What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Clunky]

Next up some whacky Dutch jazz, the perfect antidote to reading the Hoffnung forum. Another bargain from Saturday ( I felt I did rather well)

Willem Breuker Kollektief -------------Driebergen Zeist----------(Bvhaast)

Covering originals and tunes by Duke, Prokofiev & Weill, it sounds like everyone had a lot of fun making this marvellous gem. Like the best Dutch jazz humour and controlled chaos infect the proceedings. Very highly recommended.

[colinmce]

Billy Bang Quintet: Rainbow Gladiator (Soul Note)

Anyone know whether Michele Rosewoman is still playing/recording? Her website hasn't been updated for nearly a year now.

Recording: unsure. Playing: yes

[Clunky]

Dizzy Reece Quintet--------Moose the Mooche--------(Discovery)

1982 reissue of a 1978 session. Great line up includes Ted Curson , Sam Jones, Roy Haynes and Claude Williamson. A bebop jam session feel pervades the record. All very nice but it could/ should have been a tad more adventurous. A keeper though.

[paul secor]

[clifford_thornton]

Cover drawing by one Vinny Golia...

[uli]

Ronnie Burrage, Antony Cox, John Purcell

[paul secor]

Jimmy Knepper: Primrose Path (Hep)

[mjazzg]

El Corazon - Blackwell/Cherry [ECM]. masterful

[paul secor]

Charlie Parker: Bird at the Roost Volume Two (Savoy Jazz)

[jeffcrom]

Dave Holland/Derek Bailey - Improvisations for Cello and Guitar (ECM). Enjoying that mellow ECM sound.

[clifford_thornton]

Ha!

[paul secor]

Louis Armstrong & Jimmy Noone: The Jazz Makers (Swaggie)

[Clunky]

Kenny Dorham--------Matador---------(UA) mono , complete with ear in the dead wax.

Sounds wonderful and vastly better than the CD version I've "treasured" for two decades.

[clifford_thornton]

Nice! I've got a Japanese King pressing that sounds great as well.

[paul secor]

Bill Coleman/Ben Webster: Swingin' in London! (Black Lion)

[sidewinder]

Nice! I've got a Japanese King pressing that sounds great as well.

Ditto !

[uli]

Billy Bang Quintet: Rainbow Gladiator (Soul Note)

Anyone know whether Michele Rosewoman is still playing/recording? Her website hasn't been updated for nearly a year now.

http://www.openskyjazz.com/2013/09/michele-rosewomans-35-year-odyssey/

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Steely Dan - Aja (Cisco). Everyone over on the Hoffman forums raves about the sonics on this LP but to my ears, it's OK, but not great "the best record in my collection" that some of them claim. It seems to be getting big bucks these days so maybe I should sell it. I actually have two copies (found a 2nd cheap & thought maybe it would be cleaner) and neither one is dead-silent. Surface noise abounds, right out of the sleeve. Always worse on the lead-in grooves too.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Stanley Turrentine - That's Where It's At (dark blue label with VAN GELDER in the deadwax). I don't know why, but I've always dug this date. Nice & bluesy. I guess I don't understand the times, because I find the liner notes fanciful. I don't see what's so different about this date that would somehow make it knock Rock And Roll off it's axis.

Edit: Is it "that's where it's at."?

Edited September 6, 2013 by Kevin Bresnahan

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Just finished: John Lennon - Imagine (Apple)

Just started: Pat Travers - Go For What You Know (Polydor). I haven't heard this in decades!! I found it in a cheapie bin at local store and picked it up for nostalgia sake. Boom boom - out go the lights!! Ha ha ha.

[Cactus Bob]

Many thanks to Cactus Bob for sparing the shots of his valves.

Stanley Turrentine ~ The Baddest Turrentine

CTI

[Cactus Bob]

Freddie Hubbard ~ The Baddest Hubbard

CTI

[jeffcrom]

Mats Gustafsson - Solos for Contrabass Saxophone (Table of the Elements). One-sided, clear vinyl, and silk-screened with gold decorations on the back side. The music and the record are equally cool.

Edited September 7, 2013 by jeffcrom

[paul secor]

Can't top that image, Jeff!

Maxine Sullivan & Her All-Stars: Tribute to Andy Razaf (Period/DCC)

[Clunky]

Many thanks to Cactus Bob for sparing the shots of his valves.

Stanley Turrentine ~ The Baddest Turrentine

CTI

I thought the lack of valves in shot was out of respect to the record label being Solid State. I thought that was what the eagled eyed Chuck had spotted.