Rooster_Ties Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 What is your single favorite BN release, from anything released on the label in the last five years??? (I'm talking about newly recorded material, stuff recorded within the last five years.) Me?? Without thinking about this very much, I'm temped to say... Greg Osby - Symbols of Light (A Solution) (from 2001) I'll think it over some more, and revisit this thread again in the next day or so -- and see if I think of anything else that tops "Symbols...". Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 Anything from MMW or Charlie Hunter. Quote
Free For All Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 Hard to pick just one, but some nominees........besides Symbols of Light........ Jason Moran Black Stars Bob Belden Black Dahlia Tribalistas Bill Charlap Written in The Stars Quote
brownie Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 Jackie McLean 'Nature Boy' Bob Dorough 'Who's On First' Mose Allison 'The Moses Chronicles, vol. 1' Quote
Dmitry Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 Belden - Black Dahlia Konitz - Another Shade Of Blue Osby - The Invisible Hand are all good, in their special ways. Quote
Gary Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 I really enjoy the 3 Jason Moran CDs I have (Black Stars, Modernism & Bandwagon). And this gets better with every listen Quote
Geoff Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 I quite like Madlib's Shades of Blue. Quote
vibes Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 I really like these: Greg Osby - Inner Circle Jason Moran - Black Stars Quote
Muskrat Ramble Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 Black Stars by Moran. Review and discussion. Black Dahlia sounds great in theory but at times too close to moody elevator music in practice. (The Penguin Guide wonders if it's ultimately "brainy easy-listening.") The stripped-down parts with the lonely trumpet solos and so forth work great, but the full orchestral writing can get really schmaltzy for my tastes. I'd rather listen to the L.A. Confidential soundtrack, any day. (Awesome, awesome film, btw.) Quote
John B Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 hands down, it would be Chucho Valdes - Live at the Village Vanguard. Quote
Peter Johnson Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 Stefon Harris, "Grand Unification Theory" Quote
Chrome Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 Another vote for "Inner Circle" ... that Osby guy seems like he know's what he's doing, huh? Quote
JSngry Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 Both Konitz/Haden/Mehldau discs, even if Mehldau often gets on my nerves here sometimes with his just-TOO-damn-precise phrasing. Lee is in exquisite, topper than top form, so relaxed and so lyrical, and Charlie's with him every step of the way. They'll be reissuing these as "classics" further on up the road. Bet on it. Quote
couw Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 Both Konitz/Haden/Mehldau discs, even if Mehldau often gets on my nerves here sometimes with his just-TOO-damn-precise phrasing. Lee is in exquisite, topper than top form, so relaxed and so lyrical, and Charlie's with him every step of the way. They'll be reissuing these as "classics" further on up the road. Bet on it. I myself have also been playing these for Konitz & Haden. Mehldau plays a bit too pretty for my tastes, although he does seem to control himself in that respect on these sides. Quote
marcoliv Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 Bill Charlap releases Stefon Harris releases Jacky Terrasson - Alive & What It Is Quote
EKE BBB Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 Not that I have many Blue Note new releases , but from my shelves I´d pick: -the Haden/Konitz/Mehldau discs -Joe Lovano: 52nd street themes Quote
Quincy Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 And another for Osby's Inner Circle. Though if you had asked this before last December I could have answered Banned In New York. Whether I would have I'm not sure. Moran's Black Stars or Modernistic (heck, the others too) are greatly enjoyed too. Quote
sonnyhill Posted January 31, 2004 Report Posted January 31, 2004 Another vote for Black Stars. Definitely a classic!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote
kenny weir Posted January 31, 2004 Report Posted January 31, 2004 Lovano - 52nd Street Themes. Belden - Black Dhalia Martino - Live At Yoshi's Joe Chambers - Mirrors Javon Jackson - Pleasant Valley Mark Shim - Turbulent Flow Quote
king ubu Posted February 1, 2004 Report Posted February 1, 2004 Most have been mentioned, but those that come to mind are: - Jason Moran, Black Stars - Greg Osby, Banned in New York, Symbols of Light - Joe Lovano, 52nd Street Themes - Mark Shim, Turbulent Flow - Bill Charlap, Written in the Stars - Bill Stewart, Telepathy - Jacky Terrasson, Alive - the Konitz/Mehldau/Haden discs (though I do not listen to them very often) and one that falls out of the given time frame, but deserves honourable mention: - Tommy Flanagan, Sunset And The Mockinbird Then I have to say I did not pick up all releases I would like to have (partly due to the f*#@ing copyright controlled CDs over here), as the latest Moran, the latest Osby, the Solal - I will order them from the US some day... ubu Quote
mikeweil Posted February 2, 2004 Report Posted February 2, 2004 The one I enjoy the most is a little older: Geoff Keezer's "Here And Now" from 1990. Among the never ones: Steve Masokowski (2) Brian Blade (2) Jason Moran (all) Quote
mikeweil Posted February 2, 2004 Report Posted February 2, 2004 They'll be reissuing these as "classics" further on up the road. Bet on it. I was positively surprised by these. What would have been the pianist of your choice, folks? Quote
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