What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Clunky]

I have this one. Not bad as I recall but some dated synth sounds. I'll see if I can find it tonight

Edit : found it surprisingly quickly. There's a light funk feel to much of what's here on side 1. No annoying synth but "Human Syndrone" (sic) has a few troubling vocal overdubs I do without. Ronnie Scott has a nice solo on that track. Jeff Green is pretty unobtrusive on guitar but does solo briefly on "Hash". Kenny Wheeler's "Branetu" on side 2 is typical for him. A vert elegant piece but with only Charles Austin soloing on soprano. Wheeler solos along with Dean on Elton's fine "Kingfisher blue". The other track on side 2 is an oddly detached take on Coleman's "The Sphinx"- not entirely successful. It's all very well recorded but a deservedly obscure session

Edited December 7, 2014 by Clunky

[A Lark Ascending]

I'm almost certain my copy of 'Cruel But Fair' by the Dean/Hopper/Gallivan/Tippett band has that same label on the LP centre - it's also on Compendium. Brings back memories of a dingy Mansfield bedsit....

[mjazzg]

Dean/Hopper/Gallivan/Tippett - more avenues to investigate, thanks Bev.

I'm sure Mansfield's lovely but the bedsit I think I'll pass by if you don't mind

Osborne is still playing his heart out here....lovely LP (well cared for too)

[mjazzg]

Elton Dean Quintet - Boundaries [Japo]

[paul secor]

Johnny Hodges: The Smooth One (Verve)

[paul secor]

Boulou Ferré/NHOP/Elios Ferré: Trinity (Steeplechase)

[kh1958]

Lem Winchester with the Ramsey Lewis Trio, A Tribute to Clifford Brown (Argo stereo).

[jeffcrom]

Ornette Coleman - Body Meta (Artists House). Very loud.

This suits my mood this evening. Which is a little scary.

[Clunky]

James "Blood" Ulmer---------Are you glad to be in America?---------(Rough Trade)

Prime Time like. Olu Dara, David Murray and the sublime Oliver Lake are playing but so far back in the mix you'd never know it was them. This has some interesting moments. Not sure if this is punk/funk or what. Deserves repeated listens.

[clifford_thornton]

I like that one. Put it in the "Black Rock" vein but it's still filed among all the other creative music LPs, from Ellington to FMPs...

[jeffcrom]

James "Blood" Ulmer---------Are you glad to be in America?---------(Rough Trade)

Prime Time like. Olu Dara, David Murray and the sublime Oliver Lake are playing but so far back in the mix you'd never know it was them. This has some interesting moments. Not sure if this is punk/funk or what. Deserves repeated listens.

I like that one, too, but I've got the Artists House reissue, and never noticed any issues with the "presence" of the horns. Either it was remixed or I just never noticed.

[Clunky]

James "Blood" Ulmer---------Are you glad to be in America?---------(Rough Trade)

Prime Time like. Olu Dara, David Murray and the sublime Oliver Lake are playing but so far back in the mix you'd never know it was them. This has some interesting moments. Not sure if this is punk/funk or what. Deserves repeated listens.

I like that one, too, but I've got the Artists House reissue, and never noticed any issues with the "presence" of the horns. Either it was remixed or I just never noticed.

As I recall it has been remixed ( possibly more than once). The horns on the RT issue provide background sounds only

[clifford_thornton]

the Rough Trade mix is definitely a bit distant and brings out a cold punkish quality perfect for London and Manchester kids at the time.

[JSngry]

Some nice Oliver Nelson charts, but that's not enough...some nice-enough Benny Carter charts, and that's not enough...some serviceable Shorty Rogers charts, and that's sure not enough,,,and two Gene DiNovi charts on two of his original tunes that have that awkwardly "coming out" sound that made Liza Minelli so "popular",,,this whole thing, it's just not enough. Although the least not-enough thing on it is a nice version of "I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do". I'm that much of a Carmen McRae fan to begin with, and this does not move the conversation forward. Nor does it move it backward, but...just not enough.

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Well, ok, this is more like it!!!!!

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"Fluffy" is an adjective. "Fluff" is a noun (or a verb). Definitely "fluffy", definitely not "fluff".

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Hey.

[jeffcrom]

Dwight Andrews - Mmotia: The Little People (Otic). So my wife teaches at Spelman College in Atlanta, and mentioned a colleague who is married to a jazz musician who is also a preacher, or something like that - she was pretty vague. "That sounds like Dwight Andrews," I said. Yep. Dr. Andrews is now in the theology department at Emory University in Atlanta, and preaches at an Atlanta church.

[jeffcrom]

James Blood Ulmer - Are You Glad to be In America (Artists House). Inspired by Clunky's spin of the Rough Trade version. The horns sound just fine here.

What kind of music is this? Good music.

Later, after the whole thing: I should have said that the horns sound just fine in an 80s studio kind of way - they are indeed mixed kind of "vaguely," although presumably more clearly than on the Rough Trade release.

