Chuck Nessa Posted December 4, 2004 Report Posted December 4, 2004 I'm sure you folks will know what these two albums have in common? Two things - RVG and nuthin' happnin'. B-) Quote
Bill Nelson Posted December 4, 2004 Report Posted December 4, 2004 Blimey, how true! A quick search of my stacks confirmed both had been pulled to sell at the Atlanta 'Skid Show about 2 years ago. I recall Milt's 'Statements' rang fairly hollow. Given the cats on the Impulse date, it shoulda been more happenin'. Perhaps Milt was just coasting with mallets toward no one. Quote
Leeway Posted December 4, 2004 Report Posted December 4, 2004 I'm sure you folks will know what these two albums have in common? Two things - RVG and nuthin' happnin'. B-) I know I couldn't get anything past you That was easy. Did Creed Taylor ruin Montgomery? Or was Montgomery's talents already failing and this was Creed's way of "packaging" Wes for sales? I like Milt's vibes playing, and the "Statements" album is a whole lot better than Wes's album; admittedly, though, good, not great. Quote
sidewinder Posted December 4, 2004 Report Posted December 4, 2004 Cannonball Adderley 'African Waltz', blue label Riverside Quote
sidewinder Posted December 4, 2004 Report Posted December 4, 2004 'Shades of Love' - Walt Dickerson, direct cut Steeplechase LP Quote
pryan Posted December 4, 2004 Report Posted December 4, 2004 George Lewis Mosaic: (side XII), probably my favorite side of the collection. Features live renditions of "Just a Closer Walk with Thee", "Ice Cream", "Canal Street", and more. If you don't have this set, phone up Scott @ Mosaic, they might have a few more collecting dust. Got mine for $50 (five Lp set). Great stuff. Quote
brownie Posted December 4, 2004 Report Posted December 4, 2004 Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet 'Illumination!' (Impulse mono) with Prince Lasha, Sonny Simmons, Charles Davis and McCoy Tyner Quote
patricia Posted December 4, 2004 Report Posted December 4, 2004 OK guys. I admit it. I saw and purchased "Blue Christmas", by Elvis Presley. It set me back $1 for a mint copy. I had this when it was first released and it is still a very good album for Christmas listening, I think. Quote
Leeway Posted December 4, 2004 Report Posted December 4, 2004 Reading and spinning records this afternoon: Joanne Brackeen - "Ancient Dynasty" - Columbia/Tappan Zee. With Joe Henderson, Eddie Gomez, Jack DeJohnette. Don't think this one made it to CD-- should though. Everyone plays hard on this one. Weather Report - "I Sing the Body Electric" - Columbia 31352 CTI. Lateef sings and plays the sax. Funkified. Columbia 9189 Columbia KC 30640 I just pulled these pretty much at random, didn't realize these were all Columbia recordings, except the Lateef. Quote
patricia Posted December 5, 2004 Report Posted December 5, 2004 "Porgy and Bess" Hank Jones "Porgy and Bess" Cleo Laine and Harry Belefonte [amazingly good!] followed by "Porgy and Bess" Miles Davis "Porgy and Bess" Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald Quote
Leeway Posted December 5, 2004 Report Posted December 5, 2004 "Porgy and Bess" Hank Jones "Porgy and Bess" Cleo Laine and Harry Belefonte [amazingly good!] followed by "Porgy and Bess" Miles Davis "Porgy and Bess" Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald Any particular version really stand out for you? Quote
patricia Posted December 5, 2004 Report Posted December 5, 2004 (edited) "Porgy and Bess"Â Hank Jones "Porgy and Bess"Â Cleo Laine and Harry Belefonte [amazingly good!] followed by "Porgy and Bess"Â Miles Davis "Porgy and Bess"Â Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald Any particular version really stand out for you? Really hard to choose a favourite, since they are so different from each other. I've always loved Jones' take, but Laine/Belefonte was surprisingly alive and vibrant. Louis and Fitzgerald are brilliant. Miles Davis' version was the very first P&B I had in my collection, so it holds a special place. His is passionate and amazingly innovative as I consider all his work, no matter the period in his career. He did lose me for a few years, during his fusion explorations, but the sheer total work over decades stands as a giant now, crossing genres and evolving magnificently. Edited December 5, 2004 by patricia Quote
wolff Posted December 5, 2004 Author Report Posted December 5, 2004 (edited) Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall Mosaic set. And... Edited December 5, 2004 by wolff Quote
paul secor Posted December 5, 2004 Report Posted December 5, 2004 Charles Mingus: Jazz Abstractions (Jazztone) I always considered this as more interesting than essential Mingus, and still do, but I enjoyed listening to it more this time than I ever did before. Thad Jones shines on this record. Quote
sidewinder Posted December 5, 2004 Report Posted December 5, 2004 Miles Davis 'On The Corner' (CBS). Just had to give this one a spin after hearing Paul Buckmaster's interview and recollections of the making of the album on the Miles Isle of Wight video. Hugely under-rated Miles session, this one. Quote
BFrank Posted December 5, 2004 Report Posted December 5, 2004 Just a little light morning music ... Quote
Leeway Posted December 6, 2004 Report Posted December 6, 2004 Toshiba Japan pressing, which sounds really good. Liberty pressing. Two session. Cahrles Tolliver and Stanley Turrentine on 3 cuts on side one; Tolliver and Bennie Maupin on 3 cuts on side 2. Interesting contrast. Turrentine is swinging, bluesy, soulful, pretty straight-ahead. Maupin plays more "out," more probing lines, and Tolliver is more out in front in the 2nd session, which, BTW, I happen to like quite a bit. BN Rare Groove series. Benny Carter- "Cosmopolite" Japan pressing. Quote
paul secor Posted December 6, 2004 Report Posted December 6, 2004 Eric Dolphy & Booker Little: Memorial Album (Prestige/OJC) Quote
wolff Posted December 6, 2004 Author Report Posted December 6, 2004 Ellington: Anatomy Of A Murder (MFSL LP) Sinatra: September Of My Years (Rhino) Stunning sounding reissue. Quote
DrJ Posted December 6, 2004 Report Posted December 6, 2004 Leeway Posted: Dec 4 2004, 06:57 PM Reading and spinning records this afternoon: user posted image Joanne Brackeen - "Ancient Dynasty" - Columbia/Tappan Zee. With Joe Henderson, Eddie Gomez, Jack DeJohnette. Don't think this one made it to CD-- should though. Everyone plays hard on this one. That's a damn fine album, isn't it? It's really a shame it hasn't reached CD. Think I'll reach for my vinyl tonight... Quote
pryan Posted December 6, 2004 Report Posted December 6, 2004 Max Roach: DEEDS NOT WORDS - Booker Little, yowza! Quote
sidewinder Posted December 6, 2004 Report Posted December 6, 2004 Donald Byrd 'Byrd In Flight' Blue Note 47 W 63rd mono pressing. Some lovely Mobe on this one and the playing of Byrd and Mclean is pretty excellent too. Highly recommended! To be followed up with two UK 'Stateside' pressings of 'Eric Dolphy/Booker Little Memorial Album' and Charles McPherson 'Bebop Revisited !' The Stateside LPs were pressed by EMI in the mid-60s and invariably sound better than their US Prestige counterparts.. Quote
Leeway Posted December 7, 2004 Report Posted December 7, 2004 Another reason why I love jazz King Japan pressing. Quote
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