JSngry Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 For Hi-Fi Buffs...can't relate that mindset to this music, sorry. It's a homemade recording of a club date. The music is incredible, and is very "listenable" as such. For my money, it's a no-brainer addition to any collection of great music. For collectors of Hi-Fi Wizardry, go buy an Esquivel record or something. They're fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 26 minutes ago, JSngry said: For Hi-Fi Buffs...can't relate that mindset to this music, sorry. It's a homemade recording of a club date. The music is incredible, and is very "listenable" as such. For my money, it's a no-brainer addition to any collection of great music. For collectors of Hi-Fi Wizardry, go buy an Esquivel record or something. They're fun! Thanks for the input but what’s an Esquivel record. I listened to a couple of minutes on YouTube where I probably should have gone to begin with. It sounded fine to me and in line with other club dates I’ve heard. Not pristine but not everything is. I will look for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 Esquivel is why Hi-Fi was born! If you've watched Ernie Kovacs, you've probably heard Esquivel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopkins Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) Listened to this last night. Don't know why it never came out on CD. You can listen to it here: https://archive.org/details/lp_swings-our-thing_johnny-hodges-earl-hines Edited February 20, 2021 by hopkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 19 minutes ago, JSngry said: Esquivel is why Hi-Fi was born! He went through a funny comeback about a decade and a half ago. It faded as fast as it came. Always plumped for Martin Denny meself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzcorner Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Brad said: How does this sound? I’m tempted to purchase it but I can only find it outside of the US and when I looked up on All Music the US version that was published in the late 70s, the reviewer said the sound was so terrible as to make it unlistenable. Thats correct. The sound is very inferior. If you can get them cheap and just for the music it may be a deal. Its from private tapes of Max and not professionally recorded. But it has some historic value. Edited February 20, 2021 by jazzcorner more text Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Brad said: It sounded fine to me and in line with other club dates I’ve heard. Not pristine but not everything is. I will look for it. Bingo! OG Columbia LPs on Discogs are not at all pricey, at least not for starters: https://www.discogs.com/Clifford-Brown-Max-Roach-Live-At-The-Bee-Hive/release/2791282 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 (edited) Hidden in the sleeve - my programme for Kenny’s 75th Birthday tour. In addition to Konitz, I’d forgotten that Dave Holland was in the lineup that night. Edited February 21, 2021 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 (edited) On 2/20/2021 at 9:22 PM, JSngry said: BTW - I was blessed to catch the James Brown Show in a club (yes, club!) in Dallas in spring of 1981. The hits had long ago stopped coming, he was either without or about to be without a label, young Black people laughed at his old processed hair ass, it was surely a very dark time for The Godfather, probably the nadir of his career. The crowd was at most 300 people, and mostly white Boomers (of which I was definitely one). But it was still THE JAMES BROWN SHOW - SHOW, just like the old days, full service presentation, JUST like the old days, no intermission per se, just band instrumentals/JB teaser, female singer set, band feature set and then...IT'S STARTIME, and good god, yes, it was James Brown, still The Hardest Working Man In Show Business, STILL Mr. Dyneemite, still in there 1000%, still throwing up that hand for EVERY flub, no matter how irrelevant, It was amazing, cementing my truth that James Brown was indeed a force of nature, records be damned, popularity be damned, HERE was the reality of the truth. "Living In America" and all the samples and other deifications were yet to come. I saw the man at damn near the bottom and he was STILL James Brown. Not just anybody can do that. But that was a gig. The broader reality was a LOT more complicated. But I know what I saw, heard, and felt, so let it be complicated. Jim, Thanks for sharing your thoughts and recollections on James Brown -- and all else too. Today, I spent about ten hours on the road traveling home from an unexpected trip, but I was mulling our conversation for much of the day. I appreciate your knowledge... and your love of the music! THAT is the thing, right there! That's what carries the day. The USPS delivered a package with this LP in it while I was out of town: Edited February 21, 2021 by HutchFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 4 hours ago, HutchFan said: The USPS delivered a package with this LP in it while I was out of town: How is this one? I can always use Oliver Lake recommendations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Rabshakeh said: How is this one? I can always use Oliver Lake recommendations. Impala is excellent. The band includes Geri Allen, Santi Debriano, and Pheeroan Aklaff. It's available on YT here. I also ordered Lake's LP Gallery from the same discogs seller. Planning on listening to it later today. Edited February 21, 2021 by HutchFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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clifford_thornton Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 10 hours ago, Rabshakeh said: How is this one? I can always use Oliver Lake recommendations. that's one I've never had, either, though the band is pretty awesome on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 First listen to the other Oliver Lake LP that I ordered: Oliver Lake - Gallery (Gramavision, 1986) with Geri Allen, Fred Hopkins, Pheeroan AkLaff, and (on one cut) Rasul Sidduk Just as good as Impala. Maybe even better. Too soon to tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 Ornette Coleman, Opening the Caravan of Dreams (Caravan of Dreams) James Blood Ulmer, Live at the Caravan of Dreams (Caravan of Dreams) Twins Seven Seven, Slang in Trance (Caravan of Dreams) Ornette Coleman, In All Languages (Caravan of Dreams) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 Jessica Williams - Update (Clean Cuts, 1982) with Eddie Harris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HutchFan Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 Eddie Harris & Ellis Marsalis - Homecoming (Spindletop Records, 1985) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 2 hours ago, HutchFan said: First listen to the other Oliver Lake LP that I ordered: Oliver Lake - Gallery (Gramavision, 1986) with Geri Allen, Fred Hopkins, Pheeroan AkLaff, and (on one cut) Rasul Sidduk Just as good as Impala. Maybe even better. Too soon to tell. yeah, I like this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 Jessica Williams - Nothin' But the Truth (BlackHawk, 1986) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 Ronald Shannon Jackson, When Colors Play (Caravan of Dreams) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 Jane Ira Bloom - Slalom (Columbia, 1988) and Harvie Swartz - Smart Moves (Gramavision, 1986) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 Patrice Rushen 'Prelusion'. Very much of its time, and very enjoyable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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