The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 4, 2007 Report Posted October 4, 2007 "Mestizuo", the second of the three Concha Buika albums I ordered the Sunday before last turned up today. This one is her jazz album - her first album. It's almost all accompanied only by Jacob Sureda on piano. This isn't what you'd expect of a jazz singer. It's not in the least cool; more like filled with the pain of red hot knives which, when she sings, in "Autumn leaves" a line like "and I miss you, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you" she turns in your stomach. Her voice, and how expressively she uses it, is just amazing! Particularly on the two Spanish songs, I kept finding myself thinking of the great Cuban singer/pianst, Bola de Nieve, to whose music Ubu (I think) introduced me a couple of months ago. MG Quote
BruceH Posted October 4, 2007 Report Posted October 4, 2007 I've been meaning to post these purchases after taking advantage of the Concord Records sale. Ordered these on a Sunday afternoon and they arrived this past Thursday. Howard McGhee - Maggie's Back In Town! Jimmy Woods - Conflict Nat Adderley Quintet - Branching Out Blue Mitchell - Blue's Moods Blue Mitchell - The Cup Bearers Jimmy Heath - Really Big The Junior Cook Quintet - Junior's Cookin' Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Stars - Volume 3 Some nice choices! What do you think of Conflict? Bruce, "Conflict" is a very solid and exciting effort at least for me. Jimmy's playing at times is quite adventurous without completely going across the edge. The cast is quite impressive with Carmell Jones, Harold Land, Andrew Hill, George Tucker and Elvin Jones. Elvin at times just beats the hell out of his drum kit. As of right now, this release is probably my favorite among all the releases listed above. Glad to hear it. Conflict was and is a standout album for me, certainly. And I like playing that's adventurous, even skirts the edge, but doesn't go right off it. Quote
AndrewHill Posted October 5, 2007 Report Posted October 5, 2007 Gigantic haul today at Half Price Books: Let's start off with Jim Hall's Jazz Guitar-Pacific Jazz for $4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then: Cooper-Moore/Assif Tsahar :Tells Untold-Hopscotch-$5 Oscar Pettiford:The New Oscar Pattiford Sextet-Debut/Fantasy-$6 Gil Evans: Into the Hot-Impulse!-$5 Paul Smith Quartet-Tampa-$6 Mal Waldron: On Steinway-Fuel 2000-$5 What a super duper haul!!!!!!!! Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 5, 2007 Report Posted October 5, 2007 Lee "Scratch" Perry - On the wire Recorded in 1988, but not issued until 2000. Listening to it now. Good, but not as wildly inventive as his seventies recordings. MG Quote
paul secor Posted October 5, 2007 Report Posted October 5, 2007 Lee "Scratch" Perry - On the wire Recorded in 1988, but not issued until 2000. Listening to it now. Good, but not as wildly inventive as his seventies recordings. MG I'm sure that Scratch at less than his best is still better than most. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 5, 2007 Report Posted October 5, 2007 Lee "Scratch" Perry - On the wire Recorded in 1988, but not issued until 2000. Listening to it now. Good, but not as wildly inventive as his seventies recordings. MG I'm sure that Scratch at less than his best is still better than most. Oh indeed! This was not anything like chucking money away! I could have bought earlier material, but I thought it would be interesting to see how he'd got on afterwards. Bit like George Clinton. You wouldn't want to do without either, even though their greatest days are past. MG Quote
NaturalSoul Posted October 5, 2007 Report Posted October 5, 2007 (edited) my new stuff twofer with "And His Orchestra" and "Illinois Jacquet Flies Again" and Edited October 5, 2007 by NaturalSoul Quote
Durium Posted October 6, 2007 Report Posted October 6, 2007 RICHARD GALLIANO Richard Galliano & Tangaria quartet ( featuring Hamilton de Holanda) Great accordion music. Impressive jazz and musette ! .......... with a great solo performance of the Brazilian choro bandolim player Hamilton de Holanda !! Richard Galliano & Tangaria Quartet Keep swinging Durium Quote
brownie Posted October 6, 2007 Report Posted October 6, 2007 Got this just released 3CD set from the RLR label The set includes more than three hours of music recorded during the 1958 tour of the 'Jazz from Carnegie Hall' musicians. Jay and Kai were part of the tour but the featured musicians also include Lee Konitz, Zoot Sims, Phineas Newborn, Red Garland, Oscar Pettiford and Kenny Clarke. The set adds a lot of excellent music to what had previously appeared on several bootlegs releases. Sound is not exactly perfect but is quite acceptable! Quote
