So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jazzbo]

Barney Wilen "Essential Best" Venus Records.  Great great music. . . mastered in the typical Venus "way too loud" manner unfortunately.

Followed by
Miles Davis Bootleg Series Vol. 7 "That's What Happened, 1982-1985" Sony Blu-Spec CD2 disc 3

A great concert recorded in Montreal. Really this one shouldn't have been kept under wraps so long.

 

[BillF]

  On 9/22/2022 at 12:57 PM, mikeweil said:

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[John Tapscott]

CD's 2 & 3

[jazzbo]

"Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett" Atlantic/WEA Japan cd

I think this was the first non-solo piano album I bought of Jarrett's back in the day. I still have the LP but this cd sounds better. I just love the tunes, the "bounce" of the groove, and Sam Brown's playing.

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[Peter Friedman]

[mikeweil]

Such a great album - perfect musicianship, excellent sound, and maybe the best Ellington Tribute there is.

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[EKE BBB]

[jazzbo]

Baden Powell "The Legendary MPS Albums" disc 1 MPS 2 cd set

[jazzcorner]

  On 9/22/2022 at 12:41 PM, John Tapscott said:

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[jlhoots]

  On 9/22/2022 at 1:51 PM, jazzbo said:

Barney Wilen "Essential Best" Venus Records.  Great great music. . . mastered in the typical Venus "way too loud" manner unfortunately.

Followed by
Miles Davis Bootleg Series Vol. 7 "That's What Happened, 1982-1985" Sony Blu-Spec CD2 disc 3

A great concert recorded in Montreal. Really this one shouldn't have been kept under wraps so long.

 

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I was going to skip the Miles - BUT you're making me change my mind.

[John Tapscott]

[Peter Friedman]

Some nice playing here  by Al Cohn, Dick Katz and Joe Puma.

[Larry Kart]

  On 9/15/2022 at 8:08 PM, bresna said:

Damn COVID for stealing Fusco from us. This is my favorite CD of his. That guy could blow.

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Thanks for the heads up. My copy arrived today. I'd give Renee Rosnes an extra gold star here for her comping and solo work.

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

This is a good record. 

[BillF]

  On 9/22/2022 at 11:29 PM, Peter Friedman said:

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[Gheorghe]

  On 9/22/2022 at 12:57 PM, mikeweil said:

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  On 9/22/2022 at 2:03 PM, BillF said:

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I love it, especially those quartet sides with Al Haig who is incredible strong on the two ballads. The only annoying thing on my copy is that there are numerous alternate takes of the tunes. But the best Wardell Gray I ever heard is on a Xanadu album I think with Hampton Hawes live in a club, and maybe the very very first choice if I want to hear fantastic Wardell Gray is that Charlie Parker live album "The Happy Bird" . It´s so good that sometimes I must say confidentially that there are times I listen more to Gray´s solos especially on "Scrapple" and on "Lullaby in Rhythm" if I remember well....... 

There was an incredible memory I had with it in the early 90´s when I still had to make "naveta" (Pendeln ?) between AT and RO and would drive all night long (no highway then after the last town in Eastern Austria !!!!) and around 2 o clock in the night I was really tired when I reached the last town in Hungary before the Borderline and it was still those cassete decks in the car and coincidally it was that "Happy Bird" record with Wardell Gray on it and immdediatly I was "hell wach" 

  On 9/22/2022 at 11:29 PM, Peter Friedman said:

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  On 9/23/2022 at 6:01 AM, BillF said:

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Una Mas is one of my favourite KD´s and sure my favourite on his 60´s BN. There was a time when I always did Una Mas live if it was a joint that otherwise was not strictly jazz, and catchy as this tune is, the audience , among them very much youngsters loved it. 

[jazzbo]

Carmen McRae "Something Wonderful" (with bonus material) Fresh Sounds cd

Nice to have this extra material. A great original album.

[kh1958]

Tubby Hayes, 100% Proof

[BillF]

  On 9/23/2022 at 1:04 PM, kh1958 said:

Tubby Hayes, 100% Proof

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[John Tapscott]

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

Disc 7

[JSngry]

Next month's BFT.

[mjazzg]

  On 9/23/2022 at 1:45 PM, JSngry said:

Next month's BFT.

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Any good?