So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[BillF]

1 hour ago, soulpope said:

As good as it gets ....

[jazzbo]

Duke Ellington "Featuring Paul Gonsalves" OJC cd

Paul was just so much fun to listen to.

[Peter Friedman]

[jlhoots]

Shintaro Quintet: Evolution (BBE CD reissue)

[Larry Kart]

2 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Tommy Talbert "Bix, Duke, Fats" Seabrook cd of 1957 Atlantic Records release

Mellow . ..  "Birth of the Cool" influenced.

https://www.jazzwax.com/2009/11/tom-talbert-bix-duke-fats.html

Bought it when it came out. Have always loved it. Gorgeous Joe Wilder. Talbert's later albums are fine too, but this one is tops.

[HutchFan]

Bobo Stenson Trio - Serenity (ECM, 2000)
with Anders Jormin and Jon Christensen

Disc 1

[sonnyhill]

Gerald Cleaver & Violet Hour - Live at Firehouse 12 (Sunnyside Records)

[T.D.]

Recent arrivals from DG:

 

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, T.D. said:

 

 

Excellent ....

[BillF]

[EKE BBB]

[Gheorghe]

1 hour ago, BillF said:

This one , and a few others from BN. I´m not a Silver completist but some key albums I have. "The Stylings of Silver" is also very fine.

 

On 1.2.2022 at 6:47 PM, soulpope said:

Yes, the Mythic Sound CDs. 
But I have not listend to them for long time. This one is half solo in Paris, half trio in NY. 
The solo pieces, like many many of that kind that were recorded at Francis Paudras´ home and are not among the best Bud. The trio pieces ar better. At least, Bud plays the right Bridge on "Well You Neednt" and not the wrong one, that started with Miles on "Steamin" and is mostly played on sessions. 
Isn´t Bemsha Swing also on that ? Bud didn´t know it, he plays the wrong chords and is unsure and after one chorus 

[EKE BBB]

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

Laurence Hobgood "Union" Naim cd.

A marriage of excellent playing with excellent sound.

EDIT to add: listened through again. I kept thinking what an asset this trio of show-offs would be to any number of current singers. (It's no surprise that Hobgood has been at the helm of arguably the best albums of Kurt Elling).

This is one of those albums where the engineering is telling the story as well. What I would place in the "stoner jazz" category, "Rainy Day Dream Away" sub-category.

Edited February 3, 2022 by jazzbo

[JSngry]

Coulda' been better, coulda' been worse

McGee's tune "Island Fantasy" certainly sounds familiar, though...does it resemble something else, that opening phrase in particular?

[BillF]

[Dub Modal]

Of these two, El Chico is my preferred album. 

[jazzbo]

Another entry in the "Rainy Day Dream Away" sub-category is this bargain bin pickup. One that has paid off.

This "Zam Rock" album is a genuine trip. I'm listening to--the "Reverbed" version of the album, which is the second disc in this set. I keep thinking of The Jimi Hendrix Experience and how could I not, but there's a twist to the grooves here and the album definitely create a strong mood.

Whoa. Wow. A party disc.

[Joe]

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

Aretha Franklin "Lady Soul" Atlantic cd from the box set.

An alternate cover (from an alternate universe?) that I had never encountered before:

[mikeweil]

[jazzbo]

Too much rockin' steady had me reach for a mellower groove.

Lou Donaldson "Pretty Things" from 1970 on Universal Japan cd from 2015.

Dapper Lou

Been too long since I heard the work of Ted Dunbar, a cool guitarist.

[Peter Friedman]