For those interested: David Murray plays on every track; Oliver Lake is on all tracks except "Are You Glad to be in America," "Pressure," "Revelation March," and "Interview." Olu Dara only plays on "See Through," "TV Blues," and "Jazz is the Teacher (Funk is the Preacher)."

And that last-mentioned tune is kind of amazing.

Edited December 9, 2014 by jeffcrom

[mjazzg]

Dwight Andrews - Mmotia: The Little People (Otic). So my wife teaches at Spelman College in Atlanta, and mentioned a colleague who is married to a jazz musician who is also a preacher, or something like that - she was pretty vague. "That sounds like Dwight Andrews," I said. Yep. Dr. Andrews is now in the theology department at Emory University in Atlanta, and preaches at an Atlanta church.

fine, fine album that one

[JohnS]

James Blood Ulmer - Are You Glad to be In America (Artists House). Inspired by Clunky's spin of the Rough Trade version. The horns sound just fine here.

What kind of music is this? Good music.

Later, after the whole thing: I should have said that the horns sound just fine in an 80s studio kind of way - they are indeed mixed kind of "vaguely," although presumably more clearly than on the Rough Trade release.

For those interested: David Murray plays on every track; Oliver Lake is on all tracks except "Are You Glad to be in America," "Pressure," "Revelation March," and "Interview." Olu Dara only plays on "See Through," "TV Blues," and "Jazz is the Teacher (Funk is the Preacher)."

And that last-mentioned tune is kind of amazing.

James "Blood" Ulmer---------Are you glad to be in America?---------(Rough Trade)

Prime Time like. Olu Dara, David Murray and the sublime Oliver Lake are playing but so far back in the mix you'd never know it was them. This has some interesting moments. Not sure if this is punk/funk or what. Deserves repeated listens.

I like that one, too, but I've got the Artists House reissue, and never noticed any issues with the "presence" of the horns. Either it was remixed or I just never noticed.

As I recall it has been remixed ( possibly more than once). The horns on the RT issue provide background sounds only

Yes, I have the DIW cd. Around this time Ulmer played a couple of concerts in London. Notably a gig at the Roundhouse with a quartet featuring Murray. Terrific stuff. Like that Artists House jacket.

[uli]

James Blood Ulmer - Are You Glad to be In America (Artists House). Inspired by Clunky's spin of the Rough Trade version. The horns sound just fine here.

What kind of music is this? Good music.

Later, after the whole thing: I should have said that the horns sound just fine in an 80s studio kind of way - they are indeed mixed kind of "vaguely," although presumably more clearly than on the Rough Trade release.

For those interested: David Murray plays on every track; Oliver Lake is on all tracks except "Are You Glad to be in America," "Pressure," "Revelation March," and "Interview." Olu Dara only plays on "See Through," "TV Blues," and "Jazz is the Teacher (Funk is the Preacher)."

And that last-mentioned tune is kind of amazing.

James "Blood" Ulmer---------Are you glad to be in America?---------(Rough Trade)

Prime Time like. Olu Dara, David Murray and the sublime Oliver Lake are playing but so far back in the mix you'd never know it was them. This has some interesting moments. Not sure if this is punk/funk or what. Deserves repeated listens.

I like that one, too, but I've got the Artists House reissue, and never noticed any issues with the "presence" of the horns. Either it was remixed or I just never noticed.

As I recall it has been remixed ( possibly more than once). The horns on the RT issue provide background sounds only

Yes, I have the DIW cd. Around this time Ulmer played a couple of concerts in London. Notably a gig at the Roundhouse with a quartet featuring Murray. Terrific stuff. Like that Artists House jacket.

Heard this group 79/80 in New York and they floored me,

[Clunky]

Revolutionary Ensemble-------Inner City

followed by

Cover features bad jumpers, bad shirts and beards. Music confounds resultant expectations as its neither dated nor got yesterday's soup in it. I don't usually find Ray Anderson all that an individual stylist but he fits well here. I would prefer a bit more attack but this works well enough.

[Clunky]

more violin music...

Billy Bang---------Invitation --------(Soul Note)

great line up with Dennis Charles, Wilbur Morris, Charles Tyler and Curtis Clark. Good date. Charles' rhythmic flexibility is wonderous.

[JohnS]

Bought as an object, will be kept as such, on the shelves right next to my early 70s UA (NOT Blue Note!) two-fer of the BN sessions.

Mine arrived today. Something nice to have.

[vinyltim]

Art Blakey - Free For All (Music Matters reissue)

I have a 70's pressing with Van Gelder stamp that I'm going to listen to as well--curious how they compare.

[paul secor]

The Modern Jazz Quartet: Under the Jasmin Tree (Apple)

[B. Clugston]

Richard Abrams, Level and Degrees of Light (Delmark). Great album. Digging the heavy reverb which was removed for the CD reissue.