So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Peter Friedman]

[mikeweil]

This morning for coffee:

in the late afternoon, for supper with my wife:

[Peter Friedman]

[John Tapscott]

On 8/17/2022 at 3:52 PM, soulpope said:

Now:

14 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

John Fedchock New York Big Band – John Fedchock New York Big Band (Reservoir, 1995)

[dougcrates]

[BillF]

7 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

 

 

 

5 hours ago, dougcrates said:

Edited August 19, 2022 by BillF

[BillF]

Now playing:

[EKE BBB]

[aparxa]

Frank Rosolino - I Play Trombone (AFF)

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, BillF said:

Now playing:

Good one ....

[BillF]

[jazzbo]

Started this yesterday and finishing off listening to it this morning--had to shut the system down a bit early as my wife asked for one of her. favorite dinners and I had to run to the store to get some ingredients.

I love this one! "Santana (III)" -- I'm listening to the 2 channel SACD layer of the most recent Japanese SACD that included the Quad mix layer. Superb packaging. I think I may prefer the slightly warmer Mobile Fidelity Lab SACD but it's close. . . both sound fantastic.

I'm going to follow it up with the first disc from this box set that I finally got in the mail from Europe. . . .

Pyramids "AOMAWA: THE 1970s RECORDINGS" 4 cd box set

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3b39d78104223137fd52e5/1658941464602-ETYIAG31Y1PZS1GI764C/pyramids.jpg

https://idrisackamoor.bandcamp.com/album/aomawa-the-1970s-recordings

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

1970 offbeat gem. This is what Spotify is good for - finding something totally unfamiliar by searching for a name I was curious about, and then finding, ok, Tony Coe, and then listening...this is a weird record. Weird and fascinating. Farnon only sometimes sticks to MOR practices, and Coe doesn't even try to. He snarls and bites and whispers, not at all unlike Paul Gonsalves playing on a stoned Percy Faith record or something. MOR, but only barely.

The album is apparently also known as:

Anybody else know this one?

 

[Rabshakeh]

Red Holloway – Red Soul (Prestige, 1966)

Now on this excellent record:

Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O - Umdali (MHHH, 2021)

Edited August 19, 2022 by Rabshakeh

[jazzbo]

Disc 3 from this set

[JSngry]

Wonderful!

[HutchFan]

Eddie Palmieri - Solito (Musica Latina International, 1985)

 

[jazzbo]

Disc 3 from this set:

[Rabshakeh]

Utan Misstankar by Gilbert Holmström’s Kvintett

Edited August 19, 2022 by Rabshakeh

[Dub Modal]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

1970 offbeat gem. This is what Spotify is good for - finding something totally unfamiliar by searching for a name I was curious about, and then finding, ok, Tony Coe, and then listening...this is a weird record. Weird and fascinating. Farnon only sometimes sticks to MOR practices, and Coe doesn't even try to. He snarls and bites and whispers, not at all unlike Paul Gonsalves playing on a stoned Percy Faith record or something. MOR, but only barely.

The album is apparently also known as:

Anybody else know this one?

 

I don’t know that one but that Spotify gem feature worked for me yesterday as I found Rickey Kelly’s 1979 album My Kind of Music. Great album from an artist I was completely unaware of. There’s definitely good and bad with streaming but these finds are always good. 

[BillF]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

1970 offbeat gem. This is what Spotify is good for - finding something totally unfamiliar by searching for a name I was curious about, and then finding, ok, Tony Coe, and then listening...this is a weird record. Weird and fascinating. Farnon only sometimes sticks to MOR practices, and Coe doesn't even try to. He snarls and bites and whispers, not at all unlike Paul Gonsalves playing on a stoned Percy Faith record or something. MOR, but only barely.

The album is apparently also known as:

 

Anybody else know this one?

 

No, but I know the Gonsalves-influenced  tenor of Tony Coe, and very nice too!

This, also available on Spotify, is one I like:

 

[BillF]

Now playing:

[JSngry]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

Wonderful!

Ok, this is a trip. Originally recorded in quad, but obviously now presented in stereo. Still, there's a real sense of directionality to the output. I'm listening on a Discman with really low-line Phillps plug-in speakers, and the sounds are just coming from all directions (except from behind, but it gets pretty close sometimes)..

I can only imagine what this would be like on a real system. Maybe over the weekend...

Not just audio hijinks either. Some really interesting music too. Not just a bunch of bloopybloop, actual lines and counterlines to lock onto/into.

[HutchFan]

Weather Report - The Legendary Live Tapes: 1978-1981 (Legacy/Columbia, 2015)
Disc 3 - The Quintet: 1980 + 1981

Phew. Good.