What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[HutchFan]

James Newton - Luella (Gramavision, 1984)

Flute – James Newton
Vibraphone – Jay Hoggard
Violin – Gayle Dixon, John Blake
Cello – Abdul Wadud
Piano – Kenny Kirkland
Bass – Cecil McBee
Drums – Billy Hart

Somebody was asking about "favorite jazz flute records" elsewhere on the board.  My answer: This one! 

Mostly because Luella is so much MORE than just that.

 

Edited February 24, 2021 by HutchFan

[JSngry]

Gramavision used to be a player. Plenty of quality catalog.

[HutchFan]

5 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Gramavision used to be a player. Plenty of quality catalog.

Damn straight.

 

[JSngry]

And then they didn't. Seemed like they moved away from a well-rounded(ish) catalog and went more into Scofield/MMW type stuff at the expense of....other things. Nothing wrong with that, of course, those were still good records, but it made me less inclined to go there with them, as those other things either went elsewhere or else OTHER other things sprung up elsewhere. Once that happened, I didn't really give a hoot what was new on Gramavision. I knew it wasn't going to be James Newton or Bob Moses or Billy Hart, so..

I'm sure they had their reasons, everybody does.

[Chuck Nessa]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

Gramavision used to be a player. Plenty of quality catalog.

Rich kid with money.

[HutchFan]

16 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Rich kid with money.

Wish more rich kids spent their money on making jazz records!  

Especially if the records they make are as good as Luella, Castles of Ghana, Oshumare, Impala, etc.

 

[Chuck Nessa]

Just now, HutchFan said:

Wish more rich kids spent their money on making jazz records!  

Especially if the records they make are as good as Luella, Castles of Ghana, Oshumare, Impala, etc.

 

Un-rich folks can be irritated.

[HutchFan]

Just now, Chuck Nessa said:

Un-rich folks can be irritated.

LOL!!!  

Damn straight to that too! 

 

[HutchFan]

Now this:

Mike Nock - Ondas (ECM, 1982)

 

[Chuck Nessa]

26 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

LOL!!!  

Damn straight to that too! 

 

I started my label (at the request of Roscoe Mitchell and Lester Bowie) with $1500 in stock my grandfather left me. Everything else grew from that.

[HutchFan]

23 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

I started my label (at the request of Roscoe Mitchell and Lester Bowie) with $1500 in stock my grandfather left me. Everything else grew from that.

Then we owe both you and your grandfather a debt of gratitude. 

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Un-rich folks can be irritated.

But potentially also motivated ....

[Pim]

2016 International Phonograph. Sounds amazing!

[HutchFan]

Martial Solal - Bluesine (Soul Note, 1983)
solo piano

Such spontaneous and eloquent thinking aloud on the piano.  With Solal, even a warhorse like "Round Midnight" is fresh as morning dew.

 

[Rabshakeh]

17 minutes ago, Pim said:

2016 International Phonograph. Sounds amazing!

It was a good reissue.

[HutchFan]

Miroslav Vitous Group (ECM, 1981)
with John Surman, Kenny Kirkland, and Jon Christensen

 

[mjazzg]

Just now, HutchFan said:

Miroslav Vitous Group (ECM, 1981)
with John Surman, Kenny Kirkland, and Jon Christensen

 

Yes!

On 24/02/2021 at 3:16 AM, HutchFan said:

Now this:

Mike Nock - Ondas (ECM, 1982)

 

One of my favourite ECM piano trio albums.  Tends to fly under the radar I think

[HutchFan]

11 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

One of my favourite ECM piano trio albums.  Tends to fly under the radar I think

I was reading about Ondas when I gave that LP a spin.  Turns out that it's one of Manfred Eicher's favorites as well.  In an interview, he said that he listens to Nock's record regularly to this day. 

When I read that, I was sort of surprised that Nock never made another record for ECM.  I wonder why.

 

[HutchFan]

Listening to a couple George Cables LPs from the 80s:

 

and

[HutchFan]

[Pim]

5 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Another great Land/Hutch album

[soulpope]

12 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Miroslav Vitous Group (ECM, 1981)
with John Surman, Kenny Kirkland, and Jon Christensen

Good one ....

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

jimmie lunceford and his orch (via local brodcast at 880 kilocycles)  on my new 1930 westinghouse radio.  

 

[Pim]

All of these Louis Hayes Muse sessions are so freakin' good. This is another great one but probably my least favorite. The Real Thing and Ichi Ban are even better. But this one is very good too. And a good oppurtunity to hear Charles Davis in a prominent role (on baritone sax!)

[mjazzg]

20 hours ago, HutchFan said:

I was reading about Ondas when I gave that LP a spin.  Turns out that it's one of Manfred Eicher's favorites as well.  In an interview, he said that he listens to Nock's record regularly to this day. 

When I read that, I was sort of surprised that Nock never made another record for ECM.  I wonder why.

 

I didn't know that. Did Nock stay in Europe or go home I wonder.

 

 

 

On 13/02/2021 at 1:52 AM, clifford_thornton said: