What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[JSngry]

Largely disappointing. 

[JSngry]

Not in the least bit disappointing. 

[Gheorghe]

I have a batch of old Vinyls from my youth saved on USB sticks that I listen to while drivin´. 

Yesterday it was two obscure Charlie Parker things with Orchestra, which was unusual since I think I remember I read somewhere that after Billy Eckstine Bird didn´t want to work again with Big Bands. 

The "Bird with the Herd" seems to be a very very rare thing, it doesn´t have many cover text infos, but from the sound I have the feeling that this was after the "Four Brothers" period. 
They really cook behind Bird and also have good soloists. Bird is in top form.

The other one I think I bought when this short lived label started, that was led by Bruce Lundvall, the former CBS boss.
I had some of them, like this one, and a Bud Powell also from Washington (they seemed to have some access to Washington tapes ?), another one was a Clifford Brown live concert.
This is also a fine Big Band, the drummer is very very good . There is also some tunes I didn´t know before. 

They say that on Bird´s last engagement at Birdland, with Kenny Dorham, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Art Blakey the "first night was perfect" and all that crap that´s written is about the second night where things didn´t happen. Maybe in future there will be discovered the good stuff they did when it was fine. 

[BillF]

The "Four Brothers" track on Bird with the Herd is a gem with Bird learning the changes on the bridge of this (then) recent tune as he goes along!! 

[HutchFan]

Now spinning:

Shelly Manne - Essence (Galaxy, 1977)
with Lew Tabackin (ts, fl), Mike Wofford (p), and Chuck Domanico (b)

A gem of a record that, oddly, never got an OJC CD reissue (AFAIK).

 

Edited April 21, 2023 by HutchFan

[Dub Modal]

43 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Now spinning:

Shelly Manne - Essence (Galaxy, 1977)
with Lew Tabackin (ts, fl), Mike Wofford (p), and Chuck Domanico (b)

A gem of a record that, oddly, never got an OJC CD reissue (AFAIK).

 

Discogs lists an LP copy at $0.42! Shipping = $6 lol. 

[HutchFan]

45 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

Discogs lists an LP copy at $0.42! Shipping = $6 lol. 

Needless to say, that's a GOOD DEAL for this LP.

But why does any reseller even bother to list a record at that price?!?!

Edited April 21, 2023 by HutchFan

[jazzcorner]

45 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Needless to say, that's a GOOD DEAL for this LP.

But why does any reseller even bother to list a record at that price?!?!

Probably a duplicate. 

 

This one below  is certainly not in that cathegory ;-]]

 

Always a good combination

Edited April 21, 2023 by jazzcorner

[optatio]

[JSngry]

[JSngry]

[Gheorghe]

17 hours ago, BillF said:

The "Four Brothers" track on Bird with the Herd is a gem with Bird learning the changes on the bridge of this (then) recent tune as he goes along!! 

I don´t have it exactly in my ears right in this moment, but oh..... doesn´t it have a similar way of chord solutions like "Cherokee" ? 

9 hours ago, optatio said:

This one came out when I heard them with Johnny Griffin at Jazz Freddy. It must have been in spring 1978 and so it was shortly before Griff left Europe to start his comeback in the States, similar to Dexter. 

What a night. I remember they usually started the shows at 22:00 and I think it lasted almost to ora 03:00 or so. 

It´s possible that it was published later, but I heard them play the material from that record in late 1977, and sure they played stuff from it the following year also. 

Later there was also a trio record made in Munich, with Isla Eckinger on bass and I think Billy Hart on drums...

[jazzcorner]

7 hours ago, JSngry said:

😁👍 Bob's band was one of the best  & also his guest appearances in Europe. Dis also some recordings with the Frankfurt radio big band

[BillF]

1 hour ago, Gheorghe said:

I don´t have it exactly in my ears right in this moment, but oh..... doesn´t it have a similar way of chord solutions like "Cherokee" ? 

 

No, not like "Cherokee". Musicians tell me the changes in the bridge of "Four Brothers" move in an unexpected direction and it's obvious from the recording that Bird didn't expect what was happening, but, master as he was, he soon found the way to go. 😃

[Pim]

 

[Pim]

 

[Pim]

 

[mjazzg]

14 hours ago, JSngry said:

That looks interesting, is it?

[JSngry]

9 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

That looks interesting, is it?

It is.

And fwiw, it came to World Pacific from Japanese Victor. 

[mjazzg]

2 minutes ago, JSngry said:

It is.

And fwiw, it came to World Pacific from Japanese Victor. 

Thanks, will see what I can find

3 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Thanks, will see what I can find

Found it, purchased. At £12.00 got to be worth the ride

[optatio]

2 hours ago, Pim said:

 

👍

[HutchFan]

Now on my turntable:

Black Renaissance [Harry Whitaker] - Body, Mind and Spirit (Baystate, rec. 1976)
with Woody Shaw, Azar Lawrence, Buster Williams, Billy Hart, and others; 2023 RSD re-reissue from Luv N' Haight

From this listener's point of view, Buster Williams is the force that makes this album move, the hero of the date.

 

Edited April 22, 2023 by HutchFan
corrected error

[BillF]

15 hours ago, JSngry said:

👍

3 hours ago, Pim said:

 

👍

[kh1958]

John Coltrane, Blue Trane (Blue Note))

Edited April 22, 2023 by kh1958

[Teasing the Korean]

Ahmad Jamal - Live at Oil Can Harry's - Catalyst (stereo)