What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[clifford_thornton]

I have that somewhere; haven't listened to it in a while. Fascinating artist and composer.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

This evening, 2 doubles

Les McCann live at Montreux - Atlantic

Gene Ammons - The 78 era - Prestige (Musidisc)

MG

[jeffcrom]

Adam Makowicz - Naughty Baby (RCA Novus)

I'm going through my LPs, trying to decide which ones to get rid of to free up some shelf space, and this one got placed in the "maybe" stack. I got it years ago, after reading Max Harrison's praise, but only listened to it a couple of times. Well, I'm not sure what didn't connect back then, because I really enjoyed it today. It's a program of Gershwin, with Charlie Haden on bass (sometimes joined by Dave Holland) and Al Foster on drums. Makowicz's playing is really interesting - he leaves lots of spaces for someone with so much technique.

I hope I find some stuff I'm willing to get rid of....

[jeffcrom]

Jimmy Lyons - Other Afternoons (BYG Actuel reissue)

[jeffcrom]

Rich Matteson/Harvey Phillips - The Matteson-Phillips Tubajazz Consort (Mark)

Another possible discard, and another that I've decided to keep. I'm a sucker for groups of homogeneous instruments - this group consists of three euphoniums, three tubas, and a good rhythm section which includes Rufus Reid and Ed Soph. Hearing all those tubas play "Oleo" is pretty cool.

[clifford_thornton]

Adam Makowicz - Naughty Baby (RCA Novus)

I'm going through my LPs, trying to decide which ones to get rid of to free up some shelf space, and this one got placed in the "maybe" stack. I got it years ago, after reading Max Harrison's praise, but only listened to it a couple of times. Well, I'm not sure what didn't connect back then, because I really enjoyed it today. It's a program of Gershwin, with Charlie Haden on bass (sometimes joined by Dave Holland) and Al Foster on drums. Makowicz's playing is really interesting - he leaves lots of spaces for someone with so much technique.

I hope I find some stuff I'm willing to get rid of....

That cover image cracks me up; it's been a google avatar of mine on some sites for a while now. Yet I have not heard the actual recording.

[jeffcrom]

Adam Makowicz - Naughty Baby (RCA Novus)

I'm going through my LPs, trying to decide which ones to get rid of to free up some shelf space, and this one got placed in the "maybe" stack. I got it years ago, after reading Max Harrison's praise, but only listened to it a couple of times. Well, I'm not sure what didn't connect back then, because I really enjoyed it today. It's a program of Gershwin, with Charlie Haden on bass (sometimes joined by Dave Holland) and Al Foster on drums. Makowicz's playing is really interesting - he leaves lots of spaces for someone with so much technique.

I hope I find some stuff I'm willing to get rid of....

That cover image cracks me up; it's been a google avatar of mine on some sites for a while now. Yet I have not heard the actual recording.

The photo on the back is even worse - it's Makowicz in a truly awful 1980s sweater. My wife thought I should get rid of the album just due to that picture.

Now playing:

John Lee Hooker - Free Beer and Chicken (ABC). An odd and very fun album.

[jeffcrom]

Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs (Capricorn). Southern-fried instrumental prog rock, for those who aren't familiar.

[brownie]

Roy Eldridge/Bunny Berigan 'Broadcast Tributes' (Broadcast Tributes)

Nice boot that reunites an Eldridge/Richie Kamuca Quintet (with Dick Katz, Tommy Potter, Eddie Locke) 1965 date with a Berigan 1936 broadcast.

[jeffcrom]

Teddy Wilson - 3 Little Words (Classic Jazz)

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Arthur Scales - I'm a believer - I Am

I see this is on Ebay for $7.20 (reduced from $8.00)

Mine was marked at $3 from Jeff's local store but I got a discount because I bought so much stuff he'd never get rid of

MG

[jazzbo]

[jazzbo]

Jobim and Pearson equals great beauty.

[Clunky]

Joe Wilder 'The Pretty Sound' (Columbia, six-eye mono)

what's this one like, ???

I'm fond of his Savoy date

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

This evening

Jimmy Forrest - Heart of the Forrest - Palo Alto

Randissimo sounds great - like he's got a conga player alongside him on 'Annie Laurie'.

next

Hank Crawford - Tico Rico - Kudu (Polydor UK)

MG

[clifford_thornton]

Then:

Eric Dolphy - Last Date - (Limelight, gatefold stereo)

Just noticed that the watercolors reproduced on the cover are credited to Zibigniew Jastrebski, he of the great '60s/'70s Delmark graphic art. Chuck probably knows a fair amount about him; I understand that he taught at SAIC for some time, well before I went there.

Now:

Fred Van Hove - Requiem for Che Guevara Martin Luther King John F. & Robert Kennedy Malcolm X - (MPS, Japanese pressing)

Edited September 24, 2012 by clifford_thornton

[jeffcrom]

Elvin Jones Trio - Puttin' It Together (BN Liberty). I did some spot comparisons with the McMaster CD, which I also have. The LP just flat-out sounds better, even with some crackle in the softer passages.

[brownie]

Joe Wilder 'The Pretty Sound' (Columbia, six-eye mono)

what's this one like, ???

I'm fond of his Savoy date

Nice but obviously Columbia did not know what to do with Wilder (the other album 'Peter Gunn' is rather uneven). The Savoy session is a better display of the man's talent!

Now spinning:

Budd Johnson 'French Cookin' (Argo, stereo)

Wish I could still buy new-crop potatoes from Morocco at 1,20-Franc at the nearby open market!

[paul secor]

Ray Charles: Greatest Country and Western Hits (DCC)

[brownie]

Sonny Criss 'Up, Up and Away' (Prestige Japan)

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

This afternoon

Earl Grant - Nothin' but the blues - Decca - but my version doesn't have this sleeve, it has the French Brunswick sleeve

Earl Grant - Tade winds - Decca (Brunswick UK)

MG

[clifford_thornton]

Man Forever - Learned Helplessness in Rats/Rock Drummer - (St. Ives)

Mid-sized percussion ensemble with a punk-rock slant.

[clifford_thornton]

Bardo Pond - Peri - (Three Lobed)

[clifford_thornton]

The People Band - s/t - (Transatlantic)

[clifford_thornton]

Ritual All 7-70 - T'Other Little Tune - (ESP)