What LPs have you listened to recently?

S Clark · « **Reply #7700 on:** 29 Jan 2017, 01:58 am »

It could be 1928, and you and your 5th Ave friends are around the piano where Cole Porter begins a couple of lines of a polished "I've Got You Under My Skin" when a clarinet climbs a scale to a high note and holds to trill, then a gritty trombone blats a syncopated series followed by rhythm banjo strumming a beat, and a muted cornet jumps a half beat back--- and you know you are in New Orleans.
That trombone is Wilbur de Paris, with his brother Sidney on cornet, Omar Simeon on clarinet along with piano, bass, trumpet, drums and the occasional harmonica. These are polished musicians that know each others moves so well. Damn it's good.
Wilbur de Paris "Plays Cole Porter" on an early Atlantic 1288. This 1958 pressing is a fine collection of well known songs, played with such life and humor. I know of no other music that simply celebrates the fun of life as well as dixieland. I think I'll dig out some Sidney Bechet.

vinyl_guy · « **Reply #7701 on:** 29 Jan 2017, 03:55 pm »

S Clark · « **Reply #7702 on:** 30 Jan 2017, 04:38 am »

Still have a soft spot for "Fallin' In and Out of Love With You" and "Amie"
Finally replaced my old worn out copy. Haven't played it in years... still just as pretty.

Bob2 · « **Reply #7703 on:** 30 Jan 2017, 01:54 pm »

hifi12002 · « **Reply #7704 on:** 31 Jan 2017, 02:20 am »

Yeah, It's a great blues album!

vinyl_guy · « **Reply #7705 on:** 12 Feb 2017, 01:17 am »

pumpkinman · « **Reply #7706 on:** 13 Feb 2017, 12:06 pm »

Al Jarreau • Fly Away Home......R.I.P.

Bob2 · « **Reply #7707 on:** 13 Feb 2017, 01:43 pm »

S Clark · « **Reply #7708 on:** 16 Feb 2017, 03:12 am »

"The Sidney Bechet Story" on Brunswick from 1958. This compilation of works range from the 30's in Chicago to the 50's in France. They cover a scope that is entirely traditional Sidney Bechet.
I picked this up at the local store for a buck, cleaned it, and played flawless. When I came to the song "I Remember When" I realized that I knew this song... and after a good while it came to me that Woody Allen used it as one of his main themes in "Midnight in Paris". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkdCr9HlRE0
Lacking good photo of the cover, here is Sidney in his prime.

Many of you may know about his troubles in Paris. He got into an argument with another jazz player over a chord progression, went home and got his gun, and found him on the street and began firing. Neither musician was hurt, but Sidney sent three bystanders to the hospital with wounds. After serving nearly a year, he was deported back to the States (not his first deportation) in 1929. He returned to France in 1950 after he found jazz opportunities in the States hard to come by. Today, he is revered in the history of jazz second only to Armstrong. His vibrato is immediately identifiable to this day.

S Clark · « **Reply #7709 on:** 5 Mar 2017, 05:11 pm »

Linda Ronstadt's box set "Round Midnight" 1986 Elektra/Asylum. This her Nelson Riddle trilogy with "What's New" , "Lush Life", and "For Sentimental Reasons". Mastered by Doug Sax and re-released dozens and dozens and dozens of times. Great voice, great music, great arrangements, great recordings. What more could you want?

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #7710 on:** 22 Mar 2017, 08:40 pm »

Hank Mobley: Roll Call

PierreB · « **Reply #7711 on:** 23 Mar 2017, 12:33 am »

Jacques Brel : Brel (7 vinyls box set 1974 from Barclay)

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #7712 on:** 23 Mar 2017, 05:40 pm »

... merci beaucoup for the nudge:

Jacques Brel: Les Marquises

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #7713 on:** 23 Mar 2017, 06:52 pm »

Hank Mobley: Soul Station

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #7714 on:** 28 Mar 2017, 09:25 pm »

Lee Morgan: Cornbread

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #7715 on:** 28 Mar 2017, 10:07 pm »

Jackie McLean: Capuchin Swing

PierreB · « **Reply #7716 on:** 28 Mar 2017, 11:32 pm »

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #7717 on:** 29 Mar 2017, 05:37 pm »

Stanley Turrentine: That's Where It's At

PierreB · « **Reply #7718 on:** 29 Mar 2017, 06:20 pm »

Samaris (from Iceland)

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #7719 on:** 29 Mar 2017, 06:22 pm »

Kenny Burrell: Midnight Blue