So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[JSngry]

Between Argo & Prestige, Jacquet made some really good records in the 1960s, whatever that is supposed to mean...he almost always made really good records. On this one, Barry Harris' comp is a delight, putting that bebop stab in there, it works.

[JSngry]

What's wrong with me that first I hear this record and think it's an offshoot/outgrowth of Odyssey Of Iska or some such, and THEN I hear the differences?

Ari Brown working the side keys, though. Wayne never did that, at least not like this!

Besides, hey, Wayne's still there (hell, HERE!), it's not like Odyssey has gotten pimped out beyond all redeemable value, not yet, not by a long shot.

[jlhoots]

20 minutes ago, JSngry said:

What's wrong with me that first I hear this record and think it's an offshoot/outgrowth of Odyssey Of Iska or some such, and THEN I hear the differences?

Ari Brown working the side keys, though. Wayne never did that, at least not like this!

Besides, hey, Wayne's still there (hell, HERE!), it's not like Odyssey has gotten pimped out beyond all redeemable value, not yet, not by a long shot.

But did you like it? I did actually.

[Rabshakeh]

On 26/03/2021 at 10:22 AM, Д.Д. said:

As for successful hip-hop / jazz crossovers, have you heard this one? https://stevelehman.bandcamp.com/album/s-l-b-yone I don't like rap, but I thought this one was very good. 

Okay. This is one of the best crossover records I have heard (from the jazz side). A good recommendation. Thanks.

[JSngry]

 

3 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

But did you like it? I did actually.

I did like it, yes. Going to re-listen right now. Ari Brown makes it for me, and Gerald Cleaver, too.

It does bug me that I can here such obviously fine playing and my ears immediately trace it back to some pretty clear antecedents. Wish I could stop doing that, at least sometimes...

But yes, I did like it.

[Peter Friedman]

[Rabshakeh]

Trio 3 with Geri Allen - At This Time (Intakt, 2009)

Allen was just so good.

Edited April 1, 2021 by Rabshakeh

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

there's a tempo.

and here's another one.

[HutchFan]

Billy Hart Quartet (HighNote, 2006)

Good stuff.

 

[EKE BBB]

Ida Cox - The Uncrowned Queen Of The Blues (Black Swan, 1923-24)

Edited April 2, 2021 by EKE BBB

[HutchFan]

Just finished listening to this:

This is provocative and strange and impressive as hell.  Liebman does not rest on his laurels. 

 

[JSngry]

 

That voice...

[HutchFan]

[BillF]

[EKE BBB]

[JSngry]

Chet Baker did not need to be on this record, but he was, guess he "had" to be on it because it was his date. But...they get along without him very well.

8 hours ago, HutchFan said:

That's a good record.

[Peter Friedman]

[BillF]

50 minutes ago, JSngry said:

 

[jazzbo]

Donald Byrd (with Pepper Adams) "At the Half Note Cafe, Vol. 1" Final RVG Edition Japan cd

Jazz at the Waterfront! Great working band workin' it!

Edited April 2, 2021 by jazzbo

[BillF]

[JSngry]

In 1957, you get these guys together, you make a record, it's good, everybody's on the same page (although wtf? was Thigpen doing with that bobbydurhamshit behind Al Cohn at one point?).

In as little as 3-5 years later...wouldn't happen, would it. You might get a hint that people were looking to move on by Waldron answering "What's New" with "What's Not" and McKusick countering "Woody 'n You" with "I Wouldn't". But that might be reading too much into it.

Anyway, a wonderful snapshot of a very moving object.

 

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

That's a good record.

Yep. On my 80s Jazz list.   

 

NP:

So many colors -- a swinging, kaleidoscopic parade. 

And it's just another night on the road.  

 

[jazzbo]

The Thelonious Monk Quartet "Monk's Dream" Mobile Fidelity SACD

Music I love in excellent sound.

Edited April 2, 2021 by jazzbo

[mikeweil]

Yesterday, in full blast in the car: