So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[BillF]

[soulpope]

 

[Cyril]

[optatio]

PAUL MOTIAN / CHRIS POTTER / JASON MORAN: LOST IN A DREAM. ECM 2128 2733132 [2010]

[soulpope]

[Cyril]

[catesta]

[Larry Kart]

 

Unexpectedly, I found the Shaw-Hayes band to be in rather tense, unsettled form here, with the exception of Ronnie Matthews and some of Hayes' solo work. I know that Stafford James' was a longtime Shaw associate, but his sense of  of where "one" is seems very pushy to me. Was this a happy band? I get the feeling that it might not have been. By contrast, the wholeness of the "message" of  the 1960 Messengers was striking.

[Teasing the Korean]

2 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Can’t go wrong with CBBB.

Is that her name?

[paul secor]

3 hours ago, JSngry said:

But that's a great session/record.

Yes - some very good solos. I've just grown to hate the Granz jam - sometimes dueling horns - session format.

[T.D.]

26 minutes ago, paul secor said:

Yes - some very good solos. I've just grown to hate the Granz jam - sometimes dueling horns - session format.

Generally agreed. I don't own that many Granz/Verve recordings due to lack of enthusiasm for NG's format and production approach. But I do own Sonny Side Up and consider it outstanding.

[bluemonkey]

Jack Wilson: Something Personal

[John Tapscott]

[duaneiac]

One of his finest albums, with his take on Johnny Cash's "So Doggone Lonesome" being just one of several highlights.

[Peter Friedman]

[paul secor]

Steve Lacy Four: Morning Joy (Live at Sunset Paris) - (hat ART)

[duaneiac]

[Brad]

Earlier today, disc one. 

[paul secor]

Baby Let's Burn - Blues from Baton Rouge (Flyright)

[paul secor]

John Lindberg Ensemble: A Tree Frog Tonality (Between the Lines)

[mjazzg]

1 hour ago, paul secor said:

John Lindberg Ensemble: A Tree Frog Tonality (Between the Lines)

[sidewinder]

8 hours ago, Larry Kart said:

 

Unexpectedly, I found the Shaw-Hayes band to be in rather tense, unsettled form here, with the exception of Ronnie Matthews and some of Hayes' solo work. I know that Stafford James' was a longtime Shaw associate, but his sense of  of where "one" is seems very pushy to me. Was this a happy band? I get the feeling that it might not have been. By contrast, the wholeness of the "message" of  the 1960 Messengers was striking.

I remember reading in a gig review in Melody Maker (1976/77?) that there was a major bust up on stage between Woody and Junior Cook during what must have been this tour, during their stint Ronnie Scotts. I recall the gig/tour ended up continuing as a quartet. So what you are sensing was spot on !

Edited May 11, 2018 by sidewinder

[soulpope]

6 hours ago, paul secor said:

Steve Lacy Four: Morning Joy (Live at Sunset Paris) - (hat ART)

and more !!!

[BillF]

1 hour ago, sidewinder said:

I remember reading in a gig review in Melody Maker (1976/77?) that there was a major bust up on stage between Woody and Junior Cook during what must have been this tour, during their stint Ronnie Scotts. I recall the gig/tour ended up continuing as a quartet. So what you are sensing was spot on !

I saw them at Ronnie's and found it a surprisingly dull session.

[BillF]