Best track you heard all week

[paul secor]

Charlie Johnson and his Paradise Band: "The Boy in the Boat" from Hot Notes - New York Volume 1 1926-1929 (Frog)

Could have chosen one of several other Charlie Johnson tracks on this compilation, but this one stood out.

Edited December 18, 2008 by paul secor

[jazzbo]

"When did I Stop Loving You (When did You Stop Loving Me)" on Marvin Gaye's "Here, My Dear" (I've been listening to the Hip-O Select expanded version)

[jazzbo]

Okay the next standout track for me is "My Foolish Heart," Bill Evans Trio, the version on "Waltz for Debbie" (I listen to the K2 version). Just. . . so beautiful, so controlled and moving.

[Shrdlu]

"Café del Mar", Michael Woods Out of Office remix. Great mix, with heavy bass riff.

(The original song is based on a composition by a Belgian "classical" composer, called "Struggle for Pleasure". Both it and the new mix can be heard online.)

[Neal Pomea]

John Fahey and his Orchestra: Om Shanthi Norris, from After the Ball

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Nat Adderley - title track from "Blue autumn", on Theresa, with Sonny Fortune, Larry Willis, Walter Booker & Jimmy Cobb. Had the LP a long time, but the other day, this stopped me in my tracks (again )

Agree with Hot Ptah that Fortune is better as a sideman.

MG

[blajay]

Don Wilkerson--Cookin' With Clarence from Shoutin'! session on the Complete Blue Note Conn.

I was caught listening to this at a party when friends came back from a cigarette break with my headphones on, my eyes shut, and my head bobbing. Someone needed to ask if I was ok. I said, I'm great!

[zen archer]

Colonized Mind By PRINCE ...best track of the week and the whole year .

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Don Wilkerson--Cookin' With Clarence from Shoutin'! session on the Complete Blue Note Conn.

I was caught listening to this at a party when friends came back from a cigarette break with my headphones on, my eyes shut, and my head bobbing. Someone needed to ask if I was ok. I said, I'm great!

Yes indeed!

You know you've got too many records when you can only get albums like this one out once in a twelvemonth. Must play it soon.

MG

[Sundog]

Leon Thomas- Let The Rain Fall On Me

[Shawn]

Arriving Soon - Cannonball Adderley: One of those sessions that was just ON in every sense of the word.

[paul secor]

Jimmy Knepper: "Hold Back the Dawn" on Eric Felten/Jimmy Knepper: T-Bop (Soul Note)

[Guest Bill Barton]

The title track from Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition Apti CD. This is a killer disc!

[Niko]

the tony fruscella/stan getz version of dear old stockholm

[Sundog]

Mavis Staples: "Freedom Highway" from the album Live: Hope At The Hideout.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

"When we all get to heaven" by Donald Vails Choraleers from "Yesterday, today and forever" (Sound of Gospel) - featuring the great coloratura soprano, Delores Taylor-Love.

MG

[Tom 1960]

"Concierto De Aranjuez" by Jim Hall from the album "Concierto". Chet Baker's playing here I can only describe as haunting. Paul Desmond whom I've never been a huge fan of, is absolutely perfect here. Played this ALOT this past week.

[blajay]

Wayne Shorter--Juju, title track. Played it like 5 times since leaving work yesterday evening.

[montg]

"Concierto De Aranjuez" by Jim Hall from the album "Concierto". Chet Baker's playing here I can only describe as haunting. Paul Desmond whom I've never been a huge fan of, is absolutely perfect here. Played this ALOT this past week.

A favorite of mine too. I like it better than Miles' version.

[Guest Bill Barton]

Benny Golson's arrangement of music composed by Verdi ("Verdi's Voice") on the new Concord release New Time, New 'tet.

[paul secor]

Bud Powell: "Un Poco Loco" and "You Go To My Head" from The Amazing Bud Powell Volume One (BN RVG)

I never get tired of listening to "Un Poco Loco", no matter how many times I hear it.

[Shawn]

The week is young, but so far it's "Eddy's Dilemna" from Lem's Beat with Oliver Nelson. The type of laid-back groove that always gets me.

[jazzbo]

Aretha Franklin, "Save Me"

So simple, so direct, so communicating. I remember suggesting this for a band I played drums in, The Blue Flames. We never could get it together. Not surprising.

[Sundog]

Muddy Waters "Clouds in My Heart" from the album King Bee.

Hard to understand why this song was not part of the original release. It's the best thing on the album AFAIC. The way the band plays off Muddy's lyrics is tremendous. Real blues, real good!

[paul secor]

Bird, Red Rodney, Kenny Drew, Curly Russell, Art Blakey: "Anthropology" - WJZ broadcast from Birdland in 1950 from Charlie Parker: More Unissued Vol. 2

It's only been a few days since I posted on this thread, but I'm pretty sure that nothing else I'll hear this week will top this one. Bird is on fire, Blakey sounds like he's ready to blow up the place, Red Rodney comes across with some of his best early playing that I've heard, a young Kenny Drew more than holds his own, and Curly Russell is the beat holding it all together.