What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[paul secor]

5 hours ago, soulpope said:

Really dig this frontline with Eddie Preston ... probably the last great Mingus Band edition .... and still rather underappteciated ....

I'm sure there are many here who have other opinions (and that's a good thing - constant agreement can be deadly), but for me that was the last great Mingus band also.

[kh1958]

The last great Mingus band was the last band Mingus played in.

In the meantime, Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (Emarcy)

Edited March 4, 2019 by kh1958

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

But "last great Mingus Band" .....I wouldn´t agree, the bands with Adams/Pullen and the last frontline Jack Walrath/Ricky Ford also was great.

Interesting .... to me Don Pullen excelled as solo act, but seemed hardly manageable in being integral part of a group .... btw really love Ricky Ford, but with Mingus he was still very young and (IMO) no contest for the saxplayer he grew into a couple of years later ....

[porcy62]

 

Sly & the Family Stone: There's a Riot Goin' On.

I guess TAFKAP spent several time with this one in his youth.

[JSngry]

3 minutes ago, porcy62 said:

 

Sly & the Family Stone: There's a Riot Goin' On.

I guess TAFKAP spent several time with this one in his youth.

Lots of people did, including many adults!

[HutchFan]

40 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Interesting .... to me Don Pullen excelled as solo act, but seemed hardly manageable in being integral part of a group .... btw really love Ricky Ford, but with Mingus he was still very young and (IMO) no contest for the saxplayer he grew into a couple of years later ....

Another perspective.  I love the Pullen - Adams - Walrath band. I think Changes I & Changes II are WAY UP THERE in the Mingus firmament.

 

Edited March 4, 2019 by HutchFan

[paul secor]

3 hours ago, JSngry said:

Lots of people did, including many adults!

I did and still do.

[sidewinder]

Fontana, stereo, sample copy.

Lovely album, ace backing band including Ian Carr, Ray Warleigh, Harold McNair, Kenny Wheeler.

Edited March 4, 2019 by sidewinder

[jeffcrom]

On 3/1/2019 at 7:35 AM, mjazzg said:

That looks interesting. How's the sound quality?

I just realized that I never replied to this - apologies. Sound is decent -  call it A minus on the bootleg scale. Side one is from the Jazz Casual TV show, and is out in more complete form on DVD. Side two is special - a hard-to-find long piece called "Creation" from the Half Note in 1965, during the same run that produced the One Up, One Down: Live at the Half Note CD set.

[paul secor]

[paul secor]

15 hours ago, paul secor said:

Was just thinking - I bought my mono copy 54 years ago. Good to know that it's lasted that long and still sounds good, and strange to realize that I bought it that long ago (when I was a teenager).

 

15 hours ago, mjazzg said:

I wish I'd been buying music like that as a teenager. Sadly not 

NP. Lacy/Rudd/Grimes/Charles - School Days (Emanem)

Unfortunately, not every record I bought back then was of the quality of that Monk record. When I was that age, I thought I had perfect taste and that I knew everything. I'm still learning today how much I didn't know back then and how much I don't know now.

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, paul secor said:

Unfortunately, not every record I bought back then was of the quality of that Monk record. When I was that age, I thought I had perfect taste and that I knew everything. I'm still learning today how much I didn't know back then and how much I don't know now.

😎 ....

[soulpope]

14 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Fontana, stereo, sample copy.

Lovely album, ace backing band including Ian Carr, Ray Warleigh, Harold McNair, Kenny Wheeler.

Sublime beauty ....

[mjazzg]

11 hours ago, jeffcrom said:

I just realized that I never replied to this - apologies. Sound is decent -  call it A minus on the bootleg scale. Side one is from the Jazz Casual TV show, and is out in more complete form on DVD. Side two is special - a hard-to-find long piece called "Creation" from the Half Note in 1965, during the same run that produced the One Up, One Down: Live at the Half Note CD set.

Thanks. I'll investigate

Ornette Coleman - Crisis [Impulse!]

one of my favourite Ornette's. Always sounds fresh and full of impact

Edited March 5, 2019 by mjazzg

[HutchFan]

Coleman Hawkins - The High & Mighty Hawk (Affinity; originally Felsted)
Hawk in magisterial form.

 

[sidewinder]

8 hours ago, soulpope said:

Sublime beauty ....

Yes Soulpope, it is. Good to be reminded of it.

I am finding that one of the side effects of this ‘Galactic Ramble’ book is that having seen a review of vintage UK items such as this, there is an irresistible urge to dig out the corresponding vinyl.

Edited March 5, 2019 by sidewinder

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Coleman Hawkins - The High & Mighty Hawk (Affinity; originally Felsted)
Hawk in magisterial form.

 

These Felsted releases are classy ... have to dig out Budd Johnson "Blue A La Mode", Buster Bailey "All About Mephis", Billy Strayhorn "Cue For Saxophone" .....

[HutchFan]

9 minutes ago, soulpope said:

These Felsted releases are classy ... have to dig out Budd Johnson "Blue A La Mode", Buster Bailey "All About Mephis", Billy Strayhorn "Cue For Saxophone" .....

Hooray for Stanley Dance!  

[sidewinder]

Major Minor, stereo. It gets a lukewarm review in the book. Can’t say I agree !

[Kevin Bresnahan]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Coleman Hawkins - The High & Mighty Hawk (Affinity; originally Felsted)
Hawk in magisterial form.

 

"Bird of Prey Blues" is probably my favorite Hawk tune.

[paul secor]

[paul secor]

[Gheorghe]

14 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Thanks. I'll investigate

Ornette Coleman - Crisis [Impulse!]

one of my favourite Ornette's. Always sounds fresh and full of impact

Oh this one is great. I bought it when I was still very young and first I found it more difficult to listen than let´s say "Golden Circle" or "Ornette" since it is the first one that completley avoids swing. But I really learned to dig it, and it´s fantastic personnel.

This, together with "Ornette at 12". the two Impulse outputs

4 hours ago, paul secor said:

One of my favourits of Bird, this together with "Bird on 52nd Street" where on a Mingus associated label......, but St. Nicks is the better one, and Bird is great one rare standard ballads.

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, paul secor said:

Classic ....

[Gheorghe]

A nice item from the good old Spotlite Days. This was really a label full of treasures for bop fans. This one if most interesting for the playing of Howard McGhee/Brew Moore, but also the rare Bird with latin group. Also Milt Jackson "Boppin´the vibes" and a rare track of young Harry Belafonte. I think I purchased this in the late 70´s and it got a lot of spinning.