What jazz ALBUM are you currently listening to?

CactusBob · « **Reply #8320 on:** 11 Dec 2014, 01:05 am »

Dave Holland Quintet ~ Prime Directive

rockadanny · « **Reply #8321 on:** 11 Dec 2014, 03:53 am »

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John Coltrane ~ Living Space

Hmm ... completely unfamiliar with that. Gonna hafta check it out. Thanks for posting CB!

Asimov · « **Reply #8322 on:** 11 Dec 2014, 08:58 am »

Charlie Mariano - A Jazz Portrait Of Charlie Mariano

Asimov · « **Reply #8323 on:** 11 Dec 2014, 09:43 am »

Fumio Karashima - Gathering

Asimov · « **Reply #8324 on:** 11 Dec 2014, 02:11 pm »

George Kawaguchi's — The Big 4

ACHiPo · « **Reply #8325 on:** 11 Dec 2014, 02:24 pm »

Finally finished all 4 CDs of Blues for Fisherman--wow.

Now onto a little Shelly Manne I picked up unopened at the used record store for $12. It's really fun to open a 22 year old record and have it sound so amazing!

More Swinging Sounds

Alto Saxophone – Charlie Mariano
Bass – Leroy Vinnegar
Drums – Shelly Manne
Piano – Russ Freeman
Trumpet – Stu Williamson

Produced by Lester Koenig
Remastered by Phil De Lancie
Very clean German pressing from 1992

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #8326 on:** 11 Dec 2014, 05:28 pm »

For you jazz enthusiasts of which I am one and have been for decades I give you a bright and lively recording of the man at his best. By this time his back up men consisted of Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and 18 year old phenom Tony Williams on drums and it's a live recording. I've read that Wayne Shorter was not available for the date and that Williams recommended his Boston home boy Sam Rivers to fill in on tenor and he's a fine contrast to the leaders' spirited playing. I have this on CD and the sound is about as good as live recordings get. Miles is such a beautiful ballad player and that is on display here big time. Don't miss My Funny Valentine. Of course, so are some very up tempo tracks on which Williams shines brightly and I like Rivers in contrast to Miles oh so beautiful tone. The album is . .

Miles in Tokyo (Sony) and it just never gets old.

rockadanny · « **Reply #8327 on:** 11 Dec 2014, 06:47 pm »

Back-to-back Jack!
Jack McDuff, "Brother Jack" and "Tough 'Duff"

rockadanny · « **Reply #8328 on:** 11 Dec 2014, 07:00 pm »

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Miles in Tokyo

+1

Even better for those unaware, that Tokyo concert is included in this terrific box:

Disc 1 and the first part of Disc 2 contain the tracks from the two bands/sessions that constitute the "Seven Steps to Heaven" LP. The Los Angeles band/music is generally moody and very much focused on Miles' trumpet; the New York band is more inventive and active behind Miles. The music as mastered here is crystal clear.

Discs 2 and 3 contain the Antibes concert live in France, formerly released as "In Europe", now augmented with a "Bye Bye Blackbird" not previously available. The band swings their hardest on this concert, and it's a nice 90 minutes' worth of music that any Miles Davis fan will enjoy.

Discs 4 and 5 contain the famous NAACP benefit show from 1964 that resulted in 2 LPs worth of material ("My Funny Valentine" and "Four & More"), here for the first time put back into playing sequence and containing (a very nice version of) "Autumn Leaves". No Miles fan will want to be without this show as it is well-recorded, played with intensity, and contains definitive versions of a few tracks.

Disc 6 has Sam Rivers playing sax with the band live in Tokyo, replacing George Coleman who played on Discs 1 - 5.

