What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[soulpope]

On 18.4.2016 at 1:12 PM, paul secor said:

Paul Motian Trio: Dance (ECM)

!!

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

 

well ill tell u what vinyl im NOT listening to---- this one, cause today in the mail i finally get it on CD!  this is the one that was never released in america (on cd)--- cant wait to experience this intricate album w/o background noise!

[Clunky]

I have a Linn tonearm on my Lenco GL75. It's largely used for 78s. Otherwise my system comes from Japan, England , Canada, Sweden, Switzerland & China. All works together beautifully .

 

NP

Bill Perkins----- Just Friends-----( Pacific Jpn) King reissue.

[paul secor]

1 hour ago, Clunky said:

I have a Linn tonearm on my Lenco GL75. It's largely used for 78s. Otherwise my system comes from Japan, England , Canada, Sweden, Switzerland & China. All works together beautifully .

 

NP

Bill Perkins----- Just Friends-----( Pacific Jpn) King reissue.

I don't know if the Perkins title was an intended comment (I assume so) on the varied sources of your system, but it gave me a laugh.

[paul secor]

Jimmy and Mama Yancey: Chicago Piano Volume One (Atlantic)

[jeffcrom]

Chick Corea - Circulus (BN). Sides 2 through 4; early improvisations by Circle.

[jeffcrom]

Louis Armstrong - Louie and the Dukes of Dixieland (Audio Fidelity). Yeah, I know. But hear me out. This 1960 album is stunningly recorded. (Editing is not as good - I can hear some splices.) And Louis plays (and sings) magnificently - on a higher plane than most of the All Stars dates from this era. And the repertoire is interesting and challenging - not the same old same old All Stars tunes.

I know that the Dukes of Dixieland were a "funny hat" (or "ridiculous jacket," in this case), lightweight Dixieland band. But the core of the band was from New Orleans, and they always had more of a real New Orleans thing going on than similar bands from outside of Louisiana. I've always had a little bit of a soft spot for them. Here, they seem to know that they were being given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and they rise to the occasion to the best of their abilities. In the case of the Dukes' trumpeter, Frank Assunto, this might be his best moment on record. With his idol standing next to him in the studio, there's no clowning from Assunto, just spectacular trumpet playing - he's really impressive here.

An added bonus is hearing Armstrong playing beautiful second trumpet to Assunto in a couple of spots, notably on "Avalon." Rich Matteson, the virtuoso tuba player, is also very impressive here, and has a couple of very non-dixieland-ish solos.

I'd forgotten how good this album is. I won't forget again.

[Homefromtheforest]

Jimmy Woods "awakening!" (Contemporary, USA mono)

[BillF]

6 hours ago, paul secor said:

Jimmy and Mama Yancey: Chicago Piano Volume One (Atlantic)

[jeffcrom]

Joe Newman - All I Wanna Do is Swing (RCA Victor)

[paul secor]

Billy Bang: Outline No 12 (Celluloid)

One that never came through to me before, but did this time out.

[BillF]

[sidewinder]

22 hours ago, Clunky said:

I have a Linn tonearm on my Lenco GL75. It's largely used for 78s. Otherwise my system comes from Japan, England , Canada, Sweden, Switzerland & China. All works together beautifully .

Just Scottish, English and Japanese for me. Have decided new cart definitely now needed (ouch) plus a tune up/fettling and service for the Scottish gizmo by my trusted guru so it's CDs only now for a few weeks plus bread and jam for meals. Should be awesome once it's back though !

Edited April 24, 2016 by sidewinder

[Clunky]

48 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

Just Scottish, English and Japanese for me. Have decided new cart definitely now needed (ouch) plus a tune up/fettling and service for the Scottish gizmo by my trusted guru so it's CDs only now for a few weeks plus bread and jam for meals. Should be awesome once it's back though !

I'll put in a good word here for my Dynavector XX-2 cartridge. I noticed a huge improvement over a cheaper MC of theirs ( I forget the name).

 

NP 

 

Bradford/Gjerstad ------The Delaware River------(NoBusiness)

 

[sidewinder]

Yep, I'll be going for a replacement of my (now vintage) XX-2.

[Clunky]

1 hour ago, sidewinder said:

Yep, I'll be going for a replacement of my (now vintage) XX-2.

Good call

 

NP

Shirley Scott ----plays Horace Silver---------(Prestige) st. Trio date with Henry Grimes and Otis Finch

 

Swings pretty hard 

[Chuck Nessa]

Just decided to junk 500 pressings of Air Time. I made an error passing the test pressings and now I need to start over - $1300 in the hole.

[paul secor]

Sorry to hear that.

[paul secor]

Albert Ayler Quartet: The Hilversum Session (Osmosis)

It's almost eerie that Ayler and Don Cherry can make their instruments sound like one voice at times.

[jeffcrom]

       

Dizzy Gillespie - Live at the Village Vanguard (Solid State)

Paul Bley & Scorpio (Milestone)

Jack Montrose - Blues and Vanilla (RCA Victor)

Tony Parenti - Ragtime (Jazzology)

I enjoyed all of these, but none more than the Parenti - what a great album. Side one features a seven-piece band (with Wild Bill Davison, Danny Barker, and Baby Dodds); side two is by a clarinet/piano/drums trio. Most of the tunes are classic rags, beautifully played, and getting looser and jazzier as they progress.

[jeffcrom]

Jamming at Rudi's 2 (Circle 10"), with Hot Lips Page, Tyree Glenn, Paul Quinichette, Danny Barker, Walter Page, and Sonny Greer, among others.

[paul secor]

T-Bone Walker: The Natural Blues (Black & White/Capitol/Charly)

Whenever I listen to T-Bone's 1940s/early 50's recordings, I'm always amazed at how perfectly and beautifully played they are - plus they're excellently recorded. Classic music.

[clifford_thornton]

Pharoah Sanders - Black Unity - (Impulse red-black stereo)

sometimes you just want to throw on a familiar classic.

 

[clifford_thornton]

Yoshi Wada - Off the Wall - (Saltern reissue)

great-sounding reissue from the tapes by Wada's son. Used to have the original on FMP/SAJ, but traded it to a friend who'd hooked me up with a bunch of ridiculous jazz LPs. Felt okay letting go of the original - considering - but am glad to be able to have this music on deck again.

[jeffcrom]

Sidney Bechet - Inedits Volume 1 (1939) (Nec Plus Ultra). Recordings made in Fonda, NY by Bechet enthusiast John Reid. Bechet leads a quartet with Sonny White on piano and Kenny Clarke on drums. Supposedly, Reid used these acetates to convince RCA to give Bechet the recording contract which led to that incredible Victor series. I could be wrong, but I don't think there was ever a Volume 2.