What Jazz are you listening to now?

[XB-70 Valkyrie]

This is really a great record (I'm callin' them "records" these days!  ) ). Mine is the original LP, with great sound quality and nearly silent surfaces after a cleaning with the Keith Monks machine.

I have some of her later recordings, but, naturally her voice is a bit higher here, but no less enjoyable. The material ranges from lighthearted and funny "Loads of love" to poignant ("Ten cents a dance"). Really a must-have for lovers of great vocal recordings.

Shirley Horn: Loads of Love 1963

[Mirror Image]

This is really a great record (I'm callin' them "records" these days!  ) ). Mine is the original LP, with great sound quality and nearly silent surfaces after a cleaning with the Keith Monks machine.

I have some of her later recordings, but, naturally her voice is a bit higher here, but no less enjoyable. The material ranges from lighthearted and funny "Loads of love" to poignant ("Ten cents a dance"). Really a must-have for lovers of great vocal recordings.

Shirley Horn: Loads of Love 1963

Shirley Horn is one of my favorite jazz vocalists. Such a pure, emotionally vulnerable, heart-warming voice.

[XB-70 Valkyrie]

Yes, agreed, she's up there on my list--not quite as high as the Divine One (Sarah Vaughan).

Lately, I've been enjoying Abbey Lincoln too, although I must admit I didn't like her at first. Her cover of the song "Should've been" is priceless IMO.

[SimonNZ]

Duke Jordan - Flight To Denmark (1973)
Emily Remler - This Is Me (1990)



Emily Remler - Firefly (1981)
Joe Pass and Red Mitchell - Finally (1992)

[SimonNZ]

From my RVG project: a list of some of the albums that particularly impressed me on first listen for one reason or another, and which I'd like to relisten to sooner rather than later. Comments welcomed if you're familiar with any of them (sorry if it seems like a long list, its just a fraction of what I played - to the extent that a great many not listed here have already been half forgotten or blurred together):

Sal Salvador - Quintet
Tal Farlow - Quartet
Billy Taylor - Cross Section
Barbara Lea - A Woman In Love
Lou Mecca - Quartet
Jutta Hipp - At The Hickory House
Dorothy Ashby - Hip Harp
Chico Hamilton - Passin' Thru
Steve Lacy - Reflections
Shirley Scott - Scottie Plays The Duke
Betty Roche - Singin' And Swingin'
Larry Young - Testifying
Walt Dickerson - A Sense Of Direction
The Swingville All-Stars - Years Ago
Ahmed Abdul-Malik - Sounds Of Africa
Shirley Scott - Blue Seven
The Swingville All-Stars - Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Kenny Burrell and Jack McDuff - Crash
Roy Haynes - Cymbalism
Booker Ervin - The Song Book
A.K.Salim - Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy
Andy Bey and the Bey Sisters - Now! Hear!
George Braith - Extension
Oliver Nelson - More Blues And The Abstract Truth
Freddie Roach - All That's Good
Donald Byrd - I'm Trying To Get Home
Booker Ervin - The Space Book
Kenny Dorham - Trompeta Toccata
Roland Kirk - Rip, Rig And Panic
Archie Shepp - On This Night
Morris Nanton - Something We've Got
Lalo Schifrin - Once a Thief and Other Themes
Gabor Szabo - Jazz Raga
Ornette Coleman - The Empty Foxhole
Jimmy Smith - Peter And The Wolf
Larry Young - Of Love And Peace
Gary McFarland and Gábor Szabó - Simpático
Lalo Schifrin - The Dissection and Reconstruction of Music
Chico Hamilton - The Further Adventures Of El Chico
Sonny Rollins - East Broadway Run Down
Chico Hamilton - The Dealer
Jackie McLean - "Bout Soul
Duke Pearson - Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band
Lee Morgan - Sixth Sense
Jackie McLean - New And Old Gospel
Stanley Turrentine (with Shirley Scott) - Common Touch
Eddie Gale - Ghetto Music
Donald Byrd - Fancy Free
Lee Morgan - The Last Session
Don Sebesky - Giant Box
Gábor Szabó - Mizrab
Chet Baker - She Was Too Good To Me
Ron Carter - New York Slick
Horace Silver - Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres
Ray Barretto - La Cuna
Chet Baker / Jim Hall / Hubert Lawes - Studio Trieste
Malachi Thompson - Spirit
Abdullah Ibrahim - Ekaya: Home
Abdullah Ibrahim - Water From An Ancient Well
Franco Ambrosetti - Movies Too
Abdullah Ibrahim - Mindif
Bill Doggett - The Right Choice
Jim Hall - Youkali
Hank Jones - Upon Reflection: The Music Of Thad Jones
Renee Rosnes - As We Are Now

[George]

Today:

Miles Davis - On The Corner - man, what a challenging listen

[James]

https://www.youtube.com/v/v1mJKpbVB1Q

[Brian]

From my RVG project:

I've thought about doing a "desert island producer" poll where you can only take one producer's work with you to the desert island, with Alfred Lion, Norman Granz, Teo Macero, Bob Weinstock, Orrin Keepnews, etc.

[SimonNZ]

Count Basie - Basie's In The Bag (1967)

[XB-70 Valkyrie]

Heard this great recording on the radio today--added to wish list. My collection is woefully lacking in Ben Webster--not for long!

[George]

One of my favorite Miles records.  I remember when it first came out, I loved it but all my friends (other jazz players) put it down.  I didn't care; I would leave it on 24/7; just there all the time.  Still love it.  The On the Corner Complete Sessions is great, too.

Can you please tell me what you like about it? And/or what I must be missing?

[George]

Listen to it like you would James Brown.

OK, will do, thanks!

[Brian]

Heard this great recording on the radio today--added to wish list. My collection is woefully lacking in Ben Webster--not for long!

Any album where Ben Webster joins forces with Coleman Hawkins, Harry Edison, Johnny Hodges, or Oscar Peterson is essential!

- Ben & Sweets
- Sweets
- Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
- Blues-a-Plenty
- Not So Dukish
- Ben Webster and Oscar Peterson

I want to hear the collabo album with Joe Zawinul and Philly Joe Jones, too...

[Spineur]

Any album where Ben Webster joins forces with Coleman Hawkins, Harry Edison, Johnny Hodges, or Oscar Peterson is essential!

- Ben & Sweets
- Sweets
- Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
- Blues-a-Plenty
- Not So Dukish
- Ben Webster and Oscar Peterson

I want to hear the collabo album with Joe Zawinul and Philly Joe Jones, too...

Another mellow jazz album (with string orchestra)
"The Warm Moods"

[SimonNZ]

Kenny Burrell - Then Along Came Kenny: Live At The Village Vanguard (1996)
Chet Baker and Philip Catherine -  Chet's Choice (1985)

[James]

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

[James]

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

[SimonNZ]

Jim Hall - All Across the City (1989)
Peter Beets - New York Trio (2001)

[king ubu]

Re Webster/Tatum: the edition depicted above is one of the many euro PD reissues ... Tatum is amazing ad I think both the Pablo Solo and Group Masterpieces boxes are still available (the later of which, as its crown, containing the album with Webster - the LPs were initially released on Verve but Granz took them with him and reissued them al on Pablo, later Fantasy made two boxes and those were again reprinted bby Universal Italia).

Other than that, Brian's list is good, you cN add "Soulville" to it (again with Peterson). And I also really love the 1965 Copenhagen live recordings with the Kenny Drew Trio! (Three sets on three LPs, later on two CDs with the middle set split up).

[Ghost Sonata]

Often, a little bit o' everything is quite a bit o' nothing: