So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[mjazzg]

[JSngry]

What you hear is what you get!

[Brad]

[Teasing the Korean]

13 hours ago, danasgoodstuff said:

"Hoe Down" is my favorite part of that album, no accounting for taste.

We all approach music from our own perspectives.  

[HutchFan]

Getting Monday morning off to a swingin' start with Count Basie:

 

[JSngry]

You know what I like about Elvin Jones? When you hired him for your record, by god, you pay for Elvin Jones, you GOT Elvin Jones!

The corollary to that is that if you're going to have Elvin Jones on your record, you better be ready to play with Elvin, which everybody here certainly does.

Everybody else on this record, yeah, ok, they're parts, but as Trane knew, there is only ONE Elvin Jones.

 

[HutchFan]

I've got a feeling this may be a wall-to-wall Count Basie day:

[John Tapscott]

35 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

I've got a feeling this may be a wall-to-wall Count Basie day:

You can't go wrong with any of the Basie Roulettes! 

Now:

[Rabshakeh]

Just finished:

James Clay and David Fathead Newman - The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!! (Riverside, 1960)

Distracting stereo panning, but otherwise a good record.

Now on to:

Kieran Hebden, Mats Gustafsson and Steve Reid - Live at the South Bank (Smalltown Superjazz, 2011)

[mjazzg]

14 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Just finished:

James Clay and David Fathead Newman - The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!! (Riverside, 1960)

Distracting stereo panning, but otherwise a good record.

Now on to:

Kieran Hebden, Mats Gustafsson and Steve Reid - Live at the South Bank (Smalltown Superjazz, 2011)

I regret not going to that. Saw Hebden and Reid which was excellent. They were on a bill with The Thing so it so nearly could have happened that night too.

[jazzbo]

disc 1

[Rabshakeh]

12 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

I regret not going to that. Saw Hebden and Reid which was excellent. They were on a bill with The Thing so it so nearly could have happened that night too.

I was living in Tokyo at the time, but would have gone otherwise. I remember looking at the listing with envy.

Funny to return to these after the recent FloPo / Sanders record. 

[jazzbo]

[HutchFan]

 

 

1 hour ago, John Tapscott said:

You can't go wrong with any of the Basie Roulettes! 

Yep!  Ab-so-lute-ly.

 

[JSngry]

18 hours ago, sonnyhill said:

Sonny Rollins - Sonny, Please (Doxy)

Let it be noted that, to this point, this is the last/final new Sonny Rollins studio recording. That long journey ends here.

A somber, sobering thought...and not at all a bad record, either.

[HutchFan]

3 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Let it be noted that, to this point, this is the last/final new Sonny Rollins studio recording. That long journey ends here.

A somber, sobering thought...and not at all a bad record, either.

Especially the Latin-flavored titled cut.  It kicks ass.

As far as that CD being Sonny's last... don't want to think about it.  I'm not going there yet.  You can't make me.  

 

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Strongly believe this has to be from 1970 .... btw same titles like issued as concert from Milano, Italy dated October 25th, 1970 on "Joker" .... ?

Edited September 27, 2021 by soulpope

[BillF]

3 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

You can't go wrong with any of the Basie Roulettes! 

Now:

 

3 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Just finished:

James Clay and David Fathead Newman - The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!! (Riverside, 1960)

 

 

4 hours ago, HutchFan said:

I've got a feeling this may be a wall-to-wall Count Basie day:

[Chuck Nessa]

[jazzcorner]

[Larry Kart]

3 minutes ago, jazzcorner said:

IIRC, Schildkraut is in good form there.

[jazzbo]

"The Erroll Garner Collection - 1- Easy to Love" Emarcy cd

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]