What jazz ALBUM are you currently listening to?

CactusBob · « **Reply #13960 on:** 24 Dec 2015, 04:25 am »

Quote from: Starchild on 24 Dec 2015, 04:04 am

Hi Cactus Bob. Here's another one for you.

Samples: Jimmy Smith - Christmas Cookin'

Very nice SC, Merry Christmas! That is actually the same lp repackaged in '66. Nice album for sure.

Starchild · « **Reply #13961 on:** 24 Dec 2015, 01:21 pm »

Quote from: CactusBob on 24 Dec 2015, 04:25 am

Very nice SC, Merry Christmas! That is actually the same lp repackaged in '66. Nice album for sure.

I've previously bought disks only to find out that I already had it under a different cover. Very frustrating. Now I never buy music unless I can cross reference it with my library or unless I'm pretty damn sure I don't have anything from that artist. For example, the albums below are identical except for the sequence of the songs.

You can imagine how many times I kicked myself for not looking closely enough. My only saving grace was that I had gotten the Unsung Hero out of the public library. Still I ended up with two copies in my collection. Caveat Emptor!!

Starchild · « **Reply #13962 on:** 24 Dec 2015, 01:46 pm »

Back to the groove:

Samples: Donald Harrison - This Is Jazz: Live at the Blue Note

Reviews:
Down Beat (p.87) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The set ends on a high note, with a backbeat and an attitude, or swagger, if you will. Here, all three join in with a pulse, with more soul and rhythmically, a groove that brings it all together."

JazzTimes (pp.48-49) - "[Harrison] has rarely sounded as free and forceful and charismatic as he does sailing through the open spaces here."

Starchild · « **Reply #13963 on:** 24 Dec 2015, 02:31 pm »

Samples: Art Pepper - Landscape

Recorded live at Shiba Chokin Hall, Tokyo, Japan on July 16 & 23, 1979.

Personnel: Art Pepper (alto saxophone, clarinet); George Cables (piano); Tony Dumas (bass); Billy Higgins (drums).

CactusBob · « **Reply #13964 on:** 24 Dec 2015, 03:51 pm »

Quote from: Starchild on 24 Dec 2015, 01:21 pm

I've previously bought disks only to find out that I already had it under a different cover. Very frustrating. Now I never buy music unless I can cross reference it with my library or unless I'm pretty damn sure I don't have anything from that artist. For example, the albums below are identical except for the sequence of the songs.

You can imagine how many times I kicked myself for not looking closely enough. My only saving grace was that I had gotten the Unsung Hero out of the public library. Still I ended up with two copies in my collection. Caveat Emptor!!

I know what you mean, I do this more often than I care to!

Starchild · « **Reply #13965 on:** 24 Dec 2015, 03:54 pm »

Samples: Frank Morgan - Quiet Fire

Personnel: Frank Morgan (alto saxophone), Bud Shank (tenor saxophone, flute), George Cables (piano), John Heard (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums).

Recording information: Jazz Alley, Seattle, WA (03/26/1987-03/28/1987).

pumpkinman · « **Reply #13966 on:** 24 Dec 2015, 04:10 pm »

Madhouse ~ 16

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Madhouse is a jazz fusion band from Minneapolis that was created by Prince.

Starchild · « **Reply #13967 on:** 24 Dec 2015, 06:42 pm »

Samples: Gary Bartz - Red & Orange Poems

Personnel: Gary Bartz (alto saxophone); Eddie Henderson (trumpet, flugelhorn); John Clark (French horn); Mulgrew Miller (piano); Dave Holland (bass); Greg Bandy (drums); Steve Kroon (percussion).

Recorded at Power Station, New York, New York on September 24 & 25, 1994.

Reviews:
Entertainment Weekly (2/5/95, p.54) - "...the limber and witty alto sax legend serves up solos that sing and speak, and he does so in the good company of a band that includes bassist Dave Holland and trumpeter Eddie Henderson..." - Rating: B+

Down Beat (5/95, p.45) - 3.5 Stars - "...THE RED AND ORANGE POEMS emphasizes the sensitive, lyrical facets of Bartz's work....elegant, well-crafted mood music..."

