What Jazz are you listening to now?

[SimonNZ]

I'd flicked past this a few times in the cd store, thinking it was just another cheapo repackaging of familiar recordings from Columbia, three discs cleverly put into a single case with no notes at all. But luckily I looked closer and found it had an unusually large number of titles I hadn't heard of.

A lot of googling and cross-checking at home after purchase reveals that it is the 30s Brunswick recordings that Columbia have the rights to, not to be confused with the late 20s ones that Decca own. But Columbia, it seems, have no rights to the Brunswick branding, or even mention of the name. Which might be why they've seemingly never made a cd package of them similar to their "The Okeh Ellington". Pity they couldn't have found some way of hinting at that in the title.

And even by the high standards of the Ellington orchestra of this time this is really great stuff.

Grab it if you see it. (If you've got deeper pockets that me it looks like these recordings are also part of a 12cd Mosaic box)

[George]

I'd flicked past this a few times in the cd store, thinking it was just another cheapo repackaging of familiar recordings from Columbia, three discs cleverly put into a single case with no notes at all. But luckily I looked closer and found it had an unusually large number of titles I hadn't heard of.

A lot of googling and cross-checking at home after purchase reveals that it is the 30s Brunswick recordings that Columbia have the rights to, not to be confused with the late 20s ones that Decca own. But Columbia, it seems, have no rights to the Brunswick branding, or even mention of the name. Which might be why they've seemingly never made a cd package of them similar to their "The Okeh Ellington". Pity they couldn't have found some way of hinting at that in the title.

And even by the high standards of the Ellington orchestra of this time this is really great stuff.

Grab it if you see it. (If you've got deeper pockets that me it looks like these recordings are also part of a 12cd Mosaic box)

Thanks for the heads up. This will fill a gap in my Duke collection.

[San Antone]

I've been in a Miles mood lately.  Started out listening to the Second Quintet's albums, then went on to these live releases:

Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West
Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West was recorded on April 10, 1970, at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, shortly after the release of the trumpeter's Bitches Brew album and the recording of Jack Johnson (1971).



Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East
Miles Davis at Fillmore was recorded at the Fillmore East, New York City on four consecutive days, June 17 through June 20, 1970, originally released as a double vinyl LP. The performances featured the double keyboard set-up Davis toured with for a few months, with Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea playing electronic organ and Fender Rhodes electric piano, respectively.



In Concert
In Concert is a live double album, recorded in 1972 at the Philharmonic Hall in New York City. Columbia Records' original release did not credit any personnel, recording date, or track listing, apart from the inner liner listing the two titles "Foot Fooler" and "Slickaphonics".



Dark Magus
Dark Magus was recorded on March 30, 1974, at Carnegie Hall in New York City, during the electric period in the musician's career. Davis' group at the time of the concert included bassist Michael Henderson, drummer Al Foster, percussionist Mtume, saxophonist Dave Liebman, and guitarists Pete Cosey and Reggie Lucas. He also used the show to audition saxophonist Azar Lawrence and guitarist Dominique Gaumont. Dark Magus was produced by Teo Macero and featured four two-part recordings with titles from the Swahili words for the numbers one through four.



And this, among my favorites of his electric eriod:

Live-Evil
Live-Evil is an album of both live and studio recordings. Parts of the album featured music from Davis' concert at the Cellar Door in 1970, which producer Teo Macero subsequently edited and pieced together in the studio. They were performed as lengthy, dense jams in the jazz-rock style, while the studio recordings consisted mostly of renditions of Hermeto Pascoal compositions. The album was originally released on November 17, 1971.

[George]

And this, among my favorites of his electric period:

Live-Evil
Live-Evil is an album of both live and studio recordings. Parts of the album featured music from Davis' concert at the Cellar Door in 1970, which producer Teo Macero subsequently edited and pieced together in the studio. They were performed as lengthy, dense jams in the jazz-rock style, while the studio recordings consisted mostly of renditions of Hermeto Pascoal compositions. The album was originally released on November 17, 1971.

Among my favorites from that period too!

[Artem]

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Gil Evans: New Bottle Old Wine.

[KevinP]

I bought that album when it was first released on CD (87ish). I'm not sure I've listened to it so much as five times, but oddly enough, I just listened to it last week.

[KevinP]

[SimonNZ]

1982

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Jimmy Smith. Groovin' At Smalls Paradise.

[SimonNZ]

[George]

[KevinP]

[T. D.]

I recently acquired this obscurity on a whim (it was cheap), but am really enjoying it! The pianist is strongly influenced by Bill Evans. Mix of trio and quintet tracks. Rubén Barbieri (Gato's brother) plays trumpet in the quintet.

[SimonNZ]

[Karl Henning]

Birthday Boy:

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Roy Hargrove: The Vibe.

[BWV 1080]

[Karl Henning]

I'd flicked past this a few times in the cd store, thinking it was just another cheapo repackaging of familiar recordings from Columbia, three discs cleverly put into a single case with no notes at all. But luckily I looked closer and found it had an unusually large number of titles I hadn't heard of.

A lot of googling and cross-checking at home after purchase reveals that it is the 30s Brunswick recordings that Columbia have the rights to, not to be confused with the late 20s ones that Decca own. But Columbia, it seems, have no rights to the Brunswick branding, or even mention of the name. Which might be why they've seemingly never made a cd package of them similar to their "The Okeh Ellington". Pity they couldn't have found some way of hinting at that in the title.

And even by the high standards of the Ellington orchestra of this time this is really great stuff.

Grab it if you see it. (If you've got deeper pockets that me it looks like these recordings are also part of a 12cd Mosaic box)

Thanks for the heads up. This will fill a gap in my Duke collection.

And I have reeled that baby in, thanks!

Tangentially, TD:

[T. D.]

I've gotten interested in British jazz and recently picked up this excellent collection (from Squidco, a US vendor):

https://confrontrecordings.bandcamp.com/merch/alan-skidmore-a-supreme-love-6xcd-box-set-twenty-page-booklet