So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[JSngry]

[HutchFan]

Prompted by some Yusef Lateef talk elsewhere on the forum:

Now listening to the music originally released as Hush 'N' Thunder (1973).

 

[ghost of miles]

Really a shame that licensing issues have apparently precluded Mosaic’s ever doing a 1940s Mary Lou Williams set:

[soulpope]

9 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Saw Higgins, Walton and Berg around 1980 so this is a nice blast from the past .... at the gigs it was David Williams on bass under Cedar's 'Eastern Rebellion' name.

Saw them in 1981 @ Vienna and the band was smokin' ....at said time I had quite some expectations about the future career of  Bob Berg but things turned out differently ....

[Gheorghe]

Strange I have not seen that, at what venue was this ? 

I only heard the Cedar Walton TRIO at "REIGEN" in the 2000´s . But I think it was after Higgin´s death. So I don´t know who was on bass and drums. 

REIGEN was a good joint, I often went there with Serena, we could walk from our place to that venue. They had great musicians, she saw Archie Shepp , Johnny Griffin and so on with me. I also did perform there in the early 90´s. 

But I don´t know what has happend to the plays. When I asked Mario (Gonzi), he said better no, it ain´t what it used to be.....

[Balladeer]

Michel Reis - Short Stories (CamJazz)

[jazzbo]

On another forum someone was playing tis Lawrence Brown disc and so I pulled a few Verve Elite cds from the shelves.

Hard to believe this series was introduced about 25 years ago! I made sure to get all of them at the time.

Lawrence Brown had such a great sound and Ellington loved to feature him. This cd reissue has an additional two tracks compared to the original LP.

Lawrence Brown “Slide Trombone” Verve Elite cd

 

[optatio]

Tal Farlow – This Is Tal Farlow. Verve Elite Edition … 1997

[sidewinder]

42 minutes ago, optatio said:

Tal Farlow – This Is Tal Farlow. Verve Elite Edition … 1997

What a great series that 'Verve Elite Editions' was. So many new discoveries- not rehashes of stuff you already know.

[jazzbo]

Turning to the “Art of the Vegh Quartet” box set to listen to the earliest Mozart string quartets.

My Dad was a huge Mozart fan. . . me not so much. But I do llike this Quartet and the sound is nice this morning. Fiona the dachshund is restless though so I’ll see if I can make it through the disc.

Disc 9

[sidewinder]

Billy Higgins 'Once More' (Red Records)

An absolute belter !

[optatio]

Johnny Smith – Johnny Smith. Verve Elite Edition … 1997

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

 

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[dougcrates]

[jlhoots]

23 minutes ago, dougcrates said:

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[kh1958]

Vijay Iyer, Linda Oh, Tyshawn Sorey, Compassion (ECM)

[soulpope]

Recorded @ the Edmonton Jazz Festival on April 14th, 1976 (broadcast CBC Radio aka very good sound) .... outstanding live performance by Paul Desmond and the "Canadian Trio" ..... btw this was released on Gambit Records and the photoshoped picture of Paul Desmond can`t be from 1976 🙈 .... 

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

10 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

Strange I have not seen that, at what venue was this ? 

Audimax TU .....

[jazzcorner]

United Artists  UAL 4041 - Curtis Fuller " Sliding Easy" - rec. 1959

 

[HutchFan]

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[soulpope]

Little beauty ....

[soulpope]

Back then a groundbreaking band in Europe ....  btw documenting the considerable skills of german bass player Günter Lenz ....

[optatio]

Günter Lenz again ...

 

 

Background: https://web.archive.org/web/20201013140348/https://jazzpages.com/kumpf/bassist-guenter-lenz-aufnahmen-astigmatic-1702241.html 

Edited February 11, 2024 by optatio