What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Chuck Nessa]

No.

[jcam_44]

1 hour ago, Chuck Nessa said:

No.

That sucks.

This doesn't:

Tommy McGee - I'm A Stranger (Positive-Negative + demos/singles)

[jazzcorner]

ABC Paramount ABC 186 [Japan 1986] - Quincy Jones " Go West, Man" - rec. 1957 ? -
Featuring different West Coast groups on 3 sessions with different instruments on each session

 

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[Larry Kart]

2 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

ABC Paramount ABC 186 [Japan 1986] - Quincy Jones " Go West, Man" - rec. 1957 ? -
Featuring different West Coast groups on 3 sessions with different instruments on each session

 

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Pleasant dates, though Quincy did no writing for them. I prefer the alto and tenor-baritone dates to the trumpet one. Good to hear Walter Benton; he didn't get showcased enough. Nice to hear Art Pepper and Benny Carter in tandem.

[JSngry]

42 minutes ago, Larry Kart said:

Pleasant dates, though Quincy did no writing for them.

So I'm thinking, uh-oh, this is going to be one of those alleged records where Quincy Jones takes credit for somebody else's writing, but no, full and proper credit is given right there in plain black and white where nay even semi-literate fool could read it if the wanted to. And the cover says "supervised by", not arranged by! And the liner notes say that he was "commissioned to produce" the record, and then give full credit to who did the actual writing!

DESPICABLE!!!!!

[clifford_thornton]

12 hours ago, jcam_44 said:

That sucks.

Indeed -- wanted to hear that stuff. 

[mjazzg]

New Direction For The Arts - Free Form Suite [Three Blind Mice]

[Larry Kart]

4 hours ago, JSngry said:

So I'm thinking, uh-oh, this is going to be one of those alleged records where Quincy Jones takes credit for somebody else's writing, but no, full and proper credit is given right there in plain black and white where nay even semi-literate fool could read it if the wanted to. And the cover says "supervised by", not arranged by! And the liner notes say that he was "commissioned to produce" the record, and then give full credit to who did the actual writing!

DESPICABLE!!!!!

I was making no accusation -- merely pointing out that QJ's name should not lead one to think that he did anything but supervise the project, as I assume he honorably did. BTW, the Johnny Mandel who wrote "Keester Parade" strikes again here, coming up with "London Derrierre."

 

Actually some of the album's originals are IIRC quite nice -- Giuffre's "Dancin' Pants" and "Mariano's "The Oom is Blues" in particular, maybe more. Aside from the sheer quality of the playing, one thing that makes the alto date nice is how distinctive each of the soloists is. One might be hard pressed nowadays to find four guys as specifically themselves and as topnotch as Pepper, Carter, Mariano, and Geller were. In fact, I get the sense that for these guys playing with each other was a rather moving experience (though there was little love, or even respect, lost between Geller and Pepper, Herb having stated more than once that he thought Pepper was very overrated and that he was the much superior player). 

[Chuck Nessa]

[clifford_thornton]

Fabulous set.

[kh1958]

Earl Hines,  Quintessential Continued (Chiaroscuro)

Mary Lou Williams, From the Heart (Chiaroscuro)

Bobby Hackett Quartet Plus Vic Dickenson, This is My Bag (Project 3)

[Larry Kart]

On 6/29/2020 at 7:39 AM, Larry Kart said:

Pleasant dates, though Quincy did no writing for them. I prefer the alto and tenor-baritone dates to the trumpet one. Good to hear Walter Benton; he didn't get showcased enough. Nice to hear Art Pepper and Benny Carter in tandem.

Listened again to all of "Go West, Young Man" and would rate it a good deal higher than pleasant. For one thing the three rhythm sections include Carl Perkins, Lou Levy, Red Mitchell, LeRoy Vinnegar, Shelly Manne and Mel Lewis, and all three are top notch -- more Perkins is always a joy. All the saxophonists are in fine form --especially Carter (very intense), Perkins, and  and Colette (what a lovely player he was). Giuffre's "Bright Moon" is a nutty piece that's hard to get out of your head, and Mariano's sax soli passage on "The Oom is Blues" is something else. Only drawback on the Lonehill CD reissue that also includes the tracks from Jones' terrific "This Is How I Feel About Jazz" album (it's used for the title here) is that the transfer isn't quite what it should be; there are some moments of distortion. Nothing awful, but some people can't stand that, especially if they know that it's the fault of an outfit like Lonehill, while the original LP was perfectly OK.

[HutchFan]

18 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Earl Hines,  Quintessential Continued (Chiaroscuro)

Mary Lou Williams, From the Heart (Chiaroscuro)

Two masterpieces of solo piano.   

 

[soulpope]

On 27.6.2020 at 7:24 PM, kh1958 said:

Pat Martino, Exit (Muse)

Good one  ....

[aparxa]

Ike Quebec - Blue & Sentimental

Arnett Cobb - The Fabulous Apollo Sessions

[sidewinder]

Morgan, stereo. Incredible album.

[porcy62]

Lexington pressing

[HutchFan]

NP:

[porcy62]

Mono.

[Clunky]

Bruno Nicolai———-Espressioni ———( Loneos) 

Italian  free improv or composed , its hard to tell. Interesting if a little passionless 

[clifford_thornton]

The Raincoats -- s/t -- (Rough Trade, UK orig)

followed by

Ronald Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society -- Nasty -- (Moers, GER orig)

[jazzcorner]

RCA Victor NL-46046 [FSR reissue 1987] - Billy Byers " The Jazz Workshop" - rec. 1956

 

 

[porcy62]

[Pim]

life is good

[kh1958]

Count Basie, Li'l Ol' Groovemaker (Verve)

Jazz at the Philharmonic in Europe (Stan Getz, Cannonball Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Roy Eldridge) (Verve). This is one of a series of four LPs that includes some of my favorite JATP. On this set, you get to hear Cannonball and Benny Carter together.

George Shearing Trio, Jazz Moments (Capitol). George Shearing with Ahmad Jamal's great rhythm section (Israel Crosby and Vernel Fournier).

Boogie Woogie Revisited (RCA)

Bud Powell, Bud in Paris (Xanadu)

Hampton Hawes/Paul Chambers, The East/West Controversy  (Xanadu)