jeffcrom Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 12 hours ago, Clunky said: Walter Zuber Armstrong/Steve Lacy -----Alter Ego, Duets-----(World Artists) rec 1979 BIMHouse Spinning tonight - and as I suspected, I'm finding more to enjoy than in the past. It's still in the bottom ten per cent of Lacy's output, as far as quality goes, and it certainly makes a better case for Lacy's flexibility and musicality than for Armstrong's. It's two musicians taking parallel paths that never quite intersect, although Lacy takes more steps toward Armstrong's world than Armstrong does toward Lacy's. I agree about the blues content of much of what Armstrong plays - that the aspect of his playing I enjoy the most. It looks like Armstrong lived and taught in Bellingham, Washington, where some of my wife's family lives, and where I'll probably end up when she retires. I'll be there in a few days, in fact. I'm glad I listened to this tonight, although it will probably be a few more years before I spin it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 6 hours ago, paul secor said: The College Concert of Pee Wee Russell and Henry Red Allen (Impulse mono) 23 hours ago, paul secor said: Milt Hinton: Here Swings the Judge (Famous Door) Some great playing by the horns on both of these, but I found myself tuned in to the masterful bass playing on each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Whitey Mitchell Sextette (ABC Paramount). Some very different Steve Lacy here; he was only 21 years, but already the most interesting and accomplished soloist here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Female Blues Singers - Volume B3 (Fantasy by Selmerphone). A valuable LP, on the predecessor to the Document label. Here are the complete known recordings of Marie Bradley, Evelyn Brickey, Florence Bristol, Ada Brown, Ardell "Shelly" Bragg, and Alberta Brown. Bradley, Bragg, and Alberta Brown are very good. I bought this album at the Louisiana Music Factory years ago after hearing one of the two Alberta Brown tracks on WWOZ. Her only released 78 was recorded in New Orleans in 1928, with a great quartet (trumpet, clarinet, piano, tuba) accompanying. The instrumentalists are often given as members of the Halfway House Orchestra, who recorded for Columbia the day before, but I think it's four of Johnny Miller's New Orleans Frolickers, who recorded the same day, only a few matrices later. That would make them Sharkey Bonano, Siidney Arodin, Johnny Miller, and Chink Martin. In any case, her voice is strong, if a little on the hard side. Texas singer Ardell Bragg's voice was limited, but loose and flexible. The most interesting of her eight tracks is "Bird Nest Blues," the tune Charley Patton was trying to copy with his "Bird Nest Bound." He misunderstood Bragg's lyrics - Bragg's song is more coherent, but Patton's is more poetic. I couldn't find a picture of this album online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 James Blood Ulmer - Part Time (Rough Trade). The 1983 Montreux performance by my favorite Ulmer band, the Odyssey trio with Charles Burnham and Warren Benbow. Not as good as Odyssey, but engagingly muddy, raw, and intense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 8 hours ago, jeffcrom said: Spinning tonight - and as I suspected, I'm finding more to enjoy than in the past. It's still in the bottom ten per cent of Lacy's output, as far as quality goes, and it certainly makes a better case for Lacy's flexibility and musicality than for Armstrong's. It's two musicians taking parallel paths that never quite intersect, although Lacy takes more steps toward Armstrong's world than Armstrong does toward Lacy's. I agree about the blues content of much of what Armstrong plays - that the aspect of his playing I enjoy the most. It looks like Armstrong lived and taught in Bellingham, Washington, where some of my wife's family lives, and where I'll probably end up when she retires. I'll be there in a few days, in fact. I'm glad I listened to this tonight, although it will probably be a few more years before I spin it again. Jeff thanks for taking the trouble and your thoughts. I perhaps don't have enough Lacy to have a bottom 10%. I listened to both sides several times last night and enjoyed quite a bit of what I heard. Coming to it as a Lacy album one would be perhaps disappointed that Armstrong's playing somewhat rides rough shod over Lacy. It doesn't have the delicacy of Lacy's finest. In the end I can see where your reservations are coming from but I got sufficient enjoyment to keep the album.... Now playing ... Lee Morgan ---Here's Lee Morgan-------(Veejay) dg-stereo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Dexter: A Swingin' Affair (BN/Classic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Howard McGhee---Nobody knows you when you're down and out----(United Artists) mono Quartet setting with either piano or organ. Some of the latter sound excessively cheesy ( to me at least) but the overall album is good if not quite McGhee's best. All the tracks are