So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[jazzbo]

Marcus Roberts “The Truth is Spoken Here” Novus cd

I haven’t spun this in a long time. An excellent session.

[JSngry]

This is a good record.

[HutchFan]

❤️ ❤️ ❤️   ¡Una copilación fantástica!

 

Edited May 14 by HutchFan

[Peter Friedman]

[T.D.]

This is definitely very good and ticks all the boxes for me. The long selection Variation of III, written by Reggie Workman, didn't click on the first couple of listens, but now I like it too.

[JSngry]

Dark.

[soulpope]

11 hours ago, felser said:

Worth the ticket of entry alone for the Rhythm Section aka John Hicks + Fred Hopkins + Idris Muhammad ....

[jazzcorner]

12 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

👍😁

 

Roberta had an interesting european tour. She did also a nice album with the Pratt Brothers big band

Here is an example from her european tour. Have recorded some of her appearances from radio.

12 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

💗 👍 Nice compilation ----> rustic hop *****

[Gheorghe]

21 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

Bud Powell with some nice melodies!

There are more Items on Verve!

Verve MV 2533 (Japan 1975/01) - Bud Powell " Jazz Giant - rec. 1949 & 1950

I think it is one of the essential Bud Powell albums for all who study his music, mostly for pianists. 
I heard it at a very early age and knew that if I listen much and learn about that musical conception of bop, I´ll eventually master it. 
But since the very very first Bud Powell I had heard was a session from the same time with Parker, Fats Navarro, Curley Russell and Art Blakey, I remember I noticed that the Verve session is on the same piano level, but for my tastes it missed that hearing of the drums. I mean you have Max Roach on that and can´t hear him, and you can hear Blakey so well on the Bird-Fats thing......

There was another Verve album with Bud playing solo, and another trio record with strangly Buddy Rich on drums but again you don´t hear him much. 

Also on Verve I think I have "The Lonely One" which is a very fine album with some vintage bop tunes with some better rhythm section with Percy Heath and Kenny Clarke, and I think there is a very good Art Taylor playing on "Conception", also a tune from a Verve recording.

I only find that the liner Notes of this album are quite dumb, it was not written by someone who really KNOWS Bud´s music......

[jazzbo]

The Essence All Stars “Hub Art: A Celebratio of the Music of Freddie Hubbard” Hip Bop cd

Bass – Ron Carter
Drums, Producer – Lenny White
Piano – Cedar Walton
Tenor Saxophone – Javon Jackson
Trumpet – Eddie Henderson , Marcus Belgrave, Wallace Roney

[jazzbo]

Lucky Thompson “1944-1947” Chronogical Classics cd

[Kevin Bresnahan]

On 5/12/2024 at 3:23 AM, Gheorghe said:

If I only would have noticed the name of that guy from the states, whom I heard once. 

I led a jam session at Zwe in Viena and a very very heavy guy came down into the club, having an alto with him. He was so heavy that Mingus or Fats Navarro would have been lightweight compared to him.
I saw him with the alto and from the piano I waved him on stage and believe it or not.......: It was like if Jackie McLean would have been again among us. THAT ALTO SOUND, it was like if it was him, well there was also a bit of Dolphy and sure a lot of that unknown guy himself in it, but it was INCREDIBLE how great it was. I talked a litte to him later, but he was only "a tourist" as he stated and I never saw him again...... I would have liked to play with him very very very much.

I wonder if you're talking about the late Andy Fusco? He was a big guy who could really play.

[HutchFan]

Disc 8 - part of Crosscurrent & all of I Will Say Goodbye

 

[jazzbo]

“Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims” Chiaroscuro Records cd

 

[Simon8]

[HutchFan]

 

 

2 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Good stuff. 

 

[HutchFan]

[Peter Friedman]

A classic!!!!!!

[jazzcorner]

13 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

...........
There was another Verve album with Bud playing solo, and another trio record with strangly Buddy Rich on drums but again you don´t hear him much. 

.......................

 

Thanks for your comments.

Here is another one from Verve (original on Norgran label)  which I played recently. Again he has selected nice melodies.

-Trio one with Max Roach

- Trio 2 with Art Blaley

Verve UMV 2571 [Japan 1981] - rec. 1954 & 1955(?)

 

Edited May 14 by jazzcorner

[soulpope]

Horace Parlan + George Tucker + Al Harewood = solid gold ....

[gmonahan]

Steven Lasker did the remastering on this one, and it shows. Sound is better than some others in the series.

 

[optatio]

8 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Disc 8 - part of Crosscurrent & all of I Will Say Goodbye

👍

[felser]

15 hours ago, soulpope said:

Worth the ticket of entry alone for the Rhythm Section aka John Hicks + Fred Hopkins + Idris Muhammad ....

Agreed.

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

Come back, James Newton!

And stick around, Bobby Bradford. Please!