So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[HutchFan]

Four Jazz Giants: Earl Hines Plays Tributes to W.C. Handy, Hoagy Carmichael, Louis Armstrong (Solo Art)

[JohnS]

Today

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, JohnS said:

 

One of these superb Jazz Crusaders performances in the late 60's ....

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

2 hours ago, JohnS said:

Today

This was the first Hutcherson-as-a-leader recording I ever heard.  I was prompted to find it after seeing the "crown" rating it was given in the Penguin Guide.  Bobby quickly became -- and still is -- one of my very favorite artists. (I guess that's sorta obvious, given my avatar name. )

But what an INCREDIBLE debut.  Talk about a strong start!   Andrew Hill composed most of the tunes, so I think it's a little bit less representative than the music that would follow.  (If I'd written the Penguin Guide, I'd give the crown to Happenings, which -- to my ears -- is more thoroughly Bobby's record.)  OTOH, any way you slice it, Dialogue is a stunner, an amazing record.

I'm still sad that he's gone. But I'm grateful for the music.  What a gift.

Edited August 7, 2017 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

More Fatha Hines:

One for My Baby (Black Lion)
More irrepressible vitality.

 

[John Tapscott]

[jazzbo]

Helen Merill: "Carousel: the Music of Heikki Sarmonto"

[Peter Friedman]

[alankin]

Barbara Carroll – One Morning In May (Fynsworth Alley)
— With Jay Leonhart, Randy Sandke, Ken Peplowski, a.o.

[duaneiac]

Among the "+6" trombones on the first album were Eddie Bert, Jimmy Cleveland and Urbie Green.  The second album, a supposedly "live" recording, sure sounds like a studio session with canned applause and Mr. Johnson's song/band intros added.  The band for that one included Nat Adderley, Tommy Flanagan, Wilbur Little and Tootie Heath.

[HutchFan]

Mal Waldron - Black Glory: Recorded Live at the Domicile (Enja)
with Jimmy Woode & Pierre Favre

The first Enja.

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Mal Waldron - Black Glory: Recorded Live at the Domicile (Enja)
with Jimmy Woode & Pierre Favre

The first Enja.

YES !!!

[alankin]

The Original Mahavishnu Orchestra – Unreleased Tracks from Between Nothingness & Eternity [bonus CD on the Complete Columbia Albums Collection box] (Columbia/Legacy – Sony Music)
— With John McLaughlin, Jerry Goodman, Jan Hammer, Rick Laird, Billy Cobham; recorded live at Wollman Runk, Central Park, NYC

 

[jazzbo]

So glad that this Paul Jeffrey release is now on cd.

[duaneiac]

I could do without the vocals of Mykia Jovan, but otherwise this is an enjoyable recording.

[duaneiac]

Nick Brignola plays bari, alto and soprano saxes as well as clarinet on this 1992 "live" recording which was not issued until 2003.

[alankin]

Carl Fontana – The Great Fontana (Uptown Records)
— With Al Cohn, Ricard Wyands, Ray Drummond, Akira Tana; includes 4 CD bonus tracks.

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

[optatio]

CECIL TAYLOR: JAZZ ADVANCE. BLUE NOTE CDP 7 84462 2 [1991]

[rostasi]

 

[John Tapscott]

[jazzbo]

The new SHM-CD. Boy does this sound good.

[Cyril]