paul secor Posted February 23, 2014 Report Posted February 23, 2014 Booker Ervin: The Song Book (Prestige) Quote
Larry Kart Posted February 23, 2014 Report Posted February 23, 2014 Picked up a playable used LP today of Manny Albam's "The Blues Is Everybody's Business" (Coral). What a time capsule that is. Interesting, somewhat odd aspect is the presence almost throughout of Vinnie Burke as a featured soloist, this while Milt Hinton plays in the rhythm section. I like Burke, but why put him out in front of a 19-piece big band that includes all the usual circa 1957 NYC suspects? Not as odd but also interesting is the choice of Nick Travis as the other featured soloist and main "character" in Albam's moderately programmatic score. I'm no Travis expert (probably heard his RCA album "The Panic Is On" way back when but don't have a copy and don't recall how he sounded on it), but he is fairly personal and inventive at times here. Quote
paul secor Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 Probably the only LP in my collection that has four different titles: "Lester": Lester Young at Olivia's Patio Lounge on the spine; Lester Young in Washington, D.C. 1956 on the back; Lester Young at Olivia Davis' Patio Lounge Washington, District of Columbia, 1956 on the record label - The front cover seems right to me: "Pres". Quote
jeffcrom Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 Don Elliott - Jamaica Jazz (ABC Paramount mono). I like this a lot more than JSngry did on his recent spin. The material is not great - certainly not Harold Arlen's best work. But Gil Evans' scores are full of fascinating details - stuff that nobody else would have come up with: English horn trios, a melody played by low-register guitar doubled by piccolo three octaves higher, and is that a bass clarinet quartet in "Ain't It the Truth?" I'm glad I pulled this off the shelf for the first time in several years. Quote
jeffcrom Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 Bunky Green - My Babe (Exodus mono) Quote
jeffcrom Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 Frank Teschemacher - Giants of Jazz (Time-Life). The coolest of the Time-Life Giants of Jazz series, because it contains all 34 verifiable sides Teschemacher recorded, plus six maybes. I'm listening to the third record, with the Elmer Schoebel and Cellar Boys sessions, plus the "possibles." Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 Wonderful set. I think I have most of it on cd now, thanks to Timeless. Quote
jeffcrom Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) Wonderful set. I think I have most of it on cd now, thanks to Timeless. I have most of it on CD, too, thanks to King Jazz. But I'm grateful to have the rare tracks. Now playing: Dave Tarras/Abe Ellstein - Jewish Melodies (Period stereo) Edited February 24, 2014 by jeffcrom Quote
uli Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) Edited February 24, 2014 by uli Quote
jeffcrom Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 Twilight Monologues (Lunatic). One piano solo apiece by Masahiko Sato, Aki Takase, Ichiko Hashimoto, and Takashi Kako. Quote
mjazzg Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) possibly my two favourite Shorters Edited February 24, 2014 by mjazzg Quote
porcy62 Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 Miles and Trane, Columbia recordings, Mosaic. Disc 1. Quote
Leeway Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 John Tchicai - Tribal Ghost [2013, No Business] Marvellous I've wondered about this one . I've had mixed experience of No Business pressings . How's this one? No complaints here. Except the price .... Indeed. No Business vinyl is treat only territory. I have most of the No Business vinyl titles and very much enjoy them, because there is some really excellent music therein. The only fly in the ointment is that I think some are digitally sourced. This is just based on listening to them, nothing specific. Anyone have information on that? I would like to find it that is not correct, but I suspect that the master for the CD and LP versions are a single hi-rez source. Quote
Leeway Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 CHARRED EARTH - Sunny Murray & The Untouchable Factor - Sunny Murray, Byard Lancaster, Dave Burrell, Bob Reid. Kharma Records. Recorded January 1, 1977. How about a 9 minute treatment of Miles' "Seven Steps to Heaven"? Rather unexpected Quote
Leeway Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 APPLE CORES - Sunny Murray & The Untouchable Factor. Philly Jazz LP. A lot more folks involved in this one that Charred Earth, and the production is (relatively) more sophisticated. I like Side 2 rather more, with Monette Sudler, Hamiet Bluiett, Arthur Blythe, Fred Hopkins, Abdul Zahir Batin, Sonny Brown, and Sunny Murray. Quote
paul secor Posted February 25, 2014 Report Posted February 25, 2014 Attila Zoller & Jimmy Raney: Jim & I Live at Quasimodo (L&R) Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 25, 2014 Report Posted February 25, 2014 APPLE CORES - Sunny Murray & The Untouchable Factor. Philly Jazz LP. A lot more folks involved in this one that Charred Earth, and the production is (relatively) more sophisticated. I like Side 2 rather more, with Monette Sudler, Hamiet Bluiett, Arthur Blythe, Fred Hopkins, Abdul Zahir Batin, Sonny Brown, and Sunny Murray. Oddly I've never owned Apple Cores, though Charred Earth is pretty cool. Quote
jeffcrom Posted February 25, 2014 Report Posted February 25, 2014 APPLE CORES - Sunny Murray & The Untouchable Factor. Philly Jazz LP. A lot more folks involved in this one that Charred Earth, and the production is (relatively) more sophisticated. I like Side 2 rather more, with Monette Sudler, Hamiet Bluiett, Arthur Blythe, Fred Hopkins, Abdul Zahir Batin, Sonny Brown, and Sunny Murray. Oddly I've never owned Apple Cores, though Charred Earth is pretty cool. It's the other way around for me - I picked Apple Cores out of the bins at an Atlanta record store when it was new. I read about Charred Earth back in the day, but have never seen a copy. And I like side one of Apple Cores more than Leeway - it's more conventional than you would expect from Murray, but with an edge. And hey - Frank Foster with Sunny Murray! Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 25, 2014 Report Posted February 25, 2014 Yeah, no idea why I've never picked it up. I have quite a few Murray leader dates on LP (maybe most if not all of his other albums), and a buttload of sideman appearances. Weird. Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 25, 2014 Report Posted February 25, 2014 Don Elliott - Jamaica Jazz (ABC Paramount mono). I like this a lot more than JSngry did on his recent spin. The material is not great - certainly not Harold Arlen's best work. But Gil Evans' scores are full of fascinating details - stuff that nobody else would have come up with: English horn trios, a melody played by low-register guitar doubled by piccolo three octaves higher, and is that a bass clarinet quartet in "Ain't It the Truth?" I'm glad I pulled this off the shelf for the first time in several years. worth it for the Candido Quote
porcy62 Posted February 25, 2014 Report Posted February 25, 2014 Miles and Trane, Columbia recordings, Mosaic. Disc 3 Quote
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