What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Gheorghe]

I have it saved on USB to listen in the car and so I did 2 days ago when I drove to go fishing.

I still remember how enthusiastic we young jazz buddies were when it came out. 
Those Spotlite LPs were treasures for people who wanted to hear Bop and Bird and so on. 

This and the Billy Eckstine record were favourites.

Howard McGhee proves that he is just a fantastic trumpet player. He is in top form here and I think he was underrated, in comparation to Diz and Fats and Miles. For me he is one of the best bop trumpet players. 

And I love Brew Moore. You see how he plays his Prez thing, he could keep it weather he played with bop stars like Bird or Miles or Howard or Bud, and in that afro cubop surroundings.

The Tracks "Cubop City" and "Tanga" are really fun. Just fine that chants and that rhythm, and it´s fun to hear how strange them their trumpet players and alto players sound completly different to what we jazzers are used to. And that bad tuned piano....
And Bird is on three tunes, maybe not the best Bird, but fine that he did it. 
"Reminiscing at Twilight" is just wonderful. WHO ROTE IT ? And are there other band that played it, does it also have lyrics ? How much would I like to play that live on an occasion, just between faster numbers......

[Niko]

11 hours ago, JSngry said:

Ok.

On the one hand, no thanks. 

On the other hand. Patti Austin is a REALLY good singer. REALLY good. 

 

Not that I remember much but I was at that concert actually... I remember Austin thanking the band for making "the greatest sacrifice" of temporarily not smoking on the bus

[soulpope]

On 4/8/2023 at 11:12 PM, optatio said:

Truly excellent ....

[sidewinder]

The Tone Poet mono version.

[mjazzg]

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Shirley Scott - Cookin' With Jaws And The Queen [Craft, 2022]

LP 4, 'Smokin'. And it does

Today's arrival, in time for the weekend, perfect.

[sidewinder]

‘More Lasting Than Bronze’ 2LP

[mjazzg]

50 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Shirley Scott - Cookin' With Jaws And The Queen [Craft, 2022]

LP 4, 'Smokin'. And it does

Today's arrival, in time for the weekend, perfect.

Now onto 'Cookbook, Vol.1'

[sidewinder]

[mjazzg]

Sun Ra Quartet featuring John Gilmore - Other Voices, Other Blues [Horo, Italy 1978]

[sidewinder]

[Niko]

[BillF]

3 hours ago, sidewinder said:

 

👍

[sidewinder]

Fresh Sounds reissue

[sidewinder]

Great recording but curiously MOR-ish.

[mjazzg]

The Brother Moves On - $he/He Who Feeds You...Owns You [Native Rebel, UK 2022]

[jazzcorner]

18 hours ago, sidewinder said:

😁 ☝️

[mjazzg]

Tete Mbambisa - Tete's Big Sound [Mad About Records/The Sun, Portugal 2021 RE]

[mjazzg]

Gideon Nxumalo - Gideon Plays [Matsuli Music, UK 2021 RE]

Dollar Brand - The Journey [Chiaroscuro Records, 1977]

Side 2 of this is one of the great side long tracks, the oboe on which is credited to Talib Rhynie, their only credit on Discogs. Anyone know more about him?

Edit to add: simple Google search reveals it's T.K.Blue who I have come across

Edited April 15, 2023 by mjazzg

[sidewinder]

Haven’t played this for over 30 years and what a corker !  Amazing band lineup and great performance. Cost me all of 99p back in the day.. UK Pye pressing.

Fine band underpinned by Ronnie Mathews, Victor Sproles and Ed Soph.

Grammavision - the label confirms I paid £7.49 at Our Price for this one.

Edited April 15, 2023 by sidewinder

[kh1958]

Charles Mingus, A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (New Land)

Artie Shaw, A Legacy (Book of the Month)

[optatio]

23 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Fresh Sounds reissue

👍

[Pim]

2 hours ago, mjazzg said:

 

Dollar Brand - The Journey [Chiaroscuro Records, 1977]

Side 2 of this is one of the great side long tracks, the oboe on which is credited to Talib Rhynie, their only credit on Discogs. Anyone know more about him?

Edit to add: simple Google search reveals it's T.K.Blue who I have come across

Excellent stuff. !!!!

now playing:

my favorite Chico

[Rabshakeh]

2 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Haven’t played this for over 30 years and what a corker !  Amazing band lineup and great performance. Cost me all of 99p back in the day.. UK Pye pressing.

Fine band underpinned by Ronnie Mathews, Victor Sproles and Ed Soph.

I'm not a huge 70s big band guy but that one is a classic 

[HutchFan]

3 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Haven’t played this for over 30 years and what a corker !  Amazing band lineup and great performance. Cost me all of 99p back in the day.. UK Pye pressing.

Fine band underpinned by Ronnie Mathews, Victor Sproles and Ed Soph.

 

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

I'm not a huge 70s big band guy but that one is a classic 

Yes !!!   

Clark Terry's Big-B-A-D-Band Live at the Wichita Jazz Festival is excellent too -- but I prefer At Buddy's Place by a whisker.  

 

Edited April 15, 2023 by HutchFan

[sidewinder]

I remember watching a BBC show by Clark and the Big Bad Band on TV in the mid 1970s. To this day, I’ve never seen it repeated nor has it copped up on the internet. Presume it must have been wiped.

I have that Wichita Jazz Festival LP somewhere too.

2 hours ago, Pim said:

Excellent stuff. !!!!

now playing:

my favorite Chico

I bought that one when it came out and still have a copy.