So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[soulpope]

4 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Yes!   

If anyone wants to hear more of that same trio -- minus Carter -- they made a terrific album titled Ramira the Dancer for Spotlite in 1977.  (The trio is augmented with percussionist Ralph Dorsey.)

 

Yep .... btw also on "Midnight Creeper" (Milljac) from 1980 ....

[Rabshakeh]

Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band – At The Roundtable

This one seems to have been a really big seller, given its presence in the bins. First listen to it, and probably last too. I can handle early Lu Watters but this is just too slick.

[HutchFan]

Prompted by @mjazzg, who posted this album on the vinyl thread:

Vocalion CD reissue

 

Edited August 2, 2024 by HutchFan

[Peter Friedman]

[jazzbo]

Herbie Hancock “Maiden Voyage” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD
Got in my June batch of this series in from CDJapan today. This sounds really good. . . or at least does as well as I can decipher while listening upstairs here as it pours rain outside.

 

[Joe]

[Jim Duckworth]

8 hours ago, jazzbo said:

“Weather Report Live in Tokyo” Sony 2 LP set, LP 2

 

Heard the Directions medley recently and have been listening to Weather Report and Mwandishi and enjoying it a good deal.

 

[rostasi]

Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water:
The Gospel of James Baldwin

[Peter Friedman]

[Rabshakeh]

Katsumi Odagiri Trio - Assault Kamikaze Squadron

[dougcrates]

Original LP

[Gheorghe]

14 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Next up, music from fellow forum member @Gheorghe:

Bop Explosion - Waltz for Serena (Alessa Records, 2024)

Anyone who enjoys classic bop groups like The Jazztet or Gigi Gryce & Donald Byrd's Jazz Lab Quintet -- or more contemporary groups like One for All -- might want to give Waltz for Serena a listen.  Every soloists in the band is rock-solid, and the music is bolstered further still by the impressive compositions (including six originals by Gheorghe) and thoughtful arrangements that lend the music (at times) a chamber-like quality.  One should note that when I use the term "chamber-like," it's bebop chamber jazz a la Benny Golson or Gigi Gryce.  Because this music is more reminiscent of The Jazztet than, say, the more classically-oriented chamber jazz of the MJQ.  After all, the band's name is Bop Explosion! 

Well done, @Gheorghe!   

 

Thank you so much for that kind review. Glad you enjoyed it ! 

[soulpope]

10 hours ago, Joe said:

Good one ....

[jazzbo]

This one again. Disc 2. Beautiful way to start a day.

Adullah Ibrahim “3” Gearbox 2 cd set.

 

[jazzbo]

Grant Green “Feelin’ the Spirit” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD

A favorite Blue Note.

[jazzbo]

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra/Wynton Marsalis “Vitoria Suite”

Edited August 3, 2024 by jazzbo

[optatio]

15 hours ago, Joe said:

👍

[John Tapscott]

[Peter Friedman]

Fabrizio Brosso & Julian Oliver Mazzariello

[Teasing the Korean]

Tak Shindo - Mganga!  (Modern Harmonic reissue of Edison International release, stereo)

[Peter Friedman]

[jlhoots]

Kirk Knuffke: Super Blonde (SteepleChase CD)

[rostasi]

 

[jazzbo]

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“Eddie Costa Quintet” Mode Records lp facsimile cd Japan

Alto Saxophone – Phil Woods
Bass – Teddy Kotick
Drums – Paul Motian
Piano, Vibraphone – Eddie Costa
Trumpet – Art Farmer

[Peter Friedman]