TedR Posted September 7, 2009 Report Posted September 7, 2009 Thanks to the oldies sale........Jimmy Forrest. I've heard of him but never heard him. Sit Down and Relax With..........bluesy, soulful, just beautiful tenor. Quote
PHILLYQ Posted September 7, 2009 Report Posted September 7, 2009 (edited) For god's sake, don't tell Bev, but I'm listening to Fairport Convention right now for the first time in my life. I don't know if it's the music, or just the way it's matching my mood, but this is good stuff! Listening to the 20th Century Masters disc on Lala; I was hoping it would give me an overview. The only problem is this weird desire to put on tights and learn to play the lute... funny i heard "i want to see the bright lights tonight" by richard and linda thompson for the first time two days ago and also definitely want to do some more listening in that direction... if you have any interest in Richard Thompson(for the life of me it's sometimes hard to understand why he's not a multi-platinum seller ), I would strongly suggest 'Shoot out the Lights" with Linda, 'Hand of Kindness', "Rumor & Sigh' & 'Mock Tudor'. Among those discs are many gems. Edited September 7, 2009 by PHILLYQ Quote
Guest Bill Barton Posted September 7, 2009 Report Posted September 7, 2009 Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser. His new CD on Clean Feed, Pieces of Old Sky, is superb. Quote
mikelz777 Posted September 16, 2009 Report Posted September 16, 2009 The Harper Brothers and Winard Harper. I discovered Winard Harper while listening to jazz on Pandora.com. He's a name I hadn't heard of so I decided to explore a little further. After a little digging I discovered that not only did he record on his own, but he also recorded with his brother as The Harper Brothers. I found 3 of the Harper Brothers discs (Artistry, Remembrance: Live At The Village Vanguard, The Harper Brothers) and 2 of Winard's discs (Be Yourself, Trap Dancer) surprisingly cheap. ($3.00 to $5.50 delivered) I'd have to say that it was a fine investment, I really enjoy them all. I might have to dig a little deeper into Winard Harper's stuff. Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted September 17, 2009 Report Posted September 17, 2009 You never heard "Night Train" ?! It's...it's...the music grandma stripped to! Quote
king ubu Posted September 17, 2009 Report Posted September 17, 2009 most recently, two things: Discovering and re-discovering Teddy Edwards' fine four albums (rec. 91-94) for Universal France/Gitanes/Polygram/whatever, "Mississippi Lad" (with Art Hillery, Jimmy Cleveland, Leroy Vinnegar, Billy Higgins, Tom Waits and others), "Blue Saxophone" (with strings and brass, and a so-so singer), "La Villa" (a live album, with Christian Escoudé, some strings overdubs, and another so-so singer), and finally "Tango in Harlem", the great trio album with Christian McBride and Billy Higgins. Edwards should be much, much better known! second was this album - doesn't get much closer to perfection, I think! Herb Ellis - Nothin' But the Blues (Verve, with Roy Eldridge and Stan Getz, Ray Brown and Stan Levey). Quote
ceastwood Posted September 18, 2009 Report Posted September 18, 2009 Hherbie Nichols. Too bad his life was short what a master he would have been. Alfred Lions had the foresight to record him. Wish there was more music other than his Blue Note sides. Quote
Guest Bill Barton Posted September 18, 2009 Report Posted September 18, 2009 Love, Gloom, Cash, Love Bethlehem 1957 Quote
papsrus Posted September 18, 2009 Report Posted September 18, 2009 second was this album - doesn't get much closer to perfection, I think! Herb Ellis - Nothin' But the Blues (Verve, with Roy Eldridge and Stan Getz, Ray Brown and Stan Levey). I've had my eye on that one for a while. Time to pull the trigger, I guess. Quote
king ubu Posted September 18, 2009 Report Posted September 18, 2009 Herb Ellis - Nothin' But the Blues (Verve, with Roy Eldridge and Stan Getz, Ray Brown and Stan Levey). I've had my eye on that one for a while. Time to pull the trigger, I guess. Yeah, it's getting kind of pricey, too... 15$ or so for a used one (plus 9$ for shipping to little ol' Switzerland...) Fantastic disc, worth every cent! Quote
ep1str0phy Posted September 18, 2009 Report Posted September 18, 2009 Love, Gloom, Cash, Love Bethlehem 1957 I don't think this one has as many fans, but I love it. Quote
