[Starchild]

Yes! Thanks for posting those Phineas releases. 
I have none of his recordings although have known about him for many years. Never pursued before as my impression was that he played way too many notes - I am not a big fan of excessive piano flourishes (i.e., Art Tatum, McCoy Tyner, Erroll Garner, etc.), but think I am now ready to delve into Phineas.

You might like something like these:



http://www.allmusic.com/album/twelves-it-mw0000037567



http://www.allmusic.com/album/lady-be-goodfor-ella-mw0000623734



http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-original-misty-mw0000196884

Of course, you can never go wrong with Bill Evans:




http://www.allmusic.com/album/moonbeams-mw0000203390

[rockadanny]

Thanks for the recommendations Starchild. 

I'll check them out. I have and love that Bill Evans (and many more) and agree that you you can't go wrong with him. 

[rockadanny]

Jaco Pastorius "Le demi-dieu de la basse", a collection of very well recorded live performances. 



And that cool, delectible glass of heaven is a 2015 release from local brewer Three Taverns, "Departed Spirit". Excellent Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout.
I agree with a reviewer:

Aromas of sweet bourbon, dark fruit, caramel, chocolate, oaky vanilla and a hint of coconut.
The taste follows but really expands upon the nose. Bourbon, dark chocolate, fruit skins, charred oak, heavily roasted malts, black coffee, cherries, earth, caramel, licorice, mild vanilla, brown sugar, smoke, a faint vegital bitterness, some fruity yeast notes and a fitting dose of alcohol. The sweet barrel notes both balance and compliment the robust, roasty flavors of the base stout and the booze heat is just enough to remind you to slow down a bit on this one.
Creamy, full body with some fairly assertive carbonation. Roasty, bittersweet finish laced with bourbon, espresso, vanilla and dark fruit.

To put it more simply, really yummy!   

[Starchild]

Jaco Pastorius "Le demi-dieu de la basse", a collection of very well recorded live performances. 



And that cool, delectible glass of heaven is a 2015 release from local brewer Three Taverns, "Departed Spirit". Excellent Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout.
I agree with a reviewer:
To put it more simply, really yummy!   

I've never heard of that one.  It doesn't seem to be availalble anywhere.  If you know any smple links please post them.
Jaco plays beautiful straight up jazz on this one.  I wish he had done more in this vein.


http://www.allmusic.com/album/standards-zone-mw0000311365

[ACHiPo]

Wes Montgomery
Verve The Silver Collection

One of my first (if not first) jazz CDs from the mid-80s.  I hadn't listened to it for a while so thought I'd give it a spin.

[AxiomAcoustics]

Warne Marsh and Lee Konitz, "Live At The Montmartre Club: Jazz Exchange, Vol. 1". No two sax players interplay and play off one another better than these two friends.
Terrific stuff! Vols. 2 and 3 waiting in the wings ... 



And Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen ain't no slouch neither!

Excellent, I'm a fan of both and have none of these encounters, yet. Thanx!

[AxiomAcoustics]

Elvin Jones: Remembrance

Elvin Jones: Drums/Leader
Pat LaBarbera: Tenor and Soprano Sax
Michael Stuart: Tenr and Soprano Sax
Roland Prince: Guitar
Andy McCloud III: Bass

MPS records, recorded February 3, 4 & 5, 1978 at Tonstudio Zuckerfabrik, Stuttgart. Interesting to note that often when drummers put together a band they use dual Saxophone players rather than some other combination. We see it with Elvin and his Jazz Machine, Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition with Chico Freeman and John Purcell and David Murray and Arthur Blythe, and Tony Williams during his "Spring" period with Wayne Shorter and Sam Rivers. And this usually in a quartet or quintet context, not in a larger format where you would expect it.

Edit: Just thought of another. Paul Motian with Lovano and Konitz, another Quintet. Can anyone thing of other examples?

[AxiomAcoustics]

I've never heard of that one.  It doesn't seem to be availalble anywhere.  If you know any smple links please post them.
Jaco plays beautiful straight up jazz on this one.  I wish he had done more in this vein.


http://www.allmusic.com/album/standards-zone-mw0000311365

Agreed. And, just listened to a few Joni Mitchell albums the other day with Jaco. Fantastic.

