What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[John Tapscott]

[mjazzg]

Joe McPhee - Graphics [Hat Hut]

[John Tapscott]

[paul secor]

On ‎12‎/‎29‎/‎2015 at 10:30 AM, blind-blake said:

One of the first records I ever bought, and it's a great one. Love your taste in music, by the way. 

Thanks for the compliment.

I bought that John Hurt record when I was in college. It still sounds great - a classic.

[jeffcrom]

Gil Evans (aka Synthetic Evans) (Poljazz). Live in Warsaw, 1976.

[medjuck]

55 minutes ago, jeffcrom said:

Gil Evans (aka Synthetic Evans) (Poljazz). Live in Warsaw, 1976.

I have that on cd but doesn't have that great cover. 

[jeffcrom]

25 minutes ago, medjuck said:

I have that on cd but doesn't have that great cover. 

I have a couple of Poljazz LPs with very generic covers - I think one Michael Smith LP has the catalog number written by hand - but this is a cool one. A second pressing, I think.

Charlie Mariano - Modern Saxaphone (sic) Stylings (Imperial 10" LP). Really nice music from 1951 or so, with Herb Pomery and Jaki Byard. But the first sentence of the liner notes hurts: "Quality, quantity and youth in Jazz today is a rare commodity indeed."

Later, during side two: There's a no-nonsense directness to Byard's piano playing at this early stage that is in some ways more appealing to me than the eclectic, whole-history-of-jazz-in-every-solo approach he adopted later.

Edited December 31, 2015 by jeffcrom

[jeffcrom]

Borbetomagus & Shaking Ray Levis (Agaric 10" LP). Wild, but well-structured noise improvisations from a summit meeting of two groups. Cover art by the late Dennis Palmer.

 

[Homefromtheforest]

Masahiko Satoh/Gary Peacock/Masahiko Togashi "wave II" (paddlewheel, Japan). All compositions by Peacock; I've owned the "wave I" CD for many years and finally tracked down this second outing by this amazing trio.  Fantastic production too but that's not really a surprise.

Joe Henderson "Henderson's Habiliment" (Victor, Japan) the original gatefold Japanese issue of the more common Milestone release known as "live in Japan".  A stunning concert with Henderson in peak form!

[paul secor]

Thelonious Monk The London Collection Volume 2 (Black Lion/ORG)

The 1971 Black Lion Sessions are some of my favorite Monk.

[John Tapscott]

[aparxa]

It is the first record  with Henry Red Allen that I listen to, and it is a beautiful one!

 

[John Tapscott]

Side A of this album is superb big band jazz...side B is spottier.... 

I'd never noticed this before, but as Rick Stepton's trombone solo closes "Lush Life" and the track ends, a voice says, "Beautiful". Sounds like Buddy.    

Edited December 31, 2015 by John Tapscott

[optatio]

ANDREW HILL: ONE FOR ONE. BLUE NOTE BN-LA459-H2 [1975]

[paul secor]

Dicky Wells: Bones for the King (Felsted/Affinity)

 

[kh1958]

Willis Jackson, Grease "N" Gravy (Prestige mono), and Don Patterson, Hip Cake Walk (Prestige mono).

[clifford_thornton]

Grace Slick & The Great Society - How It Was - (Columbia 2-eye Stereo)

[John Tapscott]

[John Tapscott]

[jeffcrom]

Steve Lacy & Steve Potts - Live in Budapest (West Wind)

[aparxa]

 

 

[jeffcrom]

Gene Ammons - Funky (Prestige trident mono with a later cover)

[John Tapscott]

[jeffcrom]

 

Stan Kenton - A Presentaion of Progressive Jazz (cover) / A Concert in Progressive Jazz (labels) (Capitol). Whatever it's called, it's a little dated, but mostly pretty great.

Tabby Thomas - Rockin' With the Blues (Maison de Soul). The great Baton Rouge bluesman in 1984, with his son Chris Thomas King on guitar and Henry Gray on piano.

 

 

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

red garland trio keystone live 3 lp set is so amazing

red garland trio keystone live 3 lp set is so amazing