So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[HutchFan]

12 hours ago, soulpope said:

The rhythm section is classy, especially George Mráz - who on other recordings fails to touch my heart - is a revelation ....

I'm a bit surprised that Mraz doesn't normally appeal to you. He's easily one of my very favorite bassists.

Then again, isn't it interesting how we all hear things differently???  Even those of us with enormous "overlaps" in musical tastes.

Edited April 25, 2017 by HutchFan

[Cyril]

[John Tapscott]

Now please, don't get bent out of shape anyone. Just checking it out on Spotify. Not like I've bought it or anything like that.  (edited to say - it's pretty good).  

Edited April 25, 2017 by John Tapscott

[alankin]

Back to Chicago (via Paris).
The Art Ensemble of Chicago – A Jackson In Your House (BYG Actuel 2 / Charly)
— Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarmin, Malachi Favors

 

[HutchFan]

Earl Hines in New Orleans (Chiaroscuro)
I continue to be KNOCKED OUT by Hines' late-career solo piano recordings. So much invention married with so much feeling!  The more I listen, the more I admire them. Thank goodness Hines recorded prolifically after his comeback -- because these recordings constitute a treasure trove! 

Edited April 25, 2017 by HutchFan

[sidewinder]

[Simon8]

[optatio]

1 hour ago, Simon8 said:

!

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Simon8 said:

As good as the Martial Solal solo "Nothing But Piano" and the duo with NHOP "Movability"outings on MPS ....

[paul secor]

Duke Ellington: All Star Road Band

As far as I can recall, this was the first CD I bought.

[erwbol]

[sidewinder]

[erwbol]

[HutchFan]

Duke Ellington - The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion And Okeh Small Group Sessions (Mosaic) 
Disc 5

"Wanderlust"  . . . "Delta Mood" . . . "Mobile Blues" . . . "Blue Light"

[alankin]

Michael Moore / Available Jelly – Bilbao Song (Ramboy)
— Michael Moore, alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet; Tobias Delius, tenor saxophone, clarinet; Eric Boeren, cornet; Wolter Wierbos, trombone; Ernst Glerum, bass; Michael Vatcher, percussion

 

Edited April 25, 2017 by alankin

[Larry Kart]

5 hours ago, BillF said:

And how did he feel about this one?

Don't know.

 

7 hours ago, JSngry said:

This is a good'un.

Hell of a photo, too. Just ordered it -- the album, that is.

[xybert]

Keefe Jackson - Ready Everyday

I love this quote from John Litweiler regarding Aram Shelton and Keefe Jackson:  “Like Shelton, Keefe Jackson is a virtual model of saxophonists who compose as they improvise. These are important, no-bullshit artists who recall Prez’s rule that a solo should tell a story.”

 

[Chuck Nessa]

Driving home from the post office, listening to classical music on WBLV. Someone singing Puccini's Nessun Dorma and I knew what I had to do when I got home. First I dug out a Jussi Bjorling recording and followed it with Lester Bowie's version. By the time I was done, tears were streaming for a whole bunch of reasons.

 

Edited April 25, 2017 by Chuck Nessa

[sonnyhill]

[Peter Friedman]

[sonnyhill]

[BillF]

[erwbol]

[soulpope]

[optatio]

THE SONNY CLARK MEMORIAL ALBUM: VOODOO. BLACK SAINT 120 109-1 [1986]