So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

Two sister recordings, favorites of mine, by Antônio Carlos Jobim, on one Beat Goes On cd. 

Antônio Carlos Jobim, "Tide/Stone Flower"

I have masterings I favor a bit more of both, but having both on one cd is a nice thing indeed. Deodata arrangements... I think he did great arrangements at this time.

Edited January 11, 2022 by jazzbo

[JSngry]

Two things:

1. Jazz needs more show bands.
2. What is Ann Arbor like these days?

[jazzbo]

Stan Getz "Billy Highstreet Samba" Emarcy cd

Bass – Mark Egan
Design – CB Graphic
Drums – Victor Lewis
Guitar – Chuck Loeb
Keyboards – Mitchel Forman
Producer, Tenor Saxophone – Stan Getz
Soprano Saxophone – Stan Getz (tracks: 3, 5)

[BillF]

[kh1958]

Erskine Hawkins, 1939-1940 (Classics)

[Peter Friedman]

[mikeweil]

[HutchFan]

21 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Just set up something new so I'm listening to familiar material. 

Herbie Hancock "Speak Like a Child" Blue Note Japan SHM-SACD

Such beautiful music!

So true.   

 

[Rabshakeh]

Currently revisiting Joshua Redman's Elastic (Warner, 2002).

I remain surprised at how heavily pushed Redman's, perfectly competent, music was. Was jazz in the 1990s in such straits that this was the best on offer? These albums are still in print even now.

Edited January 11, 2022 by Rabshakeh

[Jim Duckworth]

1 hour ago, kh1958 said:

Erskine Hawkins, 1939-1940 (Classics)

Yeah! Both Bascomb brothers-Paul gets a good helping on Sweet Georgia Brown.

[jazzcorner]

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

[Joe]

[jazzbo]

Lisa Sokolov "Presence"

A very interesting singer, lots of mult-tracked performances here. Her daughter is also an interesting singer.

Oddly enough she sometimes reminds me of Grace Slick.

Edited January 11, 2022 by jazzbo

[BillF]

1 hour ago, Peter Friedman said:

[John Tapscott]

4 hours ago, BillF said:

2 great Kennys! 

[jazzbo]

Hank Mobley "A Caddy for Daddy" AP SACD

[BillF]

31 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Hank Mobley "A Caddy for Daddy" AP SACD

[jazzbo]

Terry Morel "Songs of a Woman in Love" Bethlehem/Solid Records Japan cd

Herbie Mann, flute; Ralph Sharon, piano; Jay Cave, bass; Christy Febbo, drums. Recorded live at Montclair Club, Jackson Heights, NY, January 1956

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

3 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Currently revisiting Joshua Redman's Elastic (Warner, 2002).

I remain surprised at how heavily pushed Redman's, perfectly competent, music was. Was jazz in the 1990s in such straits that this was the best on offer? These albums are still in print even now.

I think the fact that J. Redman's albums were so heavily promoted had as much to do with non-musical factors as musical ones.  Not hard to "package" an attractive, articulate young man.  OTOH, his middle-of-the-road-ness -- music-wise -- might have been a positive from the Marketing Department perspective at Warner Brothers.  Just like his appearance, it was non-threatening. ... In other words, it comes down to "major label" nonsense.

All that said, I enjoy some of Redman's music.  I just think his level of promotion (especially in his early years) had much more to do with marketing machinations than music.

 

[HutchFan]

NP:

[BillF]

2 hours ago, John Tapscott said: