What jazz ALBUM are you currently listening to?

Starchild · « **Reply #13320 on:** 6 Nov 2015, 05:14 am »

Patricia Barber:

Patricia Barber - The Cole Porter Mix

Personnel: Patricia Barber (vocals, melodica, piano); Neal Alger (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Chris Potter (tenor saxophone); Michael Arnopol (bass instrument); Nate Smith , Eric Montzka (drums, percussion); Eric Montza, Nate Smith (drum, percussion).

Product Reviews:

Down Beat (p.69) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Barber puts her most personal stamp on a program that includes three fetching originals. Barber's take on Porter is definitive, her modern stance with standards still carrying a punch."

JazzTimes (p.58) - "[A]ugmenting the eight Porter gems covered here, Barber adds three of her own compositions, all intended to capture the Cole zeitgeist."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Barber and her quartet slow 'I Get A Kick Out Of You' to sensual languor and suffuse 'Miss Otis Regrets' with drama. 'You're The Top' gets a whimsical lyrical update..."

brooklyn · « **Reply #13321 on:** 6 Nov 2015, 05:17 am »

Asimov · « **Reply #13322 on:** 6 Nov 2015, 06:12 am »

Peggy Lee - Black Coffee

Starchild · « **Reply #13323 on:** 6 Nov 2015, 11:55 am »

One of Miles' favoroite artists.

Shirley Horn - Close Enough for Love

Personnel: Shirley Horn (vocals, piano); Buck Hill (tenor saxophone); Steve Williams (drums); Charles Ables – double bass.

Recording information: A&R Studios, New York, NY (11/14/1988-11/16/1988).

jpm · « **Reply #13324 on:** 6 Nov 2015, 04:53 pm »

brooklyn · « **Reply #13325 on:** 6 Nov 2015, 06:25 pm »

CactusBob · « **Reply #13326 on:** 6 Nov 2015, 11:58 pm »

Steve Kuhn ~ Trance

Steve Swallow, electric bass; Jack Dejohnette, drums; Sue Evans, percussion

ECM, 1975 German Pressing

CactusBob · « **Reply #13327 on:** 7 Nov 2015, 12:30 am »

Sam Rivers / Contrasts

with George Lewis, trombone; Dave Holland, bass; Thurman Barker, drums

ECM Promo, 1980

Starchild · « **Reply #13328 on:** 7 Nov 2015, 04:41 am »

A nice one from Ray Brown @ 88.2/24.

Ray Brown Trio - Summer Wind: Live at the Loa

Ray Brown Trio: Ray Brown (acoustic bass); Gene Harris (piano); Jeff Hamilton (drums).

Recorded live at The Loa, Santa Monica, California in July 1988.

mresseguie · « **Reply #13329 on:** 7 Nov 2015, 05:34 am »

Quote from: CactusBob on 6 Nov 2015, 11:58 pm

Steve Kuhn ~ Trance

Steve Swallow, electric bass; Jack Dejohnette, drums; Sue Evans, percussion

ECM, 1975 German Pressing

Tidal does not appear to have this, but I am very much enjoying a mix of songs pulled from different albums.

Thanks!

Starchild · « **Reply #13330 on:** 7 Nov 2015, 05:35 am »

A nice set by Etta Jones:

Etta Jones - Etta Jones Compilation

Release Date Jul 15, 2009

brooklyn · « **Reply #13331 on:** 7 Nov 2015, 07:13 am »

Starchild · « **Reply #13332 on:** 7 Nov 2015, 01:51 pm »

Another nice one from Shirley Horn.

Shirley Horn - May the Music Never End

Personnel: Shirley Horn (vocals); George Masterhazy (piano); Ed Howard (bass); Steve Williams (drums). Additional personnel: Roy Hargrove (flugelhorn); Ahmad Jamal (piano).

Recorded at The Hit Factory, New York, New York on February 3-5, 2003.

Product Reviews:

Q (11/03, p.113) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Horn remains one of jazz's great song interpreters....Remarkable..."

CMJ (6/30/03, p.31) - "...Singer Shirley Horn has a way of unhurriedly working through ballads, using comfortable silences as innuendo..."

