What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[HutchFan]

 

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3 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Have No Fear by Von Freeman. A newish acquisition that’s been getting a lot of outings.

Superb!

 

[mjazzg]

A couple of new arrivals...

Dennis Budimir - Sprung Free! [Revelation]

Dennis Budimir - A Second Coming [Revelation]

now wondering if I should get the other Revelations

And onto an old favourite

 

The Chico Hamilton Quintet - With Strings attached [Warner Bros]

 

[sidewinder]

Apple, stereo

[jazzcorner]

4 hours ago, mjazzg said:

A couple of new arrivals...

Dennis Budimir - Sprung Free! [Revelation]

Dennis Budimir - A Second Coming [Revelation]

now wondering if I should get the other Rev

 

Very good guitarist.

Here is my copy on Revelation Cat # 1

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[mjazzg]

Joseph Jarman, Anthony Braxton - Together Alone [Delmark]

Lol Coxhill, Andrea Centazzo, Giancarlo Schiaffini - Moot [Ictus]

 

[Rabshakeh]

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

Joseph Jarman, Anthony Braxton - Together Alone [Delmark]

Lol Coxhill, Andrea Centazzo, Giancarlo Schiaffini - Moot [Ictus]

 

What are these like? I've never heard of the existence of either, but the players look great.

Edited August 2, 2020 by Rabshakeh

[mjazzg]

7 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

What are these like? I've never heard of the existence of either, but the players look great.

Well, I'm never particularly confident in describing music especially when it was only my second listen to 'Together Alone' and my first to 'Moot' and I know there are other board members a lot more qualified to speak about the Delmark and probably the Ictus.  I was struck by how apparent it was that both came from different improvising 'traditions' but how there was a connection between them. 

The Jarman/Braxton is is some ways denser than I'd imagined - they both play a number of different instruments and switch within tracks, there's some electronics on one track too. Lots of musical information to absorb but maybe not as much silence as I'd suspected. Some great flute playing from Jarman, contrabass and piano from AB. It's definitely an album of two distinct musical characters coming together sometimes harmoniously sometimes in a degree of oppostion. The sides are split between one of Jarman compositions and one of Braxton's which may go some way to highlight the contrasts.  I think it's going to reveal much more with more listens and can't quite believe it's taken me this long to acquire it, missed along the way of collecting AACM recordings. If you like early AACM I can't see you not enjoying this.

Initial impressions of 'Moot' is that it's top notch European improv, carefully chosen contributions from all the players leading to a revealed logic in the interactions. Nothing very loud or raucous, some swingingly unswinging trombone interjections, lovely percussion shades and Coxhill as pin-sharp as ever.  I'm looking forward to getting to know this more.

In the same batch, i purchased 'Clangs' by Centazzo and Lacy, that's for later after some gardening...or just sitting in the garden thinking about doing it

[Rabshakeh]

Thanks for the very detailed descriptions. An interesting set. Clangs is good too - it will be a nice post gardening treat.

[mjazzg]

15 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Thanks for the very detailed descriptions. An interesting set. Clangs is good too - it will be a nice post gardening treat.

A pleasure.  Gardening and 'Clangs' sidelined by a very good Byron Wallen stream from Ronnies, someone who I think is under recorded and possibly underappreciated, at least by me

[clifford_thornton]

I've never had Moot (aware of it, just doesn't pop up often enough over here) but it does look like a fun one. 

[kh1958]

Gary Burton, Duster (RCA)

Gary Bartz and Maisha (Night Dreamer)

Etuk Ubong (Night Dreamer)

[jazzcorner]

Del Fi Records [FSR- Reissue 1988] - Bob Keene and his Orchestra - rec. 1951 & 1952 - Engineer: John Palladino

 

 

 

[HutchFan]

[soulpope]

On 30.7.2020 at 0:21 AM, Rabshakeh said:

Have No Fear by Von Freeman. A newish acquisition that’s been getting a lot of outings.

!!!

[Rabshakeh]

20 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

All album covers should look like this. 

[HutchFan]

29 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

All album covers should look like this. 

  

Looking at the cover, you might expect the music to be a "righteous blast of full-on funk" à la Alphonse Mouzon -- but it isn't.  Not at all.

 

 

NP:

On my short-list of favorite soul jazz records.

 

Edited August 3, 2020 by HutchFan

[Rabshakeh]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

  

Looking at the cover, you might expect the music to be a "righteous blast of full-on funk" à la Alphonse Mouzon -- but it isn't.

That's definitely the look! 

I'm partial to that Jack McDuff too. He's also a man with a killer art department.

[HutchFan]

[HutchFan]

[HutchFan]

Superb.

I wish Mosaic would do something with Fischer's Revelation recordings.  Talk about music that deserves a wider hearing!

Mosaic scooped up Fischer's early Pacific Jazz releases, but his stuff on Revelation is on an entirely different level.

It's likely not at all financially feasible.  Oh well.  I'll leave the bean counting to others and continue to hope.

 

[mjazzg]

Clare Fischer Big Band - Duality [Discovery Records]

and then by way of contrast

Moholo/Stabbins/Tippett - Tern [FMP]

Larry Stabbins!

[HutchFan]

Freddie Hubbard - Outpost (Enja, 1981)
Excellent. 

And the audio fidelity is outstanding too.  IMO, lots of Enja LPs from right around this time sound really, really good. ... Along with Outpost, I'm thinking of records like Chet Baker's Peace and David Friedman's Of the Wind's Eye.  A last gasp of all-analog, German-pressed vinyl before the digital revolution?

 

[Rabshakeh]

The family are away so...

Nonaah by Roscoe Mitchell. Currently on side 3. 

[HutchFan]

"Groove" Holmes - Shippin' Out (Muse, 1978)
This record has been in heavy rotation at my house.  ...  I remember The Magnificent Goldberg recommending it highly.  Good call! 

 

Edited August 5, 2020 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

Willis Jackson - In the Alley (Muse, 1977)