What music did you buy today?

[mjazzg]

2 hours ago, Pim said:

Saved up monthly for the big record fair in Den Bosch and I did manage to pick up some great records. Prices seem to get a little more reasonable too. These items were all on my 64 piece wantlist so I felt very lucky. And I didn’t make even one impulsive buy. The discipline of me. I’m getting better at these things. 
 

 

I'd love to go to Den Bosch but not too sure I could be so disciplined as you @Pim

Some great stuff there, the Jefferson is terrific, do you know the one that Sam Records reissued? It's an absolute gem.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

On 4/7/2025 at 4:48 PM, Holy Ghost said:

Thoughts?

I like it. I'm going to spin it again before deciding where it sits with reference to the original. I do know that I like Calderazzo's piano playing quite a bit, so at least that's not a problem in comparison.

[Pim]

7 hours ago, mjazzg said:

I'd love to go to Den Bosch but not too sure I could be so disciplined as you @Pim

Some great stuff there, the Jefferson is terrific, do you know the one that Sam Records reissued? It's an absolute gem.

Haha it was hard. So many interesting and rare records. That Jefferson is on my radar! Your recommendation brings back my memory: I saw it a few months ago on the Sam website and it sparked my interest 

9 hours ago, Holy Ghost said:

Wow. Never even heard of that Taylor/Murray title. Regret selling the Rene Thomas CD, but I needed to sell off part of my collection to survive while in college back in the 90's. 

No Cecil Taylor on that one  it’s actually Jimmy Lyons and Sunny Murray with John Lindberg on bass. Intense and highly recommended music!

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Last night, I picked up a few CDs at my local Bull Moose Music store.

Charlie Haden & Quartet West - In Angel City (Verve). I've had Quartet West's 1st CD for decades & saw the band several times but never got around to picking up their 2nd release until now.

I also picked up a used copy of Peter Gabriel's latest, "i/o". I got the 3 disc set with a surround mix on BlueRay. I like Gabriel's work so I'm wondering how he'll treat the surround tracks.

[HutchFan]

 

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[mjazzg]

Can't go wrong with Charles on ECM as far as I'm concerned, enjoy them

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Yesterday, at the urging of my friend @Tom 1960, I sampled a newer (10/2024) release from drummer Jacob Wendt titled "Silver Street". The band plays in a style that harkens back to The Jazz Messengers and Wendt has said that this was what they were going for so kudos to the band for hitting their target. It's not a copycat tribute but an updated take, so no fear of that. You can sample/download it at bandcamp: Silver Street, by Jacob Wendt . I wanted the Kevin Gray-cut LP version (which is not on bandcamp for some reason) so I ordered that LP from The 'In' Groove.


While I was at The 'In' Groove website, I decide to pick up Gray's Chohearant label's latest release from Corey Weeds while I was at it.

[HutchFan]

8 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Can't go wrong with Charles on ECM as far as I'm concerned, enjoy them

  

 

[Tom 1960]

On 4/15/2025 at 10:38 AM, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Yesterday, at the urging of my friend @Tom 1960, I sampled a newer (10/2024) release from drummer Jacob Wendt titled "Silver Street". The band plays in a style that harkens back to The Jazz Messengers and Wendt has said that this was what they were going for so kudos to the band for hitting their target. It's not a copycat tribute but an updated take, so no fear of that. You can sample/download it at bandcamp: Silver Street, by Jacob Wendt . I wanted the Kevin Gray-cut LP version (which is not on bandcamp for some reason) so I ordered that LP from The 'In' Groove.


While I was at The 'In' Groove website, I decide to pick up Gray's Chohearant label's latest release from Corey Weeds while I was at it.

I like what he did on this recording. I've seen this album posted numerous times on my Instagram feed, so figured there must be something going on here. Definitely not disappointed.

[T.D.]

Ra, Noah Howard and assorted MPS. Happy to have found the John Taylor.

Edited April 23 by T.D.

[mjazzg]

A couple of LPs by French vibist Michel Hausser, 

'Vibes+ Flute' with Bobby Jaspar

'Holiday for Vibes and Cembalet' which featuring Michel Portal

All in all hitting sweet spots of vibes, flute and clarinet. A new player to me, apart from some judicious online sampling.

Edited April 23 by mjazzg

[HutchFan]

23 minutes ago, T.D. said:

Happy to have found the John Taylor.

Yes, it's a doozy.   

 

[optatio]

3 hours ago, T.D. said:

👍

[jlhoots]

Mumford & Sons: Rushmere

[Pim]

18 hours ago, T.D. said:

Ra, Noah Howard and assorted MPS. Happy to have found the John Taylor.

Ah that Noah Howard is a lovely live date. I believe it was reissued on cd lately right? Enjoy!

[T.D.]

5 hours ago, Pim said:

Ah that Noah Howard is a lovely live date. I believe it was reissued on cd lately right? Enjoy!

Yeah. I mentioned the reissue in another (Noah Howard iirc) thread and you recommended it! I then listened to a lot on bandcamp before ordering.

[HutchFan]

Ordered some CDs today from Discogs:

 

[GA Russell]

Surprisingly quiet compared to the previous year's rousing performance.

