What jazz ALBUM are you currently listening to?

Starchild · « **Reply #13760 on:** 7 Dec 2015, 02:18 am »

Samples: Milt Jackson Quartet

Asimov · « **Reply #13761 on:** 7 Dec 2015, 03:14 am »

Toots Thielemans - For My Lady

brooklyn · « **Reply #13762 on:** 7 Dec 2015, 05:01 am »

Starchild · « **Reply #13763 on:** 7 Dec 2015, 11:28 am »

Samples: The Modern Jazz Quartet - Blues at Carnegie Hall

Modern Jazz Quartet: Milt Jackson (vibraphone); John Lewis (piano); Percy Heath (bass); Connie Kay (drums).

Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York, New York in April 1966.

JazzTimes (12/94, p.134) - "...a viable selection for collection-building, as the blend of Milt Jackson's relaxed bluesiness and John Lewis' well-versed classicisms are seamlessly joined throughout this largely blues-based program..."

Starchild · « **Reply #13764 on:** 7 Dec 2015, 12:09 pm »

Cal Tjader Quartet - Jazz at the Blackhawk

Recorded live at the Blackhawk, San Francisco, California on January 20, 1957.

Personnel: Cal Tjader (vibraphone); Vince Guaraldi (piano); Gene Wright (bass); Al Torre (drums).

Starchild · « **Reply #13765 on:** 7 Dec 2015, 12:45 pm »

Samples: Jimmy Smith - Home Cookin'

Personnel: Jimmy Smith (organ); Jimmy Smith ; Kenny Burrell (guitar); Percy France (tenor saxophone); Donald Bailey (drums).

Audio Remasterer: Rudy Van Gelder.

Recording information: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (05/24/1958-06/16/1958).

Asimov · « **Reply #13766 on:** 7 Dec 2015, 02:57 pm »

Webster Young - For Lady

ArthurDent · « **Reply #13767 on:** 7 Dec 2015, 03:26 pm »

John Abercrombie: Animato '90

Asimov · « **Reply #13768 on:** 7 Dec 2015, 03:51 pm »

Zoot Sims - For Lady Day

Starchild · « **Reply #13769 on:** 7 Dec 2015, 11:30 pm »

Concord Jazz: Collector's Series Sampler

Performers include: Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Charlie Byrd, Barney Kessel, Jake Hanna, Ruby Braff, George Barnes, Freddie Green, The L.A. Four, Laurindo Almeida, Carl Fontana, Shelley Manne, Bud Shank.

rockadanny · « **Reply #13770 on:** 7 Dec 2015, 11:57 pm »

Sonny Stitt, a two-fer: "Burnin'" and "Sonny Stitt".

Tracks for "Burnin'" and "Sonny Stitt" were recorded in 1958. "Sonny Stitt" was released by Argo in 1958, but "Burnin'" was not released by Argo until 1960. These have not been released separately on CD yet, but I did get this two-fer issued by Fresh Sound Records out of Spain (2009).

rockadanny · « **Reply #13771 on:** 8 Dec 2015, 12:10 am »

Sonny Stitt, another two-fer: "Blows the Blues" and "The Hard Swing".

The first eight tracks of this album are, in fact, the entire title album that was recorded in Los Angeles in December, 1959 and released in 1960, "Sonny Stitt Blows the Blues". The remaining tracks comprise the complete album titled "The Hard Swing" that was recorded earlier that year in NYC in February, 1959 and released the same year. Again, on Fresh Sound Records, Spain.

brooklyn · « **Reply #13772 on:** 8 Dec 2015, 05:06 am »

Starchild · « **Reply #13773 on:** 8 Dec 2015, 11:40 am »

A very interesting and well done disk by Nicholas Payton. Nice hat too.

Nicholas Payton - Into the Blue

Personnel: Nicholas Payton (vocals, trumpet, synthesizer); Kevin Hays (piano, electric piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards); Vicente Archer (acoustic bass); Marcus Gilmore (drums); Daniel Sadownick (percussion).

Recording information: Piety Street Studios, New Orleans, LA (09/13/2007-09/17/2007).

Down Beat (p.69) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The work here is settled and comfortable....'Blue' carries subliminal hints of the final bars of 'Lush Life.'....'Fleur De Lis' has a clever line..."

JazzTimes (p.105) - "Payton turns in a strongly evocative performance on a rendition of Jerry Goldsmith's atmospheric 'Chinatown'....INTO THE BLUE may be Payton's most satisfying outing to date."

Asimov · « **Reply #13774 on:** 8 Dec 2015, 01:41 pm »

Paul Chambers - Chambers' Music

Asimov · « **Reply #13775 on:** 8 Dec 2015, 02:15 pm »

Pepper Adams - Critics Choice

brooklyn · « **Reply #13776 on:** 8 Dec 2015, 05:35 pm »

Asimov · « **Reply #13777 on:** 8 Dec 2015, 05:40 pm »

The Three Sounds - Good Deal

Starchild · « **Reply #13778 on:** 9 Dec 2015, 12:30 am »

Geri Allen Trio - Twenty One

Geri Allen Trio: Geri Allen (piano); Ron Carter (bass); Tony Williams (drums).

Recorded at Manhattan Center Studios, New York, New York on March 23 & 24, 1994.

Down Beat (4/95, p.38) - 3 Stars - Good - "...This all-star session has lots of vigor, although it's less distinctive than her previous two Blue Notes....Allen's ballad performances are more tough than tender..."

Musician (1-2/95, p.75) - "...Even when she falters, the excursion is memorable, exhilarating, human..."

Jazziz (2/95, p.18) - "...One of the most confident and inventive pianists of her generation..."

Starchild · « **Reply #13779 on:** 9 Dec 2015, 03:52 am »

A nice and easy one from Gerry Mulligan.

Samples: Gerry Mulligan - Night Lights

Personnel: Gerry Mulligan (clarinet, baritone saxophone, piano); Jim Hall, Jon Gray (guitar); Art Farmer (trumpet, flugelhorn); Bob Brookmeyer (trumpet, trombone); Pete Jolly (piano); Dave Bailey , Hal Blaine (drums).

Recording information: Nola Studios, New York, NY (09/12/1963-10/03/1963).