So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Tom 1960]

[BillF]

[sonnyhill]

[soulpope]

[Tom 1960]

[uli]

 

[soulpope]

Very good indeed (and sort of companion album of the excellent Limetree release "First Affairs") ....

[erwbol]

Kind of Blue UltraHD CD. I haven't listened this much to Kind of Blue since the nineties. Sublime. 

[jazzbo]

Yes I agree, and I've been listening to KOB more often as well. Some really nice sounding stereo and mono versions to listen to, and the music has never become stale.

[alankin]

Dave McKenna – An Intimate Evening With Dave McKenna (Arbors Records) — solo piano; live at the Sarasota Opera House, Sarasota, FL

 

Daniel Levin Trio – Fuhuffah (Clean Feed Records)
— Daniel Levin cello / Ingebrigt Haker Flaten bass / Gerald Cleaver drums

Edited April 8, 2017 by alankin

[erwbol]

47 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Yes I agree, and I've been listening to KOB more often as well. Some really nice sounding stereo and mono versions to listen to, and the music has never become stale.

I guess it is just hip to shit on KOB a bit, it being so accessible. Every record can grow stale due to overexposure, but true gems will always shine again after being left alone for a while.

[sidewinder]

[sonnyhill]

[nemo7]

blood, sweat and tears/nuclear blues/(suite) spanish wine

[John Tapscott]

[Peter Friedman]

[alankin]

Duke Ellington – In Gröna Lund 1963 - CD 2 (Storyville Records)
— Cootie Williams, Eddie Preston, Rolf Ericson (tp); Ray Nance (tp, vln, vo); Lawrence Brown, Chuck Conners, Buster Cooper (tb); Jimmy Hamilton (ts, cl), Russell Procope (as, cl), Johnny Hodges (as); Paul Gonsalves (ts), Harry Carney (bs, cl, bcl); Duke Ellington (p), Ernie Shepard (b), Sam Woodyard (dr).

 

[Buddha the Magnificent]

Base Line - Why Really (Challenge Jazz, 2007).  Hein Van de Geyn - bass; John Abercrombie - guitar; Joe Labarbera - drums.

[paul secor]

Benny Carter: 3, 4, 5 - The Verve Small Group Sessions

[Tom 1960]

[BFrank]

[BillF]

[rostasi]

 

 

[duaneiac]

On 4/7/2017 at 10:54 PM, kinuta said:

!  Catherine Russell is such a great singer and she really brings these vintage songs to life.

 

5 hours ago, soulpope said:

!  One of Carmen McRae's best!  I wish I'd had the chance to hear her perform in person.

My recent listening:

Both albums recorded in 1960.

Includes the albums Yellow Dolphin Street and Catalonian Folksongs, both recorded in 1977.

[paul secor]

Listened to this again - this time at home, rather than in the car. Sounded much better at home - more of the sound and nuances of Carter's horn caught my ear - as to be expected.

A friend once gave me some advice about Benny Carter: Don't listen to him the same way you'd listen to Bird, expecting the same kind of invention. Obvious advice, but I needed to hear it. Even so, I have some problems listening to Benny Carter. At times, what I hear is a hip dance band sax player. At other times, I hear a Woody Allen soundtrack - which is ok, but not what I really want to hear. Then, as this afternoon at home, I hear a masterful jazz saxophonist.

I guess that Benny Carter is a lot of different guys for me. Or, perhaps, I'm a lot of different guys.