What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[jazzcorner]

[HutchFan]

2-LP collection of Barclay cuts

[Ken Dryden]

[HutchFan]

2 hours ago, Ken Dryden said:

Nice!    Quite a rarity.  I was aware of that LP, but I've never seen a copy in the wild.

 

[sidewinder]

[Ken Dryden]

9 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Nice!    Quite a rarity.  I was aware of that LP, but I've never seen a copy in the wild.

 

It is the first New Zealand LP in my collection, just purchased.

I wish I could find those elusive Alan Broadbent Chilly Bin CDs.

[HutchFan]

2 hours ago, Ken Dryden said:

I wish I could find those elusive Alan Broadbent Chilly Bin CDs.

I don't have those CDs either. Only emusic.com downloads, IIRC.

Broadbent's three recent Savant trio CDs (with Harvie S & Billy Mintz) have been darn impressive. I think they're the best he's released in a long while. Seems like his move Back East has been a shot in the arm, musically speaking.

[Gheorghe]

16 hours ago, sidewinder said:

I have this on CD, I think the Conn reissues. It had not been reissued when it was recorded. The mood is quite similar to "Idle Moments" from the same period with the same musicians. 

Very nice music in my case more for back ground listening, since for my tastes the rhythm section Pearson-Cranshaw, Harewood" is a bit too mainstream-ish. I love Hutch´s following albums much more, especially one with Sam Rivers and Andrew Hill .... 

[Pim]

1 hour ago, Gheorghe said:

I have this on CD, I think the Conn reissues. It had not been reissued when it was recorded. The mood is quite similar to "Idle Moments" from the same period with the same musicians. 

Very nice music in my case more for back ground listening, since for my tastes the rhythm section Pearson-Cranshaw, Harewood" is a bit too mainstream-ish. I love Hutch´s following albums much more, especially one with Sam Rivers and Andrew Hill .... 

yeah the more adventurous Hutch is more interesting but The Kicker remains a very solid date. And the Tone Poet sounds amazing. I have always liked this version of Bedouin best. 

Edited August 16, 2023 by Pim

[jazzcorner]

Atlantic SD 1575 Joe Zawinul " Zawinul" - rec. 1971 - Engineers: Lewis Hahn & Gene Paul

[HutchFan]

Now spinning:

 

 

3 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

Atlantic SD 1575 Joe Zawinul " Zawinul" - rec. 1971 - Engineers: Lewis Hahn & Gene Paul

Tremendous.  Weather Report before Weather Report.

 

[HutchFan]

Next, more of CT's BIG B-A-D Band:

I dig CT's Wichita Festival LP, but I think this one from Buddy's Place is even better.  It hits harder, and it's more intense -- a nightclub vibe rather than a festival gig.  Also, the AQ is more vivid on this LP.

 

[HutchFan]

Next up:

[mjazzg]

Barry Guy/Anthony Braxton & The London Jazz Composers Orchestra - Zurich Concerts [Intakt, Switzerland 1988]

and the by way of contrast, two of today's arrivals

Randy Weston - Blue Moses [CTI Records, 1972]

Milt Jackson - Olinga [CTI Records, 1974]

9 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Next up:

something about the rear cover photo makes me think I'd like this album...not sure why, I quit smoking 20 years ago

Edited August 16, 2023 by mjazzg

[HutchFan]

24 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

something about the rear cover photo makes me think I'd like this album...not sure why, I quit smoking 20 years ago

That photo caught my eye too.  There's something that's both appealing and ridiculous about it.  It makes me smile.

As for the music, it's very much a product of the 1970s:  Billowy strings & concerto-like shape, hip in slightly cheesy way (much like the photo) with one foot in jazz (mostly because of the soloists) and the other in amorphously "sophisticated" music.

Not mind-blowing.  But I enjoy it for what it is. 

 

[mjazzg]

7 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

That photo caught my eye too.  There's something that's both appealing and ridiculous about it.  It makes me smile.

