Phil Meloy Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 (edited) Strangely enough there doesn't seem to be a thread on "favourite live jazz albums" so I've been prompted to start one by a particular CD which I've only had for a couple of weeks but it has immediately become one of my favorite live albums if not one of my favourute albums period. I didn't even know this recording existed until a short while ago when I stumbled across it on a site in South Africa which deals only in South African music. It's a recording of the late Moses Taiwa Molelekwa (piano) performing live in Nantes withs his quartet at the Fin de siecle Festival in 1997 in a converted warehouse called Tour a Plomb. The CD includes six original tunes, most of which appear on his studio releases but as much shorter versions than when performed live on this recording. The other musicians are fellow South Africans - Kaya Mahlangu (tenor/sopranu/flute), Fana Zulu (bass) and Sello Montwedi (drums). If you like South African jazz this is a great album. If you don't like South African jazz there's a good chance you will after listening to this CD. Anyway this is my favourite. What's yours? Edited February 25, 2005 by Phil Meloy Quote
Guy Berger Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 including only officially released stuff: Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel (Miles Davis) It's About That Time: Live at the Fillmore East (Miles Davis) Live in Tokyo (Weather Report) 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (John Coltrane) live A Love Supreme (John Coltrane) An Evening at the Village Vanguard (Sonny Rollins) Quote
Chrome Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 I'll second the Coltrane - Vanguard sessions plus: Clifford Jordan - Night of the Mark VII Blakey - Paris Jam Session Jimmy Smith - Root Down Basie - Live at the Royal Roost Fathead Newman - Blue Head Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams Quote
John B Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 (edited) I could go on for a while if allowed to choose more than one: staying with officially released albums that have not been mentioned yet: Miles - Agharta Miles - Pangea Miles - Dark Magus Jimmy Smith - Cool Blues Jimmy Smith - Live at Club Baby Grand Roy Brooks - The Freed Slave ("Do your thang, Roy, DO YOUR THANG!") Braxton - Dortmund 1976 Braxton - Basel 1977 Brotzmann's Die Like a Dog - Little Birds Have Fast Hearts Art Ensemble of Chicago - Bap-Tizum Edited February 25, 2005 by John B Quote
Soul Stream Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 (edited) Lou Donaldson "The Scorpion: Live At The Cadillac Club" Jimmy Smith "Groovin' At Small's Paradise" Lonnie Smith "Live At Club Mozambique" Jimmy Smith/Eddie Harris "Live At The Keystone Korner" Edited February 25, 2005 by Soul Stream Quote
Jim R Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 (edited) Eddie Davis / Johnny Griffin- at Mintons Dexter Gordon- Swiss Nights Chet Baker- The Last Great Concert Kenny Burrell- A Night At The Vanguard Paul Desmond Quartet- Live Clifford Brown / Max Roach- at Basin Street Wes Montgomery- Paris, 1965 Stan Getz- The Dolphin Sarah Vaughan- Sassy Swings the Tivoli Edited February 25, 2005 by Jim R Quote
sidewinder Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 Yusef Lateef 'Live at Peps' Miles 'Plugged Nickel' Miles 'Carnegie Hall' Mingus 'UCLA 1965' Mingus 'Great Concert (Paris 1964)' Miles 'Isle of Wight 1970' Quote
Bill Fenohr Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 The Jazz Crusaders At The Lighhouse- this one has not made it to cd yet for some unexplained reason. Full House-Wes Montgomery At The Jazz Workshop-Cannonball Adderley At The Lighthouse-Cannonball Adderley Nippon Soul-Cannonball Adderley Message From Birdland-Maynard Ferguson Quote
jazzbo Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 Wow, there are so MANY. Here are a few of my favorites: Miles at Fillmore Miles at Blackhawk Ellington at Newport (you name it!) Basie airchecks with Pres Cannonball Adderley at the Jazz Workshop Thelonious Monk at the Jazz Workshop Quote
Shawn Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 Perfection. ASS KICKIN' ASS KICKIN' Part 2 REAL!!!!!! Sublime Quote
