What are you listening to right now?

RE: Billie Holliday early years

Its low-fi, early radio broadcast quality...I didn't have high expectations in the sonic dept. Soooo, I find it interesting to hear Billie play off the announcers and radio personalities of those days. There are a few gems here and there, you can 'feel' the talent when she sings. So far I have heard Disc 1 & 2. I only paid $30., as part of the recent ESP label sale.

Another ESP re-release(2008).

Recorded 10/05/1964.
Giuseppi Logan: alto sax, tenor sax, Pakistani oboe, bass clarinet, flute
Don Pullen: piano.
Eddie Gomez: bass.
Milford Graves: drums, tabla.
The crunch here for me is Pullen on the keys.

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...Don Pullen establishes the piano as a lead instrument in a fashion analogous to that of the horn: he scatters the notes and then regroups them within a theme that comes out of nowhere. Pullen goes inside the piano as much as he plays the keys, in vagrant phrases and chords; he performs a flippant solo in "Taneous" and a sprightly one in "Dialogue." The piano's chordal descent in "Bleecker Partita" falls into a river of phrasing that pushes the overall musical evolution. ...http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=30397

http://www.amazon.com/Giuseppi-Logan-Quartet/dp/B00195BME8

Interesting history on Logan;

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When Giuseppi Logan resurfaced just over a year ago, after having been absent from the jazz scene for nearly forty years, a comeback seemed unlikely. Homeless at the time, Logan could often be found playing for tips in Tompkins Square Park on a pawn shop alto sax - not the most prestigious gig in New York. He had just started playing again after decades away from the music, and with other priorities (such as finding a permanent place to live) taking center stage, a jazz comeback seemed a steep hill to climb for the 75 year old multi-instrumentalist and composer....http://www.jazzreview.com/cd/review-20919.html

You see a lot of guys out on the streets/ or in the subway, making their music heard...one never know where they have been.

The Giuseppi Logan Quartet

mjosef · « **Reply #20492 on:** 24 Feb 2010, 07:30 am »

20bit reissue. Uh huh good.

http://www.amazon.com/Ellington-Suites-Duke-His-Orchestra/dp/B000000YOT
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. Ellington suites

Piano/drums/bass Trio
http://www.emusic.com/album/Billy-Taylor-Warming-Up-MP3-Download/10827556.html
The Billy Taylor Trio, warming up

rajacat · « **Reply #20493 on:** 24 Feb 2010, 07:45 am »

NICKEL CREEK...This Side

Another one of Nickel Creek's awesome virtuoso New Grass or whatever albums with excellent sound quality.

-Roy

pumpkinman · « **Reply #20494 on:** 24 Feb 2010, 11:06 am »

The N.Y. Audio Raves "Reference Tracks"
Courteourly supplied by

Mike Nomad · « **Reply #20495 on:** 24 Feb 2010, 03:49 pm »

DARTH AUDIO · « **Reply #20496 on:** 24 Feb 2010, 04:21 pm »

Quote from: lonewolfny42 on 24 Feb 2010, 12:29 am

Passport - "Cross-Collateral"....Cd.....Samples....

Great record, Great Band!! I have most of their stuff on vinyl.. I'll have to listen to some of their records tonight!!

vinyl_guy · « **Reply #20497 on:** 24 Feb 2010, 06:24 pm »

Quote from: satfrat on 23 Feb 2010, 11:14 pm

Touchstone: Wintercoast (2009)

Progressive symphonic rock,,, good stuff! SAMPLES

Cheers,
Robin

Hey Robin,

thanks for posting this--right up my musical alley. As you said . . Good Stuff

How's Bandit doing?

Laura

vinyl_guy · « **Reply #20498 on:** 24 Feb 2010, 07:02 pm »

Quote from: ecramer on 24 Feb 2010, 02:55 am

I tried to set him up but he says its not his cup of tea I have a pair of inner ear monitors UE triplefi 10s on now listening to

In My Tribe
10,000 Maniacs

MTV Unplugged [Audio CD, Live]
10,000 Maniacs

off my pc

Ed,
Isn't 10,000 Maniacs a little maintstread for you

Seriously, I love this band and have never liked Natalie's solo stuff as well.

Happy Listening,

Laura

Laundrew · « **Reply #20499 on:** 24 Feb 2010, 08:12 pm »

The Mission ~Tower of Strength~