So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Rabshakeh]

Grover Washington, Jr. – Soul Box Vol.1 (Kudu, 1973)

A real statement, despite being wildly uneven. I really think that kids getting into jazz get a whole lot out of this era of Washington's music. I'm still upset to see the sneers that his music receives from some areas of the jazz establishment.

Edited July 19, 2022 by Rabshakeh

[Rabshakeh]

Now on Volume 2.

[jazzbo]

I love this set; the edits don't bother me. Sound is great! Now listening to disc 5.

[JSngry]

I used to disregard Andy Shppard, but no, having listened to a sort of Carl Bley immersion, it seems that he has become a Charlie rouse to a Carla Bley Monk.

This is totally splendid quartet record, Few groups achieve this level of integration.

 

[jazzbo]

Bonus disc

[Rabshakeh]

  On 7/19/2022 at 1:19 PM, JSngry said:

I used to disregard Andy Shppard, but no, having listened to a sort of Carl Bley immersion, it seems that he has become a Charlie rouse to a Carla Bley Monk.

This is totally splendid quartet record, Few groups achieve this level of integration.

 

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I'm with you on this. The penny dropped for me when I heard the Trios album. 

[JSngry]

"the penny dropped"...what does that mean?

[soulpope]

He got the point ....

[BillF]

  On 7/19/2022 at 2:40 PM, JSngry said:

"the penny dropped"...what does that mean?

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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20penny%20drops#:~:text=Definition%20of%20the%20penny%20drops&text=%E2%80%94used%20to%20say%20that%20someone,but%20finally%20the%20penny%20dropped.

Like a coin in a slot machine.

Edited July 19, 2022 by BillF

[Rabshakeh]

I hadn't realised it was a British expression. The moment that the lightbulb went on.

[BillF]

Now playing:

(Penny dropped long ago.)

 

 

[JSngry]

  On 7/19/2022 at 2:47 PM, BillF said:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20penny%20drops#:~:text=Definition%20of%20the%20penny%20drops&text=%E2%80%94used%20to%20say%20that%20someone,but%20finally%20the%20penny%20dropped.

Like a coin in a slot machine.

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  On 7/19/2022 at 2:56 PM, Rabshakeh said:

I hadn't realised it was a British expression. The moment that the lightbulb went on.

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Thanks!

[Peter Friedman]

[mjazzg]

Disc 6

[John Tapscott]

[BillF]

  On 7/19/2022 at 5:39 PM, John Tapscott said:

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[HutchFan]

Now:

Yusef Lateef - Hush 'N' Thunder (Atlantic, 1972)

More powerful and strange (in the best sense) than I remember from previous listens.  It's hittin' me hard today.

 

Up next, more YL:

Yusef Lateef - The Doctor Is In ... and Out (Atlantic, 1976)

 

 

 

  On 7/19/2022 at 12:49 PM, Rabshakeh said:

Grover Washington, Jr. – Soul Box Vol.1 (Kudu, 1973)

A real statement, despite being wildly uneven. I really think that kids getting into jazz get a whole lot out of this era of Washington's music. I'm still upset to see the sneers that his music receives from some areas of the jazz establishment.

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You could probably say the same thing about these Lateef albums from the Seventies.

But that's all finally being re-assessed and re-contextualized, I think.  Like my 20-something year-old son says, most (interesting) music today is postmodern and "post-genre."  So the old boundary lines that folks used to get hung up on mean even less now than they did then.

 

[Peter Friedman]

[jlhoots]

  On 7/19/2022 at 6:21 PM, Peter Friedman said:

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[aparxa]

  On 7/18/2022 at 7:55 PM, Rabshakeh said:

Charlie Parker And His Orchestra – Night And Day (Verve)

Strangely hard to find out who played on this one online.

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I like the 8 LP French reissues "Bird On Verve" from the mid eighties. Great cover, great sound and the personnel is always listed. I still have to purchase the fifth volume.

  On 7/19/2022 at 2:57 PM, BillF said:

Now playing:

(Penny dropped long ago.)

 

 

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Great one!

The Paul Bley Group – Live At Sweet Basil
Dexter Gordon ‎– Great Encounters
Laurindo Almeida Featuring Bud Shank – Brazilliance
The Cecil Taylor Quartet ‎– Looking Ahead! (Boplicity UK)

 

 

 

 

[jazzcorner]

  On 7/18/2022 at 7:55 PM, Rabshakeh said:

Charlie Parker And His Orchestra – Night And Day (Verve)

Strangely hard to find out who played on this one online.

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All tracks are  from "The Genius Of Charlie Parker Vol 1"  (= Ch. Parker & His Orchestra [with strings]  are on this compilation VERVE  0251703690 Charlie Parker with strings - The Mastertakes - Order of the tracks differs from the CLEF / VERVE vinyl editions because there are more tracks on the CD.

Here are the data from the booklet 

[sidewinder]

A very good Xanadu Master Edition CD

[Rabshakeh]

Clare Fischer – Salsa Picante (MPS 1979)

[mjazzg]

  On 7/19/2022 at 12:49 PM, Rabshakeh said:

Grover Washington, Jr. – Soul Box Vol.1 (Kudu, 1973)

A real statement, despite being wildly uneven. I really think that kids getting into jazz get a whole lot out of this era of Washington's music. I'm still upset to see the sneers that his music receives from some areas of the jazz establishment.

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First ever listen to this following your advocacy @Rabshakeh sounding pretty perfect for a steamy London evening

[Rabshakeh]

  On 7/19/2022 at 7:30 PM, mjazzg said:

First ever listen to this following your advocacy @Rabshakeh sounding pretty perfect for a steamy London evening

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It's a mixed bag, but some of it is great. Just a strange sprawling statement for something released on Kudu.