So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jlhoots]

2 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

Ordered.

Edited March 4, 2024 by jlhoots

[jazzbo]

Mingus Big Band “Que Viva Mingus!–Largely Latin”

This one will get the system dancing.

 

600×593 144 KB

[John Tapscott]

[HutchFan]

[T.D.]

11 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

I find it has a dry style with very prominent bass.

Whatever it is, it really doesn't sit well with me. Which is a shame, because it's right in the chronological sweet spot for me, and it has a great catalogue of musicians. I'm aware that this is a minority view.

Erroll Garner – Solitaire

 

 

10 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

We all have our own tastes. But for me, given the quality of ingredients and cooking, Enja is probably one of the worst contenders of all record labels. It took me a while to identify that it was probably the label's production values.

I don't have that many Enja titles, but I fairly recently accumulated a reasonable number via 1800 yen Japanese reissue threefers.

I also find the Enja sound very dry. Bass-heavy seems plausible (I'm listening to a recently acquired Abdullah Ibrahim set right now), though I'd have to listen a bit more to say.

But if I turn the volume up (louder than I ordinary listen) the sound livens up and becomes more enjoyable. Weirdly, I seemingly have to listen to Enja recordings at a higher perceived loudness than other labels. I thought the Ibrahim discs I'm listening to now were lemons until I had the bright idea (only tonight) to crank up the volume.

[Chuck Nessa]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Fine recording - I still have the original lp.

[BFrank]

4 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Mingus Big Band “Que Viva Mingus!–Largely Latin”

This one will get the system dancing.

 

600×593 144 KB

Love the Mingus BB! I've seen them quite a few times - most recently in December at their latest NY Venue, DROM in the East Village.

[Pim]

5 hours ago, HutchFan said:

❤️ 😍 ❤️

Amazing stuff. Would make such a lovely deluxe box set.

[Rabshakeh]

2 hours ago, T.D. said:

But if I turn the volume up (louder than I ordinary listen) the sound livens up and becomes more enjoyable. Weirdly, I seemingly have to listen to Enja recordings at a higher perceived loudness than other labels. I thought the Ibrahim discs I'm listening to now were lemons until I had the bright idea (only tonight) to crank up the volume.

Interesting! Will try that.

[soulpope]

Regard the "Enja Sound" : don't have a problem with releases til the late(r) 70's, subsequently a "clinical sound" with less dynamics and bass takes over ....

[jazzcorner]

4 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Yep! One of his 3 great vinyls have the Japan editions)  on  the early Contemporary label

Edited March 4, 2024 by jazzcorner

[jazzbo]

Mel Powell “It’s Been so Long” Vanguard cd

To include the title of a Cannoball album, this is “sophisticated swing” indeed.

I almost have all of Powell on Vanguard in one form or another. Great music.

[jazzbo]

Wes Montgomery And The Wynton Kelly Trio “Maximum Swing” Resonance Records disc 2

 

800×800 87.9 KB

[optatio]

Tommy Flanagan – Giant Steps (In Memory Of John Coltrane)   ... 1982

[HutchFan]

For a Monday morning energy boost, I'm drinking some coffee and listening to:

Batacumbele - Con Un Poco De Songo (Tierrazo, 1981)

 

[soulpope]

I`m actually not a fan of trumpet + rhythm section dates, but this one is pure dynamite .... btw speaking of early Enja releases ....

[HutchFan]

[Peter Friedman]

[T.D.]

8 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Interesting! Will try that.

 

8 hours ago, soulpope said:

Regard the "Enja Sound" : don't have a problem with releases til the late(r) 70's, subsequently a "clinical sound" with less dynamics and bass takes over ....

To muddy the waters...I do have 3 Attila Zoller Enja reissues that sound better and more lively (Common Cause, Overcome and Dream Bells).

OTOH, I've been getting Japanese reissues so am not certain whether they have been remastered or remixed. These three recordings seem to have significantly higher output levels than most of my other Enjas and I don't have to turn the volume up.

I have a Japanese reissue of Clay by Yosuke Yamashita Trio (1974) on Enja, haven't listened for a while but recall it as pretty intense and not lacking. Will have to spin it again soon.

[ghost of miles]

17 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Is this a new one? How do you like it?

Yep, brand-new. Sounded lovely the first time through, and Brian Blade never lets it get too sleepy… has he recorded with Lloyd before? 

[Peter Friedman]

[Chuck Nessa]

[mjazzg]

2 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

Yep, brand-new. Sounded lovely the first time through, and Brian Blade never lets it get too sleepy… has he recorded with Lloyd before? 

I was thinking the same and I don't believe he has. It's been Eric Harland mostly in recent years.

[jazzbo]

Freddie Hubbard “Blue Spirits” 85th Anniversary UHQCD Blue Note Japan

 

[felser]

I like it much better than I expected.  Doesn't have that static rhythm too many Afro/Cuban sets do.