What jazz ALBUM are you currently listening to?

ACHiPo · « **Reply #10701 on:** 31 Mar 2015, 02:18 am »

Wynton Marsalis
The Majesty of the Blues

Just got this in the mail on the recommendation from my former drum teacher and New Orleans jazz afficianado. I'm only half way into the first track, and not loving it so far, although the playing is sublime. The All Music review linked below really hates the second side, so I'll see what I think and post an update.

Ok so it's definitely growing on me. Unlike Mr. Turlow, I kinda like the preaching about the death of the blues to music. And the playing is fantastic.

All Music Review and Samples

jrobinson · « **Reply #10702 on:** 31 Mar 2015, 02:25 am »

Al Di Meola - Land of the Midnight Sun

brooklyn · « **Reply #10703 on:** 31 Mar 2015, 04:22 am »

Sadao Watanabe Birds Of Passage

ACHiPo · « **Reply #10704 on:** 31 Mar 2015, 10:30 am »

Lester Young, Roy Eldridge, and Harry Edison
Laughin' to keep from Cryin'

Another used record store impulse buy, and I'm glad I did. It's a Japanese import pressing--very clean, but it's mostly the playing that is so sweet. From Scott Yanow's All Music Review, "One of tenor-saxophonist Lester Young's final studio sessions (he died a year later), this date apparently had a lot of difficulties but the recorded results are excellent. Prez was joined by two great swing trumpeters (Roy Eldridge and Harry "Sweets" Edison) and a fine rhythm section for two standards, two originals and the ballad "Gypsy in My Soul." Young takes rare clarinet solos on two of the selections with his emotional statement on "They Can't Take That Away from Me" being one of the highpoints of his career."

Samples

Asimov · « **Reply #10705 on:** 31 Mar 2015, 12:16 pm »

The Yuri Honing Trio - Star Tracks

Asimov · « **Reply #10706 on:** 31 Mar 2015, 01:26 pm »

Jane Bunnett - Cuban Odyssey

Asimov · « **Reply #10707 on:** 31 Mar 2015, 02:02 pm »

Jane Bunnett - Havana Flute Summit

Asimov · « **Reply #10708 on:** 31 Mar 2015, 03:18 pm »

Jane Bunnett - Jane Bunnett and the Cuban Piano Masters

Asimov · « **Reply #10709 on:** 31 Mar 2015, 04:44 pm »

Jimmy Smith - Daybreak

ArthurDent · « **Reply #10710 on:** 31 Mar 2015, 10:33 pm »

Soft Machine: Third '70

Asimov · « **Reply #10711 on:** 1 Apr 2015, 11:43 am »

Joe Magnarelli - New York Philly Junction

Asimov · « **Reply #10712 on:** 1 Apr 2015, 12:09 pm »

Joe Venuti and George Barnes - Gems

Asimov · « **Reply #10713 on:** 1 Apr 2015, 12:37 pm »

Joe Venuti and Zoot Sims - Joe Venuti and Zoot Sims

ACHiPo · « **Reply #10714 on:** 1 Apr 2015, 12:42 pm »

Gene Ammons
Red Top
1976 German release of recordings from October 4, 1947 in Detroit and
November 18, 1952, April 15, 1953, or June 1953 in Chicago.

Nice swingin' bop--mono of course, and recording quality typical of the early 50s.

Artist   Credit
Gene Ammons   Composer, Primary Artist, Sax (Tenor)
George Brown   Drums
Johnny Coles   Trumpet
Mack Easton   Composer, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
John Houston   Piano
Junior Mance   Composer, Piano
Howard McGhee   Trumpet
Leo Parker   Composer, Sax (Baritone)
Ben Stuberville   Bass
Chuck Williams   Drums
Gene Wright   Bass

Asimov · « **Reply #10715 on:** 1 Apr 2015, 01:29 pm »

Jimmy Smith - Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf

Asimov · « **Reply #10716 on:** 1 Apr 2015, 02:04 pm »

John Coltrane - Coltrane

Asimov · « **Reply #10717 on:** 1 Apr 2015, 02:54 pm »

John Lewis - Essence

jazzyguytheone · « **Reply #10718 on:** 1 Apr 2015, 04:59 pm »

CAETANO VELOSO ESTRANGEIRO

jazzyguytheone · « **Reply #10719 on:** 1 Apr 2015, 05:08 pm »

SARAH VAUGHN SINGS BROADWAY: GREAT SONGS FROM HIT SHOWS