What jazz ALBUM are you currently listening to?

ArthurDent · « **Reply #8540 on:** 27 Dec 2014, 06:09 pm »

Bob James: Three '76

Asimov · « **Reply #8541 on:** 27 Dec 2014, 06:41 pm »

Woody Herman — Woody Herman featuring Stan Getz

ArthurDent · « **Reply #8542 on:** 27 Dec 2014, 07:02 pm »

Soft Machine: Seven '74

ArthurDent · « **Reply #8543 on:** 27 Dec 2014, 07:50 pm »

Joe Zawinul: di-a-lects '86

CactusBob · « **Reply #8544 on:** 28 Dec 2014, 01:27 am »

^^^ Very nice AD!!

I'm starting out the evening with some straight ahead, maybe work into some fusion type spins as the evening progresses.

Cannonball Adderley Sextet ~ Planet Earth

Featuring Yusef Lateef and Nat Adderly

Riverside, 1969

Alto Saxophone – Cannonball Adderley
Tenor Saxophone, Oboe – Yusef Lateef
Cornet – Nat Adderley
Piano – Joe Zawinul
Double Bass – Sam Jones
Drums – Louis Hayes

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #8545 on:** 28 Dec 2014, 01:32 am »

That was a fine group, Bob, and, yes, I've had the pleasure.

ACHiPo · « **Reply #8546 on:** 28 Dec 2014, 01:50 am »

Tapping into some of the used SACDs I picked up from DZetye...

Tony Bennett Playin' with my Friends

I'm really liking this, even though I'm not a huge Tony Bennett fan. The recording is great, and the joy in the artists is palpable.

From All Music--review by William Ruhlmann:
The duet partners include ten singers who range from his recent touring partners Diana Krall and k.d. lang to fellow veterans Ray Charles, B.B. King, and Kay Starr, and younger, but still mature pop stars Stevie Wonder, Bonnie Raitt, and Billy Joel. All sound happy to be sharing a mic with Bennett. Not surprisingly, the singer's conception of the blues does not extend to the Mississippi Delta or the South Side of Chicago; rather, he is interested in the blues as filtered through the sound of the Swing Era, particularly from around Kansas City, and as interpreted by Tin Pan Alley and show tunes. For the former, his true mentor is Count Basie, whose overt influence is heard on six of the 15 tracks. Bennett makes no attempt to hide this, leading off the album with two songs, "Alright, Okay, You Win" (a duet with Krall) and "Everyday (I Have the Blues)" (a duet with Wonder), closely associated with Basie singer Joe Williams. The Broadway and Hollywood blues style is introduced in three selections written by Harold Arlen. On about half the tracks, the Ralph Sharon Quartet is augmented by Harry Allen's saxophone and Mike Melvoin's Hammond organ, but this remains a small, intimate affair that emphasizes the singers. There are missteps -- Sheryl Crow's Billie Holiday impersonation on "Good Morning, Heartache" is unfortunate, and Natalie Cole, as usual, sounds out of her depth on "Stormy Weather." But the trade-offs Bennett enjoys with King and Charles are priceless, and the Joel duet is surprisingly effective. On the whole, this is yet another entry in Bennett's lengthening series of autumnal recorded triumphs.

CactusBob · « **Reply #8547 on:** 28 Dec 2014, 02:03 am »

Steamin' with The Miles Davis Quintet

Prestige Original Mono Pressing, 1961

Trumpet – Miles Davis
Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane
Piano – Red Garland
Bass – Paul Chambers
Drums – Philly Joe Jones

ACHiPo · « **Reply #8548 on:** 28 Dec 2014, 02:20 am »

Quote from: CactusBob on 28 Dec 2014, 02:03 am

Steamin' with The Miles Davis Quintet

Prestige Original Mono Pressing, 1961

Trumpet – Miles Davis
Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane
Piano – Red Garland
Bass – Paul Chambers
Drums – Philly Joe Jones

Bob,
I think you've got a good head of steam and momentum for an outstanding Saturday night!

AC

CactusBob · « **Reply #8549 on:** 28 Dec 2014, 02:39 am »

Quote from: ACHiPo on 28 Dec 2014, 02:20 am

Bob,
I think you've got a good head of steam and momentum for an outstanding Saturday night!

AC

Thanks AC!! I was trying to start out on the right foot tonight. Can't miss with this one! Enjoy your evening.

CB

Is that your car in the avatar?

I hope so!

CactusBob · « **Reply #8550 on:** 28 Dec 2014, 02:48 am »

John Coltrane ~ Giant Steps

Tenor Saxophone, John Coltrane
Piano – Tommy Flanagan, Wynton Kelly
Bass – Paul Chambers
Drums – Art Taylor, Jimmy Cobb

Recorded NYC, May 4, 1959

Atlantic

CactusBob · « **Reply #8551 on:** 28 Dec 2014, 03:40 am »

Had this album in my head for weeks. Now's the Time!

Return to Forever featuring Chick Corea ~ Where Have I known you Before

Polydor, Canada 1974

arthurs · « **Reply #8552 on:** 28 Dec 2014, 04:01 am »

Sublime

CactusBob · « **Reply #8553 on:** 28 Dec 2014, 04:33 am »

Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith ~ Blue Bash!

Verve

S Clark · « **Reply #8554 on:** 28 Dec 2014, 04:44 am »

Got Annie Lennox latest for Christmas... "Nostalgia"
The lady can sing anything, and a collection of jazz and blues favorites is excellent fare.
I Put Spell on You is worth checking out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TrSMaOZm3Y

CactusBob · « **Reply #8555 on:** 28 Dec 2014, 05:13 am »

Freddie Hubbard ~ Red Clay

CTI

CactusBob · « **Reply #8556 on:** 28 Dec 2014, 06:11 am »

Miles Davis ~ Jack Johnson

Columbia

Asimov · « **Reply #8557 on:** 28 Dec 2014, 04:50 pm »

Al Grey — The New Al Grey Quintet

ArthurDent · « **Reply #8558 on:** 28 Dec 2014, 05:26 pm »

Quote from: CactusBob on 28 Dec 2014, 01:27 am

^^^ Very nice AD!!

Danke CB.

Particularly like your Freddie & Miles posts. Have Red Clay, not Jack Johnson, though it might be buried on the HD. A friend had it with the other cover back in the early '70s......

Asimov · « **Reply #8559 on:** 28 Dec 2014, 05:53 pm »

Al Grey — Al Grey & Jesper Thilo Quintet