What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[soulpope]

Lee Konitz & Martial Solal - Duplicity (Horo/Japan). Nice mellow date. Unlike the Red Norvo date I just spun, it's got a lot going on in those "mellow" spaces.

excellent stuff !!

[kh1958]

Cannonball Adderley, African Waltz (Riverside mono), and Michael White, Spirit Dance (Impulse).

[Leeway]

SWEET SPACE - Billy Bang Sextet featuring Frank Lowe - Bang (vn), Lowe (ts), Lawrence "Butch" Morris (cornet), Luther Thomas (as), Curtis Clark (p), Wilbur Morris (b), Steve McCall (d). Anima LP. Recorded live at Loeb Student Center, NYU, November 1979.

I always have my eyes out for the CD of this one. Pretty tough going, though ...

I've often wondered what this sounds like - any clues/comparisons gratefully accepted

Gave it another listen to fix its character better. The obvious analogue would be to the David Murray Octet, but this ensemble (septet) has a much looser vibe that DM's, even though a couple of the personnel are held in common. Billy Bang doesn't dominate his group. There is much more of an ensemble feel. Songs are mostly taken at a medium tempo, with different members taking solo turns. The music is a bit more melodic than one might expect. The last song "Music for the Love of It" (seems applicable here) reminded me, and sounds a bit like, Art Ensemble of Chicago doing ""Odwalla" at the end of their shows. That should give you a sense of the ensemble sound.

The recording acoustic is a bit flat. Loeb Student Center, at NYU, where I spent a good bit of time as an undergrad, is probably not ideal, although a fair number of performances of avant music were recorded there. This is a live performance but one is only occasionally aware of that. It's a very good album, don't think one would get tired of repeated listens.

[Leeway]

EDDIE GALE'S GHETTO MUSIC - 4 Men With Beards release.

[Leeway]

Edited May 4, 2014 by Leeway

[Clunky]

Harry Miller/ Radu Malfatti ----------Bracknell Breakdown-------------(Ogun)

The two leaders get equal billing but Miller predominates. Interesting session collected IIRC on a multi CD set on Ogun.

[mjazzg]

SWEET SPACE - Billy Bang Sextet featuring Frank Lowe - Bang (vn), Lowe (ts), Lawrence "Butch" Morris (cornet), Luther Thomas (as), Curtis Clark (p), Wilbur Morris (b), Steve McCall (d). Anima LP. Recorded live at Loeb Student Center, NYU, November 1979.

I always have my eyes out for the CD of this one. Pretty tough going, though ...

I've often wondered what this sounds like - any clues/comparisons gratefully accepted

Gave it another listen to fix its character better. The obvious analogue would be to the David Murray Octet, but this ensemble (septet) has a much looser vibe that DM's, even though a couple of the personnel are held in common. Billy Bang doesn't dominate his group. There is much more of an ensemble feel. Songs are mostly taken at a medium tempo, with different members taking solo turns. The music is a bit more melodic than one might expect. The last song "Music for the Love of It" (seems applicable here) reminded me, and sounds a bit like, Art Ensemble of Chicago doing ""Odwalla" at the end of their shows. That should give you a sense of the ensemble sound.

The recording acoustic is a bit flat. Loeb Student Center, at NYU, where I spent a good bit of time as an undergrad, is probably not ideal, although a fair number of performances of avant music were recorded there. This is a live performance but one is only occasionally aware of that. It's a very good album, don't think one would get tired of repeated listens.

Thank you for such an in depth reply. Leeway. That's just what I needed to know and will definitely now stay on my 'want list' to appear in this thread at some point in the future with my name attached.

Edited May 4, 2014 by mjazzg

[paul secor]

Bukka White: Parchman Farm (Columbia)

[kh1958]

Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five, Album #4 (Clef), and Jimmy Heath, The Quota (Riverside, black label stereo).

[uli]

Edited May 5, 2014 by uli

[mjazzg]

Hozan Yamamoto - Eternal echoes [Philips]

w. Masahiko Togashi and Masahiko Satoh

[soulpope]

Andy Gonzalez on bass, Steve Berrios on drums and Jerry Gonzalez - reminding firmly about his excellence reg this instrument - on percussion really get things going here......

Edited May 5, 2014 by soulpope

[sidewinder]

Andy Gonzalez on bass, Steve Berrios on drums and Jerry Gonzalez - reminding firmly about his excellence reg this instrument - on percussion really get things going here......

Excellent Steve Backer production ! A real favourite of mine. Plus Sam Rivers - what's not to like?

I have that on vinyl as well and will dig it out forthwith..

Edited May 5, 2014 by sidewinder

[sidewinder]

Harold Land/Bobby Hutcherson 'A New Shade Of Blue' (Mainstream)

Dreadful sonics !

Edited May 5, 2014 by sidewinder

[sidewinder]

Bud Shank 'New Groove' (Vogue LAE, mono). With Carmell Jones

Edited May 5, 2014 by sidewinder

[clifford_thornton]

SWEET SPACE - Billy Bang Sextet featuring Frank Lowe - Bang (vn), Lowe (ts), Lawrence "Butch" Morris (cornet), Luther Thomas (as), Curtis Clark (p), Wilbur Morris (b), Steve McCall (d). Anima LP. Recorded live at Loeb Student Center, NYU, November 1979.

