So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[paul secor]

The more I listen to Norman Granz's jam session style recordings, the less I like that format. I respect Miles for not playing Granz's game.

[jlhoots]

John Raymond & Real Feels: Joy Ride

[JSngry]

30 minutes ago, paul secor said:

The more I listen to Norman Granz's jam session style recordings, the less I like that format. I respect Miles for not playing Granz's game.

But that's a great session/record.

[soulpope]

[sidewinder]

11 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Can’t go wrong with CBBB.

[bluemonkey]

The Poll Winners: Barney Kessel with Shelly Manne and Ray Brown

[optatio]

DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA: "... AND HIS MOTHER CALLED HIM BILL". RCA VICTOR/SONY FRANCE 88985346442 [2016]

[soulpope]

1 minute ago, optatio said:

DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA: "... AND HIS MOTHER CALLED HIM BILL". RCA VICTOR/SONY FRANCE 88985346442 [2016]

Sehr, sehr schön ....

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

[BillF]

[soulpope]

 

[Cyril]

[optatio]

PAUL MOTIAN / CHRIS POTTER / JASON MORAN: LOST IN A DREAM. ECM 2128 2733132 [2010]

[soulpope]

[Cyril]

[catesta]

[Larry Kart]

 

Unexpectedly, I found the Shaw-Hayes band to be in rather tense, unsettled form here, with the exception of Ronnie Matthews and some of Hayes' solo work. I know that Stafford James' was a longtime Shaw associate, but his sense of  of where "one" is seems very pushy to me. Was this a happy band? I get the feeling that it might not have been. By contrast, the wholeness of the "message" of  the 1960 Messengers was striking.

[Teasing the Korean]

2 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Can’t go wrong with CBBB.

Is that her name?

[paul secor]

3 hours ago, JSngry said:

But that's a great session/record.

Yes - some very good solos. I've just grown to hate the Granz jam - sometimes dueling horns - session format.

[T.D.]

26 minutes ago, paul secor said:

Yes - some very good solos. I've just grown to hate the Granz jam - sometimes dueling horns - session format.

Generally agreed. I don't own that many Granz/Verve recordings due to lack of enthusiasm for NG's format and production approach. But I do own Sonny Side Up and consider it outstanding.

[bluemonkey]

Jack Wilson: Something Personal

[John Tapscott]

[duaneiac]

One of his finest albums, with his take on Johnny Cash's "So Doggone Lonesome" being just one of several highlights.

[Peter Friedman]