What music did you buy today?

[ejp626]

I've been fairly restrained these last few months, other than getting the 2-CD Joe Newman on RCA set.

Today I dropped by DG and picked up a used copy of Elvin Jones' Youngblood, a cut-out of Taft Jordan's Mood Indigo and Barney Kessel's Feeling Free (Contemporary). I don't think I've ever heard of Feeling Free, but it looks fascinating with Kessel joined by Bobby Hutcherson and Elvin Jones. Looking forward to hearing it later today.

[paul secor]

David Oistrakh: Bruch - Scottish Fantasia - Horenstein/LSO; Hindemith - Violin Concerto - Hindemith/LSO (Decca/FIM)

Gil Evans: The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions (Pacific Jazz/BN)

Gene Ammons' All Stars: The Big Sound (Prestige/OJC)

[slide_advantage_redoux]

I bought a few LPs in Goodwill today @ $1 per.

The Big Small Bands - Dave Pell Capitol records

Billy May - Today (60's hits arranged for big band) Capitol records

Morton Gould - More Jungle Drums (Rca Victor)

Happy Jazz: The first 10 years (double LP focusing on the first ten years of the Jim Cullum band in San Antonio) Audiophile records/san antonio

The Metronome All-Stars (RCA Camden) - various artists/sessions

Perez Prado - Other Latin Favorites (Spinorama)

Neil Hefti - Hefti In Gotham City (RCA Victor)

Keep your eyes on the Hands - comedy Hula Album

recorded in Hawaii (Waikiki records)

The Left Bank Bearcats - In Stereo (is this a pseudonym band, not French players as stated on the jacket? I have read stories to

that effect. Somerset records

Joe Ely - debut LP from 1977 on MCA

Vince Guaraldi/Conte Candoli Quartet - Premier Records

(w/ Stan Levy and Monte Budwig)

Edited June 19, 2010 by slide_advantage_redoux

[brownie]

Dozens of Japanese CDs appeared at my favorite store, all at very reasonable prices.

Among the ones I purchased:

- Steve Kuhn 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' (Venus)

- Steve Kuhn 'Love Walked In' (Venus)

- Michel Sarbady 'Five Cats' Blues'

- Warne Marsh 'Warne Out + 5' (Interplay)

[save0904]

Charles Mingus The Complete Bremen Concert

Donald Byrd Groovin' For Nat

Alexander Rahbari And The Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra

Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

Jason Moran TEN

Edited June 19, 2010 by save

[paul secor]

Horace Silver Quintet: Silver's Serenade

Andrew Hill: Smokestack

Serge Chaloff: Blue Serge

Figured I'd grab these while the gettin' was good. Didn't have the first two & picked up the third for the extra track.

[papsrus]

Kid Ory -- "The Legendary Crescent Recording Sessions 1944 - 1945

Wild Bill Davison -- "Commodore Master Takes"

[save0904]

Ahmad Jamal Legendary Okeh & Epic Recordings

[paul secor]

Made a visit to Sally's Place in Westport, Ct. & picked up a number of things, including:

Borah Bergman/Roscoe Mitchell with Thomas Buckner: First Meeting (Knitting Factory Works)

Muhal Richard Abrams: Vision Towards Essence (Pi)

Saw First Meeting there almost a year ago, but passed on it. When I went there today, it was still there. Good news for me, but the fact that it sat there for a year is depressing.

[Tom 1960]

A pair of Gene Ammons recordings - Big Sound & Groove Blues

[paul secor]

A pair of Gene Ammons recordings - Big Sound & Groove Blues

Bought the same two within the past couple of weeks. Good choices!

