So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[duaneiac]

Disc 3 of 4, which covers the period from 1950 to 1954.  I absolutely love Jo Stafford and take every opportunity to extol her virtues.  This disc certainly displays her versatility, featuring her renditions of everything from "Peace In The Valley", to standards such as "Blue Skies", to novelty tunes such as "Chow Willy".  There are a number of pleasant but forgettable, "also ran" tunes from those days gone by.  Ms. Stafford still handles them with her trademark grace and style.  Among the highlights of this disc:

Don't Get Around Much Anymore --   A nice reminder that as a big band singer, Ms. Stafford was simply one of the best.  Also serves as a pleasant contrast to her later recording of this song as Darlene Edwards.

That's The One For Me -- A duet with Frankie Laine, which sounds kind of like Capitol was trying out a modified Louis & Keely thing with them.  There sure seems to be a Keelyesque style to Ms. Stafford's approach to this song.

Our Love Is Here To Stay -- Forget about songs, they don't even write tempos like this anymore.  I like the gentle little flourish Paul Weston adds at the end.

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows -- Beautiful.  Very effective string arrangement by Mr. Weston.

[jazzcorner]

21 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Hasn’t pretty well all of those boxes been reissued on various Rearward reissues by now (excluding the still MIA ‘Out Of The Folk Bag’ - what happened to that?)

Intresting question. Have to check that with my recent Rearward / Schema CDs against the 2  Campi boxes.

 Will be a bit of work. Well it was easy. Except "Off Limits"  (Rearward 115 CD) which is also on on the box Blowing the Cobwebs out I have not found any other tracks on CD's. 

Have on Rearward / Schema  CD 105 (with Carl Drewo / CD 119  Shib Shihab /  CD 123 Johnny Griffin / CD 125  Swing, Waltz with Carl Drewo. These CD tracks are not on the boxes.

"Out Of The Folk Bag" is missing here

Almost all my other KC-FB are on vinyl + on some CD compilations (MPS/Universal)

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[BillF]

11 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Continuing that Woody theme ...

[John Tapscott]

4 hours ago, BillF said:

Continuing that Woody theme ...

 

Now:

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

Gonzalo Rubalcaba "Mi Gran Passion"

 

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[BillF]

 

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[jazzbo]

Thanks to today's announcement about the next volume of the Bootleg Series I popped this in.

Bob Dylan "Shot of Love" Sony Blu-Spec CD2

[BillF]

In memory of Elliot Lawrence (Feb 14 1925 - July 2 2021)

 

[HutchFan]

Duke Ellington - The Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927-1973)
Disc 12 

Rex Stewart !!! 

 

[Jim Duckworth]

On 7/18/2021 at 4:49 AM, BillF said:

 

Now playing:

Love this one.

[Peter Friedman]

[Larry Kart]

Gary Smulyan with Strings (Criss Cross). At first I didn't care for it; Smulyan's often harsh-edged tone didn't seem right for ballads, but I warmed to it after fiddling with tone controls and lowering the volume some. Too bad, though, that only a few of the tunes are familiar to me, and one that is, "Lush Life," I never want to hear as an instrumental again.

[Referentzhunter]

[Referentzhunter]

[jazzcorner]

2 hours ago, BillF said:

In memory of Elliot Lawrence (Feb 14 1925 - July 2 2021)

 

Great swinging band

Lawrence,Elliott    Gerry Mulligan Arrangements   1955/07       Fantasy (OJC) 3-206

Lawrence,Elliott    ...plays Tiny Kahn & Johnny Mandel     1956  Fantasy          902109

Lawrence,Elliott    The Music of Elliott Lawrence  1956-58       Mobile Fidelity        2-229

Lawrence,Elliott    Jazz goes Broadway        1957  Vik(FS)        45905

Lawrence,Elliott    Bigband Sound feat. Al Cohn/Gene Quill       1958          Fresh Sound 2003

 

9 hours ago, BillF said:

Continuing that Woody theme ...

Follow You!

 

Herman,Woody      WOODY HERMAN 1948-50       Capitol         0324

Herman,Woody      Second Herd         1948-50       Capitol  (jap)  40012

Herman,Woody      The Hits of Woody Herman      1954  Capitol          1554

Herman,Woody      The Woody Herman Band 1954  Capitol(holl) 0560

Herman,Woody      Jackpot       1955  Capitol(holl) 0748

Herman,Woody      Blues Groove         1955-56       Capitol(France)          0784

[BillF]

24 minutes ago, jazzcorner said:

Great swinging band

Lawrence,Elliott    Gerry Mulligan Arrangements   1955/07       Fantasy (OJC) 3-206

 

Lawrence,Elliott    ...plays Tiny Kahn & Johnny Mandel     1956  Fantasy          902109

 

Lawrence,Elliott    The Music of Elliott Lawrence  1956-58       Mobile Fidelity        2-229

 

Lawrence,Elliott    Jazz goes Broadway        1957  Vik(FS)        45905

 

Lawrence,Elliott    Bigband Sound feat. Al Cohn/Gene Quill       1958          Fresh Sound 2003

 

 

Follow You!

 

Herman,Woody      WOODY HERMAN 1948-50       Capitol         0324

 

Herman,Woody      Second Herd         1948-50       Capitol  (jap)  40012

 

Herman,Woody      The Hits of Woody Herman      1954  Capitol          1554

 

Herman,Woody      The Woody Herman Band 1954  Capitol(holl) 0560

 

Herman,Woody      Jackpot       1955  Capitol(holl) 0748

 

Herman,Woody      Blues Groove         1955-56       Capitol(France)          0784

 

Still followin'?

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

Abdullah Ibrahim "Mindif" Enja/Solid Records CD Japan

Bass – David Williams 
Drums, Percussion [Gambray] – Billy Higgins
Flute, Tenor Saxophone – Craig Handy
Piano, Flute, Voice – Abdullah Ibrahim
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Ricky Ford
Trombone – Benny Powell

[Peter Friedman]

[mikeweil]

[HutchFan]

[EKE BBB]

[Gheorghe]

5 hours ago, EKE BBB said:

I love this very much ! 

[BillF]

The most exciting live jazz I've heard in the last 20 years was from these two in the context of a quintet and a Tubby Hayes memorial big band. 

So sad about PK's passing.

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