Best track you heard all week

[Dan Gould]

Keeping in the Black & Blue vein:

Bill Doggett, "Anahuac Breakdown" from Am I Blue (Blues Reference)

I was so glad to give this one a try on the off hand that David "Bubba" Brooks might be on it, and he is not only in the tenor chair for this outing but just happens to blow one of his best solos on this track.

[soulpope]

 

[jlhoots]

Ethan Iverson: So Hard It Hurts - solo, Annette Peacock song on The Purity Of The Turf

[T.D.]

I'll Remember April (feat. Bud Powell) from this:

[BillF]

Charlie Parker's "Chi Chi" from this:

A beautiful tune on gorgeous "Blues for Alice" changes with Bird's solo played ensemble.

[soulpope]

Bettye Swann „I`m Just Living A Lie“ (Fame 1479)        1971

[soulpope]

Priceless - both music and video clip ....

[Steve Reynolds]

Anything from The Ideal Bread

 

the 2007 recording of Steve Lacy's music by Josh Sinton, Kirk Knuffke, Reuben Radding & Tomas Fujiwara is remarkable. As good as their later more recent recordings are, this one is really something. The 2 ballads are the highlights which speaks very highly of the band.

[Neal Pomea]

This is a fantastic album. Rusty Kershaw, Now and Then. Can't believe I didn't hear it til this week! Costly on Amazon but not at all on iTunes. Neil Young, Ben Keith, Art Neville, et al.

 

 

[soulpope]

 

[Peter Friedman]

Mulgrew Miller takes the very familiar Billy Strayhorn tune - Take The A Train - down the track titled a creative swinging beauty. This may well be the most enjoyable rendition I have heard in many many years.

Edited December 22, 2016 by Peter Friedman
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[A Lark Ascending]

Perhaps not the best track I've heard all week but a Christmas track that had me welling up yesterday:

I've played this on a Xmas compilation for years and always loved the chord sequence, every line different. But (as usual) I'd never listened to the lyrics. For some reason I did yesterday and they are devastating. The pay-off is in the last line.

Sentimental, a bit 'pretty' in the instrumentation, yes. But, oh dear... 

(ignore the powerpoint)

[BillF]

"Embraceable You" from this. Bird's classic solo re-heard.

Edited December 24, 2016 by BillF

[paul secor]

Two of my favorite tracks from The Roches: We Three Kings:

 

 

[Peter Friedman]

The tune "Blue Monk" from Curtis Fuller - Fire And Filigree in the Bee Hive Sessions Mosaic Box.

It is the solo on this track by Sal Nistico that is extremely good. Sal is at his very best here and his playing makes this the best track I have heard this week. 

 

Edited January 5, 2017 by Peter Friedman
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[John Tapscott]

"Stuffy" from this wonderful record. Hawk is in exuberant form on this track, and the "Three Bosses"  rhythm section (Powell, Pettiford and Clarke) is excellent  on the tracks with Hawk and on the five trio tracks as well. I hadn't listened to this one for some years, but it's one of the best records I've heard recently. 

Edited January 23, 2017 by John Tapscott

[Matthew]

 

Frank Foster: The House That Love Built. What a beautiful rendition.

[soulpope]

On 5.1.2017 at 10:03 PM, Peter Friedman said:

The tune "Blue Monk" from Curtis Fuller - Fire And Filigree in the Bee Hive Sessions Mosaic Box.

It is the solo on this track by Sal Nistico that is extremely good. Sal is at his very best here and his playing makes this the best track I have heard this week. 

 

!

[soulpope]

 

[jazzbo]

This week it's "The Lady is a Tramp" by Tony Bennett from "Perfectly Frank." Just for the Ralph Sharon solo in an Ellingtonian/Monkian manner.

[Peter Friedman]

Absolutely marvelous playing by Pee Wee Russell and Bud Freeman, especially  on these two tracks:

Home Cooking (11-17-33) and Beat To The Socks  (1-17-38)

[John Tapscott]

Listened through the Bill Evans 9 CD Fantasy set this week:

2 tracks really stood out for me (out of so many great tracks)

"Bass Face" from 

 

and   "Eiderdown" from 

 

 

I'd forgotten how good both these albums are; especially the latter which has outstanding playing from both Warne and Lee. 

Edited February 4, 2017 by John Tapscott

[soulpope]

 

[kinuta]

Percy Mayfield - Stranger In My Hometown

 

Edited February 6, 2017 by kinuta

[paul secor]

17 hours ago, kinuta said:

Percy Mayfield - Stranger In My Hometown

 

 Always great to hear Percy Mayfield's voice.