Obscure Albums You've Heard and Think Everyone Else Should

[jlhoots]

There was a McFarland one mentioned earlier - the one I like is Point Of Departure.

[paul secor]

Three very good records that are obscure (at least I'll bet that not all that many copies have been sold) but readily available:

[jlhoots]

1 hour ago, paul secor said:

Three very good records that are obscure (at least I'll bet that not all that many copies have been sold) but readily available:

I have & love all 3 of those.

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

Not utterly obscure but one of the rather unknown gems from the ECM catalogue - and the fact this was not reissued as CD didn`t help to spread the word either .....

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

  

I actually would like to know how many ppl have this,- it has to be my best jazz discovery all year.  ive seen it once before years ago and passed- but now i have it.  its so good i need to upgrade to a sealed copy.  

 

Immagine if Al Jarreau got to make 10 years of jazz albums between 1965-1975, one of the greatest missed opportunites in jazz IMO......

Edited October 30, 2017 by chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez

[Dan Gould]

Don't you think a sealed copy would probably be warped beyond all playability? I've learned to stay away from sealed copies unless they are dirt cheap especially since many dealers won't warrant the condition, being sealed and all.

[John Tapscott]

[Kevin Bresnahan]

2 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

Greg plays locally quite often and he usually brings CDs for sale. I've never seen this one though. I'll have to look for it during his next swing through the area.

[BillF]

2 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Greg plays locally quite often and he usually brings CDs for sale. I've never seen this one though. I'll have to look for it during his next swing through the area.

He doesn't have any of that one!

Hoping to see him in the coming month. He's booked to play in a quartet at a private session at the house of a friend of mine and I've already reserved my seat. The previous afternoon he'll be with a student big band at LIPA (Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts), which was founded (and funded) by Paul McCartney. I might make the journey to Liverpool to catch Greg in that setting.

[clifford_thornton]

7 hours ago, Dan Gould said:

Don't you think a sealed copy would probably be warped beyond all playability? I've learned to stay away from sealed copies unless they are dirt cheap especially since many dealers won't warrant the condition, being sealed and all.

not necessarily. depends on how they were stored and the thickness of the vinyl, etc. Plus, you can usually tell looking at the jacket if the contents will be flat or reasonably so.

[JSngry]

Yeah, I've found sealed stuff from the 60s and early 70s that are A-OK. Thick vinyl, non-shrinky shrink wrap. When the vinyl got thinner and the shrink wrap more shrinky....not so much.

[Dan Gould]

I've been burned a couple of times so, since 99% of my buying is online, I'm hesitant with sealed vinyl.

[JSngry]

Yeah, if not able to see and feel, probably best. But do not auto-reject anything you see in person if it's old enough, thick enough, and stiff enough.

Didn't mean to state that like that, so just to clarify, talking about records here.

[AllenLowe]

5 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Greg plays locally quite often and he usually brings CDs for sale. I've never seen this one though. I'll have to look for it during his next swing through the area.

I've always thought of Abate as a kind of 'by-the-numbers' player. Very competent but uninspired.

[soulpope]

A little bit cheating here - as I don`t know this record at all - but based on the zilch information available I wonder whether more ears should listen to this platter (which is still available for rather little money) .......

[Peter Friedman]

[Steve Reynolds]

On 10/29/2017 at 9:45 PM, jlhoots said:

I have & love all 3 of those.

Same here

 

[duaneiac]

Any of Blossom Dearie's albums on her own Daffodil Records label are worth hearing and are now fairly obscure, I suppose.  I have a couple of them on vinyl and this "live" recording is very nice with a good assortment of songs, including the wonderful "Someone's Been Sending Me Flowers" and the seasonally appropriate "You Have Lived In Autumn".

[Utevsky]

Well this is a cool thread.  I've seen many of my favorite albums here, as well as others I wish I knew or had.

One such album that comes to my mind is "Acting Trio" on BYG, with Andre Maurice, cello; Philippe Mate, tenor; Jean-Pierre Sabar, piano.

 

[BillF]

 

Edited October 31, 2017 by BillF

[soulpope]

[mjazzg]

[soulpope]

Bent Berger is a specialist in West Africa drumming. 1986 he formed Chapter Seven, a group with a singular setting influenced by West African music: Two drummers, two bass players, three saxophonists and, occasionally, trombone. Anders Kjellberg plays drums together with Bengt Berger, Anders Jormin and Sergei Muchin play double bass, Tomas Gustafson, Roland Keijser and Lennar Åberg play soprano and tenor saxophones and Nils Landgren participates on trombone.

[BeBop]

• Art Farmer - flugelhorn
• Tom McIntosh - trombone
• James Moody - tenor saxophone, flute
• Patti Bown (track 8 & 16), 
• Tommy Flanagan (tracks 1-7 & 9-15) - piano
• Richard Davis (tracks 1-7 & 9-15), 
• Reggie Workman (track 8 & 16) - bass
• Albert Heath - drums
• Marie Volpee - vocals (track 8 & 16)

Edited October 31, 2017 by BeBop