So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[JohnS]

[Coda]

Marilyn Crispell - Circles

 Oliver Lake and Peter Buettner on saxophones, Reggie Workman on bass and Gerry Hemingway on drums

[kh1958]

Nels Cline, Lovers (Blue Note)

[Peter Friedman]

[ghost of miles]

[HutchFan]

The Complete Verve Johnny Hodges Small Group Sessions 1956-1961 (Mosaic)
Disc 1

 

Edited February 27, 2018 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

The Bill Evans Trio - Since We Met (Fantasy, 1974)
with Eddie Gomez & Marty Morell

 

 

[optatio]

4 hours ago, Coda said:

Marilyn Crispell - Circles

 Oliver Lake and Peter Buettner on saxophones, Reggie Workman on bass and Gerry Hemingway on drums

!

[Cyril]

                                                    .Round Midnight

Dexter Gordon - Benny Bailey 5   .  

[HutchFan]

Bill Evans - The Brilliant (Timeless)

[Peter Friedman]

with : Dexter Gordon, Clark Terry, JJ Johnson, Kai Winding, Tommy Flanagan, Richard Davis, Roy Haynes

[jlhoots]

Heliosonic Tone-tette, Vol. 1: Heliosonic Toneways - looking forward to Vol. 2!!

Edited February 27, 2018 by jlhoots

[Coda]

David Murray - Lovers

David Murray - tenor saxophone
Dave Burrell - piano
Fred Hopkins - bass
Ralph Peterson Jr. - drums

[HutchFan]

Really enjoying listening to Bill Evans' music today:

 

[sidewinder]

[John Tapscott]

Jim Vivian, bass; John Abercrombie, guitar; Ian Froman, drums; Mikle Murley, tenor saxophone.

An excellent new release from Cornerstone Records (Canada)

 

[bluemonkey]

Gerry Mulligan & Art Farmer Quartet: Complete Live In Rome Concert

[Peter Friedman]

[duaneiac]

I enjoy these "Birthday Sessions" CDs.  Since they were issued on the low-budget LaserLight label, some jazz fans may have overlooked them, assuming them to be poor quality bootlegs or something.  The sound is quite good since they were recorded by none other than Wally Heider.  The music is quite good too.  It's a setting far removed from Carnegie Hall, both geographically and musically -- a dance date at McElroy's Ballroom in Portland, OR probably 1953 or '54.  The band sounds relaxed and the musical selections were all over the place as you can see from the above -- everything from Ellington classics like "Mood Indigo" and "C Jam Blues" to the "Bunny Hop Mambo".  The band even plays "Happy Birthday" for a Mrs. Geraldine Richardson (I wonder if she lived long enough to get a copy of this CD and hear Duke Ellington send her birthday greetings once again).  No Johnny Hodges here, but there were still stars like Clark Terry, Britt Woodman, Paul Gonsalves and Jimmy Hamilton and some less heralded musicians like Willie Cook and Rick Henderson get some spotlight time.  I may be in the minority, but I've always liked the singing of Jimmy Grissom.  I assume copies of these 5 CDs can still be found and they are well worth picking up.

[HutchFan]

Roland Hanna - 24 Preludes, Books 1 & 2 (Salvation/King)
with George Mraz

[BillF]

[duaneiac]

[bluemonkey]

Tadd Dameron: Fontainebleau
 

[HutchFan]

Mary Lou Williams - Nite Life (Chiaroscuro, 1971)
Disc 1

[duaneiac]