So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[John Tapscott]

[Coda]

Don Sebesky - A jazz Portrait of Charlie Mariano

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Cal Tjader - The Grace Cathedral Concert (Fantasy)

[soulpope]

[John Tapscott]

[Coda]

Mary Halvorson - Code Girl

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/04/03/598886127/mary-halvorson-re-engineered-jazz-guitar-now-shes-hacking-her-own-code

Drummer Tomas Fujiwara
Bassist Michael Formanek
Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire
Vocalist Amirtha Kidambi

[Peter Friedman]

Grant plays tenor sax on 6 tracks and soprano sax on the other  2 tracks.

On tenor his identifiable sound and style come through strongly. When he plays soprano his playing lacks those qualities, and he loses the personal qualities that make him one of my favorite living tenor saxophonists. 

[Brad]

7 hours ago, JohnS said:

Wonderful records, especially the First Sessions, all three volumes. 

Edited April 3, 2018 by Brad

[Clunky]

2 hours ago, Coda said:

Mary Halvorson - Code Girl

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/04/03/598886127/mary-halvorson-re-engineered-jazz-guitar-now-shes-hacking-her-own-code

Drummer Tomas Fujiwara
Bassist Michael Formanek
Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire
Vocalist Amirtha Kidambi

I’m awaiting with interest receiving this one. Everything MH seems to turn to gold. She’s that good, IMO 

 

NP 

Johnny Hammond Smith/——-Good’Nuff———(Prestige) 

nice combo of two LPs . Not familiar enough where this ranks in his output.

[bluemonkey]

The Lucky Thompson Quartet: Lucky Strikes

[jlhoots]

Joan Shelley - produced by Jeff Tweedy

[Peter Friedman]

[John Tapscott]

[paul secor]

Big Maybelle: The Complete Okeh Sessions 1952-55

[Peter Friedman]

[jeffcrom]

Anthony Braxton - Trio (Victoriaville) 2007 (Victo). My parameters were: 1) Braxton, 2) small group, and 3) Mary Halvorson. This is a good one.

[bluemonkey]

Jack McDuff: The Honeydripper

[paul secor]

Bird: The Complete Rockland Palace Concert

[soulpope]

10 hours ago, bluemonkey said:

The Lucky Thompson Quartet: Lucky Strikes

Classic ....

[EKE BBB]

Bill Holman Arranges Dempsey Wright ‎– The Wright Approach (Andex, 1958)

[EKE BBB]

Stu Williamson ‎– Stu Williamson Plays (Bethlehem, 1957)

[BillF]

6 hours ago, paul secor said:

Bird: The Complete Rockland Palace Concert

Now playing:

[Big Beat Steve]

1 hour ago, EKE BBB said:

Bill Holman Arranges Dempsey Wright ‎– The Wright Approach (Andex, 1958)

I wouldn't say Bill Holman is the main point of interest here but at any rate, despite the lukewarm DB review at the time this is a nice and underrated recording obscurity IMO.

[soulpope]