What jazz ALBUM are you currently listening to?

rockadanny · « **Reply #7800 on:** 30 Aug 2014, 11:36 pm »

Sarah Vaughan sings nine intimate standards with a band including Clifford Brown on trumpet, Herbie Mann on flute, and Paul Quinichette on tenor, each of which have plenty of space for solos (most of the songs are close to the five-minute mark).

rockadanny · « **Reply #7801 on:** 31 Aug 2014, 12:54 am »

Etta's first Prestige recording.

CactusBob · « **Reply #7802 on:** 1 Sep 2014, 09:49 pm »

The Curtis Counce Group

Contemporary C3526

CactusBob · « **Reply #7803 on:** 1 Sep 2014, 10:45 pm »

The Best of John Coltrane ~ His Greatest Years

Impulse 2 lp compilation, 1970

Airborn · « **Reply #7804 on:** 2 Sep 2014, 01:43 am »

Sonny Rollins, Our Man in Jazz

irish 51 · « **Reply #7805 on:** 4 Sep 2014, 01:31 am »

Played a really nice set at the Chicago Jazz Festival.

rockadanny · « **Reply #7806 on:** 4 Sep 2014, 11:26 pm »

If you have Vol. 1, you need Vol. 2 as well, and vice-versa.

rockadanny · « **Reply #7807 on:** 4 Sep 2014, 11:45 pm »

Making my way through these three discs - all 72 studio master takes Bird recorded for Verve from 1949 to 1954.

rockadanny · « **Reply #7808 on:** 5 Sep 2014, 02:07 am »

Disc 2 is live at Antibes Jazz Festival 1965 - the only live recording of the Love Supreme suite!

irish 51 · « **Reply #7809 on:** 7 Sep 2014, 03:09 pm »

Bags Meets Wes

CactusBob · « **Reply #7810 on:** 7 Sep 2014, 11:31 pm »

Sonny Rollins is 84 years old today! Happy Birthday Mr. Rollins!

Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders:

Barney Kessel, Hampton Hawes, Leroy Vinnegar and Shelley Manne

CactusBob · « **Reply #7811 on:** 12 Sep 2014, 11:22 pm »

Miroslav Vitous Group

ECM

Bass – Miroslav Vitous
Saxophones, John Surman
Piano – Kenny Kirkland
Drums – Jon Christensen

Recorded July 1980 at Talent Studio, Oslo

CactusBob · « **Reply #7812 on:** 13 Sep 2014, 12:02 am »

John McLaughlin ~ Belo Horizonte

Warner Bros.

CactusBob · « **Reply #7813 on:** 13 Sep 2014, 01:03 am »

Miles Davis ~ Big Fun

Columbia

CactusBob · « **Reply #7814 on:** 13 Sep 2014, 02:29 am »

Chick Corea Elektric Band

GRP

rabbits · « **Reply #7815 on:** 13 Sep 2014, 03:09 am »

Reunion

S Clark · « **Reply #7816 on:** 13 Sep 2014, 03:29 am »

CactusBob · « **Reply #7817 on:** 13 Sep 2014, 04:10 am »

Fusion Friday Continues . . .

Stanley Clarke ~ School Days

Nemperor

pumpkinman · « **Reply #7818 on:** 13 Sep 2014, 03:00 pm »

Hubert Laws ~ Afro Classic..........Vinyl

The only other LP I picked up yesterday at DD's

S Clark · « **Reply #7819 on:** 13 Sep 2014, 08:46 pm »

Stanley Turrentine on sax, George Benson on guitar, Jimmy Smith on organ, mastered by Bob Ludwig... what's not to like? On Blue Note