So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jazzbo]

I splurged using some Christmas money for this new reissue. I have wanted to hear this album for some time!

Sounds pretty good.

Charles Greenlee “I Know About the Life” Bay State/Future Shock reissue LP

 

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Alto Saxophone, Flute – Sulaiman Hakim
Baritone Saxophone – James Ware
Bass – Buster Williams
Drums – Beaver Harris, Charlie Persip
Percussion – Nel Clark
Piano – Art Mathews, Hubert Eaves
Producer, Trombone – Charles Greenlee
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Archie Shepp
Trumpet – Alden Griggs, Charles Sullivan
Vocals – Jean Carn, Joe Lee Wilson

[Peter Friedman]

[Chuck Nessa]

3 favorite Audiophile lps in this set.

[JSngry]

Byas' opening chorus remains awesome!

[felser]

[dougcrates]

[Gheorghe]

This night I have listend to this superb live concert. 

In my opinion this is some of the very best Rollins after 1975. There is some tehnical problem with the recording at the beginning, where you can´t hear Stanley Clark properly, but that does not reduce the non plus ultra quality of that music with Sonny in best playing mood. 

I know there have been some discussions where there are opinions that the Rollins of the 50´s or so was "better° but not for me: I heard him live only from the 1970´s on and seldom was seeking first for then historical records, since those giants were here and performed. So I have a completly different point of view about this. 

There are great tunes, some of them from a then recent album others even looking back like Moritate from an old old album. 

Al Foster anyway is some of my very favourite drummers, period. 
And Stanley Clark and George Duke mostly have been known for their immense contributions to fusion/funk/jazzrock, but really excell on older stuff too. For example, both had played with Dexter Gordon. Stanley Clark is the highlight of a then newer Dex recording, and George Duke is on a live recording of Dex from the early 80´s around the time Gotham City was made.....

[jazzbo]

COLD! I found a warm sweater to wear for a few hours.

Starting off with one of the Bethlehem Records that was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder. Sounds really good on this Solid Records Japan cd!

“Bud Freeman” Bethlehen Records, Japan cd

Bass – Al Hall
Drums – George Wettling
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Piano – Dave Bowman, or Ken Kersey
Tenor Saxophone – Bud Freeman
Trumpet – Ruby Braff

 

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Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers “At the Jazz Corner of the World” Vol. 1 Blue Note Japan “24 bit by RVG” lp facsimile cd.

[jazzbo]

 

And on to Vol. 2

 

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[mjazzg]

16 hours ago, jazzbo said:

I splurged using some Christmas money for this new reissue. I have wanted to hear this album for some time!

Sounds pretty good.

Charles Greenlee “I Know About the Life” Bay State/Future Shock reissue LP

 

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Alto Saxophone, Flute – Sulaiman Hakim
Baritone Saxophone – James Ware
Bass – Buster Williams
Drums – Beaver Harris, Charlie Persip
Percussion – Nel Clark
Piano – Art Mathews, Hubert Eaves
Producer, Trombone – Charles Greenlee
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Archie Shepp
Trumpet – Alden Griggs, Charles Sullivan
Vocals – Jean Carn, Joe Lee Wilson

That's interesting that it sounds good. I believed that Future Shock is a bootleg label and assumed it might therefore not sound great. Possibly taken from the Japanese CD I guess.

An album I'd like to own one day

[jazzbo]

SFJazz Collective “The Music of Chick Corea and New Compositions” disc 1

 

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzcorner]

TCB 02302 - series: Swiss Radio Days Vol. 30 - Oscar Peterson - "Live In Zürich" - rec. 1960 - Engineer: Rudi Brunner

 

 

[JSngry]

23 minutes ago, jazzcorner said:

TCB 02302 - series: Swiss Radio Days Vol. 30 - Oscar Peterson - "Live In Zürich" - rec. 1960 - Engineer: Rudi Brunner

 

 

What kind of tune is "Politics and Poker'?

[jazzbo]

On to disc 2

[kh1958]

Mulatu Astatke and Hoodna Orchestra, Tension (Batov)

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[JSngry]

44 minutes ago, kh1958 said:

Mulatu Astatke and Hoodna Orchestra, Tension (Batov)

What kind of music is this?

[kh1958]

7 minutes ago, JSngry said:

What kind of music is this?

It's a big band based in Tel Aviv playing Mulatu Astatke's ethio-jazz, with Mulatu on vibes, piano and percussion. It's a fantastic record (IMO), Available through Bandcamp. Recorded in 2023. 

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[HutchFan]

NP:

Jimmy Owens - The Monk Project (IPO, 2011)

Howard Johnson's tuba (or bari sax) sounds wonderful filling out the bottom end.

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Stan Getz - Focus (Verve). My favorite "with strings" Jazz recording.

[rostasi]

Pawlo Humeniuk - Garland Weaving: Ukrainian-American Dances, April 1926 - Nov. 1930

[Teasing the Korean]

43 minutes ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Stan Getz - Focus (Verve). My favorite "with strings" Jazz recording.

Love this album, but I never thought of it as a "with strings" album stylistically.  Granted, it has strings.

[jazzcorner]

3 hours ago, JSngry said:

What kind of tune is "Politics and Poker'?

Can't say at the moment. Have the CD bought 8 years ago and have to play it again then I will report

Original track from the musical Fiorello

 Composer Lyricist: Sheldon Harnick

Composer Lyricist: Jerry Bock

 

 

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[Peter Friedman]

I like this session quite a lot. Smulyan is in top form, pianist Pete Malinverni fits well and plays fine solos. Drummer Matt Wilsom is truly wonderful. His playing is highly creative and joyful.

The vocals by Anais Reno were just ok, and I would have been happy had she not been included on this album (your opinion may differ).