[rockadanny]

Doh! Sorry. Title might be "Les Incontournables", which, when searched that way on Amazon can be found (link below).
My excuses: 1. I don't read French; 2. I drank a whole bomber of that Departed Spirit (10% alcohol). 

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/183-5574720-3172120?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=jaco+pastorius+les+incontournables

[ArthurDent]

Doh! Sorry. Title might be "Les Incontournables", which, when searched that way on Amazon can be found (link below).
My excuses: 1. I don't read French; 2. I drank a whole bomber of that Departed Spirit (10% alcohol). 

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/183-5574720-3172120?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=jaco+pastorius+les+incontournables

Nice rocka, both the tunes & the brew. fwiw the 1st line translates as "the half-god of the bass" .   

[Asimov]

Bennie Green - Bennie Green

[CactusBob]

In an ECM mood today . . . .


Ralph Towner  ~  Diary

Ralph Towner: 12 String and Classical Guitar, Piano, Gongs

ECM, Germany 1973

[ArthurDent]

In an ECM mood today . . . .


Ralph Towner  ~  Diary

Ralph Towner: 12 String and Classical Guitar, Piano, Gongs

ECM, Germany 1973

One of his best CB (imo), though all his work is stellar. 

[CactusBob]

One of his best CB (imo), though all his work is stellar. 

Indeed AD! All of his music is great really, especially his early work. German ECM pressings sound great, very quiet & detailed. Heavenly, especially on a Friday afternoon with a cold brew in tow, cheers!

[CactusBob]

One of the first ECM lp's I purchased back in the mid-seventies. I believe Abercrombie's "Timeless" came first.

Collin Walcott  ~  Cloud Dance

ECM, Germany 1976

with John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack Dejohnette

[Starchild]

Elvin Jones: Remembrance

Elvin Jones: Drums/Leader
Pat LaBarbera: Tenor and Soprano Sax
Michael Stuart: Tenr and Soprano Sax
Roland Prince: Guitar
Andy McCloud III: Bass

MPS records, recorded February 3, 4 & 5, 1978 at Tonstudio Zuckerfabrik, Stuttgart. Interesting to note that often when drummers put together a band they use dual Saxophone players rather than some other combination. We see it with Elvin and his Jazz Machine, Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition with Chico Freeman and John Purcell and David Murray and Arthur Blythe, and Tony Williams during his "Spring" period with Wayne Shorter and Sam Rivers. And this usually in a quartet or quintet context, not in a larger format where you would expect it.

Edit: Just thought of another. Paul Motian with Lovano and Konitz, another Quintet. Can anyone thing of other examples?

Sometimes two saxophonists just like playing together.  Gerry Mulligan did quite a few albums with other sax players:


http://www.allmusic.com/album/two-of-a-mind-mw0000199842


http://www.allmusic.com/album/konitz-meets-mulligan-mw0000198383


http://www.allmusic.com/album/gerry-mulligan-meets-ben-webster-mw0000596081

[CactusBob]

Miroslav Vitous Group

with John Surman, Kenny Kirkland and Jon Christensen

ECM, 1981

[ArthurDent]

Miroslav Vitous Group

with John Surman, Kenny Kirkland and Jon Christensen

ECM, 1981

So how is this one CB ?  Miroslav seemed to get a little too free form for my taste in general after leaving Weather Report. Great bassist, just less accessible for me in his later work in general. 

Gonna have to pick up that Collin Wolcott release. 

[CactusBob]

So how is this one CB ?  Miroslav seemed to get a little too free form for my taste in general after leaving Weather Report. Great bassist, just less accessible for me in his later work in general. 

Gonna have to pick up that Collin Wolcott release. 

You might like the Miroslav album.  Kirkland gives it a McCoy Tyner feel to it. It's free form on the laid-back side with some gorgeous bass cello, not to mention Surman's fine saxophone work.

You will love the Cloud Dance album for sure. 

[Asimov]

Count Basie - Basie Jam 2