Musician (5/95, pp.87-88) - "...alternates last-set standbys with brooding and harmonically-rich originals....His arrangements of "By Myself" and "But Not For Me" incorporate modal interludes and snippets of "Giant Steps" harmonic motion....[he] saves his most earthy improvisations for his demanding compositions..."

Starchild · « **Reply #13968 on:** 25 Dec 2015, 03:01 am »

Samples: Cassandra Wilson - Another Country

Mojo (Publisher) (p.90) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[M]inimalist production values prevail and succeed in high-lighting the beautiful -- and often hauntingly melancholic -- sonorities of Wilson's pipes."

Starchild · « **Reply #13969 on:** 25 Dec 2015, 03:41 am »

Samples: George Duke - DreamWeaver

Starchild · « **Reply #13970 on:** 25 Dec 2015, 03:37 pm »

Merry Christmas jazz fans!!

Samples: An Oscar Peterson Christmas

Personnel includes: Oscar Peterson (piano); Rick Wilkins (conductor); Jack Schantz (flugelhorn); Dave Samuels (vibraphone); Lorne Lofsky (guitar); David Young (bass); Jerry Fuller (drums).

Recording at Manta/Eastern Studio A, Toronto, Canada between January 15 and July 30, 1995.

Reviews:
Musician (1/96, p.88) - "...relaxed groove. A sympathetic rhythm section simmers on the up tunes and cools down with taste on the ballads....[Peterson's] solos probe the harmonic corners of the tune, with plenty of space, an unhurried feel, and only the occasional hair-raising embellishment.."

Jazziz (12/95, p.28) - "...holy, holy, holy....Every cut is a gem on this recording..."

ArthurDent · « **Reply #13971 on:** 25 Dec 2015, 11:43 pm »

Herbie Mann: Memphis Underground '69

ArthurDent · « **Reply #13972 on:** 26 Dec 2015, 12:17 am »

Pat Metheny: Rejoicing '85

ArthurDent · « **Reply #13973 on:** 26 Dec 2015, 01:52 am »

The Modern Jazz Quartet: The Atlantic Years '70

md92468 · « **Reply #13974 on:** 27 Dec 2015, 03:01 pm »

A classic I find myself repeatedly returning to...

Starchild · « **Reply #13975 on:** 27 Dec 2015, 04:00 pm »

Freddie Hubbard - Without a Song: Live in Europe 1969

Personnel: Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Roland Hanna (piano); Ron Carter (bass instrument, upright bass); Louis Hayes (drums).

Recording information: Colston Hall, Bristol, England (12/??/1969-12/14/1969); Germany (12/??/1969-12/14/1969); Royal Festival Hall, London, England (12/??/1969-12/14/1969).

Reviews:
Down Beat (p.54) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he heart of this collection finds Hubbard looking back at his roots and leading the way with chops intact."

JazzTimes (p.61) - "The ease with which Hubbard gets around on his horn here is astonishing. Nothing seems beyond his reach and every idea is instantly realized."

Billboard (p.36) - "Hubbard soars with swinging soft tones, flurries of flaming tongues and excited bursts of glee on a hard-driving take on 'A Night in Tunisia'..."

Record Collector (magazine) (p.91) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Hubbard's performances are absolutely scintillating....He's never less than captivating."

Starchild · « **Reply #13976 on:** 27 Dec 2015, 05:02 pm »

Oscar Peterson - The Final Concerts

Personnel: Ray Brown: bass; Oscar Peterson: piano; Ed Thigpen: drums.

EarPal · « **Reply #13977 on:** 27 Dec 2015, 08:52 pm »

Art Farmer Quintet - The Time And The Place

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDkXPZFV6wM&list=PLanGiaCz3fn_WX78AFMsrkEkcgf524tQO

EarPal · « **Reply #13978 on:** 27 Dec 2015, 09:46 pm »

Ray Nance - Body And Soul

EarPal · « **Reply #13979 on:** 27 Dec 2015, 10:34 pm »

Sugar Cane Harris - Cup Full Of Dreams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C80iZgMBnGU