

Edited 8 hours ago by Holy Ghost

[jazzbo]

Duke Ellington “Vol 6 1929” Masters of Jazz Media 7 cd. This one sounds best to me with Phase reversed on my DAC.

I feel an early Ellington jag coming on. It happens.

This music is so full of joy and wit and bravado and grace. . . wonderful stuff.

[Holy Ghost]

58 minutes ago, JSngry said:

The Mobley 50s Mosaic is a REALLY good set.

I believe you, just like to have the original sleeves.

Meanwhile, some more Hank, viz Art

 

[Gheorghe]

51 minutes ago, Holy Ghost said:

A wonderful set. Although, Elvin is clearly in the front of the mix, it is a Love Supreme not quite like the record. Now spinning:

must be also great, though this year I clearly prefer the post 1965 stuff of Trane, when Pharoah Sanders joined the band. Dolphy is great and was one of the first musicians that thrilled me. 

[Holy Ghost]

2 minutes ago, Gheorghe said:

must be also great, though this year I clearly prefer the post 1965 stuff of Trane, when Pharoah Sanders joined the band. Dolphy is great and was one of the first musicians that thrilled me. 

This is a great set, you will not regret getting it. You know how this works, get it now before it's gone.  

[HutchFan]

This again:

[Holy Ghost]

14 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

This again:

Once 32 Jazz got hold of the catalogue, the original Muse album sleeves got abused, always liked Woody's impression of Snoop Dogg on this cover. Maybe it's just me

[HutchFan]

17 minutes ago, Holy Ghost said:

Once 32 Jazz got hold of the catalogue, the original Muse album sleeves got abused, always liked Woody's impression of Snoop Dogg on this cover. Maybe it's just me

Oh, I generally prefer the original Muse covers too. 😉

I just posted the cover of the CD that's actually in my collection, which is a Savoy reissue that used 32 Jazz cover art.

 

NP:

[Holy Ghost]

16 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Oh, I generally prefer the original Muse covers too. 😉

I just posted the cover of the CD that's actually in my collection, which is a Savoy reissue that used 32 Jazz cover art.

 

NP:

Love that sleeve (and the music) two greats in my book.

 

[John Tapscott]

[HutchFan]

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