What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[jazzbo]

1 hour ago, Clunky said:

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

I've come to really appreciat all his work--his most recent with Blackout has gronw on me and grooves with me.

Just realized this was in the wrong thread. Mea culpa.

[HutchFan]

NP:

Jimmy McGriff - Blues to the Bone (Milestone)

Fun to hear Al Grey here.  You don't hear trombones with Hammond organ groups everyday.  But Grey sounds sweeeeeet, as does the whole band. 

 

[HutchFan]

John Coltrane - The Stardust Sessions (Prestige)

 

[Gheorghe]

6 hours ago, HutchFan said:

John Coltrane - The Stardust Sessions (Prestige)

 

Oh yes, this was a favourite of mine in my first years of listening to jazz as a Teenager. 

I was really fascinated by the title tune, one of Trane´s best ballads of the 50´s. And Garland´s solo is also great, and of Course, the great bowed solo by Paul Chambers,

[sidewinder]

16 hours ago, HutchFan said:

John Coltrane - The Stardust Sessions (Prestige)

 

I’ve got the 24000 series 2LP of that one too and will give it a spin this weekend. Magnificent stuff - and Wilbur Harden is a good foil  !

Edited September 18, 2020 by sidewinder

[HutchFan]

Beaver Harris 360° Music Experience - Negcaumongus (Cadence Jazz)
with Ken McIntyre, Ricky Ford, Hamiet Bluiett, Don Pullen, Cameron Brown, and steel drummer Francis Haynes

Powerful.

 

[Rabshakeh]

I love the duet with the steel drums on the second side of this. 

[sidewinder]

Some good material on this UK CBS 2LP put out by Teo and co.

[sidewinder]

On 18/09/2020 at 2:55 AM, HutchFan said:

John Coltrane - The Stardust Sessions (Prestige)

 

Spinning now. One of the thinnest slabs of vinyl I’ve ever seen, typical of US pressings in 1976 (Impulse were masters of that art). I have to say though, it sounds excellent !

[kh1958]

America's Greatest Jazzmen (Coleman Hawkins, Tommy Flanagan, Willis Jackson, Gene Ammons, Ted Curson, Dave Pike) Play The Broadway Scene (Prestige Moodsville)

Jimmy Rowles, The Paws that Refresh (Choice)(

Edited September 19, 2020 by kh1958

[sidewinder]

German ECM

Great memories of seeing this band in performance around the time of this release and they played some of the material - truly a group of all stars. Sadly, quite a few no longer with us (Lester, Malachi Thompson, Philip Wilson) but good that Frank Lacy, Steve Turre and others are still very much active musically.

Edited September 19, 2020 by sidewinder

[jazzcorner]

Coral CRL 56122 [FSR reissue] - Leith SAtevens And His Orchestra "Private Hell" - rec. 1954 & 1959

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 19, 2020 by jazzcorner

[HutchFan]

18 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

I love the duet with the steel drums on the second side of this. 

Yep!

Sorta surprising that the steel drum isn't used more frequently in a jazz context.

[sidewinder]

NY mono version

The backbeat drumming on ‘Dixie Lee’ sounds so familiar, you wonder where you’ve heard it before. Then you realise it is on umpteen Motown records and who was on the Motown ‘house’ team for a time - Freddie Waits.

Edited September 20, 2020 by sidewinder

[sidewinder]

Gearbox 2LP - excellent.

The later (1979) session has the best sound. It is possible that I might have caught the original (late Sunday night) ‘Jazz In Britain’ broadcast on Radio 3.

Edited September 20, 2020 by sidewinder

[sidewinder]

RSD issue, signed by Ron. Lovely 2LP release by the German In ‘n’ Out label. As usual, Renee Rosnes’ playing is superb.

Edited September 20, 2020 by sidewinder

[Rabshakeh]

16 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Yep!

Sorta surprising that the steel drum isn't used more frequently in a jazz context.

The only other example I can think of off the top of my head is Third World by Abdul Al Hannan, which uses them prominently.

[sidewinder]

Deram, stereo

[Kevin Bresnahan]

On 9/5/2020 at 0:07 PM, kh1958 said:

Bobby Hutcherson, The Kicker (Blue Note/Tone Poet) (rather wonderful sound)

 

Generic rebuttal to praise of Tone Poet LP sound (cut and paste as appropriate):

The recording was shelved by Alfred Lion because it was an early experimental digital recording and hence cannot possibly sound good on vinyl.

Rudy was on vacation that day and the session was recorded by his 12 year old nephew.

Someone left a beer can in the piano which can be distinctly heard by golden ear audiophiles at the 4:33 point on Bedouin and may be mistaken for a piano warble.

Buddy Rich does not sound right on Blue Note.

I am finally spinning this Tone Poet LP and I think I get a feeling for why this was shelved. The first track, "Mirrors", has a very odd-sounding stereo sound. Basically it's two extremely separated mono channels, with vibes, piano, bass and drums in the right channel and Joe Henderson's tenor isolated in the left channel. The sound is wonderful but it sounds weird. The second track, "For Duke P.", in contrast, sounds much more "normal".

[kh1958]

Ralph Towner, Old Friends, New Friends (ECM)

Earl Hines, Quintessential Recording Session (Chiaroscuro)

Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabakin Orchestra, Long Yellow Road (RCA)

Red Rodney, Red, White and Blues (Muse)

Edited September 20, 2020 by kh1958

[HutchFan]

4 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

The only other example I can think of off the top of my head is Third World by Abdul Al Hannan, which uses them prominently.

Othello Molineaux is the only other steel drum player I know who plays jazz. He's worked with Jaco and Monty Alexander.

Edited September 20, 2020 by HutchFan

[kh1958]

19 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Othello Molineaux is the only other steel drum player I know who plays jazz. He's worked with Jaco and Monty Alexander.

Andy Narell.

[HutchFan]

Just now, kh1958 said:

Andy Narell.

Oh yeah.  Caribbean Jazz Project! 

 

[mjazzg]

5 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

The only other example I can think of off the top of my head is Third World by Abdul Al Hannan, which uses them prominently.

That sounds very interesting.  Just checked Discogs 

I'm also surprised they don't pop up on UK Jazz recordings more.  I think Orphy Robinson may have played them in the past

[Rabshakeh]

On 17/09/2020 at 3:38 PM, jazzbo said:

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.

 

Damn. I saw this in a shop today and passed it up in a "rational" moment.

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

That sounds very interesting.  Just checked Discogs 

Yep. I have it on my wantlist, but purely out of interest. Seeing that price tag would keep anyone grounded. 

This evening's work:

Clinkers by Steve Lacy (Hat Hut 1978)

The Heatin' System by Jack McDuff (Cadet 1972) 

Then: 

Constellation by Sonny Stitt (Cobblestone 1972). 

Fly or Die by Jaimie Branch (International Anthem 2017), with Tomeka Reid in full flight. 

Edited September 20, 2020 by Rabshakeh