As for the music, it's very much a product of the 1970s:  Billowy strings & concerto-like shape, hip in slightly cheesy way (much like the photo) with one foot in jazz (mostly because of the soloists) and the other in amorphously "sophisticated" music.

Not mind-blowing.  But I enjoy it for what it is. 

 

That's it, makes me smile too. he looks very satisfied with himself. I'll try and hear the music, I've just checked the line up

[sidewinder]

10 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

I have this on CD, I think the Conn reissues. It had not been reissued when it was recorded. The mood is quite similar to "Idle Moments" from the same period with the same musicians. 

Very nice music in my case more for back ground listening, since for my tastes the rhythm section Pearson-Cranshaw, Harewood" is a bit too mainstream-ish. I love Hutch´s following albums much more, especially one with Sam Rivers and Andrew Hill .... 

Yes, I have ‘The Kicker’ on the Conn CD as well. Nothing profound but very enjoyable, like lots of Blue Notes of this type. It deserved a release at the time it was recorded. Sound is better than the Conn - significantly so, lovely and clear.

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Next, more of CT's BIG B-A-D Band:

I dig CT's Wichita Festival LP, but I think this one from Buddy's Place is even better.  It hits harder, and it's more intense -- a nightclub vibe rather than a festival gig.  Also, the AQ is more vivid on this LP.

 

I was playing the LP of that one recently. The first track (‘Shell Game’) is a cracker. Ed Soph on drums is outstanding.

[sidewinder]

I

Red/purple mono pressing. Interesting progression from ‘Blue Spirits’.

I wonder at what time Hubbard came under the management of the late Clarence Avant and whether or not this led to the more commercial direction?

Edited August 16, 2023 by sidewinder

[optatio]

4 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Randy Weston - Blue Moses [CTI Records, 1972]

👍

[jazzcorner]

21 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Now spinning:

 

👍😁

20 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Next, more of CT's BIG B-A-D Band:

I dig CT's Wichita Festival LP, but I think this one from Buddy's Place is even better.  It hits harder, and it's more intense -- a nightclub vibe rather than a festival gig.  Also, the AQ is more vivid on this LP.

 

😁👍

Good to see some nice big bands  with C. Terry here.

Have some more for big band fans

[optatio]

43 minutes ago, jazzcorner said:

 

 

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Personnel: Clark Terry, Mike Vax, Greg Bobulińsky, Willie Cook, Willie Singleton (tp), Sonny Costanzo, Dede Shirley, Chuck Connors (tb), Chris Woods, Charles Williams, Herman Bell, Billy Saxton, Charles Davis (sax), Hilton Ruiz (p), Victor Sproles (b), Czesław "Maly" Bartkowski (dr). Rec. April 9, 1978 in Warsaw

[optatio]

[optatio]

Personnel Side A: Tomasz Stańko (tp), Tomasz Szukalski (ss), Adam Makowicz (el-p), Czesław Bartkowski (dr)

Personnel Side B: Orchestra conducted by Jan 'Ptaszyn' Wróblewski, Tomasz Stańko (tp), Wojciech Karolak (keyb)

 

Edited August 17, 2023 by optatio

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Johnny Griffin - Call It Whachawana (Galaxy). Not a great one, but certainly worth a spin. Mulgrew Miller plays very pretty on a couple of tunes. Unfortunately, it has that lousy bass sound from that era. This never made it to CD, even in Japan, which is odd because he seems to have had a lot of fans there.

[Chuck Nessa]

31 minutes ago, bresna said:

Johnny Griffin - Call It Whachawana (Galaxy). Not a great one, but certainly worth a spin. Mulgrew Miller plays very pretty on a couple of tunes. Unfortunately, it has that lousy bass sound from that era. This never made it to CD, even in Japan, which is odd because he seems to have had a lot of fans there.

All but the last tune are on this -