What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Pim]

13 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Pharoah Sanders - Black Unity [Impulse, 1972]

Pharoah Sanders - Karma [Impulse, Club Edition, 1969]

My two Impulse! favorites by Sanders

[mjazzg]

Just now, Pim said:

My two Impulse! favorites by Sanders

My favourites switch nearly every time I listen to any of his Impulses - such a strong run. I have a big soft spot for 'Live At The East' and that along with 'Karma' are probbaly my two favourites, today 

'Tauhid' is cued up next. 

Since the Floating Points album, which I love, I've been on a mission to plug the gaps in my Pharoah Impulse leader-date vinyl collection. Complete now.

[mjazzg]

Pharoah Sanders - Tauhid [Impulse 1968, reissue]

[clifford_thornton]

all my Pharoah is in moving boxes. Would love to pull one out right now.

[Rabshakeh]

I find my reissue LP copy of Tauhid is very muddy when compared to the digital or CD versions. Sonny Sharrock is submerged complely. How does the original compare?

[mjazzg]

It sounded good earlier, will listen again over the next day or two

 

edit to add: listening again now and I don't really detect muddiness.  Sharrock isn't high in the ensemble mix at times and that mix is quite dense. Burrell's the biggest loser in the mix as I'm hearing it.

Edited April 11, 2021 by mjazzg

[kh1958]

Mickey Tucker, The Crawl (Muse)

Houston Person, Sweet Buns and Barbeque (Prestige)

Sonny Stitt, So Doggone Good (Prestige). Is this the only Sonny Stitt recording with Hampton Hawes on piano?

[HutchFan]

Steve Slagle - Rio Highlife (Atlantic, 1986)
with a group of outstanding Brazilian musicians (largely drawn from Milton Nascimento's band): Ricardo Silveira (g), Luiz Avellar (kybds), Nico Assumpção (b), and Carlos "Bala" Gomes (d)

 

[HutchFan]

Claudio Roditi - Slow Fire (Milestone, 1989)

 

[Brad]

[HutchFan]

Jimmy Ponder - Down Here on the Ground (Milestone, 1984)
with Mickey Tucker, Arnold Sterling, et al

R.I.P. to Bob Porter, who produced this LP

 

Edited April 12, 2021 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

Claudio Roditi's two Milestone LPs are still in "heavy rotation" at my house.

and

 

[mjazzg]

Michael White - Pneuma [Impulse]

Thanks again felser

[HutchFan]

Earlier:

Ralph Moore - Images (Landmark)

 

Now:

The Ballad Artistry of Buddy Tate (Sackville)

Masterful.

 

[jazzcorner]

On 10.4.2021 at 10:15 AM, Gheorghe said:

The last record Charlie Parker made, the december session with Billy Bauer......

Thanks for that Info. Have the Impression Parker did like cole Poerter melodies a lot.

20 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Earlier:

 

 

 

Now:

The Ballad Artistry of Buddy Tate (Sackville)

Masterful.

 

Indeed!!

On 12.4.2021 at 4:58 AM, Brad said:

Just discussed over there at Steve Hofmans forum. The sound is horrible. Have both RCA vinyls with different cover.

 

[Brad]

6 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

Thanks for that Info. Have the Impression Parker did like cole Poerter melodies a lot.

Indeed!!

Just discussed over there at Steve Hofmans forum. The sound is horrible. Have both RCA vinyls with different cover.

 

I was the one who originally posted. The sound is beyond horrible. A tough listen. 

[corto maltese]

On 8-4-2021 at 5:59 PM, mjazzg said:

I'm really enjoying it. I'm no way near the Harper afficionado that some of our fellow board members are but to my ears this is a storming set, good some quality and production values. Can't believe anyone who likes Harper would be disappointed.

Some may baulk at the short playing time 20:16 and 15:29. The notes mention that the set was completed by a 20' 'Priestess' so I do wonder why they went for the shorter 'Croquet Ballet' for side 2.

I'm glad they did; it's a particularly strong performance. I have the impression that you can hear that the quintet is more familiar with this piece, which they recorded a few days earlier in the studio, than with "Cry Of Hunger". 

Anyway, an excellent release from Sam. 

Edited April 14, 2021 by corto maltese

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Bill Evans - How My Heart Sings! (Riverside/OJC)

[Brad]

[mjazzg]

Barry Galbraith - Guitar And The Wind [Decca, Japan]

First listen to this, sounding good. 

[Clunky]

9 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Barry Galbraith - Guitar And The Wind [Decca, Japan]

First listen to this, sounding good. 

This is a lovely album , I've got it on a UK Brunswick LP.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

On 4/11/2021 at 3:18 PM, HutchFan said:

Steve Slagle - Rio Highlife (Atlantic, 1986)
with a group of outstanding Brazilian musicians (largely drawn from Milton Nascimento's band): Ricardo Silveira (g), Luiz Avellar (kybds), Nico Assumpção (b), and Carlos "Bala" Gomes (d)

 

absoutely never seen this

[HutchFan]

16 minutes ago, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said:

absoutely never seen this

I only discovered it recently.  Pretty good stuff -- if you're into 80s-ish Brazilian fusion.

In Brazil, the same music was issued as High Life (not in Slagle's name) on Elektra Musician. 

If you'd like to give it a listen...

The Brazilian cover is less garish, no?

 

Edited April 15, 2021 by HutchFan

[Gheorghe]

A wonderful album, I love those Freddie Redd compositions. 

Above all, "The Thespian". That beautiful rubato playing of the theme with Chambers bowing the bass , and that that break and the them played fast. 

And Jackie McLean and Tina Brooks are wonderful. 

Freddie Redd´s style is very interesting. He got his own style, I like it. 

[kh1958]

 

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