What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[sidewinder]

[jazzcorner]

 

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

17 hours ago, sidewinder said:

I think this is the only time I've ever seen Art Blakey's Islamic name on an album cover. Wasn't he back to using Art Blakey 100% by this time (1964) though?

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Joy was a strange little label though. A budget subsidiary of President records, set up after President had got rights to Vee-Jay material.

But I see the Vee-Jay version also has Buhaina on the sleeve.

A compilation...

Well, we all don't know as much as we think we know.

MG 

[JSngry]

A contractual workaround, perhaps.

[mjazzg]

James Moody -s/t [Cadet/GRT, 1975]

first of a number of new Moody LPs I'm hoping will arrive soon.

[HutchFan]

23 hours ago, mjazzg said:

John Carter - Dance Of The Love Ghosts [Gramavision, 1987]

powerful

Powerful indeed.  

 

13 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

James Moody -s/t [Cadet/GRT, 1975]

first of a number of new Moody LPs I'm hoping will arrive soon.

Hooray for James Moody!   

 

[mjazzg]

26 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Hooray for James Moody!   

 

Definitely! I can't believe I've slept on him for so long. I have another three in the post at the moment. My new obsession...

He's hitting a similar spot that Yusef Lateef does for me. Thank you for all your Moody posts that eventually nudged me in the right direction.

[HutchFan]

Just now, mjazzg said:

Definitely! I can't believe I've slept on him for so long. I have another three in the post at the moment. My new obsession...

He's hitting a similar spot that Yusef Lateef does for me. Thank you for all your Moody posts that eventually nudged me in the right direction.

I'm happy that the Moody bug bit you. The man made amazing, SOULFUL music that's often overlooked.  

 

[mjazzg]

Just now, HutchFan said:

I'm happy that the Moody bug bit you. The man made amazing, SOULFUL music that's often overlooked.  

 

So far I've gone for late 50s through to a Muse. I saw a Novus, how are the later dates?

[JSngry]

The later (on both Novus & WB) dates tend to be a bit "produced", but the last dates (on IPO) are badass. But - do not hesitate to go backwards as well. The late-40s/early 50s stuff are magnificent.

https://jamesmoody.com/discography/

 

[HutchFan]

13 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

So far I've gone for late 50s through to a Muse. I saw a Novus, how are the later dates?

I have one of Moody's Novus records, Something Special.  It's very good -- but, IMO, it's not quite on the same level as those prime years.

From Moody's later years, my favorite very well could be Our Delight with Hank Jones on IPO.  

 

[mjazzg]

Just now, HutchFan said:

I have one of Moody's Novus records, Something Special.  It's very good -- but, IMO, it's not quite on the same level as those prime years.

From Moody's later years, my favorite very well could be Our Delight with Hank Jones on IPO.  

 

Thank you

[HutchFan]

3 minutes ago, JSngry said:

The later (on both Novus & WB) dates tend to be a bit "produced", but the last dates (on IPO) are badass. But - do not hesitate to go backwards as well. The late-40s/early 50s stuff are magnificent.

Yep!

 

[mjazzg]

7 minutes ago, JSngry said:

The later (on both Novus & WB) dates tend to be a bit "produced", but the last dates (on IPO) are badass. But - do not hesitate to go backwards as well. The late-40s/early 50s stuff are magnificent.

https://jamesmoody.com/discography/

 

Thanks a lot.

On this now

Edited September 28, 2021 by mjazzg

[HutchFan]

Don't overlook Moody's Vanguard LPs.  They're products of their time, but they're definitely well worth hearing -- particularly Sun Journey and the "Summit" record with Elvin and Clark Terry.

 

[mjazzg]

There seems to be a lot not to overlook 

[sidewinder]

3 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Thanks a lot.

On this now

 Bought that from Mole in the deletions rack over 40 years ago !

3 hours ago, HutchFan said:

I have one of Moody's Novus records, Something Special.  It's very good -- but, IMO, it's not quite on the same level as those prime years.

From Moody's later years, my favorite very well could be Our Delight with Hank Jones on IPO.  

 

I have that one but find it a bit over-sickly with the souped-up synth, I’m afraid. Correction to say I’m thinking of ‘Sweet and Lovely’.

Edited September 28, 2021 by sidewinder

[HutchFan]

Now spinning:

Duke Ellington's My People (Flying Dutchman; originally released on Contact, 1965)

 

[jazzbo]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Now spinning:

Duke Ellington's My People (Flying Dutchman; originally released on Contact, 1965)

 

I love this! I have a mono Contact copy that sounds wonderful. 

[jazzbo]

And several cd versions.

[HutchFan]

3 hours ago, jazzbo said:

I love this! ...

Me too.

It's a one-of-a-kind in Ellington's discography. Nothing else quite like it. 

 

[jazzbo]

4 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Me too.

It's a one-of-a-kind in Ellington's discography. Nothing else quite like it. 

 

Yes. Though I think "A Drum is a Woman" is a whimsical sister recording that I love.

[HutchFan]

18 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Yes. Though I think "A Drum is a Woman" is a whimsical sister recording that I love.

I'd never thought about a connection between those two LPs.  But now that you mention it, I can see what you're talking about.

 

[mjazzg]

Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - South Africa to South Carolina [Arista, 1975]