NaturalSoul Posted October 8, 2007 Report Posted October 8, 2007 got my check a few days ago and today took a trip to phoenix, where i got plus a DVD Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 8, 2007 Report Posted October 8, 2007 And we're in the middle of a postal strike, and all my stuff is stuck in it MG Quote
AndrewHill Posted October 10, 2007 Report Posted October 10, 2007 From Half Price Gold Mine: Mostly crap, until I reached "S": Steve Lacy-Troubles-Black Saint Steve Lacy-The Condor-Soul Note Sun Ra-Space is the Place-Impulse! @$4.98 a piece Quote
Durium Posted October 10, 2007 Report Posted October 10, 2007 GEORGE BRAITH Braithophone -Boptronics Bip Bop Bam Keep swinging Durium Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 10, 2007 Report Posted October 10, 2007 Strike's over (pro tem) but still no F in CDs!!!!! MG Quote
T.D. Posted October 11, 2007 Report Posted October 11, 2007 Jan Lundgren Trio, Cooking at the Jazz Bakery. This is somewhat of a gamble, as I've never heard anything by Lundgren, but I recently read some good writeups on Doug Ramsay's blog and elsewhere. Quote
Durium Posted October 12, 2007 Report Posted October 12, 2007 BILL HARRIS A great recollection to an almost forgotten trombone player. Complete Fifties Sessions Keep swinging Durium Quote
AndrewHill Posted October 12, 2007 Report Posted October 12, 2007 (edited) BILL HARRIS A great recollection to an almost forgotten trombone player. Complete Fifties Sessions Keep swinging Durium Never heard of this cat, but now I'm interested in hearing him. That's the beauty of this thread: a constant calling to listen to new people/groups. JSangry has certianly mentioned a ton of music that I've never heard of before. Edited October 12, 2007 by Holy Ghost Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 12, 2007 Report Posted October 12, 2007 Three days after the postal strike, this one finally turned up! Oh wow! I've listened to all three of her albums today and this is a lot like hearing Fats Domino for the first time, or the first time I heard Soul music, or an organ combo, or Mbalax, or Pharoah Sanders, or Albert Ayler. These moments aren't repeatable. But they make life worthwhile! MG Quote
Swinger Posted October 12, 2007 Report Posted October 12, 2007 Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra (ECM) Alexander Von Schlippenbach: Monk's Casino (Intakt) Paul Bley: Solo in Mondsee (ECM) Charles Mingus: Sextet with Eric Dolphy - Cornell 1964 Quote
Daniel A Posted October 12, 2007 Report Posted October 12, 2007 Jan Lundgren Trio, Cooking at the Jazz Bakery. This is somewhat of a gamble, as I've never heard anything by Lundgren, but I recently read some good writeups on Doug Ramsay's blog and elsewhere. So what do you think abou it? Now, I haven't heard the Bakery album, but I know that Lundgren can play, if given the right setting. It seems that he is rather conventional when he's calling the shots himself, but can be forced into a more adventurous mode if the setting asks for it. Quote
AndrewHill Posted October 12, 2007 Report Posted October 12, 2007 Half Price dollar bin: Handel: Suites for Keyboard. Keith Jarrett-ECM New Series. Quote
T.D. Posted October 12, 2007 Report Posted October 12, 2007 Jan Lundgren Trio, Cooking at the Jazz Bakery. This is somewhat of a gamble, as I've never heard anything by Lundgren, but I recently read some good writeups on Doug Ramsay's blog and elsewhere. So what do you think abou it? Now, I haven't heard the Bakery album, but I know that Lundgren can play, if given the right setting. It seems that he is rather conventional when he's calling the shots himself, but can be forced into a more adventurous mode if the setting asks for it. I just ordered it, will post some impressions when it arrives. This session may fall on the conventional side, but it's repertory I really enjoy (bop standards, incl. tunes by Dameron, Gryce, Bird, Silver, Bud et al.), so I'll surely have an opinion. Quote
Matthew Posted October 13, 2007 Report Posted October 13, 2007 (edited) Well, not me, but my parents are buying this for my birthday: THE VANDERMARK 5: Alchemia. Should be great music in this 12 cd monster. Edited October 13, 2007 by Matthew Quote
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