What Jazz are you listening to now?

[Karl Henning]

My pleasure, Karl. If you ever have chance, do check out this DVD documentary on Monk (this is where this footage of him rehearsing came from):

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Check it out? Why, I own it

[SimonNZ]

Jackie McLean - The Jackie McLean Quintet (rec.1962 rel.1977)
Barney Kessel and Harold Land - El Tigre (1958)

[San Antone]

One of the best of the complete sessions boxes.

[George]

One of the best of the complete sessions boxes.

And it's the only one I have. 

Actually, I have the complete Cellar Door Sessions set as well.

[San Antone]

And it's the only one I have. 

Actually, I have the complete Cellar Door Sessions set as well.

The Complete Jack Johnson and the Complete On the Corner are also very good.  Actually, all of them are really good, but I find the electric band boxes offer more interesting alternative tracks and full jams as opposed to the sliced final products.

[Mirror Image]

Check it out? Why, I own it

Great stuff, KH!

[SimonNZ]

Wayne Shorter - Odyssey Of Iska (1970)

[king ubu]

Re: Miles boxes ... I have a very soft spot for the first one, the complete Miles/Gil sessions ... true, most of the (huge number of) new tracks are alternates, rehearsals etc., but to me that's endlessley fascinating stuff! Also there is a rehearsal of the "Adagio" from Rodrigo's concerto, with Miles not playing (but sitting in the studio, listening, and I guess reading the score) ... there are spots where you get the idea to be the fly on the wall.

But generally indeed the electric period boxes have more to offer (beginning with the second quintet box, which in its last third roughly starts piecing together the music session by session). The BB box is full of new stuff, the IASW not so much, but it has the terrific and prev. unreleased "Ghetto Walk"!

Anyway, when the box with Gil was released, I was still in high school ... I remember how I saved my pocket money to buy the first three or so sets from that (later I was at university, with some part-time jobs along, so buying music got easier).

Thread duty - in concert last night:

Jacques Schwarz-Bart ts, Malcolm Braff p/rhodes/synth, Laurent David elb, Stéphane Galland d

This got pretty loud and intense ... I mostly went because I love Braff. In the first set he got too few spots I found (but he was always present in the overall sound mix). Schwarz-Bart wasn't always convincing I found, but he had some quite amazing moments, too, when he got out of his post-bop licks and into the groove ... wasn't aware Galland is the drummer of Aka Moon, but that makes sense ... the entire mix often sounded more like prog or something than jazz - which is not quite my cup of tea actually ... but it was great fun!

[Tom 1960]

[San Antone]

Wayne Shorter : Schizophrenia

Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
Curtis Fuller – trombone
James Spaulding – flute, alto saxophone
Herbie Hancock – piano
Ron Carter – bass
Joe Chambers – drums



Always one of my favorite Shorter albums.  The playing of James Spaulding is a huge plus, imo, and the writing for the three horns and arrangements are excellent.  Great rhythm section.

[Mirror Image]

Wayne Shorter : Schizophrenia

Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
Curtis Fuller – trombone
James Spaulding – flute, alto saxophone
Herbie Hancock – piano
Ron Carter – bass
Joe Chambers – drums



Always one of my favorite Shorter albums.  The playing of James Spaulding is a huge plus, imo, and the writing for the three horns and arrangements are excellent.  Great rhythm section.

Shorter is certainly one of great jazz composers of all-time.

[San Antone]

Shorter is certainly one of great jazz composers of all-time.

100% agree.

TD



Louis Armstrong : Satch Plays Fats


At this time, the All-Stars included the magnificent New Orleans clarinetist Barney Bigard, swing trombonist Trummy Young and the rhythm section of pianist Billy Kyle, bassist Arvell Shaw and drummer Barrett Deems. Joining the band on "Honeysuckle Rose," "Squeeze Me" and "All that Meat and No Potatoes" is vocalist Velma Middleton.  While Young, a gifted swing singer in his own right, is heard scatting fill-ins to Armstrong's vocal on "I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling."



Simply great!

[Tom 1960]

[Tom 1960]

[Spineur]

Lester Young was mentionned in the favorite Jazz artists.  Yes he is great fun

[Karl Henning]

Monk, Genius of Modern Music Vol. 2

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[San Antone]

mingus ah um

[Karl Henning]

mingus ah um

Wonderful.

[Karl Henning]

http://www.youtube.com/v/FuHjgKQDofs

[San Antone]

http://www.youtube.com/v/FuHjgKQDofs

More great Columbia jazz.