What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[JSngry]

[HutchFan]

Anita O'Day - My Ship (Emily, 1975)

 

[HutchFan]

Duke Ellington - Unknown Session (Columbia)
1960 septet recordings from the stockpile.  ... Another instance of Duke's utterly distinctive, everyday brilliance. 

[HutchFan]

Duke Ellington - All Star Road Band (Doctor Jazz, 2 LPs)
The full band in flight at an "ordinary" dance gig in Carrolltown, PA, 1957.

[sidewinder]

[Larry Kart]

Jus about to give it a spin. A Boulez maven tells me that this is by far the best recording of Le Soleil Des Eaux, and I've heard good things about Dorati's Chronochromie and Les Bander-Log.

Just hope the used LP is in decent shape. I just bought a used Odyssey LP of works by Maderna snd Schuller, and the surface noise was louder than the admittedly rather quiet music. When I contacted the bastard third-party seller on Amazon, he  said, 'Tough s---; we didn't grade it "like new."'

[Larry Kart]

 Some of the performances are a bit dated in style (though still good for the most part) but the version of Thomas Tomkins' stunning madrigal "Fusca, in thy starry eyes" is worth many times the $2 I paid for this vintage two-LP set.

[soulpope]

11 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Treasurous ....

[sidewinder]

10 hours ago, soulpope said:

Treasurous ....

Yep - an unlikely combination but seems to work well enough. I am unfamiliar with her ‘schlager’ material/style, it is about as well known here in the UK as TV showings of ‘Dinner For One’ i.e. pretty well unknown. 

Edited August 21, 2019 by sidewinder

[aparxa]

 

 

 

[HutchFan]

Charlie Mariano - Crystal Bells (CMP, 1980)
After buying this music on emusic.com years ago, I recently decided to upgrade to LP.  Aside from the enormous improvement in sound quality, I still enjoy collecting the "thingy" stuff, whether it's vinyl or compact discs.   

Edited August 23, 2019 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

A new favorite:

Helen Merrill - Chasin' the Bird (Inner City, 1980)
Required listening for Pepper Adams aficionados.  The combination of his baritone sax and her voice is unusual, but it works really well.  I suppose some of the credit has to go to arranger Dick Katz as well.

 

 

 

On 8/21/2019 at 7:02 PM, aparxa said:

I've never seen that cover before. A Euro-variant???

 

Edited August 23, 2019 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

More Pepper Adams:

 

Don Friedman - Hot Knepper and Pepper (Progressive, 1980)

 

[BillF]

5 hours ago, HutchFan said:

A new favorite:

Helen Merrill - Chasin' the Bird (Inner City, 1980)
Required listening for Pepper Adams aficionados.  The combination of his baritone sax and her voice is unusual, but it works really well.  I suppose some of the credit has to go to arranger Dick Katz as well.

 

 

 

I've never seen that cover before. A Euro-variant???

 

Never seen it in this part of Europe.

 

Oops, is that political? 

[erwbol]

54 minutes ago, BillF said:

Never seen it in this part of Europe.

 

Oops, is that political? 

I bet @David Ayers has it in his loft. 

Edited August 23, 2019 by erwbol

[David Ayers]

2 hours ago, erwbol said:

I bet @David Ayers has it in his loft. 

I'll have a look once I get the new loft ladder...

[aparxa]

11 hours ago, HutchFan said:

A new favorite:

Helen Merrill - Chasin' the Bird (Inner City, 1980)
Required listening for Pepper Adams aficionados.  The combination of his baritone sax and her voice is unusual, but it works really well.  I suppose some of the credit has to go to arranger Dick Katz as well.

 

 

 

I've never seen that cover before. A Euro-variant???

 

No Fedora hat was allowed on the early French versions of Monk's Dream, only a French beret!  Great photograph by JP Leloir!

https://www.discogs.com/The-Thelonious-Monk-Quartet-Monks-Dream/release/2810778

NP:

George Russell Sextet at Beethoven Hall  (MPS Spain)

 

 

[JSngry]

Trilby, I believe.

[Chuck Nessa]

On 8/20/2019 at 7:13 PM, Larry Kart said:

Jus about to give it a spin. A Boulez maven tells me that this is by far the best recording of Le Soleil Des Eaux, and I've heard good things about Dorati's Chronochromie and Les Bander-Log.

Just hope the used LP is in decent shape. I just bought a used Odyssey LP of works by Maderna snd Schuller, and the surface noise was louder than the admittedly rather quiet music. When I contacted the bastard third-party seller on Amazon, he  said, 'Tough s---; we didn't grade it "like new."'

I used to have that lp, but relinquished it in a vinyl purge.

As far as I know only Chronochomie has been reissued.

[Larry Kart]

Here she be. But IIRC the CD  with all three was rather pricey so I went for the much cheaper vinyl, which plays just fine. Both the Messiaen and the Boulez seem to me to be terrific performances. Special kudos to Dorati; that piece must have been a beast to conduct, especially right out of the box in 1962 or so. His performance will take the skin off your back.

[sidewinder]

[aparxa]

Joe Henderson - Page One

Zoot At Ease

10 hours ago, JSngry said:

Trilby, I believe.

Very likely!

[sidewinder]

[JSngry]

Supraphon 10", an object of no small delight!!!

Record plays well-enough too, an extra bonus, but the object is the thing here, especially the cover painting, still a nice glossy laminate on thickass cardboard, with no wear or peel to the sheen..

[aparxa]

Art Tatum - Solo Masterpieces Vol. 12

Shelly Manne & His Men Vol. 4 - Swinging sounds.  Not clear whether the record title is not Contemporary Swinging sounds on the UK Vogue issue.