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[jazzbo]

 Putney Dandridge "1935-1936" Chronogical Classics cd

More fun music from this former accompanist of "Mr. Bojangles" who was heavily influenced by Fats Waller as a singer. The broad Bechet-esque vibrato is less pronounced here than on the later recordings.

[John Tapscott]

18 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

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7 hours ago, BillF said:

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[Chuck Nessa]

The Paul Bley thread prompted me to pull these out for later in the day -

 

[Peter Friedman]

Bobby Jaspar and his modern jazz group - Paris 1954

[BillF]

[JSngry]

[HutchFan]

Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (Verve)
with Jimmy Rowles, Leroy Vinnegar, and Mel Lewis

A felicitous pairing.  Both men sound inspired.  "Chelsea Bridge," the opening cut, always knocks me down.

 

[Jim Duckworth]

[Referentzhunter]

[HutchFan]

Disc 2 - originally released as Dynamite!

[BillF]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (Verve)
 

 

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[jazzbo]

“Miles Davis In Concert” Sony SICP-4236

 

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Still remember being so into this when it was first released. I still have the 2 LP set I then bought. . . this is a 2 CD set from Japan in 2014.

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (Verve)
with Jimmy Rowles, Leroy Vinnegar, and Mel Lewis

A felicitous pairing.  Both men sound inspired.  "Chelsea Bridge," the opening cut, always knocks me down.

Excellent ....

[Rabshakeh]

Jim Rotondi And The Loop – Hard Hittin' At The Bird's Eye

[Rabshakeh]

Toshiyuki Tsuchitori and Ryuichi Sakamoto – Disappointment / Hateruma

[Rabshakeh]

The Al Williams Quintet Plus One – Sandance 

[Gheorghe]

9 hours ago, jazzbo said:

“Miles Davis In Concert” Sony SICP-4236

 

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Still remember being so into this when it was first released. I still have the 2 LP set I then bought. . . this is a 2 CD set from Japan in 2014.

I think I have mentioned it recently. Some said they are not happy with it, but I remember very well when it came out and had "cult status" over here. 

I had used a lot of my pocket money to buy a japanese 2 double album . It came out about the time when Miles was touring Europe, gut then his band was different, he didn´t have all them exotic instruments like tabla or sitar anymore, but had a fantastic band with Dave Liebman, Al Foster, Mike Henderson, Reggie Lucas Pete Cosey. That was really a great unit. 

14 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

The Paul Bley thread prompted me to pull these out for later in the day -

 

I have that cover with Don Cherry with a strange flute on it, which doesn´t fit the the music that actually was played. This record was on the then famous french "America" label, that had most of the Mingus albums too. 
But the reason I had bought it was only Coleman and Cherryl, I think the piano is not really audible, you hear a glimpse of it on "I remember Harlem" which seemed to be Bley´s feature. But I think you don´t hear much of the piano.
the most astonishing thing for us youngsters then was, that they play that old Parker Number "Klaktoveed......." which I think that Bird did only on the record, I don´t think it was in the repertory of the touring band. 

Blessing and "Free" is also great as I remember.  I still was a boy and very much into progressive jazz like the gang I hanged out with. This I think was the most "conservative" Ornette Thing ever, practically a "swing record" as we would definete it in the early 70´s . 

[BillF]

10 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Jim Rotondi And The Loop – Hard Hittin' At The Bird's Eye

👍 I saw the band - in Southport, UK and they were GOOD.

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[Rabshakeh]

The Rolf Kühn Orchestra – Symphonic Swampfire

 

23 minutes ago, BillF said:

👍 I saw the band - in Southport, UK and they were GOOD.

Do Rotondi and Alexander tour Europe much? I rarely see advertised but perhaps I am looking in the wrong places.

[Rabshakeh]

Howard Riley Trio - Angle

[Referentzhunter]

[Referentzhunter]

[BillF]

3 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

The Rolf Kühn Orchestra – Symphonic Swampfire

 

Do Rotondi and Alexander tour Europe much? I rarely see advertised but perhaps I am looking in the wrong places.

Rotondi resident in Austria at University of Graz. Alexander tours Europe regularly.

49 minutes ago, Referentzhunter said:

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Sun Ra, Prophet