What Jazz are you listening to now?

[SimonNZ]

[aligreto]

Are you streaming all of the recently posted Ellington albums or do you physically have them in your collection?

[SimonNZ]

Are you streaming all of the recently posted Ellington albums or do you physically have them in your collection?

Physically have them. I've recently been on a reacquiring binge, helped along by a secondhand cd store suddenly having a huge amount including many seldom seen ones, probably all from one persons former collection.

Not that I mind streaming stuff as well.

Edit: and now:

[aligreto]

Physically have them. I've recently been on a reacquiring binge, helped along by a secondhand cd store suddenly having a huge amount including many seldom seen ones, probably all from one persons former collection.

Not that I mind streaming stuff as well.

Edit: and now:

OK, very nice indeed.
They have obviously gone to a very appreciative home 

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Count Basie: Basie in London (Live in Sweden).



 

[aligreto]

Count Basie: Basie in London (Live in Sweden).



 

I do not have as much exposure to the music of Basie as I do to the music of Ellington.
I do enjoy listening to Basie.

[Karl Henning]

Count Basie: Basie in London (Live in Sweden).



 

Oh, what a fun photo!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I do not have as much exposure to the music of Basie as I do to the music of Ellington.
I do enjoy listening to Basie.

Straight ahead, blues music!

[aligreto]

Straight ahead, blues music!

Yes, easy but interesting listening.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Yes, easy but interesting listening.

Btw, his autobiography is a fun read! 

[aligreto]

Btw, his autobiography is a fun read! 

Cheers and thank you for that. 

[KevinP]

There were two Basie Orchestras, referred to as the Old and New (or First and Second) Testament bands. Different as night and day. (More than two, really. After all, they're still together.)

The pre-war band generally played head arrangements, usually evolving out of jam sessions and repeated until codified. By contrast, the later band was known for their much more complex arrangements, often commissioned from the top arrangers of the day.

Both are amazing to listen to, but they are very different experiences.

[San Antone]

I've had that on my shelf for a while but never gotten around to reading it.

[SimonNZ]

[George]

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

There were two Basie Orchestras, referred to as the Old and New (or First and Second) Testament bands. Different as night and day. (More than two, really. After all, they're still together.)

The pre-war band generally played head arrangements, usually evolving out of jam sessions and repeated until codified. By contrast, the later band was known for their much more complex arrangements, often commissioned from the top arrangers of the day.

Both are amazing to listen to, but they are very different experiences.

Though I love blues music in general, I personally prefer the modern Basie Orchestra with the arrangers like Neal Hefti, Frank Foster, etc..

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Joe Henderson: Inner Urge.

[SimonNZ]

Dont think I've encountered a Django track called "Inprovisations on Tchaikovsky's Pathetique" before.

[dhibbard]

some David Benoit..... some modern Jazz

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Dont think I've encountered a Django track called "Inprovisations on Tchaikovsky's Pathetique" before.

I have the disc somewhere in my house. I will check it out. I dig Django. Btw (again), I think the book below is a nice read.

P.s. Not a big fan of Grappelly and I tend to focuse on Django recordings without him.