What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[HutchFan]

Next up:

Neil Ardley - Kaleidoscope of Rainbows (Gull, 1976)
Lantern Heights reissue

 

[Chuck Nessa]

[HutchFan]

[BillF]

4 hours ago, kh1958 said:

 

Al Cohn-Zoot Sims Quintet, You 'N Me (Mercury)

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[jazzcorner]

13 hours ago, Big Beat Steve said:

I wonder what the artwork people were up to with this one? Doing a (toned-down) Jim Flora imitation?

Anyway ... looks like an interesting item to look out for ...

Yes looks like derived from Jim Flora. Music is fine.

[Gheorghe]

This is my favourite Don Byas album. 
It´s a fantastic experience to hear this vintage bebop set with the sound of Don Byas. And he doesn´t just play the bop themes, he creates his own brand of bop solos with his very individual sound and phrasings. On "Antrophology" he even quotes Bud´s "Wail". The rhythm section is also very fine. 

[optatio]

54 minutes ago, Gheorghe said:

This is my favourite Don Byas album. 
It´s a fantastic experience to hear this vintage bebop set with the sound of Don Byas. And he doesn´t just play the bop themes, he creates his own brand of bop solos with his very individual sound and phrasings. On "Antrophology" he even quotes Bud´s "Wail". The rhythm section is also very fine. 

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[jazzcorner]

[soulpope]

21 hours ago, HutchFan said:

❤️ ....

[HutchFan]

1 minute ago, soulpope said:

❤️ ....

Yeah. I love that one too. 

 

[mjazzg]

Malombo Jazz Makers - Down Lucky's Way [Tapestry Works 2023 RE]

Fabulous SA jazz from 1969. Two more soon to come from Strut.

I remember Julian Bahula playing around when I first came to London.

Edited May 24, 2023 by mjazzg

[Niko]

45 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Malombo Jazz Makers - Down Lucky's Way [Tapestry Works 2023 RE]

Fabulous SA jazz from 1969. Two more soon to come from Strut.

I remember Julian Bahula playing around when I first came to London.

people with memory's like that... around the birth of our daughter, when the midwife came to our apartment, she looked around, identified some jazz related items and said something like "it's a pity you didn't live here in 1980s, I saw Chet Baker every few months back then..." 

 

George Bohanon Quartet – Boss:Bossa Nova

it's a quintet actually, Joe Messina (g), Kirk Lightsey (p), Cecil McBee (b) and George Goldsmith (dr), maybe some additional percussion on some tracks... 

[mjazzg]

4 minutes ago, Niko said:

people with memory's like that... around the birth of our daughter, when the midwife came to our apartment, she looked around, identified some jazz related items and said something like "it's a pity you didn't live here in 1980s, I saw Chet Baker every few months back then..." 

Nice story Niko

Now on this, contemporary SA

Duduzo Makhathini - In The Spirit Of Ntu [Blue Note, SA 2022]

[mjazzg]

Milford Graves w. Arhur Doyle & Hugh Glover - Children Of The Forest [Black Editions, 2023]

Fiery!

[jazzcorner]

 

 

[mjazzg]

Michael Garrick Sextet w. Norma Winstone - The Heart Is A Lotus [Argo, UK 1970]

[clifford_thornton]

6 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Malombo Jazz Makers - Down Lucky's Way [Tapestry Works 2023 RE]

Fabulous SA jazz from 1969. Two more soon to come from Strut.

I remember Julian Bahula playing around when I first came to London.

ordered that from DG -- looking forward to hearing it.

agree about the Graves, too -- side B is bonkers!

[BillF]

2 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

 

 

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[HutchFan]

2 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Michael Garrick Sextet w. Norma Winstone - The Heart Is A Lotus [Argo, UK 1970]

Gorgeous.  One of Garrick's finest hours.  And Winstone's voice!!!

 

 

4 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

 

 

Timeless classic. 

 

[mjazzg]

16 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Gorgeous.  One of Garrick's finest hours.  And Winstone's voice!!!

 

 

Timeless classic. 

 

Agreed, it took me too many years to fully appreciate it for the masterpiece that it is. Quintessentially English, is how I hear ot now, steeped in a tradition of English romanticism (although I may be guilty of overthinking it 😀).

And yes, Norma's voice is very special. I remember hearing her live for the first time at one of Kenny Wheeler's birthday concerts (the one released by ECM) and being completely knocked out.

[HutchFan]

7 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Agreed, it took me too many years to fully appreciate it for the masterpiece that it is. Quintessentially English, is how I hear ot now, steeped in a tradition of English romanticism (although I may be guilty of overthinking it 😀).

I totally agree, and -- from my point of view -- you're not overthinking it at all. 

I think it's an important record -- a prime, early example of jazz that doesn't try to sound American/African-American.  As you say, Garrick completely embraces his English-ness.  As such, I consider The Heart is a Lotus -- and similar albums like it from around the same time -- to be a BIG DEAL, an evolutionary step in the history of the music.

Winstone has talked about this quite a bit.  She said that Garrick gave her "permission" to sing without an American accent, using her natural voice.

Of course, this step wasn't just one artist or one album.  But I think Garrick's music is probably a perfect example of a larger trend.

 

Edited May 25, 2023 by HutchFan

[optatio]

4 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

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[mjazzg]

22 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

I totally agree, and -- from my point of view -- you're overthinking it at all. 

I think it's an important record -- a prime, early example of jazz that doesn't try to sound American/African-American.  As you say, Garrick completely embraces his English-ness.  As such, I consider The Heart is a Lotus -- and similar albums like it from around the same time -- to be a BIG DEAL, an evolutionary step in the history of the music.

Winstone has talked about this quite a bit.  She said that Garrick gave her "permission" to sing without an American accent, using her natural voice.

Of course, this step wasn't just one artist or one album.  But I think Garrick's music is probably a perfect example of a larger trend.

 

Yes, absolutely. Definitely not alone but a signature album in a trend

[jazzcorner]

1 hour ago, optatio said:

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Yep! My copy is on CD

[BillF]

10 hours ago, optatio said:

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