[GA Russell]

Since everyone else is listening to Gary Burton today, I have opened this up.  I picked it up during a 2021 oldies.com 99-cent sale.

[T.D.]

[jazzbo]

I didn't buy it today, in fact I ordered it what seems eons ago, but today the One Step Box release of Miles Davis Bitches Brew 2 LP set arrived.

[Kurt Anderson]

I did well yesterday to pick up the following,  all for four bucks apiece and all nice and clean.   (The store prices its "auctionable" records accordingly (e.g., Trudy Pitts for 60 bucks),   but everything else gets tossed into crates and blown out at $4 -$5 apiece (buy 2 get 1 free)!    Here's what $20 will buy🙂:

-  John Lewis,   P.O.V.  (Columbia)    This was the gem of the day -  a Columbia date cut just after MJQ broke up for the first time,  built around a core trio of Lewis,  Richard Davis on bass and Mel Lewis on drums.  Lewis' delicate single note lines swing with assurance,  and Davis is just all over his bass.   Absolutely captivating,  especially with lights out.

-    David and Larry Koonse,  Father & Son Jazz Guitars (Dobre).   I'd never seen this one before.  Larry Koonse was 17 when this was cut,  a quartet with father and son trading leads on five long tracks,  anchored by Putter Smith and John Tirabasso.    A relaxed,  swinging and well-recorded session.   

- The Trio (Milt Hinton,  Bob Rosengarden/ Hank Jones (Chiaroscuro).    Given the up-front prominence and swing of Milt Hinton's bass,  I'll assign him the leadership role on this 1977 date,  but the group was brought to Hank O'Neal's attention by Rosengarden,  who raved that it was working a gig in Florida and had developed a ferocious groove.   

-  Cornell Dupree,  Shadow Dancing (Versatile).   This a CTI-style date,  with arrangements that strike me as unsubtle and dated.   But the sound of the record is great and Dupree plays some mean, unadorned guitar.   

-   Al Cohn and his Orchestra,  That Old Feeling.   This is one of Cohn's series of fifties LPs for RCA,  with full arrangements, including strings,  by Ralph Burns, Manny Albam,  Ernie Wilkins and Cohn himself.    Soloists are by Cohn, and Joe Newman on trumpet.   

-    Norman Granz' Jazz At The Philharmonic,  Hartford, 1953.  This is a Pablo issue of previously unheard JATP fun from long ago.   Three tracks feature Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson trio.   I love fifties Lester,  his sound a big less ephemeral,  a bit more earthy,  than in his late thirties heyday.

- Humphrey Lyttleton and His Band,  Humph In Perspective (Parlophone).    This is one of Lyttleton's best bands,  recorded in 1958 by Denis Preston,  comprising an octet with a front line of Lyttleton on trumpet,  Johnny Picard on trombone  Jimmy Skidmore and Tony Coe on tenor,  and Joe Temperly on baritone.    With that lineup,  it's hard not to hear a Benny Carter-like sound.   This was a transition record for Lyttleton; he was moving away from trad and towards the swing/jump band sound but hadn't yet recruited Bruce Turner.   So the repertoire included both modern jazz and pre-bop material like Out of the Gallion,   arranged for the octet.    Very cool stuff.     

On 4/15/2025 at 10:38 AM, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Yesterday, at the urging of my friend @Tom 1960, I sampled a newer (10/2024) release from drummer Jacob Wendt titled "Silver Street". The band plays in a style that harkens back to The Jazz Messengers and Wendt has said that this was what they were going for so kudos to the band for hitting their target. It's not a copycat tribute but an updated take, so no fear of that. You can sample/download it at bandcamp: Silver Street, by Jacob Wendt . I wanted the Kevin Gray-cut LP version (which is not on bandcamp for some reason) so I ordered that LP from The 'In' Groove.


While I was at The 'In' Groove website, I decide to pick up Gray's Chohearant label's latest release from Corey Weeds while I was at it.

Looks interesting.   Another drummer who's got the Messengers vibe down cold is Aleksi Heinola,  who I believe has a couple of LPs on Jazzaggression.

Edited May 6 by Kurt Anderson

[HutchFan]

19 minutes ago, Kurt Anderson said:

-  John Lewis,   P.O.V.  (Columbia)    This was the gem of the day -  a Columbia date cut just after MJQ broke up for the first time,  built around a core trio of Lewis,  Richard Davis on bass and Mel Lewis on drums.  Lewis' delicate single note lines swing with assurance,  and Davis is just all over his bass.   Absolutely captivating,  especially with lights out.

Yes, this is an excellent album!   

 

[Niko]

That Al Cohn album I've like for many years even though I guess the strings aren't for everyone... Humph in Perspective I got for 1 € a while ago, it's a weird concept, rerecording hits from his Dixieland period 10 years later in Dixieland sound....

"This was a transition record for Lyttleton; he was moving away from trad and towards the swing/jump band sound but hadn't yet recruited Bruce Turner.  ". 

Pretty sure this is wrong, Turner was the first sax player in the band in the early mid 50s, our late member BillF remembered those "go home dirty bopper" signs at concerts in Manchester... By 1958, the clarinet had been replaced by an entire saxophone section and Turner had moved on