So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Chuck Nessa]

7 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Chuck - I'm curious.  Is the Hotsy Totsy Gang drawn from the ranks of Duke's and Cab Calloway's bands? 

No - Goodman, the Dorseys, Bix, Pee Wee, Teagarden, Hoagy and less famed.

[HutchFan]

Just now, Chuck Nessa said:

No - Goodman, the Dorseys, Bix, Pee Wee, Teagarden, Hoagy and less famed.

  Thx!

 

[jazzbo]

Herbie Hancock "Gershwin's World" Verve SACD

A disc I enjoy more and more as time goes by.

Edited July 25, 2024 by jazzbo

[T.D.]

This is a pretty good album, but after a couple of listens I was struck by how much the first track sounds like a Billy Harper ensemble! [The other tracks less so.]

 

[John Tapscott]

[jazzbo]

Melissa Aldana “Echoes Of The Inner Prophet” Blue Note cd

 

 

[Peter Friedman]

[felser]

[optatio]

5 hours ago, felser said:

👍

[jazzbo]

“Introducing Millie Vernon” Storyville/Muzak Japan cd

I’d never heard of Vernon, but with this band and as it’s one of the superb reissues from Muzak Japan. . . I tried it out.

She reminds me of June Christy and Chris Connor. But with a different sense of swing and feel. Nice record!

Bass – Wyatt Reuther
Drums – Jo Jones
Guitar – Jimmy Raney
Piano – Dave McKenna
Trumpet – Ruby Braff
Vocals – Milli Vernon

Edited July 26, 2024 by jazzbo

[jazzbo]

Another excellent Storyville/Muzak Japan cd reissue.

Joe Newman “Joe Newman and the Boys in the Band”

Baritone Saxophone – Charlie Fowlkes
Bass – Eddie Jones
Drums – Gus Johnson
Flute – Frank Wess
Guitar – Freddie Green
Organ – Joe Bailey
Piano – Joe Bailey
Tenor Saxophone – Frank Foster, Frank Wess
Trombone – Henry Coker
Trumpet – Joe Newman

[jazzbo]

Billie Holiday “Love Songs” Columbia cd

[kh1958]

Three Faces of Earl Hines (Jazzology)

[Peter Friedman]

[Chuck Nessa]

12 hours ago, felser said:

Listened to that his morning - now on to

[jazzcorner]

 

Verve (Japan) - Bill Evans " A Simple Matter Of Conviction" - rec. 1966

[HutchFan]

Listening to this again:

[jazzbo]

Another great reissue from Muzak Japan:

"Serge Chaloff plays Fable from Mabel"

Alto Saxophone – Charlie Mariano
Baritone Saxophone – Serge Chaloff
Bass – Ray Oliveri
Drums – Jimmy Zitano
Piano – Dick Twardzik
Tenor Saxophone – Vardi Haritounian
Trombone – Gene DiStachio
Trumpet – Herb Pomeroy, Nick Capazutto

Edited July 26, 2024 by jazzbo

[soulpope]

3 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Now on to

Underappreciated gem ....

[jazzbo]

Toshiko Akiyoshi SWR Big Band “Let Freedom Swing” 2 cd set, disc 1

 

[mjzee]

I listened to this earlier today:

I have it on a Black Lion CD that also includes a Braxton/Leo Smith/Leroy Jenkins album called "Silence", which I can do without.  But I do like the Braxton/Teitelbaum duets.  I have two other albums by them:

(which I don't think was ever released on CD), and:

 

[Peter Friedman]

[Chuck Nessa]

An old favorite

[jazzbo]

Gary Peacock Trio “Eastward” Sony HiFiCD

Gary Peacock (bass) Masaaki Kikuchi (piano) Hiroshi Murakami (drums)

Man, he was a master player and a deep musical mind. And this is a very interesting recording. In the Keith Jarrett Trio “exploratory mode” tradition.

 

[Rabshakeh]

Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz

 

Having just finished:

Sunny Murray Trio - Live at Moers Festival