What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Dmitry]

Paul Bley with Gary Peacock, ECM 1003, 1970, German release, I’m assuming it’s an original pressing. 
An introspective, wild, and searching trio recording, not very good from the engineering  aspect, to me it sounds recorded on a single stereo mic directly to a reel deck, in a rehearsal space somewhere in New York. 

 

 

Edited December 10, 2020 by Dmitry

[jazzcorner]

 

[sidewinder]

Tone Poet

[Kevin Bresnahan]

1 hour ago, sidewinder said:

Tone Poet

Nice sounding LP and the music was better than I expected. I don't know why, but I always thought this would be boring funk, especially with the All Music review. I think it's a fun record and Idris Mohammed is great.

[sidewinder]

The Lou is a good one, in excellent sound. ‘No fusion confusion’, to quote the maestro.

 

Rearward LP - in mono !

[sidewinder]

[Dub Modal]

22 hours ago, bresna said:

especially with the All Music review. I think it's a fun record and Idris Mohammed is great.

That review is hilariously bad. 

[HutchFan]

22 hours ago, bresna said:

Nice sounding LP and the music was better than I expected. I don't know why, but I always thought this would be boring funk, especially with the All Music review. I think it's a fun record and Idris Mohammed is great.

The All Music Guide is a helpful resource, but its writers are not trustworthy when it comes to soul jazz and/or funky jazz. 

In this listener's opinion.  

 

Edited December 11, 2020 by HutchFan

[Kevin Bresnahan]

24 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

The All Music Guide is a helpful resource, but its writers are not trustworthy when it comes to soul jazz and/or funky jazz. 

In this listener's opinion.  

 

If you like Donaldson's "Mr. Shing A Ling" and you still spin LPs, the Tone Poet LP sounds very nice. Well worth picking up.

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, bresna said:

If you like Donaldson's "Mr. Shing A Ling" and you still spin LPs, the Tone Poet LP sounds very nice. Well worth picking up.

I'm not familiar with Mr. Shing-A-Ling -- but I love the record that preceded it, Alligator Bogaloo.  

So I bet I'd dig it.  Thanks for the recommendation.   

 

[Dub Modal]

3 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

I'm not familiar with Mr. Shing-A-Ling -- but I love the record that preceded it, Alligator Bogaloo.  

So I bet I'd dig it.  Thanks for the recommendation.   

 

Read the review for Alligator Bogaloo...lol. This guy hates some Lou D funk, even stating that Leo Morris AKA Idris Muhammad isn't comfortable playing contemporary funk 

[HutchFan]

2 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

Read the review for Alligator Bogaloo...lol. This guy hates some Lou D funk, even stating that Leo Morris AKA Idris Muhammad isn't comfortable playing contemporary funk 

In my experience, it's a fairly common thing for critics/reviewers to disparage soul jazz and funky jazz as less worthy, "selling out," etc.

It's not an attitude that I share. 

So I just ignore those sorts of reviews. 

[funkytonk]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

The All Music Guide is a helpful resource, but its writers are not trustworthy when it comes to soul jazz and/or funky jazz. 

In this listener's opinion.  

 

I unfortunately took them at face value in my younger days, when that kind of stuff was (relatively) cheap and easy to find. I probably passed by a lot of great records because of AllMusic! 

[sidewinder]

Big Bear/Transatlantic

[jazzcorner]

13 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Have it and like it very much

 

Edited December 12, 2020 by jazzcorner
smilies

[sidewinder]

Just going on deck. Last Resonance vinyl of the year - it has been a good year for them.

Sounds absolutely fantastic - the usual Resonance surface marks but plays like a dream. My new favourite Monty Alexander album !

Edited December 12, 2020 by sidewinder

[Rabshakeh]

 Currently spinning Warne Marsh's All Music (Nessa, 1976), over and over. It's always been a favourite, but something about it cracked open my head a couple of days ago, and now it is just on every time I'm near my turntable. My poor wife just sighs and says "Is this Wayne Marsh again?" every time.

3 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

 

 

Is this good? Great players, but you never know with drum match ups. 

Edited December 12, 2020 by Rabshakeh

[jazzcorner]

Liberty LJH 6003 [FSR 1984] - Herbie Harper - Bud Shank - Bob Gordon - rec. 1953 LA -

 

 

5 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Re: Drummin' the Blues

Is this good? Great players, but you never know with drum match ups. 

It is believe me. Here are the details and all compositions by those two outstanding drummers.

[kh1958]

Jason Moran and the Bandwagon, Thanksgiving at the Vanguard (Yes)

McCoy Tyner, Tender Moments (Blue Note Tone Poet)

Jacques Loussier Trio, Play Bach volume 4 (London)

[optatio]

Bud Powell: The Genius of Bud Powell. Verve 821 690-1 [1976]

[sidewinder]

12 minutes ago, optatio said:

Bud Powell: The Genius of Bud Powell. Verve 821 690-1 [1976]

Got that one some where.

[optatio]

45 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

Got that one some where.

The catalog numbers of my edition differ: 821 690-1 (cover), VE-2-2506 (label). (P) & (C) 1976 PolyGram Records, Inc.

[soulpope]

19 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

 Currently spinning Warne Marsh's All Music (Nessa, 1976), over and over. It's always been a favourite, but something about it cracked open my head a couple of days ago, and now it is just on every time I'm near my turntable. My poor wife just sighs and says "Is this Wayne Marsh again?" every time.

!!

[HutchFan]

On 12/11/2020 at 4:57 PM, funkytonk said:

I unfortunately took them at face value in my younger days, when that kind of stuff was (relatively) cheap and easy to find. I probably passed by a lot of great records because of AllMusic! 

You and me both, funkytonk! 

See my blog entry on Jack McDuff's The Heatin' System for more of my thoughts on the way soul jazz is regularly overlooked by many "tastemakers."

 

[sidewinder]

Back on deck with this superb 2LP set..

Never thought I’d hear a great jazz version of ‘Arthur’s Song’ by Christopher Cross ! 

Edited December 14, 2020 by sidewinder