What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Soul Stream]

Wally Richardson "Soul Guru"

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Von Freeman 'Doin' It Right Now' (Atlantic green/orange, stereo) - Von Freeman, John Young, Sam Jones, Jimmy Cobb. What a great lineup !

Warming enormously to Von's quirky Chicago sound. Really nice LP - recommended !

I didn't realise Von had a "Chicago" sound. I always assumed he had a very individual, highly penetrating, sound and that there wasn't a bunch of other Chicago sax players with a similar approach. Looking for some hints, here; I have much to learn about Chicago stuff.

MG

[BillF]

Al Cohn's Tones (Realm/Savoy)

Two sessions: 1) with George Wallington, Tommy Potter and Tiny Khan

2) with Nick Travis, Horace Silver, Curley Russell and Max Roach

Anyone know the recording dates for these? (No information given on the album.)

Edited April 23, 2008 by BillF

[paul secor]

Von Freeman 'Doin' It Right Now' (Atlantic green/orange, stereo) - Von Freeman, John Young, Sam Jones, Jimmy Cobb. What a great lineup !

Warming enormously to Von's quirky Chicago sound. Really nice LP - recommended !

I didn't realise Von had a "Chicago" sound. I always assumed he had a very individual, highly penetrating, sound and that there wasn't a bunch of other Chicago sax players with a similar approach. Looking for some hints, here; I have much to learn about Chicago stuff.

MG

I can hear some Von Freeman in some of Johnny Griffin's playing - or vice versa.

[Chuck Nessa]

Al Cohn's Tones (Realm/Savoy)

Two sessions: 1) with George Wallington, Tommy Potter and Tiny Khan

2) with Nick Travis, Horace Silver, Curley Russell and Max Roach

Anyone know the recording dates for these? (No information given on the album.)

Session 1 - July 29, 1950

Session 2 - June 23, 1953

[jimi089]

I didn't realise Von had a "Chicago" sound. I always assumed he had a very individual, highly penetrating, sound and that there wasn't a bunch of other Chicago sax players with a similar approach. Looking for some hints, here; I have much to learn about Chicago stuff.

MG

Well, I feel a bit out of my league waxing poetic about Chicago and its sound with the likes of Chuck Nessa, Larry Kart and John Litweiler hanging around, but I'll give it a shot. To my ears, Von is inextricably linked to Chicago, but he also transcends some of those basic characteristics on a regular basis. When I hear him play I hear the entire history of jazz in the course of a chorus, and it's obvious that his experience with Charlie Parker and any other number of jazz luminaries (a group to which Von rightfully belongs as well) have imbued in him an incredible understanding of the whole jazz lexicon. With that said, Von was a contemporary and colleague of Gene Ammons and Clifford Jordan and Johnny Griffin - and that kind of peer influence can't be understated in terms of trying to draw some kind of picture of what a Chicago sound might be. Von also played with Sun Ra and Andrew Hill, and I think the fact that Von turned into such a unique, singular player, is no mistake given the wide range of musical experience available in a city like Chicago. So, I suppose my convoluted thesis here is that Von simultaneously reflects and transcends certain aspects of Chicago in terms of tone and approach. There are tunes I've heard Von play dozens of times and every time he plays them differently, and every time I could identify little strains or phrases that I could attribute to the influence of Chicago or to any number of nationally recognized musicians.

I'm not sure where I'm going with this but I thought I'd try.

[BillF]

Al Cohn's Tones (Realm/Savoy)

Two sessions: 1) with George Wallington, Tommy Potter and Tiny Khan

2) with Nick Travis, Horace Silver, Curley Russell and Max Roach

Anyone know the recording dates for these? (No information given on the album.)

Session 1 - July 29, 1950

Session 2 - June 23, 1953

Thanks!

[BruceH]

Been spinning a lot of Nick Lowe albums lately, for some reason.

[sidewinder]

Von Freeman 'Doin' It Right Now' (Atlantic green/orange, stereo) - Von Freeman, John Young, Sam Jones, Jimmy Cobb. What a great lineup !

Warming enormously to Von's quirky Chicago sound. Really nice LP - recommended !

I didn't realise Von had a "Chicago" sound. I always assumed he had a very individual, highly penetrating, sound and that there wasn't a bunch of other Chicago sax players with a similar approach. Looking for some hints, here; I have much to learn about Chicago stuff.

MG

I can hear some Von Freeman in some of Johnny Griffin's playing - or vice versa.

Exactly !

[Chalupa]

Burton Greene - Presenting Burton Greene (Columbia)

[Teasing the Korean]

Gary McFarland - Does the Sun Really Shine on the Moon - Skye

Perfect record for the young couple making dinner after a long day at the office.