JazzTimes (8/03, p.118) - "...Shimmeringly transcendent....There's a wry smile in her voice as she navigates a choppy sub-current of surviving. Nowhere is this more masterfully evident than on Paul McCartney's 'Yesterday'..."

EarPal · « **Reply #13333 on:** 7 Nov 2015, 02:23 pm »

Sun Ra - Sleeping Beauty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpYa_HW_GxI

Starchild · « **Reply #13334 on:** 7 Nov 2015, 04:07 pm »

Shelly Manne Complete Live at the Black Hawk! This is a 4 disk set with over 4 hours of music.

Shelly Manne - Complete Live at the Black Hawk

4 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE:

This edition presents – for the first time ever on a single collection and in chronological order – all known recordings by the legendary Shelly Manne quintet with Joe Gordon and Richie Kamuca made at the Black Hawk, in San Francisco, during 1959. This was the first time Shelly Manne and His Men recorded in a live setting.

PERSONNEL:

JOE GORDON, trumpet
RICHIE KAMUCA, tenor sax
VICTOR FELDMAN, piano
MONTY BUDWIG, bass
SHELLY MANNE, drums

Live at the Black Hawk,
San Francisco, September 22-24, 1959.

Starchild · « **Reply #13335 on:** 7 Nov 2015, 06:10 pm »

Gary Burton - Like Minds

Personnel: Gary Burton – vibes; Chick Corea – piano; Pat Metheny – guitar; Roy Haynes – drums; Dave Holland – bass.

Reviews:

Entertainment Weekly (11/6/98, p.89) - "As all-star as this easy swinging set gets...it's remarkably cohesive and ego-free. High-qualtiy material...as well as compact improvisations, add to MINDS' considerable luster." - Rating: B+

Q (3/99, p.93) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "....with Chick Corea and Pat Metheny, arguably his most succesful collaborators and perfect foils for him in terms both of timbre and musical disposition..."

CMJ (11/23/99, p.33) - "....features first-chair talent in every position....It's an all-star session that bristles with the scintillating contributions of each talented player - one of Burton's best albums..."

Starchild · « **Reply #13336 on:** 7 Nov 2015, 10:42 pm »

Another good one from Ray Brown.

Ray Brown Trio - Some of My Best Friends Are...The Trumpet Players

Personnel:

Ray Brown, bass; Geoff Keezer, piano; Karriem Riggins, drums; Terence Blanchard, Jon Faddis, Roy Hargrove, James Morrison, Nicholas Payton, Clark Terry, trumpet

Starchild · « **Reply #13337 on:** 7 Nov 2015, 11:25 pm »

Oscar Peterson Trio - Very Tall

Personnel: Oscar Peterson (piano); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Ray Brown (bass); Ed Thigpen (drums).

Recorded at Nola Recording Studios, New York, New York on September 15 & 18, 1961.

CactusBob · « **Reply #13338 on:** 7 Nov 2015, 11:34 pm »

Quote from: mresseguie on 7 Nov 2015, 05:34 am

Tidal does not appear to have this, but I am very much enjoying a mix of songs pulled from different albums.

Thanks!

Your welcome. I have a few Kuhn solo albums and they are all excellent. "Trance" seems extra special. I have a few with Kuhn as a sideman also with the likes of Steve Swallow, David Darling which come highly recommended. I need more of his albums, he certainly has a large catalog as leader & sideman, enjoy!

Starchild · « **Reply #13339 on:** 8 Nov 2015, 12:11 am »

The McCoy Tyner Trio - Infinity

Personnel: McCoy Tyner: piano; Michael Brecker: tenor saxophone; Avery Sharpe: bass; Aaron Scott: drums; Valtinho Anastacio: congas, percussion.

Reviews:

Down Beat (10/95, pp.47-48) - 3.5 Stars - Good/Very Good - "...Brecker ardently keeps pace with the pianist. It's one of the tenor player's most zealous outings in a while....The message is one of fierce pride in the collective virtuosity at play....The pianist's gleeful boogie--like most of INFINITY'S components--has a way of being daring and discrete."

JazzTimes (4/96, p.74) - "...a solid, very respectable account of the current Tyner, his well-oiled trio,...and supercharged tenor saxophonist Mike Brecker..."