What Jazz are you listening to now?

[Artem]

Herbie Hancock's Headhunters?

I think it's a lot of fun. It's kind of my go to Herbie Hancock disk. I have mixed feelings about his Blue Note recordings and the Mwandishi band, but Headhunters is just great.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Personally I've never understood the fuss about that one.

It was a beginning of fusion-funk in the early fusion era.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Fuego, Donald Byrd plus Jackie McLean.

[Karl Henning]

Fire Waltz: Dolphy at the Five Spot.

Nice!

[SimonNZ]

It was a beginning of fusion-funk in the early fusion era.

Yes, and I like quite a few of those early crossover albums, particularly some now neglected ones from Prestige and Blue Note.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Stefon Harris: A Cloud of Red Dust.

[Karl Henning]

It was a beginning of fusion-funk in the early fusion era.

I'm approaching it retro, but now at last, I dig it.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Bird at the Hi Hat.

[Karl Henning]

https://www.youtube.com/v/pSE6gn3Ny8w

[Karl Henning]

No good reason why I hadn't listened to this in decades:

https://www.youtube.com/v/pFcXze1IteA

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

https://www.youtube.com/v/pSE6gn3Ny8w

Previn is a great player in aesthetic, as well al technical, term.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Dolphy, Stockholm Session.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Kenny Dorham at Cafe Bohemia.

[aligreto]

Mulligan Meets Monk:





which is from this 3XCD anthology [The Riverside Anthology]....





I particularly like the earthy, smokey tone and atmosphere of the saxophone playing and recording on this album.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Mulligan Meets Monk:





which is from this 3XCD anthology [The Riverside Anthology]....





I particularly like the earthy, smokey tone and atmosphere of the saxophone playing and recording on this album.

Love the MMM album!

[aligreto]

Love the MMM album!

The Riverside Anthology was my first foray into Monks music. I have liked all three albums contained in it.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

The Riverside Anthology was my first foray into Monks music. I have liked all three albums contained in it.

Monk didn't make a bad recording. I like his solo performances as well. Especially, I like the disc below.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Sonny Rollins: Reel Life.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

The Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 3.

[bhodges]

Going down another Gene Puerling rabbit hole, mostly with the Singers Unlimited, but other jazz vocalists since have done some great work, too. Here Puerling works his arranging magic with "It Could Happen to You" (1943) by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi0a1at3FcQ&list=RDW7WKQclXibU&index=16

Here is Puerling's take on "Over the Rainbow," written for Linda Ronstadt but never performed or recorded by her. Danny Fong (in the three male parts) and Meg Contini do a beautiful job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M59RtxP3_o&list=RDW7WKQclXibU&index=17

--Bruce