So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Rabshakeh]

Henry Kaiser - Aloha (1981)

[Peter Friedman]

Great lineup of musicians on this very good album.

Herb Geller, Kenny Dorham, Harold Land, Lou Levy, Ray Brown, Lawrence Marable

[BillF]

1 hour ago, John Tapscott said:

 That's a good one. I was thinking about Hicks just yesterday and realized that I haven't listened to him recently. Must get to it.  

I don't know the Hicks albums well. Which do you recommend? (So far, this one seems very good.)

18 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said:

Great lineup of musicians on this very good album.

Herb Geller, Kenny Dorham, Harold Land, Lou Levy, Ray Brown, Lawrence Marable

[jazzbo]

Weber Iago "Os Filhos do Vento (Children of the Wind)" Adventure Music cd

As with every Adventure cd I've bought excellent sound. Interesting music. . . world music I'd say, with a strong jazz seasoning. . . or vice versa?

Edited March 18, 2022 by jazzbo

[Simon8]

[sidewinder]

[John Tapscott]

2 hours ago, BillF said:

I don't know the Hicks albums well. Which do you recommend? (So far, this one seems very good.)

I'm listening to this one now. Has some very good Hicks

. 

This is an excellent record IMHO.

This one is very good, too. 

 

Two more good ones

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

8 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Excellent ....

[jlhoots]

3 hours ago, Simon8 said:

[BillF]

1 hour ago, John Tapscott said:

I'm listening to this one now. Has some very good Hicks

. 

This is an excellent record IMHO.

This one is very good, too. 

 

Two more good ones

Thanks for the recommendations, John.

[Larry Kart]

 

'Beyond Expectations" is excellent.

[Peter Friedman]

Soren Kristiansen - solo piano

[Chuck Nessa]

[T.D.]

Some interesting things acquired from Michael (Scott):

This contains 2 albums, one with Chris Schilder Quintet

This obscure Swedish free jazz disc is rather good!

[B. Goren.]

[Gheorghe]

5 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Thanks for posting this one. 
As a fan of Tadd (starting with his arrangements for Billy Eckstine and Dizzy) as well as his unique piano style with those broad chords mixed with some typical single lines, I bought some of his albums, mostly the Royal Roost band, the Atlantic City Band and the two 56 records, the one with "Fountain Bleu" and the collaboration with Trane.

So I was really lookin forward when I saw "the Magic Touch". Great players indeed, but somehow on some tunes it seems that his newer compositions didn´t have that catchy quality that I liked on his earlier compositions, and I played many of his compositions in my live. And I really miss Tadd himself on piano. Somehow it reminds me of those last two Mingus LPs when Mingus couldn´t play anymore and you miss his strong bass. So I miss Tadd´s piano comping and his short "solos". I read that he was very very sick in the 60´s and couldn´t play anymore....

18 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Fritz Pauer was the first piano player I saw live when I was a high school kid and somehow a mentor for me. He encouraged me to play, to sit in and meet other musicians, which is remarkable since he was a jazz teacher at Jazz Conservatory, but I was not a student, he just said I got talent, and that was one of the greatest compliments I got in my life. 

And I remember Erich Bachträgl very well, but during the time I heard Pauer frequently, Tony Inzalaco was his drummer. 

[BillF]

6 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Now playing:

[jazzcorner]

 

homemade from german radio

 

[jazzcorner]

14 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Great lineup of musicians on this very good album.

Herb Geller, Kenny Dorham, Harold Land, Lou Levy, Ray Brown, Lawrence Marable

Same music but different vinyls & title

Edited March 19, 2022 by jazzcorner

[Rabshakeh]

6 hours ago, T.D. said:

 

This obscure Swedish free jazz disc is rather good!

I liked this one too. A joyful take of free jazz history, up to that point.

[sidewinder]

4 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

So I was really lookin forward when I saw "the Magic Touch". Great players indeed, but somehow on some tunes it seems that his newer compositions didn´t have that catchy quality that I liked on his earlier compositions, and I played many of his compositions in my live. And I really miss Tadd himself on piano. Somehow it reminds me of those last two Mingus LPs when Mingus couldn´t play anymore and you miss his strong bass. So I miss Tadd´s piano comping and his short "solos". I read that he was very very sick in the 60´s and couldn´t play anymore....

I think Tadd ended up marrying the English-born nurse who looked after him in the NYC hospital back in the early 60s. I recall an interview with her by the BBC on the ‘Sounds of Jazz’ show back in the 70s, with recollections of Tadd. Wish I’d recorded it !

Edited March 19, 2022 by sidewinder

[BillF]

4 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

As a fan of Tadd (starting with his arrangements for Billy Eckstine and Dizzy) as well as his unique piano style with those broad chords mixed with some typical single lines, I bought some of his albums, mostly the Royal Roost band, the Atlantic City Band and the two 56 records, the one with "Fountain Bleu" and the collaboration with Trane.

So I was really lookin forward when I saw "the Magic Touch". Great players indeed, but somehow on some tunes it seems that his newer compositions didn´t have that catchy quality that I liked on his earlier compositions, and I played many of his compositions in my live. And I really miss Tadd himself on piano. Somehow it reminds me of those last two Mingus LPs when Mingus couldn´t play anymore and you miss his strong bass. So I miss Tadd´s piano comping and his short "solos". 

I, too, have always found The Magic Touch disappointing. I think the problem was that by the time it was made (1962) the music had moved on a great deal from the Dameron era.  As befits an early sixties album, it's a hard bop date, not a bop session, as were Tadd's 1940s' recordings and even the 1953 Clifford Brown/Golson/Gryce band. There's a gentleness and lyricism in Tadd's music which wasn't shared by the leading players of the early 60s who made The Magic Touch. Of course, they had their own formidable talents, but they weren't Dameronian. 

[Peter Friedman]

I believe I read that Sean Levitt is the son of drummer Al Levitt. He is guitar player who reminds me slightly of Jimmy Raney or Doug Raney.  This is the first time I heard him. I like his playing.

[jazzbo]

"Miles Davis In Person Saturday Night" Columbia cd, disc 1 from the Complete 2 cd set.