What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Chuck Nessa]

5 minutes ago, medjuck said:

High Geek factor here. Look forward to hearing it someday. (I'm only 77.) 

I'm only 76 at the moment.

[medjuck]

1 hour ago, Chuck Nessa said:

I'm only 76 at the moment.

But you've already heard it. I've got something to look forward to. 

[Chuck Nessa]

Just now, medjuck said:

But you've already heard it. I've got something to look forward to. 

Sigh.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

On 12/5/2020 at 10:13 AM, kh1958 said:

Duke Ellington, The Ellington Era, 1927-1940, Volume 1 (Columbia)

Jazz Odyssey, Volume 2, The Sound of Chicago, 1923-1940 (Columbia)

  ohhh ok ive seen vol 1 what is better vol 1 or vol 2

Edited December 8, 2020 by chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez

[kh1958]

10 minutes ago, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said:

  ohhh ok ive seen vol 1 what is better vol 1 or vol 2

Honestly, I loved them both and couldn't pick. Volume 2 has a lot of New Orleans music in it, just recorded in Chicago. There's also a volume 3, Sounds of Harlem, which I don't have.

[jazzcorner]

Vogue LD 212 - 'Fats' Sadi & his combo

 

Edited December 8, 2020 by jazzcorner
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[Dmitry]

Jay Hoggard - Mystic Winds, Tropical Breezes

[funkytonk]

1 hour ago, Dmitry said:

Jay Hoggard - Mystic Winds, Tropical Breezes

Nice, I got that earlier this year. Some interesting stuff on India Navigation.

[kh1958]

On 12/8/2020 at 10:14 PM, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said:

  ohhh ok ive seen vol 1 what is better vol 1 or vol 2

On further thought, I would give the edge to Volume 1 because it devotes an entire side to Sam Morgan's Jazz Band.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

10 hours ago, kh1958 said:

On further thought, I would give the edge to Volume 1 because it devotes an entire side to Sam Morgan's Jazz Band.

thats real good stuff, you got it- thanks

[Dmitry]

Paul Bley with Gary Peacock, ECM 1003, 1970, German release, I’m assuming it’s an original pressing. 
An introspective, wild, and searching trio recording, not very good from the engineering  aspect, to me it sounds recorded on a single stereo mic directly to a reel deck, in a rehearsal space somewhere in New York. 

 

 

Edited December 10, 2020 by Dmitry

[jazzcorner]

 

[sidewinder]

Tone Poet

[Kevin Bresnahan]

1 hour ago, sidewinder said:

Tone Poet

Nice sounding LP and the music was better than I expected. I don't know why, but I always thought this would be boring funk, especially with the All Music review. I think it's a fun record and Idris Mohammed is great.

[sidewinder]

The Lou is a good one, in excellent sound. ‘No fusion confusion’, to quote the maestro.

 

Rearward LP - in mono !

[sidewinder]

[Dub Modal]

22 hours ago, bresna said:

especially with the All Music review. I think it's a fun record and Idris Mohammed is great.

That review is hilariously bad. 

[HutchFan]

22 hours ago, bresna said:

Nice sounding LP and the music was better than I expected. I don't know why, but I always thought this would be boring funk, especially with the All Music review. I think it's a fun record and Idris Mohammed is great.

The All Music Guide is a helpful resource, but its writers are not trustworthy when it comes to soul jazz and/or funky jazz. 

In this listener's opinion.  

 

Edited December 11, 2020 by HutchFan

[Kevin Bresnahan]

24 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

The All Music Guide is a helpful resource, but its writers are not trustworthy when it comes to soul jazz and/or funky jazz. 

In this listener's opinion.  

 

If you like Donaldson's "Mr. Shing A Ling" and you still spin LPs, the Tone Poet LP sounds very nice. Well worth picking up.

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, bresna said:

If you like Donaldson's "Mr. Shing A Ling" and you still spin LPs, the Tone Poet LP sounds very nice. Well worth picking up.

I'm not familiar with Mr. Shing-A-Ling -- but I love the record that preceded it, Alligator Bogaloo.  

So I bet I'd dig it.  Thanks for the recommendation.   

 

[Dub Modal]

3 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

I'm not familiar with Mr. Shing-A-Ling -- but I love the record that preceded it, Alligator Bogaloo.  

So I bet I'd dig it.  Thanks for the recommendation.   

 

Read the review for Alligator Bogaloo...lol. This guy hates some Lou D funk, even stating that Leo Morris AKA Idris Muhammad isn't comfortable playing contemporary funk 

[HutchFan]

2 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

Read the review for Alligator Bogaloo...lol. This guy hates some Lou D funk, even stating that Leo Morris AKA Idris Muhammad isn't comfortable playing contemporary funk 

In my experience, it's a fairly common thing for critics/reviewers to disparage soul jazz and funky jazz as less worthy, "selling out," etc.

It's not an attitude that I share. 

So I just ignore those sorts of reviews. 

[funkytonk]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

The All Music Guide is a helpful resource, but its writers are not trustworthy when it comes to soul jazz and/or funky jazz. 

In this listener's opinion.  

 

I unfortunately took them at face value in my younger days, when that kind of stuff was (relatively) cheap and easy to find. I probably passed by a lot of great records because of AllMusic! 

[sidewinder]

Big Bear/Transatlantic

[jazzcorner]

13 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Have it and like it very much

 

Edited December 12, 2020 by jazzcorner
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