So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Rabshakeh]

10 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

First listen to this, interesting

It's got a great cover, although I wonder whether I prefer Gardens and Ketchoua by quite a way.

[mikeweil]

[Rabshakeh]

Randy Weston - Berkshire Blues (Freedom, 1977; rec. 1965)

[mikeweil]

Too bad they did not include the tracks from these sessions that were issued on Jimmy Smith's "Any Number Can Win" LP.

Edited August 21, 2021 by mikeweil

[HutchFan]

8 hours ago, sidewinder said:

 Some good stuff in that box !

Absolutely! 

 

More Dizzy this morning:

[mikeweil]

[Peter Friedman]

[Rabshakeh]

Mike Westbrook's Concert Band - Marching Song Vol 1 (Deram, 1969)

My first time with this one, and I find it very impressive.

[Rabshakeh]

Andrzej Trzaskowski Quintet - Polish Jazz Vol 4 (PNM, 1965)

[mikeweil]

[HutchFan]

I've decided that I'm going to have "A Day of Diz" -- nothing but Gillespie all day long.   

Now spinning:

The first disc captures the band in 1968 and the second disc is from 1962.  As usual, the LRC packaging is shoddy and careless -- but the music is terrific, especially the 1968 set.  

If you want to hear an example of James Moody's flute mastery, give this a listen:

 

13 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

Primo Burrell.  

 

[mikeweil]

2 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

I've decided that I'm going to have "A Day of Diz" -- nothing but Gillespie all day long.   

......

Primo Burrell.  

 

I have a Burrell day, as you can see ..... 

[Rabshakeh]

Pyramids - Lalibela (1973)

Trying this one again, given the heavy retrospective hype Pyramids seems to be receiving from the Spiritual Jazz Inc. Marketing machine. I'm still not convinced. 

Edited August 21, 2021 by Rabshakeh

[mjazzg]

5 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

It's got a great cover, although I wonder whether I prefer Gardens and Ketchoua by quite a way.

It's a bit messy but has an atmosphere. Gardens was quite an early purchase for me so it's held dear. 

now on something somewhat different.  I was hoping it would be a bit more noir than it is

[Rabshakeh]

35 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

 I was hoping it would be a bit more noir than it is

I felt the same. I got a better noir hit off the Mundell Lowe record. 

I'm currently on Lester Bowie's New York Organ Ensemble - The Organizer (DIW, 1991)

[HutchFan]

More DG in a big band setting:

This band oozes swagger.  They were badass, and they knew it.  

 

[Rabshakeh]

17 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

More DG in a big band setting:

This band oozes swagger.  They were badass, and they knew it.  

In the mood for a bit of that. I'm going to line up In Greece next.

Edited August 21, 2021 by Rabshakeh

[sidewinder]

37 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

More DG in a big band setting:

This band oozes swagger.  They were badass, and they knew it.  

 

and a young Lee Morgan featured on trumpet !

[Rabshakeh]

16 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

and a young Lee Morgan featured on trumpet !

Plus hard to think of anyone who could have made this bunch pop quite like Charli Persip.

[Peter Friedman]

[sidewinder]

23 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Plus hard to think of anyone who could have made this bunch pop quite like Charli Persip.

Agreed on that. He was still on drums I think in a Gillespie Reunion/Tribute Big Band I saw in the 90s but will have to check. As was Billy Root  ! (In the saxes)

Edited August 21, 2021 by sidewinder

[John Tapscott]

[HutchFan]

Now heading down to Brazil with Diz:

 

[HutchFan]

Diz!  Bebop!  Diz!  Bebop!  Diz!  Bebop!  Diz!  Bebop!  

Disc 1

 

[Rabshakeh]

Oluyemi Thomas and Gino Robair - Unity in Multiplicity (Rastascan, 1996)