I always have my eyes out for the CD of this one. Pretty tough going, though ...

I've often wondered what this sounds like - any clues/comparisons gratefully accepted

Gave it another listen to fix its character better. The obvious analogue would be to the David Murray Octet, but this ensemble (septet) has a much looser vibe that DM's, even though a couple of the personnel are held in common. Billy Bang doesn't dominate his group. There is much more of an ensemble feel. Songs are mostly taken at a medium tempo, with different members taking solo turns. The music is a bit more melodic than one might expect. The last song "Music for the Love of It" (seems applicable here) reminded me, and sounds a bit like, Art Ensemble of Chicago doing ""Odwalla" at the end of their shows. That should give you a sense of the ensemble sound.

The recording acoustic is a bit flat. Loeb Student Center, at NYU, where I spent a good bit of time as an undergrad, is probably not ideal, although a fair number of performances of avant music were recorded there. This is a live performance but one is only occasionally aware of that. It's a very good album, don't think one would get tired of repeated listens.

Thank you for such an in depth reply. Leeway. That's just what I needed to know and will definitely now stay on my 'want list' to appear in this thread at some point in the future with my name attached.

It's a good record but I don't return to it a ton - actually more impressed by The Group of a few years later. I didn't realize Sweet Space was on CD.

[soulpope]

Harold Land/Bobby Hutcherson 'A New Shade Of Blue' (Mainstream)

Dreadful sonics !

Probably ACE could help us out with a decent reissue............

[uli]

Andy Gonzalez on bass, Steve Berrios on drums and Jerry Gonzalez - reminding firmly about his excellence reg this instrument - on percussion really get things going here......

thread inspired

Excellent Steve Backer production ! A real favourite of mine. Plus Sam Rivers - what's not to like?

I have that on vinyl as well and will dig it out forthwith..

yeah, I was not familiar with Steve Backer but your mention on the RIP thread inspired me to listen to this favorite. I'd also like to like to mention Dick Griffin, Lew Solow and Rodney Jones.

[BillF]

Bud Shank 'New Groove' (Vogue LAE, mono). With Carmell Jones

[Leeway]

GLASS BEAD GAME - Clifford Jordan Quartet - Strata East 2LP.

Actually two quartets here: Quartet 1: Clifford Jordan (ts), Stanley Cowell (p), Billy Higgins (d, perc), Bill Lee (bass vn). Quartet 2: Jordan, Higgins, Sam Jones (bass vn), Cedar Walton (p). But you already knew all that

[Leeway]

THE HUMAN ARTS ENSEMBLE LIVE, VOL. 2: Charles Bobo Shaw Jr (d), Joseph Bowie (tb), James Emery (g). Circle Records LP.

Have Vol. 1, decided i needed to have Vol. 2 also .

[jazzbo]

My vinyl playback is better than ever and this is just enveloping me, awesome.

[paul secor]

Hampton Hawes/Paul Chambers (w. Bill Perkins, Jack Montrose): The East/West Controversy (Xanadu)

[jazzbo]

[colinmce]

SWEET SPACE - Billy Bang Sextet featuring Frank Lowe - Bang (vn), Lowe (ts), Lawrence "Butch" Morris (cornet), Luther Thomas (as), Curtis Clark (p), Wilbur Morris (b), Steve McCall (d). Anima LP. Recorded live at Loeb Student Center, NYU, November 1979.

I always have my eyes out for the CD of this one. Pretty tough going, though ...

I've often wondered what this sounds like - any clues/comparisons gratefully accepted

Gave it another listen to fix its character better. The obvious analogue would be to the David Murray Octet, but this ensemble (septet) has a much looser vibe that DM's, even though a couple of the personnel are held in common. Billy Bang doesn't dominate his group. There is much more of an ensemble feel. Songs are mostly taken at a medium tempo, with different members taking solo turns. The music is a bit more melodic than one might expect. The last song "Music for the Love of It" (seems applicable here) reminded me, and sounds a bit like, Art Ensemble of Chicago doing ""Odwalla" at the end of their shows. That should give you a sense of the ensemble sound.

The recording acoustic is a bit flat. Loeb Student Center, at NYU, where I spent a good bit of time as an undergrad, is probably not ideal, although a fair number of performances of avant music were recorded there. This is a live performance but one is only occasionally aware of that. It's a very good album, don't think one would get tired of repeated listens.

Thank you for such an in depth reply. Leeway. That's just what I needed to know and will definitely now stay on my 'want list' to appear in this thread at some point in the future with my name attached.

It's a good record but I don't return to it a ton - actually more impressed by The Group of a few years later. I didn't realize Sweet Space was on CD.

It came out about 10 years ago on a double with Untitled Gift. Went OOP and is pretty tough to track down, at least at a reasonable price. Might almost be cheaper & easier to grab the LPs.

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