So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[JSngry]

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

[John Tapscott]

[Coda]

[optatio]

Gunter Hampel Music + Dance Improvisation Company in Moers June 1, 2020

https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/097995-047-A/gunter-hampel-music-dance-improvisation-company/

Line-up: Gunter Hampel (comp, vib, bcl, p, fl), Cavana Lee-Hampel (voc), Johannes Schleiermacher (sax, synth), Bernd Oezsevim (dr), Ruomi Lee Hampel (dance), Danilo Cardoso (dance), Ching Mei Huang (dance), Qadira Oechsle-Ali (dance), Magdalena Dzeco (dance)

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

Listening to it on a EuroMusiPorn CD that couples it with Sortie, but I have a much stronger preference for this one, at least tonight.

Besides, i like how this record on this label makes for only one degree of separation between between Han Bennink and Miss Pony Tail.

[Justin V]

An old favorite.  I even upgraded to a Japanese reissue years ago.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

8 hours ago, Justin V said:

An old favorite.  I even upgraded to a Japanese reissue years ago.

Was it an upgrade over the OJC CD though? I've often found that those older OJC CDs are the best version. After all, they were made with the master tape while Japanese pressings usually used a tape copy.

[Simon8]

[Jim Duckworth]

Enjoyed this quite a bit.  Listened to Lee Morgan and Blue Mitchell trade fours on the opening track three times.  Lee is my guy, but Blue Mitchell sounds great here.

[Simon8]

[Peter Friedman]

Etta Jones sings very well here. But the Oliver Nelson arrangements are sappy, dull and without an once of jazz feeling or content. This is the first time I have heard this, and it will be the last.

[jazztrain]

15 hours ago, Justin V said:

An old favorite.  I even upgraded to a Japanese reissue years ago.

An old favorite for me also.  The version of "My Romance" where Farlow divides the strings on one chorus to get those octave effects is memorable.  I think I have a copy of the LP that Tal signed for me.  Yep.  Just checked.  "BEST WISHES ALWAYS -- TAL FARLOW"

[sidewinder]

3 minutes ago, jazztrain said:

An old favorite for me also.  The version of "My Romance" where Farlow divides the strings on one chorus to get those octave effects is memorable.  I think I have a copy of the LP that Tal signed for me.  Yep.  Just checked.  "BEST WISHES ALWAYS -- TAL FARLOW"

Such a nice guy. I have a gig flyer he signed with a very nice greeting and I swear it emanates positive vibes !

[soulpope]

[jazztrain]

26 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

Such a nice guy. I have a gig flyer he signed with a very nice greeting and I swear it emanates positive vibes !

I remember chatting with him after he was done.  He seemed like a really nice guy.  I have similar memories of Mundell Lowe.  

[Tom 1960]

[JSngry]

Harrison's Mass is mesmerizing.

[Justin V]

Still available on Amazon for ridiculously cheap ($2.28), with free Prime shipping available.  I'm enjoying this one from harmonicist Grossi.  It keeps dropping in price.  I paid 15 cents more on Wednesday.  I don't know why Amazon is giving this one away.

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

[John Tapscott]

[Peter Friedman]

Derek Nash (saxophones), Jan Lundgren (piano0, Geoff Gascogne (bass), Steve Brown (drums)