What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[HutchFan]

Now spinning on my 'table:

The Pee Wee Russell Quartet - New Groove (Columbia, 1963)
Another LP from a recent dollar bin haul.  It was covered in dust when I found it, but -- after a couple spins on the record vac -- it sounds great.  The audio fidelity of the mono LP really is astonishing -- especially since I'd only heard the music previously via YouTube.  (There aren't any production credits on the cover.  Fred Plaut, I wonder?) ... Music-wise, it's not typical Pee Wee.  The quartet is more reminiscent of a Mulligan piano-less group -- or Jimmy Giuffre with Bob Brookmeyer -- than anything you'd normally associate with Pee Wee.  But it's always fun to hear Russell's clarinet -- in any setting.   

 

[sidewinder]

12 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Now spinning on my 'table:

The Pee Wee Russell Quartet - New Groove (Columbia, 1963)
Another LP from a recent dollar bin haul.  It was covered in dust when I found it, but -- after a couple spins on the record vac -- it sounds great.  The audio fidelity of the mono LP really is astonishing -- especially since I'd only heard the music previously via YouTube.  (There aren't any production credits on the cover.  Fred Plaut, I wonder?) ... Music-wise, it's not typical Pee Wee.  The quartet is more reminiscent of a Mulligan piano-less group -- or Jimmy Giuffre with Bob Brookmeyer -- than anything you'd normally associate with Pee Wee.  But it's always fun to hear Russell's clarinet -- in any setting.   

 

I’ve got an old mono pressing of that one and I agree, it sounds great.

This one from a past RSD. Good stuff.

[sidewinder]

Parlophone mono. Lineup with Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Ross.

[HutchFan]

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Sing a Song of Basie (MCA Impulse!; originally ABC Paramount)

 

and

Sidney Bechet and Mezz Mezzrow (Classic Jazz)
Along with Bechet and Mezz, you get some low-down, dirty blues playing by piano man Sammy Price!

 

[jazzcorner]

4 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Now spinning on my 'table:

The Pee Wee Russell Quartet - New Groove (Columbia, 1963)
Another LP from a recent dollar bin haul.  It was covered in dust when I found it, but -- after a couple spins on the record vac -- it sounds great.  The audio fidelity of the mono LP really is astonishing -- especially since I'd only heard the music previously via YouTube.  (There aren't any production credits on the cover.  Fred Plaut, I wonder?) ... Music-wise, it's not typical Pee Wee.  The quartet is more reminiscent of a Mulligan piano-less group -- or Jimmy Giuffre with Bob Brookmeyer -- than anything you'd normally associate with Pee Wee.  But it's always fun to hear Russell's clarinet -- in any setting.   

 

Lords listed the following + some more tracks as seen on your cover. The reissue has a different title obviously

'Round midnight
[R7128-15] Pee Wee Russell
New Groove: Pee Wee Russell Quartet:
Marshall Brown (v-tb,b-tp) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Russell George (b) Ron Lundberg (d)
New York, November 12, 1962
CO76992    Taps Miller    (unissued)
CO76993    'Round midnight         -
CO76994    My mother's eyes         -
CO76995    Pee Wee's blues    Col CL1985, CBS (E)SBPG62242, I Grandi del Jazz
        (It)GDJ-07, Time-Life STL-J17, Solar (Sp)4569938
        [CD]
CO76996    Moten swing    (unissued)

 

 

Edited September 11, 2020 by jazzcorner

[sidewinder]

Mixed 47w63rd/NY labels, DG mono. Hits the spot !

[HutchFan]

Earlier today:

 

 

[kh1958]

Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie, Sargasso Sea (ECM)

Jimmy Cleveland, Rhythm Crazy (Emarcy)

Duke Ellington, Jazz Violin Sessions (Atlantic)

Bud Shank, This Bud's For You (Muse)

Fela, Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense (Philips Nigeria)

[mjazzg]

Joseph Jarman, Don Moye - Earth Passage - Density [Black Saint]

Joseph Jarman, Don Moye - Black Paladins [Black Saint]

Joseph Jarman, Anthony Braxton - Together Alone [Delmark]

[Rabshakeh]

7 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Joseph Jarman, Don Moye - Earth Passage - Density [Black Saint]

Joseph Jarman, Don Moye - Black Paladins [Black Saint]

Joseph Jarman, Anthony Braxton - Together Alone [Delmark]

Glad these got an outing

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

Glad these got an outing

I second that motion.   

 

[HutchFan]

Now spinning:

Cecil McBee Sextet with Chico Freeman - Compassion (Enja, 1979)
with Steve McCall (d) and Famoudou Don Moye (perc)

Yeeeeeeessssssss.  

 

Edited September 13, 2020 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

[kh1958]

Count Basie, Hall of Fame (Verve)

Chick Corea, Bliss (Muse) (aka, Pete LaRoca, Turkish Women at the Bath)

I haven't heard the original Douglas LP, but this Muse reissue has quite fine sound.

[HutchFan]

 

 

and

[soulpope]

21 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Now spinning:

Cecil McBee Sextet with Chico Freeman - Compassion (Enja, 1979)
with Steve McCall (d) and Famoudou Don Moye (perc)

Yeeeeeeessssssss.  

 

Yep ....

[mjazzg]

John Coltrane - Giant Steps [Atlantic, mono reissue]

Chad Taylor - Myths & Morals [earsandeyes Records]

Eric Thielemans - Sprang [Miasmah]

Laurence Pike - Prophecy [Leaf]

[Hardbopjazz]

Jamal Plays Jamal. 

[HutchFan]

Cecil McBee Sextet - Music from the Source (Enja/Inner City, 1979)

The companion LP to Compassion.

 

Edited September 17, 2020 by HutchFan

[porcy62]

King Pressing.

[Dan Gould]

Really strong straight up bop from a guy who is known for a few records with McGriff and more than a few on Pablo as last leader of Basie's reed section.

[jazzbo]

Sun Ra "Solar Myth Approach, Vols. 1 and 2" Corbett v. Dempsey 2 cd set, disc 1

Hard to describe how transformed this release is by the new mastering. . . it never sounded half this good before.

Then on to a new fave, Marcela Mangebeira "Simples". . . a Brazilian singer doing bossa nova with new elements, not unlike Paul Morelenbaum has done this century as well. I totally dig this cd.

[jazzbo]

Stefon Harris "Black Action Figure" Blue Note cd.
 

[Clunky]

29 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Stefon Harris "Black Action Figure" Blue Note cd.
 

not played this in probably a decade but I recall it being really excellent. Another to dig out...

[mjazzg]

Brother Ah - Divine Music [Manufactured Recordings]

currently 'Meditations', previously 'The Sea'

Each time I play LPs from this box I enjoy them more. A great collection.