jeffcrom Posted March 5, 2010 Report Posted March 5, 2010 After a stressful week, I'm blowing it out with some old 12" club singles/EPs: Fela - Shuffering and Shmiling (Celluloid) Amazing. Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Cosmetic - Put It On/Get Ready (Gramavision) Hasn't held up too well - really trendy early 80s dance music. Oliver Lake & Jump Up - Sun People/Don't Go Crazy (Gramavision) Nice reggae-flavored funk. Defunkt - Razor's Edge/Stranglin' Me With Your Love (Hannibal) With all due honor and respect to the J.B.s, P-Funk, the Meters, etc., Joseph Bowie's Defunkt in its prime has got to be in the running for the title of the funkiest band of all time. They featured twin guitars (usually Vernon Reid, Kelvyn Bell, Richard Martin in various pairings) that were downright menacing. Bassist Kim Clarke and various drummers put down complex, syncopated funk. And Joe Bowie improvised some pretty out-there solos on top of it all. Brother Lester Bowie is on this one, and plays beautifully. Quote
jeffcrom Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 Back to Jazz with a capital J: Edmond Hall with the Ralph Sutton Quartet at Club Hangover (Storyville) Quote
kh1958 Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 Art Farmer and Benny Golson--Meet the Jazztet (Argo stereo). With an Argo catalog list insert. Quote
jeffcrom Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis - Wings and Things (Verve). One of the better Hodges/Davis albums, in my opinion - recorded by Van Gelder in 1965. It's got Richard Davis on bass and Grant Green; Hank Jones replaces Davis on several tracks. Quote
brownie Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 Sunny Murray 'An Even Break' (Byg Actuel Stereo + Mono) with Byard Lancaster Kenneth Terroade, Malachi Favors Quote
JohnS Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 John Lewis; Improvised Meditations and Excursions. Atlantic Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 Clare Fischer - Surging ahead - Pacific Jazz (Fontana UK mono) MG Quote
kh1958 Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 Eddie Davis Trio Plus Joe Newman (Roulette mono) Quote
jeffcrom Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 Rev. James Cleveland and the Houston Mass Choir - For the Prize (Savoy) Quote
Chalupa Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 More Yazoo... Blind Willie Johnson - Praise God I'm Satisfied Bo Carter - Greatest Hits 1930-40 Big Bill Broonzy - Young Big Bill 1928-35 Cripple Clarence Lofton & Walter Davis - s/t Quote
jeffcrom Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 Sun Ra - The Sound Mirror (El Saturn) Quote
sidewinder Posted March 7, 2010 Report Posted March 7, 2010 (edited) Soft Machine 'Fourth' (UK CBS, stereo) Edited March 7, 2010 by sidewinder Quote
brownie Posted March 7, 2010 Report Posted March 7, 2010 (edited) Thelonious Monk 'Misterioso' (Columbia, stereo) Edited March 7, 2010 by brownie Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted March 7, 2010 Report Posted March 7, 2010 Sonny Cox & the Three Souls - Dangerous Dan express - Argo (repress with Cadet label) No bass player on this one, their first LP. But a bongo player MG Quote
kh1958 Posted March 7, 2010 Report Posted March 7, 2010 Terry Gibbs--Mallets-A-Plenty (emarcy) Archie Shepp--Three for a Quarter, One for a Dime (Impulse, red and black) Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted March 7, 2010 Report Posted March 7, 2010 Stanley Turrentine & Shirley Scott - Common touch - BN Thanks to Big Al for the reminder about this. An altogether lovely session. MG Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted March 7, 2010 Report Posted March 7, 2010 Cannonball Adderley - Country Preacher - Capitol (green and purple label). Featuring Jesse Jackson. Every record on the green and purple Capitol label kicks ass. Including the Mel Torme album with Spinning Wheel. Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted March 7, 2010 Report Posted March 7, 2010 (edited) Gene Ammons - Greatest Hits Volume 1: The 60s - Prestige (OJC pressing stereo). Gorgeous version of "Canadian Sunset." Edited March 7, 2010 by Teasing the Korean Quote
jeffcrom Posted March 7, 2010 Report Posted March 7, 2010 Reminded by the valve/slide trombone thread: Brad Gowans and His New York Nine (10" RCA Victor). 1946 recordings, but all but two were unissued until this 1954 ten-incher (in a nice gatefold cover.) It's excellent music - somewhere between small-band swing and Condonesque dixieland, with Billy Butterfield, Joe Bushkin, and Dave Tough, among others. (It was Tough's last record date.) It sounds very fresh 64 years later. Quote
jeffcrom Posted March 8, 2010 Report Posted March 8, 2010 Another 10-incher, from 1952: Hot vs. Cool on MGM. This is a fun album, based on a gimmick: Jimmy McPartland's dixieland group (including Ed Hall, Vic Dickenson, and George Wettling) and Don Elliott's modernists (with Buddy DeFranco, Max Roach, and guest Dizzy Gillespie) each play the same four tunes. The silly concept results in some excellent performances. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted March 8, 2010 Report Posted March 8, 2010 Taj Mahal Travellers - August 1974 - (Columbia/P-Vine) I still think this band has a strong "you had to be there" vibe, but that probably goes for a lot of communal psychedelia... Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted March 8, 2010 Report Posted March 8, 2010 A 45 Mr Dynamite/The Dynamite Orchestra - Sh' mon pts 1 & 2 - Sue UK Don't know WHERE this comes from or who it is. Side 1 is a poor man's JB imitation. Side 2 is instrumental with raving tenor solo. MG Quote
JohnS Posted March 8, 2010 Report Posted March 8, 2010 (edited) Donald Byrd; Chant. Blue Note rainbow. Some very fine Byrd and Doug Watkins here. Edited March 8, 2010 by JohnS Quote
brownie Posted March 8, 2010 Report Posted March 8, 2010 Jimmy Lyons 'Push Pull' (Hat Hut), LPs 1 and 2 Quote
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