So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[soulpope]

1 minute ago, erwbol said:

The Clifford Jordan Half Note album will take some more time to get here.

I`m positive it will be worth the wait ....

[HutchFan]

David Friesen Trio - Midnight Mood: Live in Stockholm (Intuition)
with pianist Randy Porter and drummer Alan Jones

[BillF]

1 hour ago, Peter Friedman said:

[Peter Friedman]

[BillF]

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, paul secor said:

This Is Billy Mitchell

Great platter + superb cover photography ....

[duaneiac]

13 hours ago, soulpope said:

Very good indeed ....

Yes.  It was interesting listening to the first Sinatra/Jobim record and Jobim's all instrumental Wave album together.  They were both recorded in early 1967 -- Sinatra's in Jan. & Feb. and Jobim's in May & June -- and both arranged & conducted by Claus Ogerman who, while not using the exact same arrangements for both sessions, utilized some similar musical motifs on both albums.  Sinatra's version of "Dindi" is one of his finest  performances, I think.

now playing disc 1 of 2 from:

[paul secor]

Otis: Love Man

[duaneiac]

Disc 4 of 5 from:

Another great Rhino collection, this one all about science fictiony music from movies, TV, pop records, etc.  This disc collects "Lounge/Incidental" music from such performers as Les Baxter, Ferrante & Teicher, Sun RA, Raymond Scott and Dick Hyman.

[paul secor]

Art Ensemble: Early Combinations (Nessa)

Back for another listen - and well worth it.

[HutchFan]

Disc 3

[Ken Dryden]

11 hours ago, soulpope said:

A good compilation, but in a poorly designed package. Evidently the designer didn't actually collect CDs.

[HutchFan]

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, Ken Dryden said:

A good compilation, but in a poorly designed package. Evidently the designer didn't actually collect CDs.

I've definitely saw poorer designs .... and it's height is in line with larg(er) box sets .... but obviously the content - at that time it was not sure whether the individual albums with bonus material would be issued - was the driver to buy ....

[sidewinder]

That Monk set, music-wise, is just great.

Currently -

[mikeweil]

Sonny Stitt, Don Patterson, Billy James, and - Grant Green! Complete session on one Prestige CD. These guys knew how to swing!

[Berthold]

Just started listening:

John Coltrane: "Both Directions At Once 1"

 

 

[mikeweil]

[erwbol]

Epic tenor battle:
Booker Ervin Dexter Gordon Setting the Pace (OJC)

[Balladeer]

Rich Perry - Left Alone (Steeplechase)

[Ken Dryden]

6 hours ago, soulpope said:

I've definitely saw poorer designs .... and it's height is in line with larg(er) box sets .... but obviously the content - at that time it was not sure whether the individual albums with bonus material would be issued - was the driver to buy ....

My issue with the 3 CD Monk anthology is that one disc never stays put on its rubber spindle. It ranks with the Bill Evans Complete Verve box (with the damned rust outside) and the Charlie Christian Columbia box (4 CDs set in a ceramic like base) as proof that some people have no business designing CD packaging.

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, erwbol said:

Epic tenor battle:
Booker Ervin Dexter Gordon Setting the Pace (OJC)

Excellent!!!

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

Mosaic Select 12: David Liebman & Richie Beirach
Disc 3 - Quest [Liebman, Beirach, Ron McClure & Billy Hart]

Scorching.

 

Edited June 30, 2018 by HutchFan

[erwbol]

Elvin Jones Live at the Lighthouse Vol. 1 & 2 (2013 Japanese remasters)
I prefer Jones' first five Blue Note studio albums, but today these live albums sound pretty good to me.