sidewinder Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 (edited) Kenny Wheeler - Gnu High - (ECM, US pressing) Definitely my favourite "Keith Jarrett as sideman" performance ! How is the US ECM pressing quality? I have a couple of Canadian pressings (e.g. a copy of Priester's 'Polarization') and the sound isn't quite as good as German pressings, a bit more noise. Edited August 5, 2009 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 Sounds fine to me; not as much "punch" as the German pressings tho I haven't compared the two on this title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 Michael J. Smith - Totality (Red). Beautiful, introspective improvising from an interesting guy. I never really thought of him as a "jazz" musician (and I played with him for a year), but there is a great "Angel Eyes" here on which he shows that he knows the changes just fine, thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 Last evening John Coltrane; Afro Blue Impressions. Pablo Live (UK Polydor) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 (edited) Kenny Wheeler 'Gnu High' (ECM) Charles McPherson 'Bebop Revisited' (Stateside, mono factory sample) Edited August 7, 2009 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 Neil Ardley 'Harmony Of The Spheres' (Decca) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 Stanley Turrentine, Dearly Beloved (Blue Note, NY USA) Big John Patton, The Way I Feel (Blue Note, blue and white Liberty) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 Michael J. Smith - Totality (Red). Beautiful, introspective improvising from an interesting guy. I never really thought of him as a "jazz" musician (and I played with him for a year), but there is a great "Angel Eyes" here on which he shows that he knows the changes just fine, thank you very much. I like what I've heard from him... there's one on Horo (I think) called The Dualities of Man that is pretty interesting. Kent Carter talked a lot about playing in his quartet with Laurence Cook and (IIRC) Claude Bernard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 Lunchtime spin: McCoy Tyner - Extensions - (BN UA pressing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 Gerry Mulligan/Johnny Mandel, The Jazz Combo from "I Want to Live" (Affinity) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (EmArcy/Pye) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Michael J. Smith - Totality (Red). Beautiful, introspective improvising from an interesting guy. I never really thought of him as a "jazz" musician (and I played with him for a year), but there is a great "Angel Eyes" here on which he shows that he knows the changes just fine, thank you very much. I like what I've heard from him... there's one on Horo (I think) called The Dualities of Man that is pretty interesting. Kent Carter talked a lot about playing in his quartet with Laurence Cook and (IIRC) Claude Bernard. Dualities of Man is a good one. He also recorded a double LP for Horo - Elvira Madigan... And Other Dances, with Norwegian saxophonist Knut Riisnaes on some cuts. And among his other albums is an interesting fusion-ish date for Day Eight Music from 1983: All Our Steps. That one has Jonas Hellborg and Michael Shrieve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 The Young Lions (Veejay) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Mike Westbrook Concert Band 'Celebration' (Deram, mono) preceded by one of my all-time faves: Kenny Wheeler 'Music For Large and Small Ensembles' (German ECM, 2LP) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Mike Westbrook Concert Band 'Celebration' (Deram, mono) preceded by one of my all-time faves: Kenny Wheeler 'Music For Large and Small Ensembles' (German ECM, 2LP) Fine music, both. Helen Merrill/Dick Katz - The Feeling is Mutual (Milestone) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 My Westbrook is all on CD - the only of his vinyls I've been able to score is Release, which is a nice one, if not a fanatically-priced LP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 I'm really curious if anyone out there has the real first pressing of Lester Bowie's Numers !&2? If you think you have one, send me the matrix numbers etched in he margins. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Billy Higgins - Bridgework (Contemporary) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 John Graas-- Jazz Lab 1 (Decca) Session at Midnight--Jazz Reunion at Melrose (Capitol, turquoise label) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 (edited) My Westbrook is all on CD - the only of his vinyls I've been able to score is Release, which is a nice one, if not a fanatically-priced LP. Have got all of Mike Westbrook's Derams on vinyl. Like them all - although 'Marching Songs Vol 1 and 2' is perhaps not one to spin when you've got visitors. 'Release' is fairly rare I think. The 'Tyger' on RCA is probably his rarest title. Hope to be checking out his and Kate's 'Village Band' in the next month or so - they're fairly local ! Edited August 9, 2009 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 George Russell 'Outer Thoughts' (UK Riverside twofer) - A fantastic compilation with super-cool pic of Mr Russell + pipe on the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Sun Ra--Fate in a Pleasant Mood (Impulse promo) Sun Ra--Atlantis (Impuse) Wild Bill Davis at Birdland (Epic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 My Westbrook is all on CD - the only of his vinyls I've been able to score is Release, which is a nice one, if not a fanatically-priced LP. Have got all of Mike Westbrook's Derams on vinyl. Like them all - although 'Marching Songs Vol 1 and 2' is perhaps not one to spin when you've got visitors. 'Release' is fairly rare I think. The 'Tyger' on RCA is probably his rarest title. Hope to be checking out his and Kate's 'Village Band' in the next month or so - they're fairly local ! Never seen Tyger before. Looks interesting... though I probably listen to Love Songs the most, my eyes are often peeled for a clean set of Marching Song LPs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 Some Blue Note 45 RPM singles tonight: Lou Donaldson - Mack the Knife/The Nearness of You Freddie Roach - I Know/Googa Mooga Sonny Red - Bluesville/Stay as Sweet as You Are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 Never seen Tyger before. Looks interesting... though I probably listen to Love Songs the most, my eyes are often peeled for a clean set of Marching Song LPs. Collaboration with Adrian Mitchell for an early 70s spoken voice/musical production - the first 'William Blake' themed work of these two. Goes for fairly big bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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