What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[mjazzg]

Today, so far

David Murray - Ming's Samba [Portrait, 1989]

David Murray - 3D Family, Vol.1 [HatMusics, Switzerland 1983]

David Murray Trio - Sweet Lovely [Black Saint, Italy 1980]

Jim Marks - Touching Your Feelings [Nicole Records, Italy 2022 RP]

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

 

[mjazzg]

Jeff Parker - Forfolks [International Anthem/Nonesuch, 2022]

[HutchFan]

Prompted by some discussion elsewhere on the board:

Chico Freeman - The Pied Piper (BlackHawk, 1986)

[jazzcorner]

[jcam_44]

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye 2LP version

[Clunky]

On 17/01/2022 at 6:13 PM, mjazzg said:

David Murray trio - The Hill [Black Saint, Italy 1988]

a post by @ghost of mileselsewhere reminded me about this LP.  Murray was one of my entry points to Jazz and I hoovered up the the Black Saints. This takes me back.

I recall vacuuming up Murray and other Soul Note/Black Saint LPs for £2 from Fopp. These introduced me to the likes of Roscoe Mitchell, Frank Lowe etc

[mjazzg]

Helen Merrill with the Gary Peacock Trio - Sposin' [Storyville, Denmark 1971]

first listen to this, stunning. My introduction to Merrill but purchased primarily because of Peacock and his Japanese trio

[mjazzg]

Another delivered today

Mal Waldron - Up Popped The Devil, US 1974]

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

Helen Merrill with the Gary Peacock Trio - Sposin' [Storyville, Denmark 1971]

first listen to this, stunning. My introduction to Merrill but purchased primarily because of Peacock and his Japanese trio

She's fantastic.  

One of my faves:

[mjazzg]

46 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

She's fantastic.  

One of my faves:

Thanks I'll see if I can find that streaming somewhere. Did she do any other dates that went a bit out like the Peacock one do you know?

[HutchFan]

4 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Thanks I'll see if I can find that streaming somewhere. Did she do any other dates that went a bit out like the Peacock one do you know?

There are two cuts from the Lewis/Merrill LP that you can stream on my 70s jazz blog: https://jazzinthe70s.blogspot.com/2020/07/john-lewis-helen-merill-john-lewis.html

I'm not aware of any other Merrill albums like that date with Peacock.  But I don't know her discography comprehensively.

 

[mjazzg]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

There are two cuts from the Lewis/Merrill LP that you can stream on my 70s jazz blog: https://jazzinthe70s.blogspot.com/2020/07/john-lewis-helen-merill-john-lewis.html

I'm not aware of any other Merrill albums like that date with Peacock.  But I don't know her discography comprehensively.

 

[jazzcorner]

[mjazzg]

Paul Bley - In Haarlem, Blood [International Polydor Production, Germany 1967]

[mjazzg]

Paul Bley - Blood [Fontana, Netherlands 1966]

[sidewinder]

Deck back in action after system upgrade and kicking off with:

180g version

NY DG mono version

[Chuck Nessa]

[Daniel A]

Just listening through some recent purchases from Japan.

King pressing, though it has VAN GELDER stamp in the runout, so presumably they did use stampers from the US.

Maybe I shouldn't say that The Singers Unlimited never sounded better than here, as this is the first or second album they did, but that's how it feels to me. A bit unusual to find an MPS album reissued on the Columbia imprint. I have also a German pressing, but wanted a spare copy as I am not happy with the remastering of this album on the "Magic Voices" 7 CD box. 

This one has some good early Cedar Walton. And I always like Jaspar.

 

Edited January 20, 2022 by Daniel A

[sidewinder]

That JJ album is a good one (as are all of his Columbias).

[Daniel A]

36 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

Colored vinyl, eh? 

[sidewinder]

6 minutes ago, Daniel A said:

Colored vinyl, eh? 

Yep, custard yellow. 

[Larry Kart]

4 hours ago, Daniel A said:

Just listening through some recent purchases from Japan.

King pressing, though it has VAN GELDER stamp in the runout, so presumably they did use stampers from the US.

Maybe I shouldn't say that The Singers Unlimited never sounded better than here, as this is the first or second album they did, but that's how it feels to me. A bit unusual to find an MPS album reissued on the Columbia imprint. I have also a German pressing, but wanted a spare copy as I am not happy with the remastering of this album on the "Magic Voices" 7 CD box. 

This one has some good early Cedar Walton. And I always like Jaspar.

 

I picked up many of the Singers Unlimited albums on CD at a library sale. They sound great, big improvement over the LPs, many of which I had. One performance that I can't get out my head is "The More I See You," the ending especially.

[mjazzg]

Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd - Orchestrane, New Herd Plays John Coltrane [Denon, Japan 1977]

[Rabshakeh]

1 minute ago, mjazzg said:

Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd - Orchestrane, New Herd Plays John Coltrane [Denon, Japan 1977]

A lot of fun, that one. I don't think I've heard a record by them that I haven't liked.

[mjazzg]

2 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

A lot of fun, that one. I don't think I've heard a record by them that I haven't liked.

That's good to hear. I only have this and two with Satoh, 'Canto Of Aries' and one I can't recall its title.  I'm a bit wary of a MOR tendency that I have no evidence to support. Any pointers for others?

Now onto this recent discovery. Some Billy Harper I didn't know about. One of the weirdest band names ever

New York Saxophone Madness - Danjiri [CAC, Japan 1985]