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[jazzbo]

“Introducing Brad Mehldau” Warner Bros cd

Two excellent bass and drum teams forming trios here. An exceptional debut.

 

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The first snow of the year viewed out one of my listening room windows (photo taken by Photobooth of laptop which was sitting on top of my turntable dustcover)
 

Photo on 11-21-24 at 9.08  

 

Followed by

Eric Alexander “Mode for Mabes” Delmark cd

 

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Bass – John Webber
Drums – George Fludas
Piano – Harold Mabern
Tenor Saxophone – Eric Alexander
Trombone – Steve Davis
Trumpet – Jim Rotondi

 

Edited November 21, 2024 by jazzbo

[HutchFan]

Next up:

Lars Danielsson, David Liebman, Jon Christensen, Bobo Stenson - Far North (Curling Legs NO, 1994)

As spare and ECM-ish as you might expect.  It was even recorded in Rainbow Studio in Oslo.

 

[mikeweil]

Had to cancel a listening session at a friend's place with a very expensive Hi-Fi, so I stay in bed listening to some of the CDs I selected to bring, all solo piano:

[soulpope]

5 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

Had to cancel a listening session at a friend's place with a very expensive Hi-Fi, so I stay in bed listening to some of the CDs I selected to bring, all solo piano:

Outstanding 👌👍 ....

[Joe]

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

52 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

“Introducing Brad Mehldau” Warner Bros cd. Two excellent bass and drum teams forming trios here. An exceptional debut.

Excellent Cover Photography by Tom Tavee ....

[rostasi]

[Rabshakeh]

37 minutes ago, Joe said:

 

Very interesting. I see that he also recorded for Black and Blue.

[JSngry]

14 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Very interesting. I see that he also recorded for Black and Blue.

Have you seen "No Maps On My Taps"? Essential viewing, imo.

[Rabshakeh]

8 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Have you seen "No Maps On My Taps"? Essential viewing, imo.

No but I'll check it out.

[JSngry]

It really is a profound movie imo.

Get ready for Chuck Green!!!! The Lester Young of tap!

[mikeweil]

1 hour ago, Joe said:

Quinichettin'

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Now playing:

Mario Bauzá and the Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra - 944 Columbus (Messidor, 1994)
Bauzá's final album.

 

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

9 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Now playing:

Mario Bauzá and the Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra - 944 Columbus (Messidor, 1994)
Bauzá's final album.

Touching Cover Photography ....

[EKE BBB]

On 11/20/2024 at 4:42 PM, EKE BBB said:

disc 1 from

On to disc 2

[jazzbo]

At the moment the cd version of this seems only available in Japan, but I had to have a copy so I ordered one and it arrived yesterday. Would have been prohibitively expensive, but I had a lot of points with cdjapan which defrayed the cost.

Joel Ross is on board, one reason that I ordered but I do have almost all of Hill’s previous releases and enjoy the musical journeys he leads one on.

Marquis Hill “Composers Collective: Beyond The JukeBox”

https://marquishill.bandcamp.com/album/composers-collective-beyond-the-jukebox

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[Kevin Bresnahan]

10 hours ago, jazzbo said:

At the moment the cd version of this seems only available in Japan, but I had to have a copy so I ordered one and it arrived yesterday. Would have been prohibitively expensive, but I had a lot of points with cdjapan which defrayed the cost.

Joel Ross is on board, one reason that I ordered but I do have almost all of Hill’s previous releases and enjoy the musical journeys he leads one on.

Marquis Hill “Composers Collective: Beyond The JukeBox”

https://marquishill.bandcamp.com/album/composers-collective-beyond-the-jukebox

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I'm seeing Hill at The Regattabar in Cambridge on December 7th. I'm looking forward to it.

Edited November 22, 2024 by Kevin Bresnahan

[jazzbo]

Should be a good show.

 

And now finishing up listening to . . . .

The amazing SACD stereo/quad release of Santana “Borboletta” from Sony.

This recording is part of my listening foundation, I’ve enjoyed it ever since its first release and man it has never sounded better (listening to the stereo SACD layer). Just such a great sequenced, mixed and performed album now in sonic glory.

 

[John Tapscott]

George Coleman is in outstanding form on the tracks I've listened to so far (a little over half of the set).  

Edited November 22, 2024 by John Tapscott

[Peter Friedman]

[kh1958]

Count Basie, 1944 and 1945 (Circle)

[Brad]