MartyJazz Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 Massey Hall Concert (Bird, Diz, Bud, Mingus, Max) Mingus at Antibes with Dolphy, Ervin, Curson plus Bud on one track Blakey in Paris with Wayne, Lee, Wilen & Bud Powell Miles in Tokyo with Sam Rivers Rollins at the Museum of Modern Art (THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU - Impulse) Coltrane at the Village Vanguard Monk Orchestra at Town Hall Dizzy Gillespie at Carnegie Hall '61 (AN ELECTRIFYING EVENING) Dizzy Gillespie at the Village Vanguard '67 (with Pepper Adams, Chick Corea, etc.) Shepp LIVE IN TOKYO '78 (Denon) Hutcherson with Woody Shaw - LIVE AT MONTREUX Ornette - London Concert '65 Getz '87 - SERENITY & ANNIVERSARY That's off the top of my head. I'm certain there's lots more! Quote
ralphie_boy Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 Woody Shaw - Steppin' Stones Monk at the Blackhawk Braxton - Dortmund Mingus at Antibes Raashan - Bright Moments Archie Shepp Live in San Francisco Quote
Eric Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 Horace Silver at the Village Gate (check out Filthy McNasty) Lee Morgan - Live at the Lighthouse Quote
catesta Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 I've got many favorites. To name a few.... Art Blakey - Ugetsu (at Birdland) Cedar Walton - Naima Diz 'N Bird at Carnegie Hall Ahmad Jamal - Olympia 2000 Horace Silver - Doin' the Thing Just about everything Basie and Ellington put out ranks high with me. Mainly the 50's Newport stuff, lots of energy. Quote
Ron S Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 See my avatar. Never mind--I'll make it bigger: This and the other 4 volumes offer some of the best played, best recorded live club jazz ever. I recently A-B'd these with some other live sets of the same 1959-61 vintage (Miles at the Black Hawk, Byrd/Pepper at the Half Note, Art Blakey at the Jazz Corner of the World, etc.), and the level of ensemble playing on this set, plus the clarity and presence of the sound, were way ahead of the others. Not that the others aren't good, but just that the Manne/Black Hawk recordings are phenomenal--at least to my ears. And these haven't been remastered (at least in the US) since their initial CD issue in the early '90's. Frankly, there's virtually no room for improvement, which I guess Fantasy has figured out (and hence no U.S. 20-bit K2's). Quote
Guest che Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 Miles Davis/John Coltrane The Complete Stockholm Concert, 1960 does not get any better than this is my view. Che. Quote
AllenLowe Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 how about: The Aryan Nation sings Yiddishe Folk Songs - (since Nazism and Zionism are the same according to Che) - Quote
Guest che Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 how about: The Aryan Nation sings Yiddishe Folk Songs - (since Nazism and Zionism are the same according to Che) - Wrong thread Allen. Try the political section. Che. Quote
catesta Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 Wrong thread Allen. Try the political section. Che. That's rich. Quote
Ron S Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 Wrong thread Allen. Try the political section. Che. That's rich. Meanwhile, back at the Black Hawk . . . . Quote
White Lightning Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 I can't believe no one mentioned Bu/Silver/Brownie/LD/Russell - A Night at Birdland. Shaw's Stepping stones is another favorite of mine Quote
Guest che Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 Wrong thread Allen. Try the political section. Che. That's rich. Meanwhile, back at the Black Hawk . . . . I enjoyed the BlackHawk album very much, but I guess it maybe something to do with Hank Mobley's playing, compared to that of John Coltrane. Now I am not trying to say this just because Coltrane is Coltrane, but the Blackhawk lacked a degree on intensity for me. Yes there was more swing, but there is something special about the Stockholm concert. Che. Quote
Ron S Posted February 25, 2005 Report Posted February 25, 2005 I can't believe no one mentioned Bu/Silver/Brownie/LD/Russell - A Night at Birdland. Thank yaaaaaaw! (Pee Wee thanks you, too). Quote
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