So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[kinuta]

[jcam_44]

Andrew White - Fat Backin' Vol. 5

Edited December 23, 2018 by jcam_44

[Peter Friedman]

[sidewinder]

47 minutes ago, kinuta said:

Don’t tell me - the top one is on the Venus label..

[kinuta]

26 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

Don’t tell me - the top one is on the Venus label..

How did you guess, Bob.

[Brad]

Those Venus labels are rather predictable. 

Edited December 23, 2018 by Brad

[HutchFan]

Disc 1 - originally released as The Real Thing and Portrait of Jenny

[duaneiac]

 

[paul secor]

[HutchFan]

Duke Ellington Presents . . . (Bethlehem)
Since this was a one-off recording for Bethlehem (and since about half the cuts are standards rather than Ellington compositions), it's easy to overlook -- but I really like it. Just listen to "Laura," a feature for Paul Gonsalves. Phew, that guy knew how to caress a ballad. (Of course, the same could be said of Hodges' playing on "Day Dream.") ... This is also the last record before Ellington's "comeback" at the Newport Jazz Festival. Ellington recorded DE Presents in February 1956, and Newport was in July of that same year.

 

Edited December 24, 2018 by HutchFan

[paul secor]

[Chuck Nessa]

8 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Duke Ellington Presents . . . (Bethlehem)
Since this was a one-off recording for Bethlehem (and since about half the cuts are standards rather than Ellington compositions), it's easy to overlook -- but I really like it. Just listen to "Laura," a feature for Paul Gonsalves. Phew, that guy knew how to caress a ballad. (Of course, the same could be said of Hodges' playing on "Day Dream.") ... This is also the last record before Ellington's "comeback" at the Newport Jazz Festival. Ellington recorded DE Presents in February 1956, and Newport was in July of that same year.

 

You missed this recording of Ellington originals:

[HutchFan]

1 minute ago, Chuck Nessa said:

You missed this recording of Ellington originals:

Oh yeah! I guess it wasn't a "one-off." 

[medjuck]

14 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Duke Ellington Presents . . . (Bethlehem)
Since this was a one-off recording for Bethlehem (and since about half the cuts are standards rather than Ellington compositions), it's easy to overlook -- but I really like it. Just listen to "Laura," a feature for Paul Gonsalves. Phew, that guy knew how to caress a ballad. (Of course, the same could be said of Hodges' playing on "Day Dream.") ... This is also the last record before Ellington's "comeback" at the Newport Jazz Festival. Ellington recorded DE Presents in February 1956, and Newport was in July of that same year.

 

He did enough recording at those Feb 7-8 sessions that they released two records: the other one is called "Historically speaking and it's all older compositions by Ellington or Strayhorn.   You may have all of the 23 songs on 1 cd set. Before Newport   he also did a couple of small sessions for "the stockpile" which were released much later I believe. (I am becoming a pedant in my old age.) 

[HutchFan]

Just now, medjuck said:

He did enough recording at those Feb 7-8 sessions that they released two records: the other one is called "Historically speaking and it's all older compositions by Ellington or Strayhorn.   You may have all of the 23 songs on 1 cd set. Before Newport   he also did a couple of small sessions for "the stockpile" which were released much later I believe. (I am becoming a pedant in my old age.) 

Yep. See Chuck's note above. 

Can't get anything by you guys!

[T.D.]

[Peter Friedman]

[paul secor]

Don Menza led the first live jazz band that I ever heard (when I was 17), and it's always a pleasure to revisit this great recording.

[kinuta]

[soulpope]

4 hours ago, T.D. said:

Classic .... Wilbur Ware (!!) ....

[HutchFan]

[JohnS]

1 hour ago, soulpope said:

Classic .... Wilbur Ware (!!) ....

Yep

[soulpope]

Festive music ....

[Brad]

9 hours ago, Peter Friedman said:

I had never heard of her until I saw your post. I listened to a few things on YouTube.  Her work is very moving, beautiful compositions. 

[Peter Friedman]