What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[paul secor]

Growling Tiger: Knockdown Calypsos (Rounder)

[Kevin Bresnahan]

15 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Better vinyl, quieter pressing, superior sonics.

In general, I find that the LT pressings aren't the best for sonics.

[HutchFan]

Sonny Stitt - So Doggone Good (Prestige, rec. 1972)
with Hampton Hawes, Reggie Johnson, and Lenny McBrowne

 

Edited December 16, 2018 by HutchFan

[paul secor]

I used to have this filed under M, since Misha Mengelberg's name is listed first and he did the arrangements. Listening this time, it sounded so much like a cooperative effort with Herbie Nichols' compositions to the fore, that I'm filing it after Mr. Nichols' own recordings.
(Not that any of this means anything to anyone other than myself. )

[HutchFan]

17 minutes ago, paul secor said:

I used to have this filed under M, since Misha Mengelberg's name is listed first and he did the arrangements. Listening this time, it sounded so much like a cooperative effort with Herbie Nichols' compositions to the fore, that I'm filing it after Mr. Nichols' own recordings.
(Not that any of this means anything to anyone other than myself. )

I've thought about that sort of thing many times. Out in the "normal world," it might not mean much to folks. 'Round here, on the other hand, the finer points of collection filing are something that many of us ponder, I'm sure.  

[paul secor]

[paul secor]

[kh1958]

Blue Note's Three Decades of Jazz (1939-1969), Volume 1 (Blue Note Liberty). A fine 2LP anthology from the 1959-69 decade, except that, there is not a single mention of the names, Alfred Lion, Reid Miles, Francis Wolf, or Rudy Van Gelder in the album's credits, or in the liner notes (by Leonard Feather).

Wes Montgomery, Fusion! (Riverside, Orpheum)

MJT Plus Three (Veejay)

[soulpope]

6 hours ago, paul secor said:

I used to have this filed under M, since Misha Mengelberg's name is listed first and he did the arrangements. Listening this time, it sounded so much like a cooperative effort with Herbie Nichols' compositions to the fore, that I'm filing it after Mr. Nichols' own recordings.
(Not that any of this means anything to anyone other than myself. )

Terrific recording indeed ....

[sidewinder]

7 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

In general, I find that the LT pressings aren't the best for sonics.

They sound on the thin side, in my experience. Blue Note gold-dust when they came out though and I’ve still got all of mine.

Edited December 16, 2018 by sidewinder

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, paul secor said:

Another 👍👍👍!!!

[sidewinder]

5 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Another 👍👍👍!!!

Original ?

[HutchFan]

Bucky Pizzarelli with Joe Venuti - Nightwings (Flying Dutchman)

 

Tommy Flanagan / Reggie Workman / Joe Chambers - The Super Jazz Trio (RCA Jazz Line)

[HutchFan]

Dizzy Gillespie - The Giant (Prestige)
with Johnny Griffin, Kenny Drew, NHØP, Kenny Clarke, and Humberto Canto

 

[HutchFan]

Elvin Jones, James Moody, Clark Terry, Bunky Green, Roland Prince - Summit Meeting (Vanguard)

 

 

David Liebman Quartet featuring Mike Nock - The Opal Heart (Inner City)
 

Edited December 17, 2018 by HutchFan

[soulpope]

On 15.12.2018 at 0:58 AM, paul secor said:

Growling Tiger: Knockdown Calypsos (Rounder)

Good one ....

[mjazzg]

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble -Welcome [Leo Records]

first listen to this new arrival that plugs a longstanding hole in my EHE collection

[kh1958]

John Mehegan, Eddie Costa and Vinnie Burke, A Pair of Pianos (Savoy)

Milt Jackson, Frank Wess, Opus de Jazz (Savoy)

[mjazzg]

From the elusive, but eventually tracked down, Jazzman box set (early Xmas present to self).

Sounding lovely

[HutchFan]

Last night:

Buck Clayton - The Golden Days of Jazz (Columbia Special Products)
This 2-LP set is my "just-a-taste sampler" of the Clayton Mosaic box that I never pulled the trigger on.  

 

[soulpope]

46 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

What a great cover ....

[Kevin Bresnahan]

2 hours ago, mjazzg said:

From the elusive, but eventually tracked down, Jazzman box set (early Xmas present to self).

Sounding lovely

My copy has turned out to be an actual Christmas Day present from my wife. Can't wait to hear it. At least, I hope it was in that box that came in the other day.

[mjazzg]

2 hours ago, soulpope said:

What a great cover ....

The booklet mentions that the woman pictured is Ian Carr's wife who died suddenly in 1967. Very sad

 

34 minutes ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

My copy has turned out to be an actual Christmas Day present from my wife. Can't wait to hear it. At least, I hope it was in that box that came in the other day.

That's really nice. Christmas Day listening fest!! I hope it lives up to expectations. 

'Shades Of Blue' certainly sounded lovely today but I'm no audiophile (and have equipment to reflect that) so no real judge of the SQ for those that are.  Sidewinder gave it a  upthread.  The music is, as we already know, fabulous.

[clifford_thornton]

I should read the booklet. I didn't know that.

[sidewinder]

On 17/12/2018 at 6:14 PM, mjazzg said:

The booklet mentions that the woman pictured is Ian Carr's wife who died suddenly in 1967. Very sad

 

That's really nice. Christmas Day listening fest!! I hope it lives up to expectations. 

'Shades Of Blue' certainly sounded lovely today but I'm no audiophile (and have equipment to reflect that) so no real judge of the SQ for those that are.  Sidewinder gave it a  upthread.  The music is, as we already know, fabulous.

Yes, Margaret Carr is on the cover - a striking photo of her. Tragically she died post child-birth I think. The full story is in the Alan Shipton bio of Ian Carr.

Glad you got the set and are enjoying it ! The pressing of ‘Shades’ is excellent and other than a bit of feed through echo (no big deal) at the start, can’t fault it. Shame that the cover photo isn’t as crisp as the original or with the same laminate but - what the heck, it aint 1964 ! 

Hopefully nobody has got duplicate Phase IIIs or Dusk Fire..

On 17/12/2018 at 6:47 PM, clifford_thornton said:

I should read the booklet. I didn't know that.

You got a copy then ?

Edited December 19, 2018 by sidewinder