short and somewhat uneven in quality. The title might suggest he was in desperate times (perhaps he was) but Howard's playing has a fractured sounding delicacy. Our friends in Spain have reissued this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Clugston Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 19 hours ago, jeffcrom said: Spinning tonight - and as I suspected, I'm finding more to enjoy than in the past. It's still in the bottom ten per cent of Lacy's output, as far as quality goes, and it certainly makes a better case for Lacy's flexibility and musicality than for Armstrong's. It's two musicians taking parallel paths that never quite intersect, although Lacy takes more steps toward Armstrong's world than Armstrong does toward Lacy's. I agree about the blues content of much of what Armstrong plays - that the aspect of his playing I enjoy the most. It looks like Armstrong lived and taught in Bellingham, Washington, where some of my wife's family lives, and where I'll probably end up when she retires. I'll be there in a few days, in fact. I'm glad I listened to this tonight, although it will probably be a few more years before I spin it again. Walter used to come up to Vancouver to record, teach and busk. I met him a few times and he was a nice guy and quite a character. I've always liked this LP, but certainly it's not in the top echelon of Lacy's works. The CD version has two further duets which appeared on the LP Call Notes. Now playing... John Coltrane, Offering, Live at Temple University (Resonance). It's late period Coltrane, but compared to the Japan and Olatunji concerts, this one comes across as mellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Ornette Coleman/Charlie Haden: Soapsuds Soapsuds (Artists House) Sublime music - and who but Ornette would improvise on the theme from Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 The Blues of Sleepy John Estes Volume One (Swaggie) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Steve Lacy - Capers (Hat Hut). Unavailable in full on CD - the reissue has four and a half of the eight tracks of this double LP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 28 minutes ago, paul secor said: The Blues of Sleepy John Estes Volume One (Swaggie) wish I still had those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Clugston Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 John Coltrane, Black Pearls (Prestige). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 2 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said: wish I still had those. If you want to hear the music, there's a reissue CD on Yazoo - not everything that's on the Swaggies, but a fine selection and excellent sound. http://www.amazon.com/Aint-Gonna-Worried-More-1929-1941/dp/B000000G8G/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1458181485&sr=1-1&keywords=sleepy+john+estes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 25 minutes ago, paul secor said: If you want to hear the music, there's a reissue CD on Yazoo - not everything that's on the Swaggies, but a fine selection and excellent sound. http://www.amazon.com/Aint-Gonna-Worried-More-1929-1941/dp/B000000G8G/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1458181485&sr=1-1&keywords=sleepy+john+estes I am aware. I have memories of John, a son and Hammie at 7 W. Grand Ave back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 26 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said: I am aware. I have memories of John, a son and Hammie at 7 W. Grand Ave back in the day. I've only heard the recordings. You were blessed to hear the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homefromtheforest Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Joe Henderson "Henderson's Habiliment" (Victor, Japan) original issue of the "live in Japan" milestone album...fantastic album! Benny Bailey "soul eyes" (Saba, Germany) finally caved in and bought an original..*slightly* less then the going rate but not by much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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paul secor Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 The Tanzania Sound (Original Music) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 10 hours ago, Homefromtheforest said: Benny Bailey "soul eyes" (Saba, Germany) finally caved in and bought an original..*slightly* less then the going rate but not by much Yeah, got a Japanese pressing of that one -- it was quite affordable and is a really nice record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Sonny Rollins: Moving Out (Prestige/OJC) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Eddie Bert ---The Human Factor----(Fresh sound records Sp.) a thoughtful date with principally original material Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Jah Lion: Columbia Colly (Mango) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Karl Berger & Co. 'Tune In' (Milestone) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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