So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[kh1958]

George Lewis with Kid Shots (American Music)

[mikeweil]

[Referentzhunter]

[Referentzhunter]

Ts-find

[jazzbo]

Wayne Shorter “Night Dreamer” Blue Note Japan SHM-SACD

 

[rostasi]

[jazzbo]

Duke Ellington’s Spacemen “The Cosmic Scene” Columbia cd

 

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[Peter Friedman]

[mjzee]

1 hour ago, Peter Friedman said:

What is it?

[Pim]

3 hours ago, Referentzhunter said:

Ts-find

That’s a beautiful one. 

[Gheorghe]

On 3/22/2025 at 4:43 PM, optatio said:

Duke Jordan (p) was in Göttingen with Wilbur Little (b) and Dannie Richmond (dr) presenting this LP:

Duke Jordan Trio: Tivoli One. SteepleChase SCS 1189 [Denmark 1984]

oh what a line up ! Dannie is one of my earliest favourites, saw him 3 times with Mingus, later with others

Yesterday: 

Like them both, but the Cliff Jordon-John Gilmore session does not have such a good recording sound like the Griffin album. 

I don´t know what was wrong with RVG on that day, since Horace Silver´s piano sounds outright tinny. That´s not RVG´s famous piano sound.....

[John Tapscott]

[jazzbo]

Duke Ellington “At the Bal Masque” Columbia cd

 

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Although Duke’s Orchestra did do a stint at the Bal Masque in Miami, this is a studio album.

Ray Nance really sounds good on this one.

My cd version is from this box set:

 

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[Peter Friedman]

2 hours ago, mjzee said:

What is it?

 

2 hours ago, mjzee said:

What is it?

It is a Blue Mitchell CD on the Mainstream label. It is not one of my favorites.

I played it to give it another try and was disappointed once more.

There are many Blue Mitchell albums I much much prefer.

 

Now playing:

 

[adh1907]

Song for someone, Kenny Wheeler 2004 PSI edition. What a stunning record, mix of free and contemporary (as of 1973) jazz, but what a terrible mix! Someone needs to have another go at this and reissue it. 

[Chuck Nessa]

[EKE BBB]

[jazzbo]

Starting off a little warmer morning with a great cd. . . Tom Harrell “Alternate Summer” HighNote

This reminds me a bit of “Filles de Kilimanjaro” and “Miles in the Sky”. . .which is high praise from me.

 

[sidewinder]

10 hours ago, adh1907 said:

Song for someone, Kenny Wheeler 2004 PSI edition. What a stunning record, mix of free and contemporary (as of 1973) jazz, but what a terrible mix! Someone needs to have another go at this and reissue it. 

That mix is probably as good as it will be, unfortunately. There's an interesting writeup on all this in the new Wheeler biography (excellent). It was an early 8-track desk and there was strange placement of players and lots of bleed-through between tracks (Oxley in particular). The first mix was a disaster so Kenny brought Bob Cornford in to rework it, which did miracles apparently. From recollection the Incus LP mix has the same issues.

[Pim]

[Gheorghe]

34 minutes ago, Pim said:

I love it ! And Sonny Sharock is doing a great job here.

 

[jazzbo]

I listened to the Stereo LP of “My Favorite Things” in the mono/stereo 2 LP package.

It has taken me a long time over many years and many spins on cd, SACD and LP to really appreciate the disciplined focus of this album, and why it was a success and why it is a landmark release and was so responsible for Coltrane’s stardom.

Now on to

Ahmad Jamal “Emerald City Nights (Live At The Penthouse 1966-1968)” Elemental Music cd 2

[jazzcorner]

13 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

 

Like them both, but the Cliff Jordon-John Gilmore session does not have such a good recording sound like the Griffin album. 

I don´t know what was wrong with RVG on that day, since Horace Silver´s piano sounds outright tinny. That´s not RVG´s famous piano sound.....

 

Yes the J. Griffin vinyl sounds great for me

9 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

👍 💗

[jazzcorner]

Old Town YW-7577- AX (Japan reissue  1978)  ( made by  Nippon  Columbia) OT LP 2003 - Ted Curson "Plenty Of Horn" - rec. 1961

 

[optatio]

Dave Douglas: Strange Liberation. Bluebird 82876-50818-2 [US 2003]