What jazz ALBUM are you currently listening to?

Starchild · « **Reply #13360 on:** 9 Nov 2015, 03:43 am »

I dare say this is a must have disk.

Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson

Personnel: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Oscar Peterson (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Ray Brown (bass); Louie Bellson (drums).

Release Date October 14, 1957

brooklyn · « **Reply #13361 on:** 9 Nov 2015, 05:19 am »

Starchild · « **Reply #13362 on:** 9 Nov 2015, 11:09 am »

A nice one from Hamp.

Lionel Hampton - Mostly Blues

Personnel: Lionel Hampton (vibraphone); Joe Beck (guitar); Bobby Scott (piano); Bob Cranshaw (bass instrument); Anthony Jackson (bass guitar); Chris Parker , Grady Tate (drums).

Recording information: Clinton Recording Studios, Inc., New York, NY (03/10/1988-04/08/1988).
Down Beat - 4 Stars - Very Good

Asimov · « **Reply #13363 on:** 9 Nov 2015, 11:26 am »

New York Jazz Quartet - Oasis

Starchild · « **Reply #13364 on:** 9 Nov 2015, 11:40 am »

Count Basie Encounters Oscar Peterson

Personnel: Count Basie (piano, organ); Oscar Peterson (piano); Freddie Green (guitar); Ray Brown (bass); Louis Bellson (drums).

Recorded at MGM Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California on December 2, 1974.

Starchild · « **Reply #13365 on:** 9 Nov 2015, 12:24 pm »

An ice collaboration between Sonny Stitt and Oscar Peterson.

Sonny Stitt - Sits In With The Oscar Peterson Trio

Personnel: Sonny Stitt - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone; Oscar Peterson – piano; Ray Brown – double bass; Ed Thigpen - drums.

Release Date June, 1960

Asimov · « **Reply #13366 on:** 9 Nov 2015, 12:28 pm »

Philly Joe Jones - Blues For Dracula

Asimov · « **Reply #13367 on:** 9 Nov 2015, 01:15 pm »

Ron Carter - When Skies Are Grey

Asimov · « **Reply #13368 on:** 9 Nov 2015, 02:33 pm »

Teddy Wilson - Two trios

Asimov · « **Reply #13369 on:** 9 Nov 2015, 03:22 pm »

Teddy Wilson - Teddy Wilson Meets Eiji Kitamura

Asimov · « **Reply #13370 on:** 9 Nov 2015, 03:59 pm »

The Three Sounds - Moods

Asimov · « **Reply #13371 on:** 9 Nov 2015, 05:32 pm »

The Three Sounds - Out Of This World

ArthurDent · « **Reply #13372 on:** 10 Nov 2015, 01:14 am »

Cassandra Wilson: Sings Standards '02

Am liking this much more on 2nd listening. Not that familiar with her, but would guess I could agree with the allmusic review. A rarity.

Starchild · « **Reply #13373 on:** 10 Nov 2015, 01:15 am »

Emily Remler - East to Wes

Personnel: Emily Remler (acoustic & electric guitars); Hank Jones (piano); Buster Williams (bass); Marvin "Smitty" Smith (drums).

Recorded at Penny Lane Studios, New York, New York in May 1988.

jrobinson · « **Reply #13374 on:** 10 Nov 2015, 03:24 am »

jrobinson · « **Reply #13375 on:** 10 Nov 2015, 04:12 am »

Starchild · « **Reply #13376 on:** 10 Nov 2015, 04:51 am »

A nice live set from Sonny Stitt.

Sonny Stitt - Just in Case You Forgot How Bad He Really Was

Personnel: Sonny Stitt, John Handy (alto & tenor saxophones); Richie Cole (alto saxophone); Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone); Cedar Walton (piano); Herbie Lewis (bass); Billy Higgins (drums).

Recorded live at Keystone Korner, San Francisco, California in September 1981.

Starchild · « **Reply #13377 on:** 10 Nov 2015, 11:30 am »

A nice straight ahead jazz set from Harry Connick, Jr.

Harry Connick, Jr. - Other Hours: Connick on Piano, Vol. 1

Musicians: Harry Connick Jr. – vocals, Piano; Ned Goold – Tenor Sax; Neal Caine – Bass; Arthur Latin – drums.

Release Date July 15, 2003

Starchild · « **Reply #13378 on:** 10 Nov 2015, 12:14 pm »

A very nice collaboration between Ron Isley and Burt Bacharach.

Here I Am: Ron Isley Meets Burt Bacharach

Rolling Stone (12/25/03-1/8/04, p.123) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Soul legend Ron Isley has fun with old [Bacharach] nuggets...slowing down the tempos and teasing the lyrics with his sexy falsetto..."

Entertainment Weekly (11/14/03, p.124) - "Conventional thinking has held it to be nigh impossible to improve on Dionne Warwick's interpretations, but this album is sure to throw that assumption into doubt..." - Rating: A-

Asimov · « **Reply #13379 on:** 10 Nov 2015, 01:02 pm »

Bill Evans - Empathy