So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jazzbo]

Ricardo Grilli "If on a Cold Winter's Night a Traveler". 

I believe this is his first. He came out of the gate strong.

[JSngry]

I like the Bud parts. The Oscar parts make me cringwince, and there's enough of them that I can't fully relax and enjoy the Bud parts.

[Peter Friedman]

[Referentzhunter]

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, jazzbo said:

Ricardo Grilli "If on a Cold Winter's Night a Traveler". 

I believe this is his first. He came out of the gate strong.

Just did some reading about this record.  Looks like one to track down. ... Thanks for the heads-up!   

 

 

NP:

[jazzbo]

Bud Powell, with Coleman Hawkins, Oscar Pettiford and Kenny Clarke, "The Essen Jazz Festival All Stars" 

Disc 2 of this recent Japanese two cd reissue . . . sounds better than ever.

Bud Powell "Strictly Confidential" 2 cd Muzak Japan cd

5 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Just did some reading about this record.  Looks like one to track down. ... Thanks for the heads-up!   

 

 

 

You're welcome. The two I have released after this are even better.

[JSngry]

Them Teddy Edwards be the good records, them Teddy Edwards be.

 

[Dan Gould]

Just got this and it's among his best, for sure.  Only two originals, rest are covers, but the focus is very much on his guitar and vocals, with only a second guitarist + rhythm. I've heard some Delmarks with horns but this keeps it nice and clean and all Byther Smith.

I wonder if there's a CD of originals, with this type of backing. That would be awesome but this is simply very very very good.

[Peter Friedman]

[Referentzhunter]

[HutchFan]

I've been digging this lately.  It's super synth-heavy, very much a "1980s" sound.  But the sound is interesting because EVERY aspect of the music is percussion- and rhythm-oriented, even the keyboards.  The net effect is very much "in your face" music, very dense, very complex, very electronically processed.  Actually, there are aspects of this music that remind me of M-Base stuff (especially the rhythmic complexity and angularity) -- but imagine M-Base that uses Afro-Cuban musical traditions as a launching point rather than African-American ones. So, for example, there's that Cuban classical thing woven in there, like a Latin-y Joe Zawinul.  It's interesting.

 

Edited April 15, 2021 by HutchFan

[soulpope]

[Bluesnik]

4 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Ricardo Grilli "If on a Cold Winter's Night a Traveler". 

I believe this is his first. He came out of the gate strong.

Oh, I have a D'Angelico, though not a New Yorker but an EXL. They were incredibly Art Deco-inspired. And I didn't know he was a guitarist. So I'll have to investigate that.

[jazzbo]

From Bud Powell to . . . 

Baden Powell "O Universo Musical" 2 cd set, disc 1

[jlhoots]

3 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Bud Powell, with Coleman Hawkins, Oscar Pettiford and Kenny Clarke, "The Essen Jazz Festival All Stars" 

Disc 2 of this recent Japanese two cd reissue . . . sounds better than ever.

Bud Powell "Strictly Confidential" 2 cd Muzak Japan cd

You're welcome. The two I have released after this are even better.

Yes - I bought the other 2 CD Powell Muzak Japanese set.

[John Tapscott]

[jazzbo]

13 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

Yes - I bought the other 2 CD Powell Muzak Japanese set.

Me too.

[jlhoots]

17 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Me too.

Good taste is timeless!! 

[rostasi]

Group Everything Everything Everything - Hino’s Journey To Air

Nice to see Japanese reissue of this 1970 album originally released on
Terumasa Hino's own "Love Records." We've got Olu Dara, Dave Liebman,
Steve Grossman, Bob Moses, Steve Yellin thru his saxophone and others in
this fine 12-piece band doing their Globe Unity-type workouts over Parts I & II.

Edited April 15, 2021 by rostasi

[jazzbo]

55 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

Good taste is timeless!! 

Well, I picked up most of the 2 cd sets that Muzak released of Black Lion and Storyville material. . . Monk, Konitz, Jackie & Roy, Sims & Brookmeyer, Webster, Gordon, Griffin. . . these sessions never sounded better imo.

[jlhoots]

Jim Snidero Quartet: Live at The Deer Head Inn

[Peter Friedman]

Bobby Wellins - Nomad

[Bluesnik]

Not from the Mosaic but a Conn.

3 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Monk, Konitz, Jackie & Roy, Sims & Brookmeyer, Webster, Gordon, Griffin. .

I followed your rec and picked up the Konitz, plus the Sims & Brookmeyer. And both are great and also with good sound.

[jazzbo]

18 minutes ago, Bluesnik said:

Not from the Mosaic but a Conn.

I followed your rec and picked up the Konitz, plus the Sims & Brookmeyer. And both are great and also with good sound.

Glad I didn't steer you wrong!

[ghost of miles]