So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, paul secor said:

 Percy Sledge is my favorite soul singer. There were perhaps others who were stronger, but Percy always did it for me.

Probably his monsterhit "When A Man Loves A Woman" - actually one of the weaker songs of his portfolio - was overdone but Percy Sledge was an undisputed master of countryfied Southern Soul and his performances of "It Tears Me Up", "Out Left Field", "Just Out Of Reach", "Take Time To Know Her", "It`s All Wrong But It`s All Right" "True Love Travels On A Gravel Road" and others are part of the pantheon of this genre .....

[John Tapscott]

[jazzbo]

When we lived in Swaziland '68 t0 '71, they were talking about Percy Sledge all the time, and 13 year old me, who had been in Africa since '66, didn't know who he was. But he was a STAR in Swaziland, one of the first American music stars to appear, and he was loved there.

[HutchFan]

Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 
Disc 3

[jazzbo]

Disc 3

[erwbol]

Steve Lehman Octet Mise en Abîme

[Buddha the Magnificent]

1 hour ago, erwbol said:

Steve Lehman Octet Mise en Abîme

Freddie Hubbard & Art Blakey - Feel the Wind (Timeless, 1988).  Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, flugelhorn; Javon Jackson - tenor sax; Mulgrew Miller, Benny Green - piano; Ray Drummond, Leon Lee Dorsey - bass; Art Blakey - drums. 

[Berthold]

And now Terry Gibbs: The Exciting Big Band

[HutchFan]

Disc 2

[paul secor]

2 hours ago, jazzbo said:

When we lived in Swaziland '68 t0 '71, they were talking about Percy Sledge all the time, and 13 year old me, who had been in Africa since '66, didn't know who he was. But he was a STAR in Swaziland, one of the first American music stars to appear, and he was loved there.

At one point, I had an album supposedly recorded live in Africa, but it was one of those phony "live" albums with overdubbed applause.

[sidewinder]

Lennie Hambro on varitone !

Edited July 18, 2017 by sidewinder

[alankin]

Jason Stein / Locksmith Isidore – Three Less Than Between (Clean Feed Records)
— Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Jason Roebke (cello), Mike Pride (drums)

 

[erwbol]

[jazzbo]

[duaneiac]

[duaneiac]

[catesta]

[Cyril]

[alankin]

Buddy DeFranco / Terry Gibbs Quintet – Holiday for Swing (Contemporary Records)
— Buddy DeFranco (clarinet), Terry Gibbs (vibes), John Campbell II (piano), Todd Coolman (bass), Gerry Gibbs (drums)

 

[HutchFan]

[John Tapscott]

[JSngry]

I'll be damned if I've heard of a band that had such a miniscule yet obvious between the hits and the album cuts. And they were trying, you know, these albums weren't just hits plus filler. Every now and then, yes, but very seldomly.

Like the old Capitol LPs used to say: File Under: Missed It By JUST That Much

[BillF]

[JSngry]

Ok, Birthday comes pretty close. Really close.

[jazzbo]

Blu-Spec CD2 version. I just love this album.