What Jazz are you listening to now?

[Green Destiny]

Morning listening - good stuff:

[Bogey]

Bongo pioneer Jack Costanzo drums on at 96
The legendary Latin-jazz percussionist, fondly known as "Mr. Bongo," will perform Friday at Dizzy's with the Bi-National Mambo Band, under the direction of Bill Caballero




http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/nov/14/jack-costanzo-dizzys-jazz-profile/

Thought I would roll out this beauty:




"Remember, stop when it isn't fun.....Slow and relaxed.  That is the way to learn bongos.....As the swingers say, "You're wailing!"

[king ubu]

good stuff:

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[king ubu]

even better, I think (though other than with "Pieces of Old Sky", this is a first listen):

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[Dancing Divertimentian]

Disk 5, a mixture of Freedom Suite sessions and S. Rollins Meets the Contemporary Leaders sessions. High-level inspiration.

[king ubu]

last night also this one - adaptions of early music by Blaser, with the late Paul Motian:

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and this morning:

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terrific the first time, terrific all the way since then!

[Bogey]

First cup of coffee did not even make a dent to get me moving in real time speed, so....

[SimonNZ]

The Misled Children meet Odean Pope



Muhal Richard Abrams - Blu Blu Blu

[SimonNZ]

Muhal Richard Abrams - Mama and Daddy



Andrew Hill - Nefertiti



Oliver Nelson - Afro/American Sketches

^well, I really don't understand the lukewarm review the Penguin Guide gave that one, which I think is an absolute masterpiece

[kishnevi]

Last week listened to CD 3 which is the original edited release, and was not impressed.
Now finishing the full concert on CDs 1 and 2, and like it a lot.
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[Mookalafalas]

Ellington and Strayhorn small groups from this:

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  Sound is poor on some tracks, but the piano playing is sublime.

[Karl Henning]

Last week listened to CD 3 which is the original edited release, and was not impressed.
Now finishing the full concert on CDs 1 and 2, and like it a lot.

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Most interesting

[Bogey]

You cannot have too many of these jazzy Bond cover albums in my opinion, and there are a ton!



The vocals on this "attempt" make it for me, but I cannot find any credits for this cast of singers. Almost atmospherically space age in their presentation at times. The From Russia with Love theme is worth hunting this down alone. But then again, that is my all time favorite Bond film based on its simple plot line: Kill Bond.

[king ubu]

found a used copy of the real CD of this, not one of those on-demand-CDRs (which is what the a-link offers):

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very good, as expected!

[Brian]

The music I'm packing for tomorrow's Thanksgiving road trip to the family abode:

- Complete Erroll Garner Concert by the Sea (I like the original album more than Jeffrey does, so I'm excited to hear the complete concert)
- Harry "Sweets" Edison 7-album box set (inc. Buddy & Sweets, Ben & Sweets, Pres & Sweets, and I forget the others)
- Giants of Jazz at Victoria Hall (Diz, Stitt, Kai Winding, Monk, McKibbon, Blakey)
- all the Pittsburgh Symphony/Manfred Honeck albums I own physical copies of

Have never heard the complete Garner or any of the Sweets, but the Giants live dates is one of my favorites. (It's actually hit-or-miss, but when Stitt gets revved up on CD2, he delivers simply god-level playing.)

[king ubu]

disc 2 of the double disc edition (already have the previous "Deluxe Edition" and didn't feel like duplicating the fine live set from summer 1965 again, this is the fifth or sixth time I buy this album, somehow Universal really didn't get it right here):

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[SimonNZ]

Muhal Richard Abrams - Rejoicing With The Light

[George]

Last week listened to CD 3 which is the original edited release, and was not impressed.
Now finishing the full concert on CDs 1 and 2, and like it a lot.
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Listened to most of the full concert earlier on Spotify and really enjoyed it. Thanks for alerting me to this!

[SimonNZ]

Don Pullen - Ode To Life

[Mookalafalas]

Art Tatum on Vogue.  The "American" box has worse sound than the other vogue box, but it's OK.  With performances like these, it is simply a blessing to have them.