What jazz ALBUM are you currently listening to?

Asimov · « **Reply #13720 on:** 4 Dec 2015, 12:36 am »

Grant Green - The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark (2 CD)

Starchild · « **Reply #13721 on:** 4 Dec 2015, 01:20 am »

A great disk from Ella.

Samples: Ella Swings Lightly

Recorded November 23-24, 1958 in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Personnel includes: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Marty Paich (arranger, conductor); Bud Shank (alto saxophone); Bill Holman (tenor saxophone); Med Flory (baritone saxophone); Don Fagerquist, Al Porcino (trumpet); Bob Envoldson (valve trombone, tenor saxophone); Vince De Rosa (French horn); John Kitzmiller (tuba); Lou Levy (piano); Joe Mondragon (bass); Mel Lewis (drums).

rajacat · « **Reply #13722 on:** 4 Dec 2015, 01:35 am »

Asimov · « **Reply #13723 on:** 4 Dec 2015, 02:41 am »

Hazel Scott - 1946-1947 (Chronological Classics)

brooklyn · « **Reply #13724 on:** 4 Dec 2015, 04:08 am »

willsw · « **Reply #13725 on:** 4 Dec 2015, 04:30 am »

Starchild · « **Reply #13726 on:** 4 Dec 2015, 11:48 am »

A really nice set from Ike Quebec. If you're not familiar with him you need to check him out.

Samples: Ike Quebec - Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions

Personnel: Ike Quebec: tenor saxophone; Edwin Swanston, Sir Charles Thompson, Earl Van Dyke: organ; Skeeter Best, Willie Jones: guitar; Milt Hinton, Sam Jones, Sonny Wellesley: bass; J.C.Heard, Wilbert Hogan, Les Jenkins: drums.

Recorded July 1, 1959 (1-8) Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack; September 25, 1960 (9-13; CD2 1-4); February 5, 1962 (CD2 5-8); February 13, 1962 (CD2 9-13); Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs.

Asimov · « **Reply #13727 on:** 4 Dec 2015, 01:06 pm »

Herbie Mann - Standing Ovation at Newport

Asimov · « **Reply #13728 on:** 4 Dec 2015, 01:41 pm »

Herbie Mann - Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty

Asimov · « **Reply #13729 on:** 4 Dec 2015, 02:20 pm »

Herbie Mann - The beat goes on

Asimov · « **Reply #13730 on:** 4 Dec 2015, 02:57 pm »

Jimmy Smith Trio - Paris Jazz Concert (Salle Pleyel 1965)

Asimov · « **Reply #13731 on:** 4 Dec 2015, 04:58 pm »

John Wright - Mr Soul

Starchild · « **Reply #13732 on:** 4 Dec 2015, 11:09 pm »

McCoy Tyner - Nights of Ballads & Blues

Personnel: McCoy Tyner (piano); Steve Davis (bass); Lex Humphries (drums).

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 4, 1963. Originally released on Impulse (39).

Entertainment Weekly (1/19/96, p.53) - "...This clean, lean and mostly romantic outing, which includes swing versions of Beethoven and Chopin, gains in polish what it lacks in fire." - Rating: B

CactusBob · « **Reply #13733 on:** 4 Dec 2015, 11:52 pm »

Fusion Friday in Cacti-Land!

Pat Martino ~ Joyous Lake

Warner Bros., 1976

CactusBob · « **Reply #13734 on:** 5 Dec 2015, 12:32 am »

John Scofield ~ Electric Outlet

Grammavision, Germany, 1984

Starchild · « **Reply #13735 on:** 5 Dec 2015, 01:04 am »

Chet Baker - In Paris: Barclay Sessions 1955-1956

Asimov · « **Reply #13736 on:** 5 Dec 2015, 02:09 am »

Junior Mance Trio & Orchestra - That Lovin' Feelin'

Asimov · « **Reply #13737 on:** 5 Dec 2015, 03:33 am »

Kamasi Washington - The Epic

Asimov · « **Reply #13738 on:** 5 Dec 2015, 08:09 am »

Oscar Peterson Trio - Complete Oscar Peterson Trio at the London House

Asimov · « **Reply #13739 on:** 5 Dec 2015, 11:59 am »

Oscar Peterson - Night Child