What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Ed Shaughnessy is freakin' GONZO on the title cut, but then again, so is the whole chart, not just in its writing, but in its execution. Overall, it's a worthwhile curiosity in the Oliver Nelson discography. Not really any cut-corners, not there could be as the years went by and the workload reached massive proportions.

Was Lloyd Mayers playing organ or piano on that date, Jim?

MG

[kh1958]

Awieama Little John, Nyamenle A Amanle Mea (Ambassador Records, Ghana, 1980).

Lonnie Smith, Drives (Blue Note, blue and white Liberty)

[jazzbo]

[JSngry]

Ed Shaughnessy is freakin' GONZO on the title cut, but then again, so is the whole chart, not just in its writing, but in its execution. Overall, it's a worthwhile curiosity in the Oliver Nelson discography. Not really any cut-corners, not there could be as the years went by and the workload reached massive proportions.

Was Lloyd Mayers playing organ or piano on that date, Jim?

MG

Organ all the way.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Ed Shaughnessy is freakin' GONZO on the title cut, but then again, so is the whole chart, not just in its writing, but in its execution. Overall, it's a worthwhile curiosity in the Oliver Nelson discography. Not really any cut-corners, not there could be as the years went by and the workload reached massive proportions.

Was Lloyd Mayers playing organ or piano on that date, Jim?

MG

Organ all the way.

Oooooo!

MG

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Shelly Manne - Shelly Manne and His Men Play Peter Gunn

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Johnny Griffin - The Congregation (Connoisseur "Wally" pressing)

[jazzbo]

aka "Portrait of Pee Wee"

A fascinating record.

[jeffcrom]

Willis Gator Jackson - Live! Action (Prestige mono)

[jeffcrom]

Dave Brubeck Octet (Fantasy red vinyl). My longtime bassist gave this to me during a visit to his house. He called it "too academic"; I know what he means, but I like it. And so did Cecil Taylor as a young man.

[colinmce]

I like it, too.

[jeffcrom]

Lou Donaldson - Rough House Blues (Cadet mono). One of the perks of a gig in Columbia, SC was the chance to visit Papa Jazz Records. This was one of my finds - the sticker says "VG," but damn if it's not NM.

I want to spin "Days of Wine and Roses" again and just listen to Richard Davis' bass lines.

[sidewinder]

Wayne Shorter 'Adam's Apple' (Music Matters 2x45rpm)

[jeffcrom]

Bunky Green - Places We've Never Been (Vanguard). Damn!

[jeffcrom]

Aretha Franklin - Soul Sister (Columbia 2-eye stereo). I had never checked out Aretha's Columbia output, but I found this in the dollar bin in a local record store. Better than I expected - the arrangements and some of the tunes are regrettable, but it's still Aretha.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

A wee bit o' soul

Randy Crawford - Windsong - Warner Bros (WEA Germany)

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Etta James - Losers weepers - Cadet

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Soul Stirrers - That's heaven to me - Specialty

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Della Reese - Live - ABC (HMV mono)

Will you look at that effin' BAND! (also Ray Brown and Gerald Wiggins)

MG

[jazzbo]

A Muggsy Spanier Memorial featuring Pee Wee Russell

[Clunky]

Bunky Green - Places We've Never Been (Vanguard). Damn!

very fine record indeed.

[jostber]

Sonny Red - Images

[paul secor]

Baby Boy Warren: Detroit Blues 1949-1954 (Kingfish)

Charley Mills, who accompanied Baby Boy Warren on his early recordings, was a fine blues pianist.

[jeffcrom]

Clare Fischer - Extension (PJ stereo)

[jeffcrom]

After several hours of Anthony Braxton today, my ears and brain wanted something very different:

George Lewis at Home (Dan). One of a series of great Japanese issues featuring otherwise unissued American Music masters.

[jeffcrom]

Several very cool 10" LPs:

George Lewis/Freddie Kohlman - New Orleans Jazz Concert (Decca). A 1952 concert with my favorite George Lewis band - the one with Percy Humphrey on trumpet. Side two, with Freddie Kohlman's band, is kind of frantic, in spite of the presence of Willie Humphrey on clarinet.

Jamming at Rudi's No. 2 (Circle). A KC-style jam session, with Hot Lips Page, Tyree Glenn, Paul Quinichette, Danny Barker, Walter Page, Sonny Greer, etc.

Charlie Mariano - Modern Saxaphone Stylings (sic) (Imperial). Some of Mariano's (and Jaki Byard's) first recordings.

Sidney Bechet - La Nuit est une Sorcière (London). I have Bechet's ballet on CD, but I love this mint-condition deluxe boxed edition.

[jeffcrom]

Turk Murphy - Barrelhouse Jazz (Columbia 45 RPM double EP)