So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Simon8]

[Referentzhunter]

4 hours ago, soulpope said:

Classic ....

yes ...

[HutchFan]

[Referentzhunter]

[Peter Friedman]

[Referentzhunter]

[HutchFan]

More KB -- with Don Sebesky arrangements.

 

and

Joanne Brackeen & Clint Houston - New True Illusion (Timeless)
Superb duo recording.

 

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Duke Ellington, Piano in the Foreground (Columbia)

Ain`t get any better ....

[Joe]

 

 

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

I'm listening to the CD, which also includes the complete Cleopatra – Feelin' Jazzy album. 

 

[gmonahan]

[HutchFan]

 

and

[Peter Friedman]

[Jim Duckworth]

8 hours ago, HutchFan said:

I was just going to put this one on.  It's a favorite.

 

[HutchFan]

3 hours ago, Jim Duckworth said:

I was just going to put this one on.  It's a favorite.

Oh yeah!  It's a wonderful record.

 

Edited July 29, 2020 by HutchFan

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

13 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Unreserved "seal of approval" (copyright "Swing Journal" from Japan) ....

[JSngry]

Here's O.V. Wright.

 

[Justin V]

Great Nestico arrangements with a hilarious cover.

And now:

Edited July 29, 2020 by Justin V

[HutchFan]

Count Basie - The Golden Years (Pablo)
Disc 3 - Big Band Studio Recordings

Solid compilation of tracks from Basie's final years.

 

[Peter Friedman]

Conte Candoli Quartet  with  Claude Williamson, Max Bennett, Stan Levey

[HutchFan]

[jazzbo]

I have recently gotten into Kurt Elling. I thought he was interesting before but somehow I just never clicked with him. In the meantime I really got into Betty Carter and digested her innovations and I think that when revisiting Elling this really helped me to see his own vision and his own decidedly heavy skill at both singing and interpreting.

Listened to this one today, a recent arrival care of the only biter of tires we have on the forum. It has blown me away, I love the concept of love and loss that permeates the song selection and that is so effectively conveyed through the singing. The centerpice, "You Don't Know What Love Is," is a powerful performance. It made me think of the years of separation due to her mental Illness my late wife and I went through, and also the parting I was forced to make over seven years ago from "the one that got away." I'll just say I was snapped to attention listeneing, and very moved. An excellent recording as well. The horns are nice, but I think I would have liked this one trio only.

Kurt Elling "Flirting with Twilight" Blue Note cd

Then I thought of another male vocalist that I think has mad skills, Andy Bey, and I put on "Black Maybe" from the Gary Bartz LP I listened to yesterday. This is a very different type of performance, but a great one for me. I love Syreeta's version of this tune as well.

Then on to another extremely talented singer, Rhianon Giddens. What an amazing human being, what a consummate musician. This one is full of atmosphere and recorded to deliver.

Rhiannon Giddens, "There is No Other" (with Francesco Turrisi)

[Simon8]