So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Rabshakeh]

Les McCann Ltd. - Bucket o' Grease

[Rabshakeh]

Charles Lloyd - The Water Is Wide

Enjoying this more than expected.

[BillF]

[rostasi]

4 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

This does not sound very appetising.

I wasn’t sure, but I get curious when I hear about these hybrid styles.
Afterwards, I was so delighted that I’m devoting a segment to it
on an upcoming show.

Edited April 30, 2023 by rostasi

[sidewinder]

20 hours ago, Clunky said:

Too right. I know that I have bought a hit when it gets played through repeatedly without interruption.

The great thing is that this Arkestra recording is both accessible and adventurous. For the first time also I can see a very direct link between Tapscott’s work and that of Tadd Dameron - both ‘arranger’s piano’ and memorable arrangements by a band with unusual instrumentation that sounds bigger than it really is. Helped along by the fact that he covers ‘If You Could See Me Now’ on CD2, a really fine trio performance.

Noticed that Tapscott is credited as playing ‘spinet piano’. When I saw that I had a vision of an 18th Century plucked instrument a la Mozart, which made no sense. I see now though that in the US, spinet pianos refer to a type of small upright.

Edited April 30, 2023 by sidewinder

[Chuck Nessa]

2 hours ago, BillF said:

An old favorite.

[Peter Friedman]

[Joe]

Profound. Maybe the best of his Blue Notes? Certainly among my favorites.

[John Tapscott]

16 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

👍

8 hours ago, BillF said:

👍

Now:

[felser]

Sounds great on this rainy Sunday afternoon.  This series is by FAR my favorite Braxton.  Didn't know he had it in him.  And the rest of the quartet (Kevin O'Neil-G, Andy Eulau-B, Kevin Norton-D)  is outstanding, though previously unknown to me.

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

Quality "chamber jazz" ....

[Rabshakeh]

4 hours ago, rostasi said:

I wasn’t sure, but I get curious when I hear about these hybrid styles.
Afterwards, I was so delighted that I’m devoting a segment to it
on an upcoming show.

Okay. Sounds worth trying.

[BillF]

3 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

An old favorite.

Mine too. I recall when it appeared and took the lead in jazz record sales over the more expected Blue Notes.

[BillF]

Now playing:

[Peter Friedman]

[Teasing the Korean]

John Berberian - Middle Eastern Rock - Verve Forecast

[jazzbo]

No BS Brass Band "Fight Song: A Tribute to Charles Mingus" Not On cd

[jazzcorner]

2 hours ago, BillF said:

Now playing:

Timeless and always good to listen to

👍😁

[jazzbo]

Marcus Roberts “Deep in the Shed: A Blues Suite” J-Master cd

 

[soulpope]

[jazzbo]

Sonny Stitt “In Case You Forgot How Bad he Really Was” Savoy Jazz cd

[dougcrates]

[jlhoots]

Sonny Stitt: Don't Call Me Bird

[jazzbo]

 

Bill Evans “Treasures” Elemental Records 2 cd set, cd 1

Solo, trio and with orchestra–one of the best of the series of Evans material Zev Feldman has brought forward.

Edited May 1, 2023 by jazzbo