What jazz ALBUM are you currently listening to?

CactusBob · « **Reply #13540 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 12:29 am »

Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders:

Barney Kessel, Hampton Hawes, Leroy Vinnegar & Shelley Manne

Recorded October 20, 21 & 22, 1958

Contemporary early 60's stereo pressing?

Starchild · « **Reply #13541 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 #13542 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 #13543 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 #13544 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 #13545 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 05:30 am »

^^^ Very nice Starchild, thanks!

Starchild · « **Reply #13546 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 #13547 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 01:54 pm »

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

Asimov · « **Reply #13548 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 02:13 pm »

Yosuke Yamashita - Plays Gershwin

Asimov · « **Reply #13549 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 02:34 pm »

Billy Taylor Trio - My Fair Lady Loves Jazz

ACHiPo · « **Reply #13550 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 #13551 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 03:28 pm »

Bobby Hutcherson - Medina

Starchild · « **Reply #13552 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 #13553 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 #13554 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 #13555 on:** 21 Nov 2015, 08:39 pm »

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

Starchild · « **Reply #13556 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 #13557 on:** 22 Nov 2015, 01:18 am »

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

Starchild · « **Reply #13558 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 #13559 on:** 22 Nov 2015, 03:26 am »

Billie Holiday – Songs For Distingué Lovers