What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[mjazzg]

Gary Bartz Ntu Troop - Home! [Milestone]

this gets better every time i listen to it - Woody's playing's taking the chill off the day

[tomatamot]

Elmo Hope Ensemble - Sounds From Rikers Island (Audio Fidelity AFLP 2119 mono)

Album with a total frequency range of 16 Hz to 25KHz.

Edited December 2, 2013 by tomatamot

[mjazzg]

[tomatamot]

Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band - Road Time

Edited December 2, 2013 by tomatamot

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Elmo Hope Ensemble - Sounds From Rikers Island (Audio Fidelity AFLP 2119 mono)

Album with a total frequency range of 16 Hz to 25KHz.

Do I see John Gilmore's name on the sleeve? What's an album like that doing on Audio Fidelity? I had to ask...

MG

[Leeway]

Jane Ira Bloom - Slalom (Columbia)

What do you think of this one?

[tomatamot]

Elmo Hope Ensemble - Sounds From Rikers Island (Audio Fidelity AFLP 2119 mono)

Album with a total frequency range of 16 Hz to 25KHz.

Do I see John Gilmore's name on the sleeve? What's an album like that doing on Audio Fidelity? I had to ask...

MG

Great music, great fidelity and great muscians with a " Rikers Island " trauma.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Elmo Hope Ensemble - Sounds From Rikers Island (Audio Fidelity AFLP 2119 mono)

Album with a total frequency range of 16 Hz to 25KHz.

Do I see John Gilmore's name on the sleeve? What's an album like that doing on Audio Fidelity? I had to ask...

MG

Great music, great fidelity and great muscians with a " Rikers Island " trauma.

What I meant is that I always associated AFR with stuff like the Dukes of Dixieland and Louis Armstrong and others of that ilk.

MG

[sidewinder]

Wasn't there a Tom Wilson connection with Audio Fidelity? (thinking here of the Walt Dickerson sessions that were on that label).

[Leeway]

We can thank Mr. Nessa for this one (Nessa n-19).

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Bobby Timmons - Holiday Soul (Prestige)

[tomatamot]

The Barry Harris Sextet - Luminescence !

Edited December 2, 2013 by tomatamot

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Various Artists - Herb Wong Presents Mistletoe Magic (Palo Alto Jazz). Lots of great players on this. Elvin Jones, Art Pepper, Mal Waldron, Joe Henderson, Tom Harrell, Jerome Richardson, Dave Liebman, Hank Jones and many more.

[jeffcrom]

Jane Ira Bloom - Slalom (Columbia)

What do you think of this one?

Good; not great. Where I'm coming from - I have exactly two Jane Ira Bloom albums, this one and a more recent one, plus scattered tracks here and there. She's someone I want to like more than I do, if that makes sense. I'm not sure what it is, but I can't get into her music that much. That being said, I've enjoyed this album since I bought it - more than anything else I've heard by her. I do think that her use of electronics is organic, and works better than most such attempts.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Next up: JJ Johnson - J Is For Jazz (Columbia). Nice mono 6 eye record I found in a used bin for $4. I like this Columbia stuff. I should pull out that Mosaic box again.

Jane Ira Bloom - Slalom (Columbia)

What do you think of this one?

Good; not great. Where I'm coming from - I have exactly two Jane Ira Bloom albums, this one and a more recent one, plus scattered tracks here and there. She's someone I want to like more than I do, if that makes sense. I'm not sure what it is, but I can't get into her music that much. That being said, I've enjoyed this album since I bought it - more than anything else I've heard by her. I do think that her use of electronics is organic, and works better than most such attempts.

I probably like this a bit more than you but you're right, it's not great. Now "The Red Quartets" on Arabesque, that's great. Never on vinyl though.

[tomatamot]

Freddie Hubbard - N0.5

[Leeway]

Next up: JJ Johnson - J Is For Jazz (Columbia). Nice mono 6 eye record I found in a used bin for $4. I like this Columbia stuff. I should pull out that Mosaic box again.

Jane Ira Bloom - Slalom (Columbia)

What do you think of this one?

Good; not great. Where I'm coming from - I have exactly two Jane Ira Bloom albums, this one and a more recent one, plus scattered tracks here and there. She's someone I want to like more than I do, if that makes sense. I'm not sure what it is, but I can't get into her music that much. That being said, I've enjoyed this album since I bought it - more than anything else I've heard by her. I do think that her use of electronics is organic, and works better than most such attempts.

I probably like this a bit more than you but you're right, it's not great. Now "The Red Quartets" on Arabesque, that's great. Never on vinyl though.

I have SLALOM as well, and I guess I would sum it up by saying, it is better than I expected, but not as good as I would have liked. Thanks for both your thoughts; seems there is something of a consensus on this one.

A long way from ESP-Disk, but its peculiarities kept me listening. Avant muzak?

EDITED because I decided to give this album another listen. It still is a bit too sweet or soft for me, but I liked it more on 2nd listen, and there is a nice feeling of peace throughout the music. First rate musicians here too.

Edited December 3, 2013 by Leeway

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Al Cohn - No Problem (Muse). This is a nice date, if not a bit predictable. Barry Harris plays his usual stuff, which is very good, but also quite a bit predictable.

[Leeway]

Braxton is mightily impressive on this one. Chick does his part. On Picaddilly LP.

[clifford_thornton]

Wasn't there a Tom Wilson connection with Audio Fidelity? (thinking here of the Walt Dickerson sessions that were on that label).

I believe so, but I'm not sure if he produced all of the "heavy" jazz sessions.

The ones I have are:

Bill Barron & Ted Curson - Now Hear This (AF)

Bill Barron - West Side Story Bossa Nova (Dauntless)

Walt Dickerson - Jazz Impressions of Lawrence of Arabia (Dauntless)

Walt Dickerson - Unity (AF)

Elmo Hope - Sounds from Riker's Island (AF)

There's an attractive looking Prince Lasha session with the Bossa Tres that I've never actually owned.

[jeffcrom]

Heather and Glen (Tradition). Folk music from Scotland, largely recorded by Alan Lomax in 1951. Beautiful stuff.

[sidewinder]

Wasn't there a Tom Wilson connection with Audio Fidelity? (thinking here of the Walt Dickerson sessions that were on that label).

I believe so, but I'm not sure if he produced all of the "heavy" jazz sessions.

The ones I have are:

Bill Barron & Ted Curson - Now Hear This (AF)

Bill Barron - West Side Story Bossa Nova (Dauntless)

Walt Dickerson - Jazz Impressions of Lawrence of Arabia (Dauntless)

Walt Dickerson - Unity (AF)

Elmo Hope - Sounds from Riker's Island (AF)

There's an attractive looking Prince Lasha session with the Bossa Tres that I've never actually owned.

Thought so. I have Dauntless/AF copies of all of these too, apart from the 'Rikers' (on CD). Certainly not up to Blue Note recording quality but great that they exist. Never come across the Lasha.

Edited December 3, 2013 by sidewinder

[tomatamot]

Lionel Hampton - Hamp's Big Band - Audio Fidelity - AFLP1913

At Ebay.UK Buy it now for GBP 5 !!!!!

The Lasha album : http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?master_id=404344&format_desc=LP

This Lasha is a real wanna have! ( for me )

Edited December 3, 2013 by tomatamot

[king ubu]

wonderful!

[mjazzg]

wonderful!

Glad to hear that, it's sitting in my "arrived, not listened" pile