What LPs have you listened to recently?

neobop · « **Reply #7080 on:** 9 Oct 2014, 12:56 pm »

1962 Impulse

Coleman Hawkins – tenor
Hank Jones – piano
Eddie Costa – piano, vibes
George Duvivier – bass

This record is different. Shelly Manne, a west coast drummer flew to NYC for this recording. Half the album is a quartet sans Eddie Costa. A few days later the rest of the album was recorded with Manne, Costa and Duvivier only.

On two of the tunes, Cherokee and Take the A Train (both quartet) they sort of do two tempos simultaneously. Mann plays double time. Maybe it's the same tempo times two. This is an interesting album with Hawk on tenor. It gets a little weird near the end, but definitely worth a listen.
neo

neobop · « **Reply #7081 on:** 10 Oct 2014, 12:42 pm »

1959 Blue Note

Horace Silver - piano
Blue Mitchell - trumpet
Junior Cook - tenor
Gene Taylor - bass
Louis Hayes - drums

Song For My Father is Silver's most popular album, but Blowin' The Blues Away is the most infectious. The front line, Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook are terrific.
They hit that G-spot (groove spot) and do it right.

Horace had an unusual approach to comping behind the soloists. Often he would bang out the chords instead of getting out of the way. Mitchell and Cook, both strong players were undaunted, and rest assured, they don't stray into atonality.

Listening to this LP you'll quickly get used to that. It doesn't diminish my enjoyment at all, just something different.

This is one of those albums you can't help but like. The fun factor is 5 stars.
neo

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #7082 on:** 12 Oct 2014, 01:44 pm »

Quote from: neo - from another thread

Heard any good records lately?
Love,
neo

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Best regards Toni

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #7083 on:** 12 Oct 2014, 05:43 pm »

Hi, Toni. Good to see you post.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #7084 on:** 12 Oct 2014, 05:49 pm »

Quote from: neobop on 29 Sep 2014, 02:08 pm

1965 Blue Note

Horace Silver — piano
Carmell Jones — trumpet
Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone
Teddy Smith — bass
Roger Humphries — drums

Horace Silver — piano
Blue Mitchell — trumpet
Junior Cook — tenor saxophone
Gene Taylor — bass
Roy Brooks — drums

Another legendary player who passed away recently is Horace Silver. This is his most popular album and it's one of those that just feels right. Everything hangs together perfectly, like it was made by mother nature.
Warning - if you're not familiar with Horace Silver and you get this album, you'll probably wind up with 20 or 30 more. Not a bad thing, but .....
neo

"Senor Blues" from an earlier album entitled Six Pieces of Silver single-handedly made me a longtime jazz lover.

neobop · « **Reply #7085 on:** 12 Oct 2014, 09:31 pm »

Great bunch of records. I'd like to mention that,

Quote from: Toni Rambold on 12 Oct 2014, 01:44 pm

Ready for Freddie 1961 Blue Note

Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
Bernard McKinney - euphonium
Wayne Shorter - tenor saxophone
McCoy Tyner - piano
Art Davis - bass
Elvin Jones - drums

This is Freddie's fourth album and it's a killer. Really, it's one of the all time great hard bop albums. The euphonium is a baritone horn with valves and looks like a small tuba (not sousaphone). The voicing here is similar to a valve trombone (tenor) only lower in pitch.
Freddie recorded for Blue Note until 1965 and a few albums in the '80s. All of them are classics. There were a lot of great trumpet players throughout the history of jazz. Freddie is among the very best, one of the most studied and influential.
neo

neobop · « **Reply #7086 on:** 12 Oct 2014, 09:52 pm »

Jim,
This one?

1957 Blue Note

Horace Silver – piano
Donald Byrd – trumpet
Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
Doug Watkins – bass
Gene Taylor – bass
Louis Hayes – drums

The tune Senior Blues became popular and put Horace in the limelight.
neo

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #7087 on:** 13 Oct 2014, 02:03 am »

Yep. I don't have the album but "Live at The Village Gate" which I do have sure is a blast.

neobop · « **Reply #7088 on:** 13 Oct 2014, 12:44 pm »

1960 Blue Note

Tina Brooks - tenor saxophone
Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
Duke Jordan - piano
Sam Jones - bass
Art Taylor - drums

