So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[BillF]

On 7/8/2017 at 6:43 AM, duaneiac said:

Les Spann never gets a lot of attention and he may be easily overlooked among all the star players on these sessions, but he brought some real musical value to everything I've heard him on.

I saw him play in 1959 with a Gillespie quintet that included Junior Mance and Sam Jones. I believe that after his spell in the jazz limelight he fell on very hard times.

Now listening to:

[JohnS]

[soulpope]

[kinuta]

[erwbol]

 

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, erwbol said:

 

Classic song from that era .... and the video seems - especially today - being (unfortunately) ageless ....

[aparxa]

7 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Ote Maloya, The Birth of Electric Maloya on Reunion Island 1975-1986 (Strut)

Many well-known names from the musical scene of my native island! With family around, I've listened to "Folklore Réunionnais", a compilation of Sega music, the other music genre along with maloya on th island. Side B is wonderful.

Discovering now: Stan Getz - Focus. Getz seems a bit on auto-pilot, but I like the arrangements and thought the strings and sax were blending very well.

Starting the afternoon with: earl meets harry (B&B).

Edited July 9, 2017 by aparxa

[paul secor]

4 hours ago, soulpope said:

  Very good one! I have my copy filed under Pres because his playing got through to me more.

[JSngry]

[Berthold]

Donald Byrd & Gigi Gryce: The Jazz Lab Sessions 1

[BillF]

2 hours ago, Berthold said:

Donald Byrd & Gigi Gryce: The Jazz Lab Sessions 1

Now playing:

[kh1958]

6 hours ago, aparxa said:

Many well-known names from the musical scene of my native island! With family around, I've listened to "Folklore Réunionnais", a compilation of Sega music, the other music genre along with maloya on th island. Side B is wonderful.

Discovering now: Stan Getz - Focus. Getz seems a bit on auto-pilot, but I like the arrangements and thought the strings and sax were blending very well.

Starting the afternoon with: earl meets harry (B&B).

It is new music to me; I rather like it; an excellent collection from Strut Records.

[duaneiac]

10 hours ago, BillF said:

I saw him play in 1959 with a Gillespie quintet that included Junior Mance and Sam Jones. I believe that after his spell in the jazz limelight he fell on very hard times.

 

Nice that you got to see & hear Les Spann play in person.  I'm sorry to hear his life had an unhappy ending.  The last recordings I saw on Wikipedia for him were from 1966 (albums led by Sonny Stitt and Lockjaw Davis), yet he lived until Jan. 1989.  So what was he doing for those final 22 years?

Recent listening:

[Buddha the Magnificent]

Misha Alperin - The Blue Fjords (1993, RDM).  Misha Alperin - piano.  Got interested in him with his 2007 ECM recording Her First Dance.  Really nice compositions.

[BillF]

1 hour ago, duaneiac said:

Nice that you got to see & hear Les Spann play in person.  I'm sorry to hear his life had an unhappy ending.  The last recordings I saw on Wikipedia for him were from 1966 (albums led by Sonny Stitt and Lockjaw Davis), yet he lived until Jan. 1989.  So what was he doing for those final 22 years?

 

 

 

I read about it but don't remember where. Someone on this well-informed board will know.

[soulpope]

[paul secor]

Sonny's Crib

[BillF]

[soulpope]

[JSngry]

 

[duaneiac]

[paul secor]

Bud Powell: A Portrait of Thelonious

[Bluesnik]

An album I like a lot by one of my two favorite, together with Hampton Hawes, west coast pianists.

[paul secor]

Jaki Byard: Here's Jaki

[optatio]

DON BYAS - BUD POWELL: A TRIBUTE TO CANNONBALL. CBS DISQUES 466549 2 [1990]