Obscure Albums You've Heard and Think Everyone Else Should

[clifford_thornton]

9 hours ago, Utevsky said:

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.

 

I like that record.

[soulpope]

 

Edited October 31, 2017 by soulpope

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

Splendid piano solo recital by french pianist Rene Urtreger beautifully recorded in 2000 (released on Sketch) ....

http://ateliersawano.com/sketch-series

Edited November 1, 2017 by soulpope

[soulpope]

 

[mjazzg]

Two masters at play

[clifford_thornton]

Oh yeah... haven't heard it in ages, but recall some fond spins of that one.

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

Sublime Trio session from 1991 (released as last of four excellent Wilen recordings on IDA) .....

 

Edited November 1, 2017 by soulpope

[Simon8]

Indeed! The three of them sound like gold together. 

[danasgoodstuff]

Is Derek Baily's Ballads obscure snuff?  Or Rava's On the Dance floor?

[soulpope]

Lone leader album by the former Betty Carter, Charles Mingus and Dannie Richmond 5tet pianist .... released in 1983 on the truly obscure Cinderella label ....

[soulpope]

Obscure ? Maybe, but definitely worth a listen ....

[Peter Friedman]

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

On 26/10/2017 at 3:45 PM, mikeweil said:

This is one of the best Latin Jazz albums I know, but nobody ever mentions it. McFarland's arrangements are creative and sensitive, the interplay between him and Scott and the bassist and drummer (Richard Davis, Ron Carter, Mel Lewis) are subtle and superb. IMO McFarland had a deeper understanding of bossa nova than any other jazzman. 

That really SURPRISED me Mike! I've got it but I've found it quite boring. Very, very, low key; something I may play when I want to be engrossed in something else. OK, I know bossa nova is supposed to be self-deprecatory but this seems an extreme version of that. 

MG

On 31/10/2017 at 4:17 PM, Peter Friedman said:

 

That's a very nice album. I picked it up in Paris Jazz Corner a coupuole of years ago. My sleeve's different though and the catalogue number - JSP8807. So there are two versions you all can look for.

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

15 hours ago, soulpope said:

Lone leader album by the former Betty Carter, Charles Mingus and Dannie Richmond 5tet pianist .... released in 1983 on the truly obscure Cd meinderella label ....

Yeah, never heard of it.

What grabbed me was the dedication. SURELY Bob Azzara was Pat Martino's real name?????? And he AIN'T late yet.

MG

[JSngry]

Pat Martino's birth name was Pat Azzara. Robert Azzara apparently went by Bob Anthony.

[clifford_thornton]

On 10/20/2017 at 4:15 AM, corto maltese said:

 

To be honest: I wouldn't nominate the Jym Young LP, which is neither obscure (fairly easy to find, at least here in Europe) nor musically exceptional. Maybe I was disappointed by the contrast between the promise of the group's name ("San Francisco Avant Garde") and the actual music... It's a decent album, but Dewey Redman's "Look For The Black Star", on which Young also plays, is a much better album and very much harder to find (the original Fontana issue).

yeah, I suppose it's not all that 'far out' but I think it's a gem of a post-bop date. It's not too common stateside and it doesn't seem like anybody I know has heard of it or at least not heard it, even if it littered the deletion bins in Europe!

[Steve Reynolds]

How about the majority of the Not Two Records catalogue?

[mjazzg]

1 hour ago, Steve Reynolds said:

How about the majority of the Not Two Records catalogue?

 some real gems in there

Dragonfly Breath is the one I have to thank you for, Steve. And I do every time I play it.

Also, same could be said of Sluchaj https://sluchaj.bandcamp.com/

[Larry Kart]

Just picked this up (Bennie Maupin Ensemble, "Penumbra" -- Cryptogramophone) and listened to it last night for the first time. IMO the Maupin of 2006 was a much superior player to the Maupin of "Bitches Brew," especially on bass clarinet. Terrific recording too (Nolan Shaheed at No Sound Studio, Pasadena)  and fine work from bassist Darek Oleszkiewicz, a new name to me.

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, Larry Kart said:

Just picked this up (Bennie Maupin Ensemble, "Penumbra" -- Cryptogramophone) and listened to it last night for the first time. IMO the Maupin of 2006 was a much superior player to the Maupin of "Bitches Brew," especially on bass clarinet. Terrific recording too (Nolan Shaheed at No Sound Studio, Pasadena)  and fine work from bassist Darek Oleszkiewicz, a new name to me.

Agreed; that's a good one.  

But I gotta say that I love Maupin's bass clarinet work on BB.  

Edited November 2, 2017 by HutchFan

[mjazzg]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Agreed; that's a good one.  

But I gotta say that I love Maupin's bass clarinet work on BB.  

Another fan of that Maupin here who also prefers it to his BB work...but not to his ECM

 

[HutchFan]

On 11/1/2017 at 2:03 AM, soulpope said:

Sublime Trio session from 1991 (released as last of four excellent Wilen recordings on IDA) .....

 

Looks very interesting indeed. 

[Peter Friedman]