What Jazz are you listening to now?

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Tony Williams: Foreign Intrigue. 

[George]

Tony Williams: Foreign Intrigue. 

My favorite jazz drummer!

[SimonNZ]

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Blues In The Night, Red Garland.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

My favorite jazz drummer!

Me, Albert Heath, Louis Hayes and Elvin Jones!

[bhodges]

Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II: "All the Things You Are" (Danny Fong and Meg Contini, 2004, arr. Gene Puerling) - I mean, what a gorgeous song to start with. Gene Puerling's tight harmonies (originally for the Singers Unlimited) are a tangy joy, and this version -- done well before the pandemic and lockdowns -- shows the benefits of savvy technology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PQ2gQWMDNo

--Bruce

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Ella Fitzgerald: "All the Things You Are" (Danny Fong and Meg Contini, 2004, arr. Gene Puerling) - I mean, what a gorgeous song to start with. Gene Puerling's tight harmonies (originally for the Singers Unlimited) are a tangy joy, and this version -- done well before the pandemic and lockdowns -- shows the benefits of savvy technology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PQ2gQWMDNo

--Bruce

Jerome Kern

[bhodges]

Jerome Kern

Eek, thank you. I plead a distracting dinner with friends, and a lovely bottle of wine. 

--Bruce

[aligreto]

Now enjoying this one:

So much good music to explore and listen to.

[George]

So much good music to explore and listen to.

So true!

[San Antone]

Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II: "All the Things You Are" (Danny Fong and Meg Contini, 2004, arr. Gene Puerling) - I mean, what a gorgeous song to start with. Gene Puerling's tight harmonies (originally for the Singers Unlimited) are a tangy joy, and this version -- done well before the pandemic and lockdowns -- shows the benefits of savvy technology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PQ2gQWMDNo

--Bruce

Thanks for the link.  The Singers Unlimited were an amazing vocal group, and Gene Puerling's arrangements are legendary.  They did a record with the Oscar Peterson Trio (In Tune) which is among my favorite Jazz recordings, ever.

[George]

[SimonNZ]

[San Antone]

WAYNE SHORTER - SPEAK NO EVIL LP
(BLUE NOTE CLASSIC VINYL EDITION)

1964 was one of the most momentous years in the musical life of Wayne Shorter. Early in the year the saxophonist was still a member of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, appearing on classic Blue Note albums like Free for All and Indestructible. Shorter made his own auspicious label debut that spring with Night Dreamer and quickly recorded the impressive follow-up JuJu. That summer he joined the Miles Davis Quintet, cementing a line-up that would become one of the seminal bands in jazz history. And when Shorter entered Van Gelder Studio with Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Elvin Jones on Christmas Eve 1964 they created a masterpiece with Speak No Evil, a transcendent set of six Shorter originals including the swinging title track, "Witch Hunt," and sublime ballad "Infant Eyes."

This Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Store)



A1: Witch Hunt
A2: Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum
A3: Dance Cadaverous

B1: Speak No Evil
B2: Infant Eyes
B3: Wild Flower

[aligreto]

Mingus: Ah Um





There is terrific drive and energy in the up tempo numbers and wonderful atmosphere in the slower numbers. This is a terrific album.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Mingus: Ah Um





There is terrific drive and energy in the up tempo numbers and wonderful atmosphere in the slower numbers. This is a terrific album.

Yes, wonderful album!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

A World of Piano!
Phineas Newborn Jr.

[George]

Yes, wonderful album!

Absolutely!

[aligreto]

Yes, wonderful album!

Absolutely!

Immediate love for Mingus: Ah Um 

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Immediate love for Mingus: Ah Um 

All of his albums in the 1950-60s are excellent. When I was a high school student, I was crazy about his  "So Long Eric". I think I still am.