What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[paul secor]

Freddie Roulette - Sweet Funky Steel (Janus)

I remember seeing that one listed way back in the day, but never actually saw a copy. I have several 45s and LPs where Freddie Roulette is effective as a sideman. How does he do having to carry an album as a leader?

[paul secor]

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Such Sweet Thunder (CBS France)

[paul secor]

Pete Brown and Jonah Jones Sextets: Harlem Jump and Swing (Bethlehen/Affinity)

[jeffcrom]

Albert Ayler 'Spirits Rejoice' (the new ESP reissue).

The back cover features some of the photos I took during the recording session (they are rightfully credited on the copy I have)!

Too cool, Brownie!

[jeffcrom]

Freddie Roulette - Sweet Funky Steel (Janus)

I remember seeing that one listed way back in the day, but never actually saw a copy. I have several 45s and LPs where Freddie Roulette is effective as a sideman. How does he do having to carry an album as a leader?

Well, I suspect that producer Harvey Mandel (and maybe Tower of Power bassist and sports doper Victor Conte) had more to do with the direction of the album than Roulette. It's not a masterpiece, but I like it, partly because it's kind of oddball - an album of instrumental R & B featuring lap steel guitar. Sugarcane Harris is on violin on a couple of cuts. It's certainly not the kind of thing that's going to appeal to everyone, but it certainly appeals to me.

[clifford_thornton]

Michel Chion - Requiem - (INA/GRM)

[jeffcrom]

Dave Holland Quintet - Jumpin' In (ECM). I bought this when it came out in 1984. I hadn't spun it in quite awhile and had forgotten how strong it is.

The Star Lite Singers - Footprint of Jesus (Hue). This incredibly obscure album by a Lexington, Mississippi gospel sextet might be my favorite gospel record of all time. It was Rev. Charles Pitchford's group, and the guitar (and bass, I think) is played by his brother, the great, ill-fated Lonnie Pitchford, one of my favorite latter-day Mississippi bluesmen. The vocals are deep, and Lonnie's accompaniment adds a further level of bluesy wonderful-ness. I bought a copy in Clarksdale 20 years ago; I imagine that it's pretty much impossible to find now.

I don't often add to my blog these days, and don't often plug it, but I like my Lonnie Pitchford entry.

[Homefromtheforest]

Michel Chion - Requiem - (INA/GRM)

An incredible album! One of my favorites on that label along with the two Jacques LeJeune titles.

For some reason I'm in a prog mood tonight...

Brainticket "celestial ocean" (Germany, RCA)

Ash Ra Tempel "schwingunen" (Germany, ohr)

Cluster "71" (Germany, Philips)

And right now for a change of pace:

Loren Mazzacane/Kath Bloom "sing the children over" (USA, ambiguous)

[JohnS]

Dave Holland Quintet - Jumpin' In (ECM). I bought this when it came out in 1984. I hadn't spun it in quite awhile and had forgotten how strong it is.

I agree, saw this band live back then. Great album, some his later recordings never quite matched this one.

[JSngry]

I love it when the math cedes foreground to the music, rather than the other way around, I don't care what kind kind of music it is. My mind tires to tell me about all the math that I think I want to hear, but no sooner than that happens than my (hopefully) higher instinct takes over and tells it to shut up about that, and just feel all this wonderfullment, and if/when it comes time to deal with the math, really deal with it, hey, go get a score, or even better, take it off by ear. That's what scores (and ears) are for.

But until then, hey.

Geez, what a great set of music this is.

[JSngry]

The dildo-with-a-love-child-of-Ernie-Kovas-and-Triumph-The-Insult-Dog-for-a-head that dominates the cover photo should have tipped me off that this was not gonna be very good, but you know me, I like a good party record as much as the next guy, right?

But...this is not very good, period. Red Seal?

.

[Homefromtheforest]

Dave Liebman "lookout farm" (Germany, ECM)

Kenny Wheeler "gnu high" (Germany, ECM)

[Head Man]

Dave Liebman "lookout farm" (Germany, ECM)

Still waiting for this to be re-issued on CD. Anyone know why it's never happened?

[jeffcrom]

Rev. Johnny L. "Hurricane" Jones - Prayer Meeting at Sister Mary's House (Jewel). Kind of amazing. I kind find a picture online, which is too bad, because the Reverend's suit is as amazing as his sermon.

Edited October 3, 2013 by jeffcrom

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Just finished: Stanley Turrentine - ZT's Blues (Blue Note). DMM pressing - not my preferred vinyl technology but I believe that this is the only US pressing.

Now playing: Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Swings (United Records And Tapes). I have no idea of the provenance of this date. I don't know if it's Crown CST 206 date with Thad Jones because there are no liner notes. It's not a "hi-fi" pressing, that's for sure. Were these United releases even legal?

Edited October 3, 2013 by Kevin Bresnahan

[JSngry]

Now playing: Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Swings (United Records And Tapes). I have no idea of the provenance of this date. I don't know if it's Crown CST 206 date with Thad Jones because there are no liner notes. It's not a "hi-fi" pressing, that's for sure. Were these United releases even legal?

Same record, same company. United was a Bihari brothers label, same as Crown.

[paul secor]

Lambert-Hendricks-Ross: Sing a Song of Basie (ABC Paramount Japan)

edit - Must have taken a lot of work in the studio to put this album together.

Edited October 4, 2013 by paul secor

[BillF]

Lambert-Hendricks-Ross: Sing a Song of Basie (ABC Paramount Japan)

edit - Must have taken a lot of work in the studio to put this album together.

But how well they did it!

[tomatamot]

My today arrival.

[jeffcrom]

Red Garland - Solar (Jazzland mono). I'm particular enjoying bassist Sam Jones' contributions this morning.

[uli]

The dildo-with-a-love-child-of-Ernie-Kovas-and-Triumph-The-Insult-Dog-for-a-head that dominates the cover photo should have tipped me off that this was not gonna be very good, but you know me, I like a good party record as much as the next guy, right?

But...this is not very good, period. Red Seal?

.

hehe. reminded my of this Stravinski quote

"Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like,

it's always by

Villa-Lobos?"

-- Igor Stravinsky

[Cactus Bob]

Anthology of the Blues / The Resurrection of Elmore James

Kent

[JSngry]

The dildo-with-a-love-child-of-Ernie-Kovas-and-Triumph-The-Insult-Dog-for-a-head that dominates the cover photo should have tipped me off that this was not gonna be very good, but you know me, I like a good party record as much as the next guy, right?

But...this is not very good, period. Red Seal?

.

hehe. reminded my of this Stravinski quote

"Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like,

it's always by

Villa-Lobos?"

-- Igor Stravinsky

Oh, I'd not get all like that up in it, but...the liner notes (by Alfred Frankenstein...STEEN! Frank-en-STEEN!) imply it best when they say:

The score contains numerous hints and collections of the Brazilian folk style for which Villa-Lobos is famous, but its general order is that of French ballet in its lightest, most tuneful form, and consequently it demands a minimum of comment.

And OBTW - my copy is stamped as being from radio station WWCA, in the Gary Hotel, right there in Gary, Indiana. One has to wonder if this album, its cover and/or its contents, were used by Joe Jackson to keep little Michael in line. If so, hey, there you go.

[jeffcrom]

Friedrich Gulda at Birdland (RCA Victor). With a price tag from Davison-Paxon department store in downtown Atlanta. The original price was $1.98, then it was marked down to $1, later to 59 cents.

[Cactus Bob]

Jack DeJohnette ~ New Directions

ECM