Best track you heard all week

[BillF]

"The Fish Horn" - a great blues with Zoot Sims on soprano (not usually my favorite horn) from I Wish I Were Twins

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Les McCann - Yours is my heart alone; from Comment - Atlantic.

I've had this album for a long time. I think it's the best vocal album Les made. The title track is a splendid civil rights anthem - "If all men were born to be free; what about you? what about me?" And that gets me every time.

But what REALLY got me today was the last track, "Yours is my heart alone" (the Franz Lehar song). It's sung very, very slowly, and heavy with passion, but calm and completely NOT like a jazz record.

MG

[B. Clugston]

"Soul Mate," Andrew Hill, from the Mosaic Select (Blue Note version).

[mikelz777]

Muskrat Ramble from Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Sevens box set. As I was listening to it I just had to say to myself, "Man, Pops could play!".

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[BillF]

"Lester Left Town" from The Mel Lewis Orchestra's Soft Lights and Hot Music (Musicmasters). Ralph Lalama's tenor solo on this one is a gas!

[alankin]

Donald Byrd -- title track to "Free Form" on Blue Note, with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren and Billy Higgins.

[Tom 1960]

"Montmartre" from the Dexter Gordon album "Tower of Power" with fine assistance from James Moody and Barry Harris.

Edited June 3, 2010 by Tom 1960

[WorldB3]

I'll Be Satisfied - Don Covay - Mercy

I can't believe I didn't know who Don Covay was until two weeks ago. Better late than never.

[CJ Shearn]

Herbie: Takin' Off RVG

[Peter Friedman]

"Bluegenes" by Rob Schneiderman with Todd Coolman and Leroy Williams

From CD titled GLASS ENCLOSURE on Reservoir.

Schneiderman's playing here is in a relaxed blues vein with a definite Bud Powell

influence.

[John Tapscott]

"Loverman" from Stan Getz at the Shrine (Verve)

[BillF]

"Loverman" from Stan Getz at the Shrine (Verve)

Must go back and listen to that again!

[ep1str0phy]

The Expression version of Coltrane's "Ogunde." I never understood the simple elegance of it until now.

[ghost of miles]

Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch doing Dylan's "Queen Jane Approximately":

Rawlings-Welch "Queen Jane Approximately"

[Guest Bill Barton]

Abdullah Ibrahim & NDR Big Band Cologne "District Six (Trance Circle Dance"

[Matthew]

The White Stripes: Black Math. About as stripped down rock as you're going to get, the Hotrats only wished they were anywhere close to this. Also, I absolutely love how Meg plays the drums -- does that make me a bad person?

http://www.youtube.c...eos=ccRIIf-J8Go

Edited June 21, 2010 by Matthew

[kh1958]

The Celebration by Charnett Moffett (CD, Treasure on Motema)

[Shawn]

[Peter Friedman]

"You Must Believe In Spring" by Mike Murley and David Occhipinti Duo from Duologue on Cornerstone Records

Mike Murley is an outstanding tenor saxophone player. He lives in Toronto and is not well known outside Canada.

[makpjazz57]

The new release from Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden - Jasmine. Track I've been listening to over and over again: Don't Ever Leave Me...beautiful!

[BillF]

"Sonny Speaks" (composed and arranged by Sonny Berman) by the Woody Herman Orchestra in 1950. Haunting melody!

[jazzbo]

Been on a Jerry Garcia kick this week. The 28 minute long "Don't Let Go" on disc 2 of "Pure Jerry: Theatre 1839 - July 29-30, 1977"just knocked me out this week. It's just a great jam that builds and has some spontaneously invented instrumental passages that make me want to go out and play in a rock and roll band.

This particular Jerry Garcia band with Keith Godchaux, John Kahn and Ron Tutt was a tight and "listening" quartet. Even Donna Godchaux sings better on these nights, I'm sure she can hear herself in a way she can't with the Dead.

Fun stuff, grooving easily along.

[Guest Bill Barton]

"Allusions I" from Bill Dixon's Tapestries for Small Orchestra.

Edited June 24, 2010 by Bill Barton

[Peter Friedman]

"Yazoo City Blues" from Rickey Woodard's recent cd titled Pineapple Delight.

This tune gets a beautiful swinging groove that makes me tap my toes and snap my fingers nonestop.

[John Tapscott]

Tommy Flanagan - "Goodbye Mr. Evans" from Nights at the Vanguard (Uptown)