B. Clugston Posted May 29, 2014 Report Posted May 29, 2014 Marc Levin Ensemble, Songs Dances And Prayers. Band includes Calo Scott and Billy Hart, plus Khalil Balakrishna on sitar. I'd love to hear that and even better get my hands on a copy. Been waiting a while for one to turn up that's in half decent condition With sitar and vocals on a few tracks, you would think this would stray into hippie territory, but it's a very good record. Levin is a unique performer, Jay Clayton has a nice voice, plus Calo Scott is a monster on cello. My pressing sounds just fine. Quote
Leeway Posted May 30, 2014 Report Posted May 30, 2014 first spin for Malus - Wooley/Corsano/Antunes [No Business] You know, it occurs to me that LP2 of "All the Magic!" is Bowie doing solo trumpet, but using overdubs and some extended techniques, to get various effects Quite marvelous and truly avant. It would make a happy comparison with the Wooley LP. I've seen Nate do that solo amplified trumpet a number of times, never fails to awe, real virtuoso stuff. Quote
mjazzg Posted May 30, 2014 Report Posted May 30, 2014 first spin forMalus - Wooley/Corsano/Antunes [No Business] You know, it occurs to me that LP2 of "All the Magic!" is Bowie doing solo trumpet, but using overdubs and some extended techniques, to get various effects Quite marvelous and truly avant. It would make a happy comparison with the Wooley LP. I've seen Nate do that solo amplified trumpet a number of times, never fails to awe, real virtuoso stuff.Funnily Wooley's playing on Malus called Bowie to my mind. He plays with a very open brassiness that I've not really heard him use elsewhere and because of the the trio setting his playing is very prominent. I was checking the price of copies of 'All the Magic' after listening to the Wooley and after it's recent postings here Quote
mjazzg Posted May 30, 2014 Report Posted May 30, 2014 Lester Bowie - The 5th Power [black Saint] Quote
Leeway Posted May 30, 2014 Report Posted May 30, 2014 RAPPORT - Ran Blake (p), solos, duos with Ricky Ford (ts), one with Anthony Braxton (as), plus one track Chris Connor (vocals), Jerome Thomas (g), Rufus Reid (b), and a duo with Eleni Odoni (vocals). Novus LP. BREAKTHRU - Ran Blake (solo piano). Improvising Artists LP. Haven't listed to any Ran Blake in quite a while. Can't say I really "get" him yet. Of the pair above, I like the solo disc more than the one with various groupings. I have a few others on the shelf I'll try to get to. Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted May 30, 2014 Report Posted May 30, 2014 Scott Hamilton - Remembering Billie (Blue Duchess). A beautifully recorded date of well-know Holliday songs. The coolest thing (for me) is the rhythm section, which is a local one that I hear quite often. I probably see pianist Tim Ray 10 or 15 times a year. Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted May 30, 2014 Report Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) Phil Woods - Song For Sisyphus (Century Records). "RECORDED DIRECT-TO-DISC"!! Still doesn't sound all that great. It probably has something to do with it being recorded in 1978, a year when it seems that many bass players felt the need to make their instrument sound like a manic bumble bee. It suffers noticeably in comparison to the previous record, which was recorded with a nice, warm bass sound. Edited May 30, 2014 by Kevin Bresnahan Quote
Leeway Posted May 31, 2014 Report Posted May 31, 2014 SNAKE-OUT - Steve Lacy, Mal Waldron. Hat Hut LP. Quote
jeffcrom Posted May 31, 2014 Report Posted May 31, 2014 SNAKE-OUT - Steve Lacy, Mal Waldron. Hat Hut LP. Quote
colinmce Posted May 31, 2014 Report Posted May 31, 2014 RAPPORT - Ran Blake (p), solos, duos with Ricky Ford (ts), one with Anthony Braxton (as), plus one track Chris Connor (vocals), Jerome Thomas (g), Rufus Reid (b), and a duo with Eleni Odoni (vocals). Novus LP. BREAKTHRU - Ran Blake (solo piano). Improvising Artists LP. Haven't listed to any Ran Blake in quite a while. Can't say I really "get" him yet. Of the pair above, I like the solo disc more than the one with various groupings. I have a few others on the shelf I'll try to get to. Nice. Ran is truly a hero of mine, and his music is one of my passions. I have nearly every record he's done, save a couple of the Soul Notes. I like the IAI session, but prefer his others from this time on Horo and Owl. Rapport is a nice little primer on his world and has some of his most sprightly playing (keeping in mind who we're dealing with here!) "There's too much light in the world" -Ran Quote
