What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[corto maltese]

7 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

Ivan Lasso Quintette - Snowsnake - (Dragon, US)

knotty Chicago-based modern jazz outfit, I assume the LP was recorded in the late 70s. Lasso is, by all appearances, a strong tenor player and the group is quite fine. Never seen or heard of anything else under his name.

That's funny: not so long ago, I was talked into buying this as a private press free jazz album. I was hesitant because of the electric bass, but decided to give it a try (the price was reasonable). To be honest: I didn't even get to the end of side 1.

I like to think I don't have many musical prejudices, but an electric bass in a (free) jazz context...

[Clunky]

 

Harry Beckett---------Still Happy---------(My only desire) 

 

Short (28 mins)  August 1974 BBC broadcast in fab sound. Some highly cheesy electric piano and electric bass shouldn't put anyone off. It's a great date and sounds wonderful. Highly recommended. Hats off to My Only Desire for licensing this from Auntie and getting it sounding so good. Pressing is perfect on medium weight vinyl - shows how it can be done.

[clifford_thornton]

6 hours ago, corto maltese said:

That's funny: not so long ago, I was talked into buying this as a private press free jazz album. I was hesitant because of the electric bass, but decided to give it a try (the price was reasonable). To be honest: I didn't even get to the end of side 1.

I like to think I don't have many musical prejudices, but an electric bass in a (free) jazz context...

At the end of the day I wouldn't call the Ivan Lasso record free jazz. The electric bass is something of a sore thumb here but, as with Odean Pope's "Almost Like Me" and Prime Time, it's also texturally intriguing. At least to me.

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, clifford_thornton said:

At the end of the day I wouldn't call the Ivan Lasso record free jazz. The electric bass is something of a sore thumb here but, as with Odean Pope's "Almost Like Me" and Prime Time, it's also texturally intriguing. At least to me.

Not being a fan of electric bass in jazz context either, but do have a weak spot for  Odean Pope`s "Almost Like Me" .... listening to Gerald Veasley`s performance on the title track reminds me always of one reviewer`s quote " ... the best album Jamaaladeen Tacuma never recorded" .....

Edited June 22, 2016 by soulpope

[clifford_thornton]

yeah, the bassist on Snowsnake is not quite at that level, but fits in.

[corto maltese]

I don't know if I'm allowed to say that here, but I never cared much for Prime Time. Ditto for that Odeon Pope Trio record.

My aversion might have something to do with an over-exposure to Mr. Laswell in my tender years.

[clifford_thornton]

Ah, yeah that does make sense. If I'm allowed to say Wounds and Cholagogues are birds of a feather, that is... 

[corto maltese]

Any mention of those two albums has to be encouraged, so that's okay with me.

[Homefromtheforest]

I always preferred electric bass in a funk metal context...

[clifford_thornton]

[Clunky]

Carla Bley/ Mike Mantler/ Steve Lacy--------Jazz Realities------(Fontana) Japan

Edited June 23, 2016 by Clunky
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[paul secor]

1 hour ago, Clunky said:

Carla Bley/ Mike Manter/ Steve Lacy--------Jazz Realities------(Fontana) Japan

That's the one title in that series I never picked up. How is it?

[Clunky]

It's a newish purchase so I'm not best positioned to give a long distance forecast but there's nothing no to like. Carla Bley's sometimes beautiful pieces are very much to the fore. A proper quintet record with strong contributions from all concerned. I like it.

[clifford_thornton]

I love it. Longtime fan of this record.

Now:

Amalgam -- Innovations -- (Tangent, UK)

expertly threading funky grooves and rugged improvisation, and quite well-recorded.

[clifford_thornton]

William Burroughs - Call Me Burroughs - (ESP, US)

[clifford_thornton]

Maarten Altena - Tuning the Bass - (ICP, NL)

pretty fine series of snappy and grubby solo bass vignettes.

[corto maltese]

5 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

Maarten Altena - Tuning the Bass - (ICP, NL)

pretty fine series of snappy and grubby solo bass vignettes.

Nice.

Do you know his earlier ICP album "Handicaps"? He recorded that while recovering from a broken wrist, so he decided to "handicap" his double bass too by putting a plaster cast around its neck. A free improv concept album, as it were...

[Royal Oak]

Hank Mobley - Dippin'

A recent purchase, old hat to many I suppose. This group really cooks, especially in "Recado Bossa Nova". I love Harold Mabern and Billy Higgins in that tune.

[BillF]

1 hour ago, rdavenport said:

Hank Mobley - Dippin'

A recent purchase, old hat to many I suppose. This group really cooks, especially in "Recado Bossa Nova". I love Harold Mabern and Billy Higgins in that tune.

Lovely album! 

[kh1958]

Stan Getz, New Sounds In Modern Music, volume 1 (Savoy ten inch), Chet Baker Ensemble (Pacific Jazz ten inch), and Hank Mobley, Hi Voltage (Blue Note, Liberty).

[sidewinder]

5 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Stan Getz, New Sounds In Modern Music, volume 1 (Savoy ten inch), Chet Baker Ensemble (Pacific Jazz ten inch)

Have both of those pressings somewhere in the racks !

 

Edited June 25, 2016 by sidewinder

[sidewinder]

Elmo Hope/Mobley/Coltrane 'Informal Jazz' (Esquire, RVG)

[Clunky]

2 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Elmo Hope/Mobley/Coltrane 'Informal Jazz' (Esquire, RVG)

I've that edition - great Esquire cover. 

 

NP 

fire! Orchestra -----Ritual------( rune grammofon)

[kh1958]

6 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Have both of those pressings somewhere in the racks !

 

Part of my lucky find of the week--15 mostly West Coast jazz ten inch LPs.

[paul secor]

Monk: Always Know (Columbia)