[Chuck Nessa]

Gary McFarland - Does the Sun Really Shine on the Moon - Skye

Perfect record for the young couple making dinner after a long day at the office.

Good luck!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Von Freeman 'Doin' It Right Now' (Atlantic green/orange, stereo) - Von Freeman, John Young, Sam Jones, Jimmy Cobb. What a great lineup !

Warming enormously to Von's quirky Chicago sound. Really nice LP - recommended !

I didn't realise Von had a "Chicago" sound. I always assumed he had a very individual, highly penetrating, sound and that there wasn't a bunch of other Chicago sax players with a similar approach. Looking for some hints, here; I have much to learn about Chicago stuff.

MG

I can hear some Von Freeman in some of Johnny Griffin's playing - or vice versa.

Well, I feel a bit out of my league waxing poetic about Chicago and its sound with the likes of Chuck Nessa, Larry Kart and John Litweiler hanging around, but I'll give it a shot. To my ears, Von is inextricably linked to Chicago, but he also transcends some of those basic characteristics on a regular basis. When I hear him play I hear the entire history of jazz in the course of a chorus, and it's obvious that his experience with Charlie Parker and any other number of jazz luminaries (a group to which Von rightfully belongs as well) have imbued in him an incredible understanding of the whole jazz lexicon. With that said, Von was a contemporary and colleague of Gene Ammons and Clifford Jordan and Johnny Griffin - and that kind of peer influence can't be understated in terms of trying to draw some kind of picture of what a Chicago sound might be. Von also played with Sun Ra and Andrew Hill, and I think the fact that Von turned into such a unique, singular player, is no mistake given the wide range of musical experience available in a city like Chicago. So, I suppose my convoluted thesis here is that Von simultaneously reflects and transcends certain aspects of Chicago in terms of tone and approach. There are tunes I've heard Von play dozens of times and every time he plays them differently, and every time I could identify little strains or phrases that I could attribute to the influence of Chicago or to any number of nationally recognized musicians.

I'm not sure where I'm going with this but I thought I'd try.

Ah, a misunderstanding, I see.

I can certainly see the resemblances between Von's playing and Griff's or Jordan's - and other Chicago musicians. But I wasn't talking about the way he plays; it's the way he makes his sax sound that seems completely unique to me. And that's what I thought Paul was talking about.

MG

[alanmck]

Originally released as "Hush" under Duke Pearson's name (on Jazz Line, one of his earliest lead dates, and it's a silly rare and $$$ record), this is an early 70s pressing on Polydor.

A great 1962 set with two trumpets, no sax, interesting tone. Sudel is the standout, reminds me of Pearson's majestic "Jeanine".

Edited April 24, 2008 by alanmck

[porcy62]

Johannes Brahms - Piano Quintet F minor op. 34 - Amadeus Quartet/ Christoph Eschenbach, DG

[porcy62]

Ludwig Van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 - Karl Böhm/ Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, DG

[Chalupa]

Jimmy Lyons - Give It Up (Black Saint)

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Dinner Jazz - Herbie Hancock "Takin' Off" (Blue Note/Cisco)

Bummer that this is going out of print. Nice, solid pressing. Great-sounding LP.

[Teasing the Korean]

Sergio Mendes - The Beat of Brasil - Atlantic stereo

US issue of early session for Brasilian Philips.

The perfect record for today's young couple drinking chianti and baking brie after a long day at the office, as a pacific breeze wafts through an open window.

[Teasing the Korean]

Dinner Jazz - Herbie Hancock "Takin' Off" (Blue Note/Cisco)

Bummer that this is going out of print. Nice, solid pressing. Great-sounding LP.

A Blue Note record is going out of print? I didn't think that was possible.

[Teasing the Korean]

Julie London - In Person at the Americana - Liberty (mono)

Live LPs like this provide a secret window in the collective unconscious of postwar America.

And she was a great singer, regardless of what her detractors say...

[paul secor]

Dinner Jazz - Herbie Hancock "Takin' Off" (Blue Note/Cisco)

Bummer that this is going out of print. Nice, solid pressing. Great-sounding LP.

A Blue Note record is going out of print? I didn't think that was possible.

According to this - http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...mp;#entry762939 - Cisco has ceased operations.

[Chuck Nessa]

Oh Cisco - Oh Pancho!

[Teasing the Korean]

McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy - Blue Note (stereo)

McCoy's late 60's stuff has such an irresistible TV jazz sound. And that's a supreme compliment, BTW. It makes me wish he would have given up any artistic pretensions and just scored episodes of Columbo.

[NaturalSoul]

Hot Cross - Fair Trades And Farewells - Level-Plane