king ubu Posted September 18, 2009 Report Posted September 18, 2009 Love, Gloom, Cash, Love Bethlehem 1957 I don't think this one has as many fans, but I love it. What do you mean, by comparison with the Blue Note recordings, or because Nichols in general doesn't have many fans? I think it's a fine album! Nichols as a whole would have been subject of a post of mine in this thread many years ago, when I discovered him thanks to the BN reissue 3CD set. Another thing I discovered lately is The Byrds - got all their albums up to "Sweethearts of the Rodeo" and found "Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde" in a local sale. Now waiting for "Easy Rider" and "Untitled/Unreleased" to complete my Byrds collection (assuming I can happily live without the last of their albums). As a result of that, I'll go and check out some Flying Burrito Brothers and Gram Parsons as well (thanks niko for the recs!). Also will dip a bit into Crosby Stills Nash & Young, and eventually Neil Young... (got only very few albums so far, "Stephen Stills", "Harvest", "Zuma", "Crosby Stills & Nash"). Quote
Niko Posted September 18, 2009 Report Posted September 18, 2009 Glenn Ferris - finally a trombone player who sounds just right ( ) so far heard him on Henri Texier's great "An Indian's Week" album and Bex/Ferris/Goubert - Here and Now (organ trio with trombone) but will check out more soon... Quote
king ubu Posted September 18, 2009 Report Posted September 18, 2009 Christophe Schweizer would be another trombone player to check out - his album on Omnitone is great. He was discussed a bit in that "neighbourhood/under-the-radar-talent"-thread a while ago. (Maybe his name is spelled Schweitzer? No, looks wrong... but maybe it's Christoph without an e, too lazy to look it up...) Ferris is a fine player, I agree! Don't know much besides his work with Texier, but he also did a Don Ellis tribute project with French musicians and played with Jim Pepper. That makes him a very interesting character in my book! Quote
Niko Posted September 18, 2009 Report Posted September 18, 2009 (edited) Christophe Schweizer would be another trombone player to check out - his album on Omnitone is great. He was discussed a bit in that "neighbourhood/under-the-radar-talent"-thread a while ago. (Maybe his name is spelled Schweitzer? No, looks wrong... but maybe it's Christoph without an e, too lazy to look it up...) Ferris is a fine player, I agree! Don't know much besides his work with Texier, but he also did a Don Ellis tribute project with French musicians and played with Jim Pepper. That makes him a very interesting character in my book! will check out christophe schweizer... just gave a brief listen to some of nils wogram's organ trio album affinity on deezer, needs to be checked out as well... ferris is one of the selected few who have a eugene chadbourne allmusic entry... long list of credits from frank zappa to philly joe jones... Edited September 18, 2009 by Niko Quote
king ubu Posted September 18, 2009 Report Posted September 18, 2009 Wogram is fantastic, but I told you so many times already, didn't I? I have one of his organ trio albums and the septet album on Enja. He does interesting sideman work as well. Quote
CEB Posted September 18, 2009 Report Posted September 18, 2009 I am just dicovering a deceased 3 foot tall Frenchman who can play the Hell out of a piano. Quote
mikelz777 Posted September 18, 2009 Report Posted September 18, 2009 That would be Michel Petrucciani. Quote
CEB Posted September 18, 2009 Report Posted September 18, 2009 Yes I totally blanked out on how his name was spelled. Quote
Victor Christensen Posted September 22, 2009 Report Posted September 22, 2009 Richard Galliano WOW, that is if you like accordion and Astor Pizzarelli (and tango in a jazzway). Vic Quote
PHILLYQ Posted September 22, 2009 Report Posted September 22, 2009 Glenn Ferris - finally a trombone player who sounds just right ( ) so far heard him on Henri Texier's great "An Indian's Week" album and Bex/Ferris/Goubert - Here and Now (organ trio with trombone) but will check out more soon... Ferris also recorded with Billy Cobham on 'Shabazz'. Quote
Free For All Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Glenn Ferris - finally a trombone player who sounds just right ( ) so far heard him on Henri Texier's great "An Indian's Week" album and Bex/Ferris/Goubert - Here and Now (organ trio with trombone) but will check out more soon... Ferris also recorded with Billy Cobham on 'Shabazz'. He also played on several Don Ellis recordings. Quote
Niko Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 (edited) thanks for the richard thompson and glenn ferris recommendations...! i also liked Ferris' recent X Actimo! maybe not quite as beautiful as the texier album but highly enjoyable (on deezer (as are the BFG and the Texier) but i doubt you can play it in the US... but who knows) Edited September 23, 2009 by Niko Quote
king ubu Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Richard Galliano WOW, that is if you like accordion and Astor Pizzarelli (and tango in a jazzway). Vic you absolutely have to check out this one here - no tango, just pure swinging modern jazz of the highest order! http://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Dear-Richard-Ga...992&sr=8-10 Quote
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