Holy Ghost Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 11 hours ago, SMB1968 said: Wow this is the original sleeve art, right? Now playing, Quote
optatio Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 Chris Potter: Concentric Circles. Concord Jazz CCD-4595 [US 1994] He copied this CD to his laptop in the back seat of a taxi in Göttingen on November 7, 2009 😅... Quote
jazzbo Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 Happy New Year one and all! I stared at the 5 inches of snow we got overnight and am glad it’s too early to start shoveling yet! Thought about what my first disc of the year should be. . . and then realized I’m not into deep thought yet. So grabbed this one because I saw it’s red spine and the sound came to me and i realized I wanted to hear that sound. Mario Adnet “More Jobim Jazz” Adventure Music. Quote
SMB1968 Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 11 hours ago, Holy Ghost said: Wow this is the original sleeve art, right? Now playing, I believe so Quote
Gheorghe Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 On 12/31/2025 at 11:59 AM, jazzbo said: Georghe, I confess I know NOTHING of clubs and the night life. . .35 years ago I quit smoking, and as a result had to at least temporarily stop drinking alcohol and going out at night after marrying and ceasing playing drums in bands. It worked really well, and I just continued these "bans" and they became habit, and the money I would have spent on cigarettes and alcohol and going out I spent on audio and musical instrument and equipment, and recordings. So. . . it seems that this would be a good example of a record to use, but I just don't know the audience and environment. As for Monk, he was under contract with Riverside at the time of this release and then Columbia shortly after, and I think that European tours were more lucrative for Monk (and thus the label) than work in the US available to him at the time, and so it was pursued year after year. Many were broadcast, and as there were both radio station tapes and audience recorded tapes they made the rounds of collectors and often became bootlegged. What we have been seeing in the recent past are that especially the radio station tapes or tapes being made in clubs somewhat professionally are being released on LP and cd, mostly "authorized." So now there are better quality recordings of some long bootlegged items. Well yeah, it seems I am very much associated with night life 🤣 About stopping habits.....I don´t drink alcool for example and am vegan, well I smoke one cigarette after having a meal, but don´t think that those 3 cigarettes would not make me a poor man. For example, the New Year´s Eve, we attended a club with some great party music and stayed until 4 in the morning and then one of the guys from the musician community suggested we continue the party at his place and I came home at 8 in the morning. But I don´t drink any alcool, not even the usual glass of champagne midnight, and had three big glasses of water with lemon juice and 2 espresso, so that is not much money. On the other hand, there was a lotta good music, they spinned all those old Coltrane Albums, I think one with "Russion Lullaby" that´s really strong. Quote
Holy Ghost Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 59 minutes ago, dougcrates said: Original Mono LP Excellent! Should spin this more, really a sleeper of Hill's BN's. 6 hours ago, mikeweil said: Recently aquired this one, fantastic! Quote
Holy Ghost Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 Diggin' into my Reckelss Records goodies from Chicago, last year: Quote
Holy Ghost Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 30 minutes ago, Holy Ghost said: Diggin' into my Reckelss Records goodies from Chicago, last year: Can't believe my wife is tolerating this record, she's allowing me to keep this on!?! 13 minutes ago, dougcrates said: MAL 1-4 are excellent...this would be "MAL-5"? 2 minutes ago, Holy Ghost said: Can't believe my wife is tolerating this record, she's allowing me to keep this on!?! MAL 1-4 are excellent...this would be "MAL-5"? I forgot, maybe this would be "MAL-4". Quote
jazzbo Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 (edited) 1 hour ago, Gheorghe said: Well yeah, it seems I am very much associated with night life 🤣 About stopping habits.....I don´t drink alcool for example and am vegan, well I smoke one cigarette after having a meal, but don´t think that those 3 cigarettes would not make me a poor man. For example, the New Year´s Eve, we attended a club with some great party music and stayed until 4 in the morning and then one of the guys from the musician community suggested we continue the party at his place and I came home at 8 in the morning. But I don´t drink any alcool, not even the usual glass of champagne midnight, and had three big glasses of water with lemon juice and 2 espresso, so that is not much money. On the other hand, there was a lotta good music, they spinned all those old Coltrane Albums, I think one with "Russion Lullaby" that´s really strong. Well that's great--we all should be able to live our lives as we please ideally, as long as they are not harmful ways. I myself no longer enjoy the night life, I'm an early to bed early to rise guy from decades of work and now it's just how I live. I lived in areas so devoid of good live jazz that I don't feel the need to see it. Don't need to be at clubs or parties. It's been something I haven't needed for over twenty years. . . really this second half of my life, thirty-five years ago when I first married my first wife it started to end. . . and it's not missed. It's no longer about money so much as it's about temperament and living methods. Certainly if I were earning money as a musician that would be different, though like you without alcohol, but my days of performing were brief enough and ended 35 years ago. Edited January 1 by jazzbo Quote
jazzbo Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 I’m resting from about an hour of shoveling. 8 inches of snow or so overnight. May get some more tonight, but likely not nearly that much. I’m chilling with a great batch of music–Basie on Roulette. He had a great band during these years (and before, and after!) and Roulette really recorded the Orchestra well–I have always enjoyed the sound of these recordings. And this 2 cd set is a very good sampling of the Roulette years. “Count Basie and Friends–100th Birthday Bash” Roulette/EMI 2 cd set, disc 2 Quote
jazzbo Posted January 1 Report Posted January 1 Joe Pass “Intercontinental” MPS cd with Eberhard Weber and Kenny Clare Quote
jazzbo Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 Paula Morelenbaum is one of my favorite singers. Her supple voice, her graceful phrasing, the confident and competent choices she chooses. . . she comes across as majestic and masterful to me, and also humble. She’s just something else. I love to listen to her. The SWR Big Band creates a beautiful, interesting tapestry for her artistry here. “Bossarenova” Paula Morelenbaum SWR Big Band 452×452 54.7 KB Quote
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