Leeway Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Lol Coxhill: DIVERSE. Ogun LP. Any other fans of Lol? I like Lol. Once saw him play a solo concert in a student cafeteria filled with dozens of candles. I think there were about six of us in the audience. Another time with a band playing straight bebop (much better attended!). One of the least commercial musicians I've come across. Frequrntly just stops mid performance because he's run out of ideas or got bored and just starts something else. Missed this tour though: http://www.theshed.co.uk/guardian-skip This is a great survey of his music from 1954-99: Amazing! Sometimes you do wonder if Lol really does stand for "laugh out loud." What I love about his playing is its humaneness. Its always engaging on a personal level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 (edited) The New Wave in Jazz (Impulse, red and black) Edited July 10, 2011 by kh1958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Before finally going to bed, one more single by each of the above blues guys: Robert Pete Williams - Goodbye Slim Harpo/Viet Nam Blues (Ahura Mazda) Johnny Littlejohn - Kitty O/Johnny's Jive (Margaret) Tabby Thomas - How Many More Years/Goin' to New Orleans (Maison de Soul) Have the Robert Pete Williams and may still have the John Littlejohn - there's a box of 45's waiting to be cleaned sitting in my garage. Didn't think that anyone else here would have or even know about those. I got the Robert Pete Williams record at the Louisiana Music Factory in New Orleans, where they had a bunch of them in a box - they probably still have some. Don't remember where I got the "Johnny Little John," as the label says. But I have three boxes of 45s - one, which is packed to the gills, is all blues. Another is all jazz, and it's almost as full. The third is a variety of stuff, but mostly R & B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 (edited) Thad Jones- Pepper Adams Quintet, with Duke Pearson, Ron Carter, Mel Lewis. Very hip. Edited July 10, 2011 by Leeway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Earlier today: Muggsy Spanier's two Decca big band sessions, on a British Ace of Hearts LP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Muggsy Spanier - Rare Custom 45s (IAJRC). 1956 sessions for Seeburg jukeboxes, with George Brunies and Peanuts Hucko, among others. According to Spanier's biographer Bert Whyatt, these were extremely relaxed, casual sessions, since the records weren't intended for regular distribution, just for jukeboxes. Nobody even cared when Brunies sang that he wanted to "sister like his shimmy Kate," which I had never noticed until tonight. In any case, this is really nice stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Bobby Timmons--Little Barefoot Soul (Prestige, blue label) Eddie Lockjaw Davis and Johnny Griffin--The Midnight Show (Prestige, blue label) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Muggsy Spanier - Rare Custom 45s (IAJRC). 1956 sessions for Seeburg jukeboxes, with George Brunies and Peanuts Hucko, among others. According to Spanier's biographer Bert Whyatt, these were extremely relaxed, casual sessions, since the records weren't intended for regular distribution, just for jukeboxes. Nobody even cared when Brunies sang that he wanted to "sister like his shimmy Kate," which I had never noticed until tonight. In any case, this is really nice stuff. Haven't heard any Spanier after the classic 1939 tracks, but I saw Hucko the year after your disc in a touring show jointly led by Jack Teagarden and Earl Hines and also including Cozy Cole, Jack Lesberg and Max Kaminsky. Looks like they were recorded when they got to Paris: http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6774442/a/At+The+Olympia+Theatre,+Paris,+France+-+Nov.+6,+1957.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 George Handy 'By George! ("X", mono) with Dick Sherman, Frank Rehak, Dave Schildkraut, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Muggsy Spanier - Rare Custom 45s (IAJRC). 1956 sessions for Seeburg jukeboxes, with George Brunies and Peanuts Hucko, among others. According to Spanier's biographer Bert Whyatt, these were extremely relaxed, casual sessions, since the records weren't intended for regular distribution, just for jukeboxes. Nobody even cared when Brunies sang that he wanted to "sister like his shimmy Kate," which I had never noticed until tonight. In any case, this is really nice stuff. Haven't heard any Spanier after the classic 1939 tracks, but I saw Hucko the year after your disc in a touring show jointly led by Jack Teagarden and Earl Hines and also including Cozy Cole, Jack Lesberg and Max Kaminsky. Well, you've heard what Muggsy sounded like - his style never changed. And Hucko sounds really good on this LP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Roger Dean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 (edited) THE STARTING GATE: Stan Getz. BYG. Performances from 1946 and 1949. A couple of the bassists are unknown to me: Iggy Shevak (gotta love that name), and Mert Oliver. Anyone know anything about these guys? Edited July 12, 2011 by Leeway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Muggsy Spanier - Hot Horn (Decca 10" LP). A really nice 1954 date. I see to my surprise that this is now available as a download from Amazon and iTunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 (edited) Sonny Rollins - Jazz in 3/4 Time (Emarcy mono) Edit: Max Roach, of course! Although Sonny sounds great here. Edited July 13, 2011 by jeffcrom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Ahmed Abdul-Malik 'East Meets West' (RCA, Living Stereo!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 A very moving listen. Great writing, great playing from all but Cyrille is the foundation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 John Fahey: Live in Tasmania (Takoma) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Sonny Rollins - Jazz in 3/4 Time (Emarcy mono) Max? Or did you just listen to Sonny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 . Sonny Rollins - Jazz in 3/4 Time (Emarcy mono) Max? Or did you just listen to Sonny? Wow - that was some sort of Freudian slip. I dug Sonny, but also the rest of the band, especially Max, of course. I thought pianist Billy Wallace was pretty interesting. And as I was enjoying Kenny Dorham, I was lamenting that a musician friend of mine has a blind spot when it comes to Dorham - he can't get past what he considers KD's "bad" tone. To me, it's just individual - and that's what jazz is all about. I'm going to semi-correct my original post.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 (edited) Pete Rugolo - Reeds in Hi-Fi (Mercury mono). I've been a fan of this 1956 album for many years. It was apparently intended for middle-class folks with nice hi-fi systems, rather than for jazz fans. But it's excellent music, and never far from jazz. Bob Cooper, Dave Pell, Barney Kessell, Andre Previn, and Shelly Manne are on board, and Bud Shank gets lots of solo space. Edited July 13, 2011 by jeffcrom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Captain John Handy - Introducing Cap'n John Handy (RCA Victor mono). The first of two Captain John Handy albums for RCA. This one puts him in a mainstream swing context, rather than in a traditional New Orleans-style band. In the band are Claude Hopkins, Doc Cheatham, Bennie Morton, and Gus Johnson, among others. It works really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 (edited) Roger Dean? No, but it reminiscent...and it's a sci-fi concept album. Closer to Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak than Yes. They are an Austin band. Edited July 13, 2011 by Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Barbara Lea 'Lea in Love' (Prestige, OJC reissue) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Joe McPhee - Tenor [Hat/CJR] followed by Paul Bley - Open to love [ECM} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 and now... Phillip Wilson - Esoteric [Hat Hut] couldn't find an image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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