What jazz ALBUM are you currently listening to?

Asimov · « **Reply #13480 on:** 18 Nov 2015, 05:41 am »

Count Basie - Kansas City Septem - Mostly Blues... And Some Others

brooklyn · « **Reply #13481 on:** 18 Nov 2015, 06:01 am »

Asimov · « **Reply #13482 on:** 18 Nov 2015, 06:40 am »

Dakota Staton - Softly - 'Round Midnight (2001)

Starchild · « **Reply #13483 on:** 18 Nov 2015, 11:13 am »

Joe Henderson's STATE OF THE TENOR Recorded live at the Village Vanguard, New York, New York from November 14-16, 1985.
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Joe Henderson - The State of the Tenor, Vols. 1 & 2

Personnel: Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone); Ron Carter (bass); Al Foster (drums). Hide Description

Down Beat (12/94, p.60) - 4.5 Stars - Very Good Plus - "...Henderson's focus shifts from sculpting the most perfect possible track to singing of the thrill of right now....nothing pre-ordained about how things come out, or what musical twists arise from the unfettered expression of the moment..."

Starchild · « **Reply #13484 on:** 18 Nov 2015, 12:53 pm »

This is Turrentine's first recording for CTI. A very nice album with a great supporting cast! Recorded between November 1970 and July 1971.

Stanley Turrentine - Sugar

Personnel includes: Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone); Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Hubert Laws (flute); Johnny Hammond (electric piano, organ); Lonnie Liston Smith, Jr. (electric piano); Butch Cornell (organ); George Benson (guitar); Ron Carter (bass); Billy Cobham, Billy Kaye (drums); Richard "Pablo" Landrum (conga); Airto Moreira (percussion).

Down Beat (p.64) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Turrentine's honky-tonk tone and razor-sharp phrasing refuse to fade into the background..."

Down Beat - Recommended

Mojo (Publisher) (6/02, p.125) - "...A groovy album purveying muscular 2-chord, hard-bop-to-light-fusion improvisations over frantic boogaloo beats..."

Asimov · « **Reply #13485 on:** 18 Nov 2015, 01:43 pm »

Kenny Werner - The Melody

Starchild · « **Reply #13486 on:** 18 Nov 2015, 06:25 pm »

I came home for lunch today and squeezed in some Gerry Mulligan. This album is considred by some critics to an essential addition to your jazz collection. The sound quality is excellent as is the band!!

Gerry Mulligan & The Concert Jazz Band: At the Village Vanguard

Personnel: Gerry Mulligan (saxophone, baritone saxophone, piano); Gene Quill (clarinet, alto saxophone); Bob Donovan (alto saxophone); Jimmy Reider (tenor saxophone); Clark Terry, Don Ferrara, Nick Travis (trumpet); Allen Ralph, Willie Dennis (trombone); Bob Brookmeyer (valve trombone); Mel Lewis (drums).

Recorded in 1960 at The Village Vanguard, New York, New York.

Starchild · « **Reply #13487 on:** 18 Nov 2015, 11:12 pm »

You never know who will unexpectantly make a good jazz album. A nice one from Dave Gruisin. Very well recorded too. "Mood Indigo" won the 1994 Grammy Award for "Arrangement on an Instrumental."

Dave Grusin - Homage to Duke

Personnel: Dave Grusin (piano); Clark Terry (vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn); Tom Scott, Pete Christlieb (tenor saxophone); Rick Todd, David Duke, Brian O'Connor (French horn); George Bohanon (trombone); Tommy Johnson (tuba); Steve Kujala (flute, alto flute); Ronnie Lang (flute); Eddie Daniels (clarinet); John Lowe (bass clarinet); John Clark (oboe, English horn); John Patitucci, Brian Bromberg (bass); Harvey Mason (drums).

