What jazz ALBUM are you currently listening to?

Starchild · « **Reply #13540 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 01:09 am »

Billy Taylor Trio - Uptown

Billy Taylor Trio: Billy Taylor (piano); Henry Grimes (bass); Ray Mosca (drums).

Recorded live at The Prelude, New York, New York in 1960.

CactusBob · « **Reply #13541 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 01:33 am »

Then . . . .

Miles Davis ~ In a Silent Way

Columbia Reissue

Now . . .

Miles Davis ~ Jack Johnson

Columbia Masterworks

CactusBob · « **Reply #13542 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 03:11 am »

Cactus Jan wants to rock. CB wants to stay with the Fusion Groove . . .

What to do??

Jeff Beck ~ Wired

Epic

Starchild · « **Reply #13543 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 04:10 am »

Hi Cactus Bob. This ones for you!

Lonnie Liston Smith & the Cosmic Echoes - Expansions

Personnel: Lonnie Liston Smith (piano, electric piano, keyboards); Donald Smith (vocals, flute); David Hubbard (soprano & tenor saxophones, alto flute); Michael Carvin (Clavinet, percussion); Cecil McBee (bass); Art Gore (drums); Lawrence Killian (congas, percussion); Leopoldo Fleming (bongos, percussion).

Q (4/04, p.136) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[The album] came to define the jazz-funk era with its hypnotic, spiritually inclined title track."

Uncut (5/04, p.112) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[N]ow is the time to reclaim him and wallow guiltlessly in the sheer, indomitable beauty of EXPANSIONS."d

Mojo (Publisher) (4/04, p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 - "EXPANSIONS not only spawned the title track, a jazz-funk classic, but preached spirituality and consciousness through Smith's sublime take on Horace Silver's 'Peace'."

CactusBob · « **Reply #13544 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 05:30 am »

^^^ Very nice Starchild, thanks!

Starchild · « **Reply #13545 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 12:35 pm »

A nice intimate recording from Sarah Vaughan.

Sarah Vaughan - Sarah + 2

Personnel: Sarah Vaughan (vocals); Barney Kessel (guitar); Joe Comfort (bass instrument).

Mojo (Publisher) (p.113) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Sarah delivers a masterclass in understated invention..."

Asimov · « **Reply #13546 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 01:54 pm »

Yosuke Yamashita - New York Trio (feat. Joe Lovano) - Kurdish Dance

Asimov · « **Reply #13547 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 02:13 pm »

Yosuke Yamashita - Plays Gershwin

Asimov · « **Reply #13548 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 02:34 pm »

Billy Taylor Trio - My Fair Lady Loves Jazz

ACHiPo · « **Reply #13549 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 02:50 pm »

Quote from: Starchild on 21 Nov 2015, 12:35 pm

A nice intimate recording from Sarah Vaughan.

Sarah Vaughan - Sarah + 2

Personnel: Sarah Vaughan (vocals); Barney Kessel (guitar); Joe Comfort (bass instrument).

Mojo (Publisher) (p.113) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Sarah delivers a masterclass in understated invention..."

Looks nice! Will need to check to see if I have this in my new digital archive (just added ~5 TB of hi-rez jazz and blues--talk about a kid in a candy store!)

Asimov · « **Reply #13550 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 03:28 pm »

Bobby Hutcherson - Medina

Starchild · « **Reply #13551 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 05:26 pm »

Another nice intimate Sarah Vaughan album.

Sarah Vaughan - After Hours

Personnel: Sarah Vaughan (vocals); Mundell Lowe (guitar); George Duvivier (bass).

Recorded July 18, 1961, RKO-Pathe Studio, New York City.

Asimov · « **Reply #13552 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 05:46 pm »

Quote from: Starchild on 21 Nov 2015, 12:35 pm

A nice intimate recording from Sarah Vaughan.

Sarah Vaughan - Sarah + 2

Personnel: Sarah Vaughan (vocals); Barney Kessel (guitar); Joe Comfort (bass instrument).

Mojo (Publisher) (p.113) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Sarah delivers a masterclass in understated invention..."

Listening now.
Thanks StarChild for reminding me about this gem.

Starchild · « **Reply #13553 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 08:10 pm »

A nice one from Nancy Wilson.

Guess Who I Saw Today, Nancy Wilson Sings Songs of Lost Love

pumpkinman · « **Reply #13554 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 08:39 pm »

Joe Farrell ~ Outback.......LP

Starchild · « **Reply #13555 on:** 22 Nov 2015, 12:32 am »

A nice one from Junior Mance.

Junior Mance - Groovin' Blues

Performed by: Junior Mance (piano); Chip Jackson (bass); Idris Muhammad (drums); Eric Alexander (tenor sax).

Release Date: 11/16/2011

ArthurDent · « **Reply #13556 on:** 22 Nov 2015, 01:18 am »

Cal Tjader w/Mongo Santamaria, Vince Guaraldi & more: Latino Cal Tjader '62

Starchild · « **Reply #13557 on:** 22 Nov 2015, 03:06 am »

Roberta Gambarini is a gifted Italian singer. Don't let this one get past you.

Roberta Gambarini - So in Love

Personnel: James Moody: tenor sax; Roy Hargrove: trumpet & flugelhorn; Tamir Hendelman: piano; Eric Gunnison: piano; Gerald Clayton: piano; Chuck Berghofer: bass; Neil Swainson: bass; George Mraz: bass; Jake Hanna: drums; Al Foster: drums; Montez Coleman: drums; Jeff Hamilton: drums.

Down Beat (p.54) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Comfortable in any tempo, Roberta delivers a heady 'Estate' in sumptuous Italian, arresting ballads and fluent scat on 'From This Moment On'..."

JazzTimes (p.69) - "Gambarini opens with the Cole Porter title track, allowing it to unfold in slow reveal, achieving a sublime effect that suggests twinkling stars appearing one by one against a jet-black sky."

Asimov · « **Reply #13558 on:** 22 Nov 2015, 03:26 am »

Billie Holiday – Songs For Distingué Lovers

Starchild · « **Reply #13559 on:** 22 Nov 2015, 06:36 am »

A very nice album by Mary Stallings.

Mary Stallings - Manhattan Moods

Personnel: Mary Stallings (vocals); Dick Oatts (flute, soprano saxophone); Hendrik Meurkens (harmonica, vibraphone); Monty Alexander (piano); Clyde Lucas (drums).

Down Beat (9/97, p.51) - 3 1/2 stars (out of 5) - "...Stallings delivers a sumptuous collection of standards. She's got a gorgeous voice, a spontaneous, heartfelt approach and a refined, relaxed delivery..."

JazzTimes (8/97, p.97) - "Penthouse-level sophistication is created by San Francisco vocalist Mary Stallings and New York pianist Monty Alexander in their first pairing. The mood is romantic, the renditions are classic, Alexander's relaxed groove complementing Stallngs' deep richness..."