So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[mikeweil]

[sidewinder]

36 minutes ago, clifford_thornton said:

Yeah, it's really tremendous.

Still waiting for one of my long ago preorders with them to ship... kind of done with the preorder game if it's going to take this long.

Absolutely !  I have the old ‘Reel’ CD but this set builds significantly on it. Amazing how well Phil Seaman and John Stevens functioned as a 2-drum unit and tragic that Seaman was dead within 4 weeks of the last, Stockwell gig. 

The book (brilliant) mentions that later ‘Splinters’ variant sessions into 1974 sans Hayes and Seaman from the Trevor Watts archive might be forthcoming, in which case ‘bring it on’.

Sorry to hear that your CDs have been delayed Clifford. I know that JIB HQ have just relocated from Farnham up to Holmfirth, quite a distant move, so that is probably the reason. Must have been disruptive to their operations.

Edited March 5, 2022 by sidewinder

[Rabshakeh]

Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack (Blue Note, 1963)

Stanley Turrentine's solo on "When I Grow Too Old To Dream" is one of my favourites that I revisit every so often to remind myself that it really is that good.

[Rabshakeh]

58 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

Nice to see some George Duke. I don't understand why he wasn't rediscovered by the hip hop crowd in the 90s. 

[Peter Friedman]

Rex Stewart

Edited March 5, 2022 by Peter Friedman

[jazzcorner]

with a superbe coverart by DSM

 

[jazzcorner]

3 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Nice to see some George Duke. I don't understand why he wasn't rediscovered by the hip hop crowd in the 90s. 

Agreed!!

 

[jcam_44]

4 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

Yeah, it's really tremendous.

Still waiting for one of my long ago preorders with them to ship... kind of done with the preorder game if it's going to take this long.

Yeah I have the same feelings about pre-orders. I’ve been waiting for the Horace Tapscott - Tapscott + Winds I ordered at the beginning of the year and was supposed to ship January. I saw the new Jesse Sharp and the Wu Ensemble, ordered it and asked about my pre-order. Magically its shipping now but I’m irritated because it’s shipping with the Jesse Sharp and I paid separate shipping for each. Shady in my opinion. 

[T.D.]

6 hours ago, sidewinder said:

This is great. 3CDs with all the recordings (off of C120s!) plus excellent hard back book with Simon Spillett essay and colour photos. Recorded almost 50 years ago !

 

5 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

Yeah, it's really tremendous.

Still waiting for one of my long ago preorders with them to ship... kind of done with the preorder game if it's going to take this long.

Thanks for these comments.

I noticed the release on the website and would have ordered immediately, but the shipping cost to USA (inclusive of the massive book) took the cost over my limit.

Will have to reconsider...My experience with JIB has been good, but I've always been leery of preorders, especially overseas ones, so never took that risk.

[sidewinder]

That’s the one downside with this set. Due to it’s size shipping even here in the UK is not the cheapest but to be fair they include ‘signed for’ delivery. It is worth it though.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

24 minutes ago, T.D. said:

Thanks for these comments.

I noticed the release on the website and would have ordered immediately, but the shipping cost to USA (inclusive of the massive book) took the cost over my limit.

Will have to reconsider...My experience with JIB has been good, but I've always been leery of preorders, especially overseas ones, so never took that risk.

I get that it's missing the book, but you could just buy the download for 10 Pounds and burn it to a CD-R yourself.

[sidewinder]

Once upon a time I lived near the Hopbine - never knew about it though as a jazz venue, although I recall regularly driving past it. Now a Tesco Express 

Edited March 5, 2022 by sidewinder

[John Tapscott]

14 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Buddy Rich Big Band - Mercy, Mercy (Capitol, 1968)

[Rabshakeh]

10 minutes ago, John Tapscott said:

 

Is this good? His solo on the Rich is incredible but I otherwise don’t know him.

[Peter Friedman]

[jlhoots]

13 hours ago, sidewinder said:

This is great. 3CDs with all the recordings (off of C120s!) plus excellent hard back book with Simon Spillett essay and colour photos. Recorded almost 50 years ago !

Ordered from Dusty Groove.

[soulpope]

8 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Once upon a time I lived near the Hopbine - never knew about it though as a jazz venue, although I recall regularly driving past it. Now a Tesco Express 

Tempora mutantur  ....

[BillF]

[Referentzhunter]

[Referentzhunter]

[Rabshakeh]

Mary Lou Williams - Zodiac Suite 

First time I'd listened to this. It reminds me a lot of John Fahey work 25 years later in its mix of roots and classical modernism. I wonder whether Fahey knew the record.

[BillF]

[mikeweil]

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzcorner]

On 5.3.2022 at 10:18 AM, Rabshakeh said:

Buddy Rich Big Band - Mercy, Mercy

Original Pacific Jazz PJ 133 (LP) / reissue on World Pacific Records ST-20133 (LP)  / reissue on Capitol  1997 (CD)

Have the latter.

Edited March 6, 2022 by jazzcorner
correction