What jazz ALBUM are you currently listening to?

S Clark · « **Reply #19300 on:** 20 Oct 2018, 09:25 pm »

Quote from: Tyson on 20 Oct 2018, 08:06 pm

Finally found a Miles Davis album I am able to connect with - Sketches of Spain. Love the orchestration, often reminds me of Ravel.

Holy crap, Tyson?? How have you been around audiophilia all these years and just now come across Sketches of Spain??? That was my first introduction to jazz back in 196? An older friend gave me a copy along with Beethoven's 9th-both eye openers for a high school kid and Led Zep fan.
I've got many copies, mono and stereo, from a really early pressing to the MFSL version (which is really nice). The orchestration was by Gil Evans. You might like some others they collaborated on. Check out "Miles Ahead" and "Porgy and Bess".

garyalex · « **Reply #19301 on:** 20 Oct 2018, 09:54 pm »

garyalex · « **Reply #19302 on:** 21 Oct 2018, 02:08 am »

Till Brönner - Flugelhorn

Dieter Ilg - Bass

I love the sound of the flugelhorn. It's a cloudy, brassy tone that has a touch of the ethereal not found in the B♭ trumpet.

etcarroll · « **Reply #19303 on:** 21 Oct 2018, 03:55 am »

Wayne Shorter ‎– Schizophrenia

Noirlander · « **Reply #19304 on:** 21 Oct 2018, 12:02 pm »

Dexter Gordon - Gettin' Around

Tyson · « **Reply #19305 on:** 21 Oct 2018, 08:18 pm »

Quote from: S Clark on 20 Oct 2018, 09:25 pm

Holy crap, Tyson?? How have you been around audiophilia all these years and just now come across Sketches of Spain??? That was my first introduction to jazz back in 196? An older friend gave me a copy along with Beethoven's 9th-both eye openers for a high school kid and Led Zep fan.
I've got many copies, mono and stereo, from a really early pressing to the MFSL version (which is really nice). The orchestration was by Gil Evans. You might like some others they collaborated on. Check out "Miles Ahead" and "Porgy and Bess".

Oh, I've listened to most of Miles' albums, some of them several times, over the years. But I never connected with him the way I did with Coltrane (for example). So it's been an ongoing project of mine to try to learn to appreciate Miles' music. This past Friday night is the first time that's ever happened.