What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[jeffcrom]

Laboratorio della Quercia (Horo). This two-LP set is one of the great unsung masterpieces of the Horo catalog. A 20-piece avant-garde orchestra improvises and plays charts in Rome, 1978. On board are Kenny Wheeler, Enrico Rava, Roswell Rudd, Steve Lacy, Steve Potts, Evans Parker, Tristan Honsinger, Frederick Rzewski, Kent Carter, and Paul Lytton.

[paul secor]

Lou Donaldson: Sunny Side Up (BN/King)

[Leeway]

  On 8/5/2014 at 4:47 AM, jeffcrom said:

Laboratorio della Quercia (Horo). This two-LP set is one of the great unsung masterpieces of the Horo catalog. A 20-piece avant-garde orchestra improvises and plays charts in Rome, 1978. On board are Kenny Wheeler, Enrico Rava, Roswell Rudd, Steve Lacy, Steve Potts, Evans Parker, Tristan Honsinger, Frederick Rzewski, Kent Carter, and Paul Lytton.

That certainly looks marvelous! I have no doubt it is.

[clifford_thornton]

Need to dig that one out again. It's been a while.

[Homefromtheforest]

I used to have it many years ago but got rid of it..if memory serves correctly at the time it didn't really knock me out and I thought the recording quality was a bit dodgy. But it's been nearly 15 years now so maybe if I heard it again I'd have a different opinion?

[clifford_thornton]

Some of it is pretty cool but like I said, haven't heard it in a while. Think I got a sealed copy that sounded fine.

[paul secor]

Archie Shepp: The Way Ahead (Impulse)

[Leeway]

LOW COST SPACE FLIGHTS - Paul Flaherty, Chris Corsano - Feeding Tube Records.

[John Tapscott]

[porcy62]

Mono

[Leeway]

JACANA - Sten Sandell (p), Paal Nilssen-Love (d). Rune Grammofon.

Not usual these days to see new piano-drum duos --or maybe I just missed them. Shades of Cecil in Berlin. This one works quite well.

[clifford_thornton]

Both excellent musicians; will have to keep an eye out for this one.

[jeffcrom]

  On 8/5/2014 at 4:47 AM, jeffcrom said:

Laboratorio della Quercia (Horo). This two-LP set is one of the great unsung masterpieces of the Horo catalog. A 20-piece avant-garde orchestra improvises and plays charts in Rome, 1978. On board are Kenny Wheeler, Enrico Rava, Roswell Rudd, Steve Lacy, Steve Potts, Evans Parker, Tristan Honsinger, Frederick Rzewski, Kent Carter, and Paul Lytton.

  On 8/5/2014 at 5:17 PM, Homefromtheforest said:

I used to have it many years ago but got rid of it..if memory serves correctly at the time it didn't really knock me out and I thought the recording quality was a bit dodgy. But it's been nearly 15 years now so maybe if I heard it again I'd have a different opinion?

  On 8/5/2014 at 5:20 PM, clifford_thornton said:

Some of it is pretty cool but like I said, haven't heard it in a while. Think I got a sealed copy that sounded fine.

Last night I listened to sides two and four. These responses got me wondering - did I hit all the good parts last night? Maybe the other sides aren't that good. But I spun sides one and three tonight, and I still think this is a pretty great album. There are a few comparatively lesser tracks, but that just means that they're very good, as opposed to excellent. The best track is probably "La Quercia," a 21-minute improvisation by Kenny Wheeler, Evan Parker, Danilo Terenzi (trombone), Tristan Honsinger, Frederick Rzewski, and Paul Lytton - I think it's masterful. And there's a really ecstatic passage in "Nella Casa delle Papere" where all the saxophones are chattering away (with Parker as "lead chatterer") and a trumpet player (Rava?) soars above them. There are plenty of other wonders here, but those are two high points.

Sure, the recording is not very good, and it's a typical crappy Horo pressing. (I also got mine sealed, back in the day, directly from Horo.) And the credits are a mess. Roswell Rudd is listed among the trumpet players; Steve Potts has become "Steve Petts," and saxophonist Eugenio Colombo is not even listed in the personnel credits. (He is credited with composing one piece, and cited as a soloist.) But no matter - this is a great album, in my opinion.

Edited August 6, 2014 by jeffcrom

[Homefromtheforest]

Hmm...well if I ever see it again for a reasonable price I'll probably pick it up again; it would not be the first time I've rebought a record I had sold years before

Tonight's new arrival in the mail is a pristine NY USA stereo copy of Anthony Williams "Spring" with the incredible lineup of Wayne Shorter, Sam Rivers, Herbie Hancock, and Gary Peacock. An upgrade from my VG+ Liberty...will play it tomorrow night as I'm exhausted.

[John Tapscott]

A Canadian group. 5 trombones and 5 rhythm including guitar and vibes. Very good music, recorded in 1980. Rediscovering sessions like this makes me glad I've kept some of my vinyl.

Edited August 6, 2014 by John Tapscott

[paul secor]

Charlie Parker: Apartment Sessions (Spotlite)

Thanks for the reminder, Jeff.

Edited August 7, 2014 by paul secor

[clifford_thornton]

Rhys Chatham - Die Donnergötter - (Homestead)

[John Tapscott]

[Homefromtheforest]

Anthony Williams "spring" (NY USA stereo, blue note)...love this album...all star lineup too.

Giorgio Gaslini "nuovi sentimenti" (EMI, Italy) with Steve Lacy, Enrico Rava, Don Cherry, etc. Listening to this for the first time in many, many years...amazing album...RIP.

[Homefromtheforest]

Had a few beers now so onto something a bit different:

Anna Sjalv Tredje "tussu ago fanfara" (silence, Sweden). The best cosmic krautrock album outside of Germany?

[Leeway]

  On 8/7/2014 at 6:06 AM, Homefromtheforest said:

Had a few beers now so onto something a bit different:

That's funny. So, more beer, louder music? Yeah, I suppose I'm kind of the same way. Brotzmann of Gustafsson maybe. But if it's port, I might go in a different direction. Maybe some of these listening posts should come with an alcohol warning

[mjazzg]

Marion Brown - in Sommerhausen [Calig]

today's arrival. How could it be anything but good with Marion Brown, Gunter Hampel, Steve McCall and Jeanne Lee all on board

Edited August 7, 2014 by mjazzg

[BillF]

  On 8/7/2014 at 12:10 AM, paul secor said:

Charlie Parker: Apartment Sessions (Spotlite)

Thanks for the reminder, Jeff.

[Leeway]

  On 8/7/2014 at 4:34 PM, BillF said:

Charlie Parker: Apartment Sessions (Spotlite)

Thanks for the reminder, Jeff.

That cover kind of reminded me of "Physical Graffiti" - Led Zeppelin:

[John Tapscott]