What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Chuck Nessa]

I used to have that one. Carl Martin was a prince.

[alankin]

Probably just how I heard it. I knew little jazz c. 1975 but was immersed in the Canterbury thing, and a lot of the British jazz-rock of that time. 'Escalator Over The Hill' grabbed me by the throat. The overture made me very curious about the jazz I was reading about but had not heard. Charlie Haden was on several of those early Bley Albums as well as the Jarrett records I was starting to buy; and Wyatt did 'Song for Che' on an album as well as recording with Michael Mantler. Lots of connections.

Remember seeing Bley in a short lived supergroup with Mick Taylor and Jack Bruce.

And speaking of the Canterbury thing, there's Carla's "European Tour 1977" with Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, and Gary Windo.

[Leeway]

Probably just how I heard it. I knew little jazz c. 1975 but was immersed in the Canterbury thing, and a lot of the British jazz-rock of that time. 'Escalator Over The Hill' grabbed me by the throat. The overture made me very curious about the jazz I was reading about but had not heard. Charlie Haden was on several of those early Bley Albums as well as the Jarrett records I was starting to buy; and Wyatt did 'Song for Che' on an album as well as recording with Michael Mantler. Lots of connections.

Remember seeing Bley in a short lived supergroup with Mick Taylor and Jack Bruce.

And speaking of the Canterbury thing, there's Carla's "European Tour 1977" with Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, and Gary Windo.

Yes, thanks, I have that and it is really good. What a band. I think I posted on that some mini-millenium ago. Supposedly some friction between Carla and the boys in the band.

[jeffcrom]

San Antonio Jazz (IAJRC). This fascinating album has the complete recordings of Don Albert's big band on side one and a well-chosen selection of tunes by Boots & His Buddies on side two. I've always loved the Albert big band; he was from New Orleans, and his band was full of Crescent City musicians: Alvin Alcorn, Louis Cottrell, Herb Hall (Edmond's brother), guitarist Ferdinand Dejan, and even the venerable Jimmy Johnson, who was the bassist in Buddy Bolden's band 35 years earlier. (He's in the famous picture of the Bolden band.) And here's the first recording of of "True" (aka "You Don't Love Me"), which was a hit for New Orleanian Paul Gayten in 1947. And the great James Booker recorded a hair-raising version at Montreux in 1978.

Edited February 15, 2014 by jeffcrom

[Homefromtheforest]

Bobby Hutcherson "Components" (Blue Note, NY stereo)

Bobby Hutcherson "Dialogue" (Blue Note, Liberty stereo)

[tomatamot]

Bill Crow Quartet - From Birdland to Broadway. ( Japanese issue )

My today arrival. ( Carmen Leggio! )

[niels]

the Ornette Coleman Quartet - This is Our Music [1961, Atlantic]

[porcy62]

NY, stereo.

[tomatamot]

Duke Ellington,

The Private Collection,

Vol. 1: Studio Sessions: Chicago 1956

Edited February 15, 2014 by tomatamot

[porcy62]

NY, mono.

NY, mono.

Edited February 15, 2014 by porcy62

[mjazzg]

the Ornette Coleman Quartet - This is Our Music [1961, Atlantic]

possibly the best band photo cover ever. And the music isn't bad either

[Clunky]

Bought today, light scuffs but plays very nicely. Turns out on getting home that I've all the material on 78 already. I'll be careful not to buy the SHM-CD .

Edited February 15, 2014 by Clunky

[Leeway]

MULLIGAN MEETS MONK - Thelonius Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Wilbur Ware, Shadow Wilson. Riverside/Victor Japan LP.

Who benefited more from this meet-up?

[porcy62]

MULLIGAN MEETS MONK - Thelonius Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Wilbur Ware, Shadow Wilson. Riverside/Victor Japan LP.

Who benefited more from this meet-up?

I did, for sure.

[Clunky]

MULLIGAN MEETS MONK - Thelonius Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Wilbur Ware, Shadow Wilson. Riverside/Victor Japan LP.

Who benefited more from this meet-up?

I did, for sure.

i think this is much better than many would have you believe. At least I like it.

[BillF]

MULLIGAN MEETS MONK - Thelonius Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Wilbur Ware, Shadow Wilson. Riverside/Victor Japan LP.

Who benefited more from this meet-up?

I did, for sure.

i think this is much better than many would have you believe. At least I like it.

Good enough for me to buy it recently on CD for the extra takes. (I first knew it in 1960 on the Riverside LP).

[Homefromtheforest]

I have an original stereo issue of this lp; it's a nice session but sound wise could have been better...

[sidewinder]

Hank Mobley 'Workout' (BN 47W63rd/NY USA mono)

Edited February 15, 2014 by sidewinder

[Leeway]

More Mulligan:

PRESENTING THE GERRY MULIGAN SEXTET : Mulligan (bari), Zoot Sims (as), Bob Brookmeyer (tb), Jon Eardley (tp), Dave Bailey (d), Peck Morrison (b). EmArcy Japan LP. Swings like crazy. Another nice sounding Japanese pressing.

[jeffcrom]

MULLIGAN MEETS MONK - Thelonius Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Wilbur Ware, Shadow Wilson. Riverside/Victor Japan LP.

Who benefited more from this meet-up?

I did, for sure.

i think this is much better than many would have you believe. At least I like it.

And check out the Wilbur Ware's solo on "Decidedly" - the mono take, if I remember correctly. It's one of the great, odd bass solos in jazz. It's basically a "walking" solo, but at some point he turns the beat around so that he's walking on the upbeats.

[sidewinder]

Hank Mobley 'Roll Call' (BN 47W63rd mono, DG side 1)

I have a Japanese copy of that Mulligan Sextet album in the racks too. Will have to dig it out.

Edited February 15, 2014 by sidewinder

[Chuck Nessa]

Just finished:

[paul secor]

Willem Breuker Kollektief: Rhapsody in Blue (BVHAAST)

[Homefromtheforest]

Masahiko Sato "palladium" (express, Japan red wax)

Masahiko Sato "deformation" (express, Japan red wax)

One of my favorite Japanese musicians along with Masahiko Togashi who appears on both of the above! These albums along with "transformation" and "penetration" are outstanding IMHO

[sidewinder]

Rendell/Carr Quintet 'Dusk Fire' (UK Columbia, mono)