Norm Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 (edited) If you're like me, the day of the week (or at least weekday vs. weekend) as well as time of day has a big impact on the type of jazz CD I'm inclined to reach for. So on those late nights when others in your household have retired but you're still working on a project, writing or doing something else, what do you reach for? A few of my favorites are for this time are: -- Miles Davis The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions -- Grant Green Idle Moments -- Thelonious Monk Thelonious Himself So when its Round About Midnight, what sounds particularly good to you? Edited September 23, 2009 by Norm Quote
Niko Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 (edited) off the top of my head, stuff i've recently played more than once in such settings: Eric Dolphy - Iron Man John Coltrane - Traneing In John Coltrane - Settin' the Pace Grant Green - Talkin' About Soft Machine - Third Enrico Rava - New York Days if i still have to work at 3 usually lighter fare such as Elliott Smith... played Steve Kuhn's Mostly Coltrane for the first time yesterday and felt it might be a great late night alternative to those Coltrane Prestige Albums Edited September 23, 2009 by Niko Quote
king ubu Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue Grant Green - Am I Blue I often go for singers... June Christy, Chris Connor, Helen Merrill... or piano trios or solos (Ray Bryant - Alone with the Blues, for instance) Quote
sidewinder Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Good choices King Ubu. Pretty well any of the Bobby Hutcherson Blue Notes, including the 70s material. Pete LaRoca 'Basra' Andrew Hill 'Grass Roots' and the Mosaic Quincy Jones set that I am currently spinning. Nice, relaxed, hugely enjoyable. Quote
king ubu Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Hill and Basra would be too charged for my taste... also I guess anything by any big band, except maybe Thornhill... Quote
sidewinder Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 The stuff on Duke Pearson's Mosaic Select would definitely come into this category. And - strangely enough - quite a bit of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis set. Quote
king ubu Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Ah no - I play the Jones/Lewis when I want that groovy, soulful, swinging stuff... I'd never have thought of that one as late night listening... guess I got to give it a try one day! Some Basie small group jams might also be nice. Or Hawkins on Riverside and Prestige (the two that got the RVG treatment come to mind, but also the Hawk/Lockjaw one, and all the other stuff with Flanagan, on Prestige and Verve and Impulse). Also the bossa albums... Ike Quebec (actually not just his bossa, but all of his comeback albums on BN), Hawkins, Getz... Also Ellington meets Hawkins and Ellington meets Coltrane, and Coltrane/Johnny Hartman and "Ballads", and the Impulse "Coltrane" also... and maybe "Lush Life" and "Soultrane" from his Prestige time. Quote
sidewinder Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Ike Quebec - of course. Any of his Blue Notes are perfect at that hour. Quote
king ubu Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Also the Grant Green one with Quebec! What's it called, "Born to Be Blue"? And "Hoagy Sings Carmichael" on Pacific Jazz. Then the crooners... Joe Williams "Men Ain't Supposed to Cry", some Little Jimmy Scott (the Wonderful one produced by Ray Charles), maybe the ballad album by Mel Tormé, and of course the ultimate one for the wee small hours... yup, Sinatra's "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning"! Quote
BillF Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 So as not to disturb the rest of the household, I often reach for one of my several Bill Evans solo albums. Definitely NOT the time for Maynard Ferguson! Quote
JohnS Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 (edited) Miles Davis; L'Ascenseur Pour L'Echfaud. Definitey a lights out album. Edited September 23, 2009 by JohnS Quote
BillF Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Incidentally, to the uninitiated jazz in general is seen as late-night music. Quote
king ubu Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Also Ellington small groups, or anything by Ellingtonians (Hodges, Gonsalves, Nance... maybe better not Cat Anderson, he he...) Quote
sidewinder Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Lenny Breau's RCA albums are good to listen to at this hour.. Quote
Niko Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Incidentally, to the uninitiated jazz in general is seen as late-night music. actually, most of my first jazz albums i play late at night, miles davis (rarely play him these days, don't really know why) and horace silver's song for my father (every year in those hours before i get one year older...) [but when they were new to me i played them all the time...] post nr 3000! thank you jim, i know i'm not an easy poster! Quote
king ubu Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Yup, Miles... Relaxin', Round About Midnight, Porgy & Bess... Quote
fasstrack Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 If you're like me, the day of the week (or at least weekday vs. weekend) as well as time of day has a big impact on the type of jazz CD I'm inclined to reach for. So on those late nights when others in your household have retired but you're still working on a project, writing or doing something else, what do you reach for? A few of my favorites are for this time are: -- Miles Davis The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions -- Grant Green Idle Moments -- Thelonious Monk Thelonious Himself So when its Round About Midnight, what sounds particularly good to you?Damn, read the thread title and I thought 'Late Night Records' was a label----and was already trying to get a date Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Porgy and Bess always struck me as more of an afternoon record - preferably a sunny afternoon spent in the shade. Quote
king ubu Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 maybe you're right, but these two should fit: Quote
BillF Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 post nr 3000! Congratulations, Niko! Quote
AllenLowe Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 actually, I'm always looking for "morning after" records - Quote
randyhersom Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Johnny Griffin - Change of Pace Quote
Ron S Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Kinda surprised that this one hasn't already been mentioned: Quote
Joe Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 + ELMO HOPE TRIO (Hi-Fi / Contemporary) + Dizzy Reece, SOUNDIN' OFF + MINGUS AT THE BOHEMIA Quote
AllenLowe Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Ron, you're a very discerning fellow - Quote
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