What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[BillF]

  On 5/20/2016 at 5:08 AM, sidewinder said:

'Theolonious (?) Monk' (Swing 10")  - Thanks, BillF ! 

Miles Davis 'Greatest Hits' (UK CBS)

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You know, I never noticed that mis-spelling! 

[sidewinder]

  On 5/20/2016 at 5:38 AM, BillF said:

You know, I never noticed that mis-spelling! 

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Yep, I wasn't previously aware of it either - looking at the sleeve something didn't seem quite right until I twigged. Period charm !

Edited May 20, 2016 by sidewinder

[BillF]

  On 5/20/2016 at 6:01 AM, sidewinder said:

Yep, I wasn't previously aware of it either - looking at the sleeve something didn't seem quite right until I twigged. Period charm !

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Of course, Monk wasn't generally known in those days, so misspellings of his name were legion. So many people learned Latin in school then that he invariably became "Thelonius".  (Harking back to another thread, knowledge of Latin is why we got Mingus Ah Um.) 

[paul secor]

Paul Smoker: Alone (Sound Aspects)

[paul secor]

Little Willie Littlefield Volume 1 (Ace 10" LP)

[Clunky]

Michael J Smith-------Geomusic--------( Pronit ) White crow black disc, Klub Peytowy Polskiego......

 

1975 trio with Zbig Namyslowski (alto) and Jacek Bedarek (bass) . Smith does Cecil Taylor - I don't know how typical of his work this is. Recorded in Warsaw. Rudimentary generic cover. 

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[jazzbo]

180 gram reissue

[clifford_thornton]

  On 5/20/2016 at 5:08 PM, Clunky said:

Michael J Smith-------Geomusic--------( Pronit ) White crow black disc, Klub Peytowy Polskiego......

 

1975 trio with Zbig Namyslowski (alto) and Jacek Bedarek (bass) . Smith does Cecil Taylor - I don't know how typical of his work this is. Recorded in Warsaw. Rudimentary generic cover. 

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jeffcrom knew Smith well and played with him. The LPs I have are quite spare and rather intense, seemingly coming from George Crumb and Henry Cowell as much as a postwar jazz/free music milieu. But that's only a listener's perspective and I'm sure there's much more to him than that.

[Clunky]

I'm afraid to say that Crumb and Henry Cowell don't mean anything to me. Perhaps I should check them out. Geomusic I would say is jazz/improv

NP

Peter Brötzmann & Han Bennink

Still Quite Popular After All Those Years

 

 

[paul secor]

Duke Jordan: Flight to Japan (Steeplechase)

Probably not essential, but it contains a beautiful version of "I Can't Get Started".

[jazzbo]

[jeffcrom]

  On 5/20/2016 at 5:08 PM, Clunky said:

Michael J Smith-------Geomusic--------( Pronit ) White crow black disc, Klub Peytowy Polskiego......

 

1975 trio with Zbig Namyslowski (alto) and Jacek Bedarek (bass) . Smith does Cecil Taylor - I don't know how typical of his work this is. Recorded in Warsaw. Rudimentary generic cover. 

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Typical of his work during that period. As Clifford hints, his music got more lyrical and more conservative as time went on. I hope Michael would forgive me for saying this, but there are tracks from his later albums that border on "New Age" music.

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[paul secor]

John Coltrane: Selflessness (Impulse)

[paul secor]

Charlie Parker: Bird's Perch (Parktec)

[sidewinder]

  On 5/20/2016 at 11:02 PM, paul secor said:

Charlie Parker: Bird's Perch (Parktec)

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Boris Rose presumably?..

[clifford_thornton]

Derek Bailey - Aida - (Incus, UK)

[sidewinder]

'Miles Davis Blows' (Esquire 10"). Another 'good-un' from BillF.

[BillF]

  On 5/21/2016 at 7:44 AM, sidewinder said:

'Miles Davis Blows' (Esquire 10"). Another 'good-un' from BillF.

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Used to have the partner disc with "Bags Groove" and "Spring Swing", but parted with that years ago. 

[paul secor]

  On 5/21/2016 at 5:33 AM, sidewinder said:

Boris Rose presumably?..

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Yes.

[paul secor]

Jimmy Knepper: Cunningbird (Steeplechase)

[Clunky]

  On 5/21/2016 at 11:39 AM, paul secor said:

Jimmy Knepper: Cunningbird (Steeplechase)

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A good one. 

[kh1958]

Kimio Eto and Bud Shank, Koto & Flute (World Pacific), Gerald Wilson Orchestra, Portraits (Pacific Jazz), and Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker, Timeless (Pacific Jazz).

[paul secor]

Jimmy Yancey/Cripple Clarence Lofton: Pitchin' Boogie (Swaggie)

[Clunky]

 

Ornette Coleman-----This is Our Muusic-------(London) mono - with thanks to BillF

 

Outstanding of course and sounding very fine.

[Clunky]

Pete Jolly -----------Impossible---------(Metrojazz)

 

Duo with Ralph Pena (bass) . Sounds like it might be dull but it's not. There's nothing remotely challenging about the repertoire but the absence of drums give the set a beautiful feeling.