What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[jazzbo]

Twice now in ten minutes I've said "DAMN Tony!"

[Leeway]

[Clunky]

  On 4/23/2014 at 7:53 PM, jazzbo said:

Twice now in ten minutes I've said "DAMN Tony!"

When did Tony get too loud? He never strikes me as such when he was with Miles but the time we get to the 80s , finesse is out the window and he floods any set with playing too loud ( IMO).

[paul secor]

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: Light and Lovely (Black and Blue)

[Leeway]

RESONANCE - Resonance Ensemble- Not Two LP.

[paul secor]

Maxwell Davis: Father of West Coast R&B (Ace)

[Leeway]

TUTANKHAMUN - Art Ensemble of Chicago - Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors. Don Moye was soon to join and take the drum seat. John B. Litweiler's liner notes (taken from "Jazz Monthly") remain provocative, tough-minded yet appreciative.

[jazzbo]

  On 4/23/2014 at 9:11 PM, Clunky said:

Twice now in ten minutes I've said "DAMN Tony!"

When did Tony get too loud? He never strikes me as such when he was with Miles but the time we get to the 80s , finesse is out the window and he floods any set with playing too loud ( IMO).

I think he got pretty loud at times with Miles, hard to say from recordings and I never saw them live. I bet loudness increased with Lifetime and beyond. I confess to never really liking Lifetime and others and really geting on the bus again only into the second Blue Note years.

Edited April 23, 2014 by jazzbo

[paul secor]

Mary Lou Williams Trio: Free Spirits (Steeplechase)

[Leeway]

OPEN AIR SUIT - AIR - Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall. Novus LP. The liner notes, which I assume were written by Threadgill, talk about "play a hand" and "game plan," which reminds me of Zorn's "Game Piece" and "Parachute."

[Milestones]

Just responding to the Tony Williams comments. When he was playing in some jazz trios about a decade after the Miles period, he did not sound at all "too loud." Tony played just fine with such amazingly subtle pianists as Hank Jones and Tommy Flanagan.

[Homefromtheforest]

Steve Lacy "Evidence" (New Jazz purple label, USA)

Steve Lacy "Torments" (Morgue, Japan)

[Leeway]

VARMINT - Jason Adasiewicz (vibes), Josh Berman (cornet), Aram Shelton (as, cl), Jason Roebke (b), Frank Rosaly (d). Cuneiform LP.

[clifford_thornton]

  On 4/24/2014 at 4:35 AM, Homefromtheforest said:

Steve Lacy "Evidence" (New Jazz purple label, USA)

Steve Lacy "Torments" (Morgue, Japan)

That Morgue LP gets under my skin. Can't believe Evidence went for such serious coin the other day. It's a great date but used to be much more affordable. Guess it all was at one point...

[Leeway]

BONESHAKER - Mars Williams, Paal Nilssen-Love, Kent Kessler - Trost LP.

[jazzbo]

  On 4/24/2014 at 2:04 AM, Milestones said:

Just responding to the Tony Williams comments. When he was playing in some jazz trios about a decade after the Miles period, he did not sound at all "too loud." Tony played just fine with such amazingly subtle pianists as Hank Jones and Tommy Flanagan.

Yeah, I forgot about those. Most of those I've heard did little for me. I may have to revisit them one of these days.

Right now: the excellent sound surprised me:

[jazzbo]

[Clunky]

  On 4/23/2014 at 10:07 PM, paul secor said:

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: Light and Lovely (Black and Blue)

I bet that's going to be great. I've another title by Davis on Black and Blue called Jaws strikes again and it sounds stunning. Fabulous mainstream jazz with real soul.

[Homefromtheforest]

  On 4/24/2014 at 6:56 PM, clifford_thornton said:

Steve Lacy "Evidence" (New Jazz purple label, USA)

Steve Lacy "Torments" (Morgue, Japan)

That Morgue LP gets under my skin. Can't believe Evidence went for such serious coin the other day. It's a great date but used to be much more affordable. Guess it all was at one point...

Yeah I noticed "evidence" skyrocketing lately..I lucked out on a really cheap copy around 10 years ago. "Torments" has eluded me for ages until I recently found a copy via a Japanese friend...sadly not so cheap but not as bad as it's few eBay appearances in the last 15 years.

[paul secor]

  On 4/24/2014 at 8:49 PM, Clunky said:

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: Light and Lovely (Black and Blue)

I bet that's going to be great. I've another title by Davis on Black and Blue called Jaws strikes again and it sounds stunning. Fabulous mainstream jazz with real soul.

It sounds as if Lock was in a very good mood when he made this record

[paul secor]

Jimmy Rowles Plays Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn (Columbia)

[paul secor]

Dave Holland: Emerald Tears (ECM)

[JSngry]

  On 4/23/2014 at 9:11 PM, Clunky said:

When did Tony get too loud?

When the drums turned yellow, or so they say.

You know how people hear with their eyes, just like how you taste with your nose.

[jazzbo]

This two lp set sounds better than it probably ought to, the atmospheric sound is just perfect for tonight. I haven't ever quite decided whether Mingus' work at this time was a love letter to Duke Ellington or &^%$ YOU Duke Ellington. Just such amazing arrangements.

Edited April 25, 2014 by jazzbo

[sidewinder]

  On 4/24/2014 at 7:42 PM, jazzbo said:

Just responding to the Tony Williams comments. When he was playing in some jazz trios about a decade after the Miles period, he did not sound at all "too loud." Tony played just fine with such amazingly subtle pianists as Hank Jones and Tommy Flanagan.

Yeah, I forgot about those. Most of those I've heard did little for me. I may have to revisit them one of these days.

Right now: the excellent sound surprised me:

Great set ! Picked it up back in the day when they were dumping deletion copies from the US here in the UK e-masse at about £1.99 each. Just after the first 70s oil crisis !

  On 4/24/2014 at 6:56 PM, clifford_thornton said:

Can't believe Evidence went for such serious coin the other day. It's a great date but used to be much more affordable. Guess it all was at one point...

No kidding ! Should have got change from £50 for that one..

Edited April 25, 2014 by sidewinder