So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[kh1958]

Shirley Horn Trio, The Garden of the Blues (Steeplechase)

[Peter Friedman]

Disc 1

[jazzbo]

Jim Hall “Where Would I Be?” Milestone/OJC cd

Airto! I love it when Airto is on the drumkit.

And Hall always has such a rich guitar tone. It’s the type I dream of when I have a guitar in hand.

 

Jim Hall - guitar
Benny Aronov - piano, electric piano
Malcolm Cecil - bass
Airto Moreira - drums, percussion

[optatio]

On 10/13/2023 at 3:04 AM, T.D. said:

👍

[jazzcorner]

1 hour ago, John Tapscott said:

 

👍 both excellent

[jazzbo]

Jim Hall – Ron Carter – Duo “Alone Together” Milestone/OJC cd

 

Been too long since I spun this one.

[BillF]

[jazzcorner]

9 minutes ago, BillF said:

 

 

 

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[Pim]

 

[BFrank]

[Rabshakeh]

William Hooker – Symphonie Of Flowers

[Chuck Nessa]

[Stompin at the Savoy]

For some reason I never heard this before.  It's somewhat hard to obtain on cd. 

[jazzbo]

There are dozens of cds available on discogs. . . .

[Stompin at the Savoy]

38 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

There are dozens of cds available on discogs. . . .

Yeah, they are kinda pricey though.  I have a Japanese issue of The Procrastinator, which includes the later sessions on some releases of Sonic Boom, so I only need the first session with David Newman and Harold Mabern, around 37 minutes.  I am thinking of getting a download.  Presto has cd quality for $8.50.   I'm retired and have somewhat limited resources, necessitating that I be a bit of a cheapass now...

The session with Newman is quite nice and there are a couple spots where Morgan's trumpet work is really marvelous.

Edited October 14, 2023 by Stompin at the Savoy

[John Tapscott]

[Peter Friedman]

[Chuck Nessa]

This "time machine" taking me back to the first or second time I heard Von Freeman in person.

4 hours ago, BFrank said:

Wonderful.

[optatio]

52 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

This "time machine" taking me back to the first or second time I heard Von Freeman in person.

👍

[T.D.]

[jazzcorner]

7 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

This "time machine" taking me back to the first or second time I heard Von Freeman in person.

 

 

I have the CD version from that memorial concert for quite some time.

14 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

 

Excellent! 👍

Edited October 15, 2023 by jazzcorner

[Gheorghe]

On 10/13/2023 at 12:13 PM, bresna said:

Where we differ here is that I love the boogaloo stuff. While "Soul Station" is my favorite Mobley date, his boogaloo dates would come out way in front of his late 50s hardbop dates, which are a bit repetitive. In particular, I rarely spin his two Prestige dates as I find them bordering on boring.

In my case, the boogaloo stuff doesn´t really exite me. It´s the Mobley on medium, fast tempo and ballads where I really can get inspirations what what I have learned. 
And yeah, the Prestige dates are not so exiting. With one exception: Those where he not the leader like "Tenor Conclave" and one that I think was led by Elmo Hope, which also has two tenors if I remember right. 

14 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

Though I think, "Three or Four Shades of the Blues" is a bit overproduced, it has a special meaning to me, since those Mingus albums came out when he was still alive and touring. Both "Three of Four..." and "Cumbia". 

I heard the title tunes done by the last Mingus group just before the albums came out. But then, it was just played with his working band, without all those guitars like on "Three or Four Shades of the Blues" or the etnic flutes, oboe and bassoon on "Cumbia". Both pieces in the live versions were faster and more exiting. I remember that Mingus announced them as tunes they just had recorded" and was eagerly waiting to find them finally in the record store. 

I never did understand why they needed to replace Bob Neloms with Jimmy Rowles just for those few bars of that little square piano solo waltz. On the live performance I saw, Neloms played it himself, he was a very good piano player and replacing him for those few bars seems to me like an insult of his person.

[Gheorghe]

7 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

This "time machine" taking me back to the first or second time I heard Von Freeman in person.

Wonderful.

When was this made ? 

I have only one "Charlie Parker Memorial Concert" from March 1965 which is not necessarly the best but quite interesting since it also features elder statesmen like Roy Eldrige and Coleman Hawkins, but that kind of fugue like piano playing of Billy Taylor on two blues tunes gets a bit on my nerves. On that night there was also a Bud Powell solo performance which is not on the record, I think it was published on an ESP album (Bud´s last album). 

 

[Niko]

1 hour ago, Gheorghe said:

When was this made ? 

I have only one "Charlie Parker Memorial Concert" from March 1965 which is not necessarly the best but quite interesting since it also features elder statesmen like Roy Eldrige and Coleman Hawkins, but that kind of fugue like piano playing of Billy Taylor on two blues tunes gets a bit on my nerves. On that night there was also a Bud Powell solo performance which is not on the record, I think it was published on an ESP album (Bud´s last album). 

 

1970... it's a crazy lineup w Kenny Dorham, Dexter Gordon, Howard McGhee, Lee Konitz and many Chicago musicians

https://www.discogs.com/release/4811344-Various-Charlie-Parker-Memorial-Concert

[BillF]

11 hours ago, Stompin at the Savoy said:

 

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