[papsrus]

Over the past week or so:

Kid Thomas Band With Raymond Burke

King Olver -- "Call of the Freaks, Complete Victor Recordings, Vol.1"

George Lewis & Alton Purnell -- "The Perennial George Lews," "Oh Didn't He Ramble," "Funky Piano New Orleans Style" (3-fer)

George Lewis -- "Ice Cream"

Curtis Mosby / Henry Starr -- "1924 - 1939"

Albert Nicholas, Art Hodes -- "New Orleans-Chicago Connection"

[papsrus]

Halfway House Orchestra -- "Complete Recordings: Recorded In New Orleans, 1925-1928"

Oscar 'Papa' Celestin and his Original Tuxedo Jazz Band - 1949-1953

Edited June 30, 2010 by papsrus

[BillF]

Halfway House Orchestra -- "Complete Recordings: Recorded In New Orleans, 1925-1928"

Oscar 'Papa' Celestin and his Original Tuxedo Jazz Band - 1949-1953

Can't find your thread requesting early jazz recommendations, paps, so am adding this one here:

I recall the first four tracks as sensational! They are "The Moon is Low", "The Sheik of Araby", B Flat Blues" and "Honeysuckle Rose" recorded in 1939 with John "Bugs" Hamilton, Gene Cedric, John Smith and Slick Jones. As electrifying small-group-with-vocals sides, they perhaps anticipate what Louis Jordan was to a few years later in such hits as "Caldonia", "Let the Good Times Roll", "School Days", etc. But I expect you already know/have those!

Edited June 30, 2010 by BillF

[papsrus]

Can't find your thread requesting early jazz recommendations, paps, so am adding this one here:

I recall the first four tracks as sensational! They are "The Moon is Low", "The Sheik of Araby", B Flat Blues" and "Honeysuckle Rose" recorded in 1939 with John "Bugs" Hamilton, Gene Cedric, John Smith and Slick Jones. As electrifying small-group-with-vocals sides, they perhaps anticipate what Louis Jordan was to a few years later in such hits as "Caldonia", "Let the Good Times Roll", "School Days", etc. But I expect you already know/have those!

The Waller Transcriptions looks terrific! Thanks Bill.

[BillF]

[jeffcrom]

I'm far from home, in Bellingham, Washington, which is halfway between Seattle and Vancouver. I visited an independent CD store in town and was very impressed by their jazz section. Even after putting half of my original stack back, I walked out with these used CDs:

Archie Shepp - Steam (Enja)

Don Patterson - Boppin' & Burnin' (Prestige OJC) When I had fewer than ten jazz albums, Don Patterson played on one of them - a Verve Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt.

Albert Ayler - At Slugs' Saloon (ESP)

Joe McPhee Po Music - Linear B (Hat Art)

Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet - The Year of the Elephant (Pi)

Don Cherry - Live at Cafe Montmarte, Vol. 2 My favorite Atlanta CD store always has Vol. 1 & 3, but I've never seen Vol. 2.

Coleman Hawkins - Big Band 1940 (Jazz Anthology)

David Newman - Captain Buckles (Label M) Recommended by The Magnificent Goldberg.

Several of these have been on my want list for some time, so this was a fun afternoon.

[paul secor]

Marchel Ivery: 3 (Leaning House)

Charles Ives: Three Quarter Tone Pieces, Five Take-offs, Halowe'en, Sunrise, plus other pieces - Continuum/Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sach, directors (Naxos)

[colinmce]

[save0904]

Vijay Iyer Solo

Got this one at JazzBaltica festival, it will be officially released on 31. August

[Quincy]

Kenny Burrell's Ellington Is Forever, Vol. 1 for $4.17. A steal!

[mikelz777]

A pair of discs from a player and instrument that are totally new to me, Cy Touff on the bass trumpet. (It sounds a lot like a trombone.)

Cy Touff - His Octet & Quintet (w/Richie Kamuca)

Cy Touff - Tickle Toe

[kh1958]

From DustyGroove:

Lo Borges--Lo Borges

Sun Ra--Into the Purple Star Zone/Oblique Parallax

[colinmce]

A bit of a Hat Hut spree, though with a modest total, as all titles were discounted/cut-out:

Plus:

Edited July 11, 2010 by colinmce

[BillF]

Plus:

Classic stuff! A favorite of mine!