Disc 7, live in Berlin, has Wayne Shorter finally entering the band.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #8329 on:** 11 Dec 2014, 07:05 pm »

Terrific post, Danny. Hope it's contagious.

rockadanny · « **Reply #8330 on:** 12 Dec 2014, 12:42 am »

Cannonball Adderly and band, with some cuts sung by Nancy Wilson. Not sure why she gets first billing. While Ms. Wilson has a nice voice and the cuts she sings are excellent, she clearly has a very limited range, and seems to have difficulty staying on key (IMO). Very enjoyable, but once she is out of the mix on the rest of the cuts Cannoball and the band catch fire. Some very excellent playing. And I do not recall Joe Zawinul sounding better on an acoustic piano - very nice playing.

(Saison Rue, by the Brewery out of CA - very nice beverage.)

CactusBob · « **Reply #8331 on:** 12 Dec 2014, 12:56 am »

It is contagious Jim, the beer that is. I'm drinking a Josephbrau Plznr. I discovered this beer at Trader Joe's. I like Pilsner Urquell a lot and also drink Gordon Biersch's Czech Style Pilsner and found out that TJ's Plsner is brewed at Biersche's brewery. 5.99 a sixer. Cheap thrills baby! Almost TGIF time!

Oscar Pettiford ‎– Vienna Blues: The Complete Session

Black Lion reissue cd, 1988

Bass, Cello – Oscar Pettiford
Guitar, Bass – Attila Zoller
Tenor Saxophone – Hans Koller
Drums – Jimmy Pratt

Recorded at Mastertone Studios, Vienna - 9th January 1959, 12th January 1959.

rockadanny · « **Reply #8332 on:** 12 Dec 2014, 01:15 am »

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It is contagious Jim

Hey, I think you can get a shot for that at the local CVS by the way ...

Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown. A better, more natural fit this one (stick the jazz singer chick with a famous jazz player and see what happens).
It's turning out to be a chick-jazz-singer kinda night I guess ... sweet ...

CactusBob · « **Reply #8333 on:** 12 Dec 2014, 01:43 am »

I was putting the Pettiiford disc away and spotted a Peterson disc. That was easy!

Con Alma playing now, tasty!!

The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson / Affinity

ArthurDent · « **Reply #8334 on:** 12 Dec 2014, 02:00 am »

John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette: Gateway - Home Coming '00

John Abercrombie: Tactics '01

Chet Baker - Art Pepper : Picture of Heath '56

Nice CB, Oscar is a favorite 'round here.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #8335 on:** 12 Dec 2014, 02:11 pm »

Quote from: CactusBob on 12 Dec 2014, 12:56 am

It is contagious Jim, the beer that is. I'm drinking a Josephbrau Plznr. I discovered this beer at Trader Joe's. I like Pilsner Urquell a lot and also drink Gordon Biersch's Czech Style Pilsner and found out that TJ's Plsner is brewed at Biersche's brewery. 5.99 a sixer. Cheap thrills baby! Almost TGIF time!

Oscar Pettiford ‎– Vienna Blues: The Complete Session

Black Lion reissue cd, 1988

Bass, Cello – Oscar Pettiford
Guitar, Bass – Attila Zoller
Tenor Saxophone – Hans Koller
Drums – Jimmy Pratt

Recorded at Mastertone Studios, Vienna - 9th January 1959, 12th January 1959.

Had a few Abita's the other night left over from my daughter's birthday party. You outta see how much I have left courtesy of friends of hers who attended.

rockadanny · « **Reply #8336 on:** 12 Dec 2014, 04:52 pm »

Just finished these first two Miles Davis discs from "The Original Mono Recordings" box set (which contains his first nine 12-inch Columbia albums)

Think I'll listen to as many from the box as am able during work today. Not a bad way to spend a Friday at work.

ArthurDent · « **Reply #8337 on:** 12 Dec 2014, 05:13 pm »

Weather Report: I Sing The Body Electric '72

cedman1 · « **Reply #8338 on:** 12 Dec 2014, 06:16 pm »

Terrance Blanchard - The Billie Holiday Songbook w/ Jeani Bryson on vocals

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #8339 on:** 12 Dec 2014, 07:38 pm »

Ced- I've got a nice CD around here somewhere of Blanchard with singer Dianne Reeves making some very pretty music. Now if I could just find it

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