The nickname Tina morphed from what was originally Tiny or Teeny. His real name was Harold. This is a good album, a very good one. Tina wrote five of the six tunes here and they are good vehicles for improvisation. While the tunes are not really outstanding, the playing is. Freddie and Tina are both killing it, and the rhythm section is impeccable.
Duke Jordan sounds good here. Sam Jones and Art Taylor were fantastic musicians and Tina Brooks is one of the most underappreciated musicians ever. He only recorded four albums as a leader and nothing after 1961. Tina was an addict, had health problems and died at age 42. You could say he burned his candle from both ends, but dig the light.
neo

Phil_S · « **Reply #7089 on:** 13 Oct 2014, 01:12 pm »

We were moving the weekend of CAF. Made time to visit & picked this up.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #7090 on:** 14 Oct 2014, 03:04 pm »

Welcome new guy Phil_S. Sure wouldn't mind havin that Citation 12 of yours. Keep those jazz recommendations comin. I haven't thought of Claude Bolling in years. Thank you.

Devil Doc · « **Reply #7091 on:** 15 Oct 2014, 01:08 am »

The woman can sing.
Doc

vinyl_lady · « **Reply #7092 on:** 15 Oct 2014, 02:08 am »

neobop · « **Reply #7093 on:** 17 Oct 2014, 11:32 pm »

1962 Impulse

McCoy Tyner - piano
Art Davis - bass
Elvin Jones - drums

McCoy's debut solo album - sounds sweet and lyrical especially in comparison to his later stuff. This is a great listen, good straight up jazz.
neo

neobop · « **Reply #7094 on:** 18 Oct 2014, 08:13 pm »

1963 Impulse

McCoy Tyner - piano
Steve Davis - bass
Lex Humphries - drums

Another early gem from McCoy. When you have a few thousand albums and you're deciding what to play, this one and Inception leap off the rack and into your hand. Those who have these know what I'm talking about. Telekinesis?

neo

neobop · « **Reply #7095 on:** 19 Oct 2014, 11:54 am »

1975 Warner Bros

John Beal – bass, double bass
Joe Beck – guitar, electric guitar
Michael Brecker – tenor sax, saxophone
Randy Brecker – arranger, trumpet
Bob Daugherty – bass, double bass
Howard "Buzz" Feiten – guitar, electric guitar
Steve Gadd – drums
Don Grolnick – arranger, clavinet, fender rhodes, keyboards, organ, piano, synthesizer
Howard Johnson – arranger, horn, baritone sax, tuba
Steve Khan – guitar, 12 string guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Will Lee – bass
Ralph MacDonald – bongos, conga, percussion
Jose Madera – percussion
Tom "Bones" Malone – trombone
Rick Marotta – drums
Chris Parker – drums
Warren Smith - percussion

You might know David Sanborn from smooth jazz or his crossover work in rock or R & B. This is his first album and forget about all that other stuff cause this is one funky album. That personnel up top doesn't include the orchestra - strings, French horn etc. and look at the line-up! This LP is a lot of fun and a great break from your usual fare, whatever that might be. Extremely well done - 5 stars all the way.
neo

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #7096 on:** 19 Oct 2014, 03:15 pm »

Quote from: vinyl_lady on 15 Oct 2014, 02:08 am

What a freakin system you must have there, mi Lady. Bet it lights the front end of your room up like a Christmas tree. I have a smaller version that fills the front end of my smaller room handsomely. Ever get to Houston on business? Make a couple hours available to me? A bud has loaned me an all tube Joule Electra line stage (no longer made) that adds more drama than my ARC it has replaced.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #7097 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 11:29 pm »

The Who's Quadrophenia. Loud! Makes the front end of my modest sized room huge.

PierreB · « **Reply #7098 on:** 24 Oct 2014, 12:38 am »

neobop · « **Reply #7099 on:** 25 Oct 2014, 01:37 pm »

1960 Blue Note

Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone
Wynton Kelly — piano
Paul Chambers — bass
Art Blakey — drums

1960 Blue Note

Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone
Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
Wynton Kelly - piano
Paul Chambers - bass
Art Blakey - drums

Hank Mobley recorded over thirty albums as a leader. These two are generally considered his most influential and helped launch his career, although the his albums previous to, and after these, are all excellent.
Never heard a Hank Mobley album I didn't like.
neo