JSngry Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 One of my most favorite, perhaps the most favorite, Maynard Ferguson albums. Just like my old copy (which I still need to return to my high-school classmate's older brother, assuming that he's still alive and wants it back after 40 years, neither of which I am assuming) except that the vinyl is really clean, so the sound just POPS out of the speakers rather than frizzles out (and it was like that when I got it). This is my first experience with clean 1960s Mainstream vinyl. It ain't bad at all, I'll tell you that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Ernie Wilkins and the Almost Big Band (Storyville) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Wild Bill Davison/Eddie Miller - Play Hoagy Carmichael (RealTime) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyltim Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz (Norgran) Nice! I really like that record. Speaking of West Coast jazz.... As time goes on I'm a bigger and bigger fan of this West coast stuff--just need more.... http://www.timenjoysrecords.com/records/shelly-manne-the-gambit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Red Garland 'The P.C. Blues' (Prestige, green label) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Recently won a sealed copy on eBay for about the same price as a new one would've been back in the day. Gotta carpe diem on that deal. Hardly "definitive"...Thad's writing had pretty much maxed out (no pun intended re:the album's dedication) in terms of really new ideas (although there's a few spots where the thickness seems to be a newer, different type of thick), the whole thing is definitely entering "second generation" territory, but....eh...it's still the real Thad & the real Mel, ya' know? It don't suck. But the fold-out/fold-open liner notes...good LORD, even with glasses, I'll never be able to read these things...talk about cramming a lot of info into a limited amount of space...which, come to think of it, is kinda like Thad's writing. But I can hear a lot easier these days than I can read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 This record is fast pissing me off. I mean, for $2.99, I thought I'd just be mildly annoyed and maybe a little appreciative of the cleverness & professionalism involved. But no, this thing is PISSING ME OFF. I mean, Oscar Peterson couldn't help it, he was just being Oscar Peterson. But this motherfucker KNEW better and did it anyway. God bless Claire Fischer, that's all I can say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Taken as both a purgative of the previous LP and as a delight in its ownself: The more I listen to this guy, the more convinced I am that he was all the "madmen" of jazz pianists rolled into one minus any mental/behavioral baggage, which makes him the most dangerous kind of poker player, the kind that has all your money before you even play a hand. Jeez, what this guy played...crazymad BRILLIANT. BTW, my copy of this comes complete with a sticker on the front that says: From the Collection of SOCK HETTLER Winnetka, Illinois That's about as many "oh MY!"s as come with the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Taken as both a purgative of the previous LP and as a delight in its ownself: The more I listen to this guy, the more convinced I am that he was all the "madmen" of jazz pianists rolled into one minus any mental/behavioral baggage, which makes him the most dangerous kind of poker player, the kind that has all your money before you even play a hand. Jeez, what this guy played...crazymad BRILLIANT. BTW, my copy of this comes complete with a sticker on the front that says: From the Collection of SOCK HETTLER Winnetka, Illinois That's about as many "oh MY!"s as come with the music. That was in Spillers yesterday at fifteen quid. Because I was kinda knocked out by his half LP on Felsted, I toyed with my scruples about it but, in the end, decided to wait for a recommendation before I bought it. OBO110X!! Well, maybe it'll still be there when I go in next time. Earlier Lynn Hope & his tenor sax - Aladdin (Pathe Marconi) now Bobby Timmons - Chicken & dumplin's - Prestige (Transatlantic UK) next Joe Liggins - Great R&B oldies - Blues Spectrum (Bulldog UK) MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 See if they have this one too (NP). More stealth mad genius solo piano: Found a still-sealed cut-corner copy of this for a very good price, took it home, opened it up, and got a bit of a surprise -the plain white paper inner sleeve had yellowed, save for the underside of the corner that had been folded over at the factory, which remained its original virginal white. An inner sleeve with a reverse tan line? Who knew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 With Daniel Humair! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 I'm with you on Hines, amazing music, I've been listening to the five lp set "Father of Modern Jazz Piano" (three solo piano lps, and two quartet dates with Budd Johnson). Just such uplifting listening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 The man had either three hands or two brains. Or maybe both. That's the only explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gmonahan Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band 20th and 30th Anniversary, Verve MPS. gregmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Yes, I have some shame, just not this much. Funny, I've never noticed until now how this thing is basically mixed like an MOR record, which I guess in the end is what it is. Maybe it's one of those "you had to be there" things...and I was...file under Can't Shake, So Reposition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 1968 studio date produced by Milt Gabler, w/Budd Johnson, Buck Clayton, Bill Pemberton, & Oliver Jackson. Seems a little "reigned in" to me, but maybe in 1968 it was the kind of record they felt they(?) needed to make. Well, if it was, then they did. Any reservations I have would be about that.That, and wtf kind of album title is that, anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 With Daniel Humair! Great record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Continuum: Mad About Tadd - The Compositions of Tadd Dameron (Palo Alto Records) Slide Hampton, Jimmy Heath, Kenny Barron, Ron Carter & Art Taylor. A very polite tribute LP. Nothing to blow your socks off but plenty of good playing. The band sticks to it so if you're looking for new interpretations of Tadd's music, you might want to look elsewhere. But with this band, it's an excellent LP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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paul secor Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) That cover looks even more ridiculous today than it did in 1970 - "Hollywood cowboys" posing for a faux The Band photo and cover design. Edited July 25, 2012 by paul secor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) I don't care about covers. The music is great imo, still holds up. Right now, Mono Edited July 25, 2012 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Phil Woods - "Live" From the Showboat (RCA). I hadn't heard this one since my college days, but recent comments in the Phil Woods thread led me to pick it up when I saw it in a local record store yesterday. Today I played side one, and I admired it more than I loved it. After that one side, I wanted to play something that would really get to me, so I put on: Air - Air Time (Nessa). Notes by our own John L. I know that Chuck takes great pains in his digital remastering, but this is a really fine-sounding LP - well-mastered and pressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Fats Navarro - Fat Girl (Savoy); side one - the Bebop Boys session. I read Ira Gitler's Jazz Master of the Forties 37 years ago, and Freddie Redd's quote about Bud Powell's solo on "Webb City" has stuck with me all those years: "That's Bud Powell!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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