jeffcrom Posted May 31, 2014 Report Posted May 31, 2014 One aspect of Ran Blake's playing that didn't really become apparent to me until I heard him in person - he may be the piano's greatest virtuoso of the sustain pedal. I'm not making a joke or being sarcastic. He can depress the pedal precisely where he wants, and coordinate it with his fingers, in order to get a wide range of colors and effects. It's kind of amazing. Quote
jeffcrom Posted May 31, 2014 Report Posted May 31, 2014 (edited) Annette Peacock - Been in the Streets Too Long (Ironic). Bill Bruford, Chris Spedding, Pete LaRoca, and Evan Parker show up on various tracks. Later: A long instrumental version of "So Hard, It Hurts," recording in 1975 with a bunch of British fusion guys (Bruford, Spedding, Brian Godding, and Steve Cook), is very cool - Ms. Peacock has got them playing out-and-out free jazz. Edited May 31, 2014 by jeffcrom Quote
Homefromtheforest Posted May 31, 2014 Report Posted May 31, 2014 Sonic Youth "daydream nation" (blast first, UK) have not played this in over 20 years! Brings me back to my youth...listened to so much music like this in the late 80s into the early 90s. The Group "feedback" (RCA/Schema, Italy). Brand new reissue...a quality job! Very happy to have this after bidding obscene amounts of money(unsuccessfully) on the few times originals have shown up on eBay... And now: Tomasz Stanko "jazz message from Poland" (JG, Germany)...a very nice album...Stanko is a player I enjoy no matter what the era...from his work with Komeda to his last ECM CD..he's one of my favorites. This one is from the early 70s...not quite as amazing as his Calig album from the same vintage, but still very good. Quote
kh1958 Posted May 31, 2014 Report Posted May 31, 2014 Introducing Eric Kloss (Prestige, blue label) Quote
porcy62 Posted May 31, 2014 Report Posted May 31, 2014 Tomasz Stanko "jazz message from Poland" (JG, Germany)...a very nice album...Stanko is a player I enjoy no matter what the era...from his work with Komeda to his last ECM CD..he's one of my favorites. This one is from the early 70s...not quite as amazing as his Calig album from the same vintage, but still very good. Count me as another Stanko's fan. Quote
Homefromtheforest Posted June 1, 2014 Report Posted June 1, 2014 McCoy Tyner "the real McCoy" (blue note, dark blue label with "white note" issue). A great album...wish I could afford a nice NY USA original issue! Quote
kh1958 Posted June 1, 2014 Report Posted June 1, 2014 Lobi Traore, Bwati Kono volume 1 (Kanaga System Krush). Quote
kh1958 Posted June 1, 2014 Report Posted June 1, 2014 George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers, volume 2 (Blue Note, W. 63rd), and The Compositions of Dizzy Gillespie (Riverside mono). Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted June 1, 2014 Report Posted June 1, 2014 Dug out my Howlin' Wolf albums today. Some time since I listened to them.These two cheapo twofers containMoanin' in the moonlightHowlin' WolfThe real folk bluesMore real folk bluesI've never felt the need for any more Wolf since I got these in 1983.MG Quote
paul secor Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 Miles Davis: Porgy and Bess (CBS Sony Japan) Quote
jeffcrom Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 Gil Evans - There Comes a Time (RCA). If anyone out there doesn't like this, I totally get it. It's dense, noisy, "dated," and all over the place. It came out in 1976, and I didn't think it was anything I would want to hear. But a couple of years later, I was reading European jazz magazines in my college library, and this showed up on the 1976 top ten list of the jazz writer I admire above all others, Max Harrison. That got my attention, and I bought a copy soon afterwards. In the years since, this album has been one of those bodies of music which, like King Oliver's 1923 recordings, keep revealing more and more on repeated listenings - there are layers on top of layers here, and on any one listening, you can shift your attention from one layer to another, and keep finding amazing things. It must have been a nightmare to mix. There has been a CD reissue with extra material, overdubs (layers) removed, and edits restored. I like that one too, but I prefer the original. In addition to the multi-layered complexity of the music, you get amazing solos by Billy Harper, George Adams, Lew Soloff (uncredited as a soloist), and Dave Sanborn - his stunningly intense playing on "King Porter Stomp" is the only solo by him I would take to a desert island. Mine is probably a minority opinion, but this is as good as anything Gil Evans ever did. Quote
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