Release Date 1993

audio.bill · « **Reply #13488 on:** 18 Nov 2015, 11:41 pm »

Dave Grusin's "Homage to Duke" is one of the best mastered standard CDs I've found, with very enjoyable content! I love Clark Terry's "mumbles" on tracks 2 & 5. Great choice!

CactusBob · « **Reply #13489 on:** 19 Nov 2015, 12:05 am »

Stan Getz at the Shrine

Piano – John Williams; Valve Trombone – Bob Brookmeyer; Bass – Bill Anthony; Drums – Art Mardigan, Frank Isola

Recorded: LA, November 9, 1954.

CactusBob · « **Reply #13490 on:** 19 Nov 2015, 01:05 am »

Stan Getz ~ The Complete Roost Recordings

3 Disc. Set

Starchild · « **Reply #13491 on:** 19 Nov 2015, 01:32 am »

Clark Terry Quintet - Serenade to a Bus Seat

Personnel: Clark Terry (trumpet); Johnny Griffin (tenor saxophone); Wynton Kelly (piano); Paul Chambers (acoustic bass); Philly Joe Jones (drums).

Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York, New York in April 1957.

Asimov · « **Reply #13492 on:** 19 Nov 2015, 02:09 am »

Junior Mance - Junior's Blues

rajacat · « **Reply #13493 on:** 19 Nov 2015, 02:21 am »

Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson Original recording remastered Edition by Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson (1997)
http://www.allmusic.com/album/ben-webster-meets-oscar-peterson-mw0000022556
This album with your dog, easy chair, roaring fire, a glass of Scotch and some of the finest bud....ah, perfection.

Starchild · « **Reply #13494 on:** 19 Nov 2015, 02:36 am »

A nice one from Frank Morgan.

Frank Morgan - A Lovesome Thing

Credits: Frank Morgan - Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano); David Williams -Bass; Lewis Nash - Drums; Abbey Lincoln - Vocals; George Cables - Piano; Roy Hargrove - Trumpet.

Musician (4/91) - "...a masterpiece, not just for the playing, which is extraordinary assured, but for the thought which went into making it. For one, Morgan plays some ballads without veering from the melody, improvising with rhythms and pitch and phrasing. For another, the album is split into quartets, quintets, duets and more."

Time Magazine (4/29/91) - "...Morgan continues his comeback, and feeds his legend, with another dazzling performance on the alto sax...Hargrove makes an impressive guest appearance."

Asimov · « **Reply #13495 on:** 19 Nov 2015, 02:51 am »

Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Sam Most - A Ray Brown 3

Asimov · « **Reply #13496 on:** 19 Nov 2015, 03:34 am »

Herb Ellis, Freddie Green - Rhythm Willie

Starchild · « **Reply #13497 on:** 19 Nov 2015, 04:15 am »

A five satr album from Lou Donaldson.

Lou Donaldson - Blues Walk

Personnel: Lou Donaldson (alto saxophone); Herman Foster (piano); Peck Morrison (bass); Dave Bailey (drums); Ray Barretto (congas).

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on July 28, 1958.

Starchild · « **Reply #13498 on:** 19 Nov 2015, 04:51 am »

A very nice and soulful album from Rashaan Roland Kirk and friends.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Kirk's Work

Personnel: Roland Kirk (tenor sax, manzello, strich, flute, siren); Jack McDuff (Hammond organ); Joe Benjamin (bass); Arthur Taylor (drums).

Mojo (Publisher) (p.118) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] satisfying, blues-soaked studio date featuring the Hammond organ hero, Jack McDuff."

Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on July 11, 1961.

Starchild · « **Reply #13499 on:** 19 Nov 2015, 05:18 am »

A n ice and smooth one from Sonny Rollins.

Sonny Rollins - The Quartets Featuring Jim Hall

Personnel : Bass – Bob Cranshaw; Drums – Harry T. Saunders (tracks: 1); Drums – Ben Riley (tracks: 2-8); Guitar – Jim Hall; Tenor Saxophone – Sonny Rollins.