What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Chuck Nessa]

[jcam_44]

Gerald Clayton - Bells On Sand 

Trombone Shorty - Lifted

and finally 

Cody Chesnutt - The Headphone Masterpiece

Edited May 13, 2022 by jcam_44

[porcy62]

[mjazzg]

Tumi Mogorosi - Project Elo [Jazzman, UK 2014]

New one of the way imminently but this is another example of the great music coming out of SA in the past few years

[sidewinder]

Really liking this one, Pepper Adams really on form. Good article on ‘Room at the Top’ by Marc Myers on his blog. Must have walked past it at the UofA campus but don’t recall ever going in and can’t recall any jazz gigs there.

The Tommy Banks Trio couldn’t have done a better job !

Hopefully Marc Vasey’s tape archive results in more gems like this.

Edited May 13, 2022 by sidewinder

[HutchFan]

Now on my 'table:

Various Artists - Singin' the Blues: A Treasury of Great Jazz Singers of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s (MCA, 2 LPs, rel. 1974)
Selections previously released on the Decca & Coral labels; issued as part of the "Leonard Feather Series"

 

Edited May 14, 2022 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

I'm listening to another V.A. compilation:

They All Played Bebop (Columbia)
LP sides 3 & 4

Excellent "leftovers" from the Henri Renaud-produced I Remember Bebop 2-LP set.  I bought this album primarily to hear the four cuts by Al Haig -- but there's also good stuff from Duke Jordan, Jimmy Rowles, John Lewis, and others.  

 

[HutchFan]

More Al Haig:

[Pim]

the new Acoustic Sounds edition. I think I heard a tick at 5:35 so will send it back immediately and file a complaint….. *Steve Hoffmann Board Mode off*
 

it sounds freakin great  Not at all into male vocals but Hartman has one warm and deep voice. Not a Trane favorite but still: a great record.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

18 minutes ago, Pim said:

the new Acoustic Sounds edition. I think I heard a tick at 5:35 so will send it back immediately and file a complaint….. *Steve Hoffmann Board Mode off*
 

it sounds freakin great  Not at all into male vocals but Hartman has one warm and deep voice. Not a Trane favorite but still: a great record.

I'm going to skip that one as I really like the sound of the SACD. Plus, as I've said elsewhere, my days of hearing a gnat fart from across the room are well behind me, so I doubt that I'd hear any difference between the two versions.

Now playing: David 'Fathead' Newman - Resurgence! (Muse). I picked this up in the recent sale. Sealed and yet still has a slight musty, basement-y smell - weird. I'm not really digging this one a lot. The recording sounds off, particularly on the piano. Oh well, you miss on some.

[porcy62]

Japan

Edited May 14, 2022 by porcy62

[Pim]

51 minutes ago, bresna said:

I'm going to skip that one as I really like the sound of the SACD. Plus, as I've said elsewhere, my days of hearing a gnat fart from across the room are well behind me, so I doubt that I'd hear any difference between the two versions.

Now playing: David 'Fathead' Newman - Resurgence! (Muse). I picked this up in the recent sale. Sealed and yet still has a slight musty, basement-y smell - weird. I'm not really digging this one a lot. The recording sounds off, particularly on the piano. Oh well, you miss on some.

Got that one too with moisture damage (is it cursed?) and not too fond about it either. You would expect more from a group like that.

[porcy62]

Japan

[kh1958]

Albert Dailey, Textures (Muse)

Jaki Byard, Family Man (Muse)

[porcy62]

Japan

[jlhoots]

20 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Really liking this one, Pepper Adams really on form. Good article on ‘Room at the Top’ by Marc Myers on his blog. Must have walked past it at the UofA campus but don’t recall ever going in and can’t recall any jazz gigs there.

The Tommy Banks Trio couldn’t have done a better job !

Hopefully Marc Vasey’s tape archive results in more gems like this.

Bought the CD version.

[Pim]

1 hour ago, porcy62 said:

Japan

[porcy62]

[BillF]

4 hours ago, Pim said:

 

4 hours ago, porcy62 said:

 

 

[HutchFan]

First listen:

[HutchFan]

Now chilling out with Mongo:

Craft LP reissue.  Just arrived in the mail today. 

 

[JSngry]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

First listen:

That's a pretty underwhelming lineup...does it meet expectations?

[HutchFan]

24 minutes ago, JSngry said:

That's a pretty underwhelming lineup...does it meet expectations?

Honestly, from my perspective, that line-up isn't "underwhelming."  I really like Claudio Roditi and Calvin Hill.  And I don't understand why Cecil Bridgewater comes in for so much stick.  Obviously, Max liked him.  

I dug the music -- especially the closing track (the title cut).  But it was only my first listen, so it's way too early for me to make any judgments. 

 

[Gheorghe]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Honestly, from my perspective, that line-up isn't "underwhelming."  I really like Claudio Roditi and Calvin Hill.  And I don't understand why Cecil Bridgewater comes in for so much stick.  Obviously, Max liked him.  

I dug the music -- especially the closing track (the title cut).  But it was only my first listen, so it's way too early for me to make any judgments. 

 

I haven´t heard the record, but it seems it has some spirit of Max Roach (as you mentioned him in context with Cecil Bridgewater). Well I like other trumpet players more, I never heard him in other context than the several times I saw him with Max Roach live. 
Calvin Hill..... I remember I heard Roach in 1978 with Reggie Workman, and one or two years later with Calvin Hill and thought, Workman had a better sound. I don´t know what pick-up he used but the bass had somehow an ugly sound then. Workman had a much warmer sound. 

[jazzcorner]

12 hours ago, porcy62 said: