What Jazz are you listening to now?

[AnotherSpin]

Miles Davis - The Musings Of Miles (Remastered 2025) - today's release of new remaster.

[Henk]

[Number Six]

Chico Hamilton: The Dealer (1966)

Not gonna lie: I was browsing "related albums" on Qobuz, and I picked this one because the artwork is cool. Then I read that it's an early Larry Coryell appearance, and I had to check it out.

This first cut - the title track - kicks all kinds of ace. It slaps, as the kids say.

[SimonNZ]

Hope my neighbors enjoyed this as much as I did.

(kidding - I played it on headphones, which it kinda needs anyway)

[T. D.]

[AnotherSpin]

Hope my neighbors enjoyed this as much as I did.

(kidding - I played it on headphones, which it kinda needs anyway)

You probably know the story behind how this album came to be released, the fact that two recordings were made, one of which was initially rejected, while the other was selected for release. But due to an error, it was the rejected take that ended up on the print — and it went on to become a classic of Coltrane's late period. Eventually, both versions were included in anthologies, and I have to admit, they sound the same to me, though, to be honest, I've never been a great admirer of his final phase.

[SimonNZ]

You probably know the story behind how this album came to be released, the fact that two recordings were made, one of which was initially rejected, while the other was selected for release. But due to an error, it was the rejected take that ended up on the print — and it went on to become a classic of Coltrane's late period. Eventually, both versions were included in anthologies, and I have to admit, they sound the same to me, though, to be honest, I've never been a great admirer of his final phase.

Yup, I've got both versions on the disc I have. It was "Edition II" I played today.

And with each listen I wonder more and more what all the fear and hyperbole it generated is about. It's talked about as though it's at the outermost edge of chaos, but it's no such thing.

[AnotherSpin]

Yup, I've got both versions on the disc I have. It was "Edition II" I played today.

And with each listen I wonder more and more what all the fear and hyperbole it generated is about. It's talked about as though it's at the outermost edge of chaos, but it's no such thing.

Could be. Especially after some of those avant-garde albums in the decades that followed — plenty of musicians went way further into chaos.

I can't even remember the last time I listened to Ascension... I used to have it on LP. Maybe it's time to give it another spin sometime.

[SimonNZ]

The other albums in the Columbia box are pretty straightforward late 70s dates of Dexter's familiar repertoire getting another respectable pass by his quartet of the time, but this album is something unexpected. Arrangements for 11-piece band made by Slide Hamilton which in many places made me wonder if I wasn't listening to Gil Evans. Dexter also playing soprano on a number of tracks and captured with a palatial reverb I've never encountered on one of his albums.

[KevinP]

Hope my neighbors enjoyed this as much as I did.

(kidding - I played it on headphones, which it kinda needs anyway)

Bit of a tangent here, but are there any decent music stores in Christchurch these days?

I think Slow Boat is the only one left in Welly.

[SimonNZ]

Bit of a tangent here, but are there any decent music stores in Christchurch these days?

I think Slow Boat is the only one left in Welly.

Penny Lane is a mix of new and secondhand and is usually what I mean when I say I chanced on something at "the secondhand store".  They are the last one standing now. Not sure where I'd be without them. Relistening to the thousands of cds I have, I suppose.

Are you in Wellington?

[KevinP]

It's a city I keep coming back to. Studied at Vic and later did a sabbatical year there, plus numerous short visits. Spending another year there come September. Very likely to visit the South Island, where I haven't been since I think 2003.

[SimonNZ]

It's a city I keep coming back to. Studied at Vic and later did a sabbatical year there, plus numerous short visits. Spending another year there come September. Very likely to visit the South Island, where I haven't been since I think 2003.

Well, if you want to compare purchases over a drink I can shout a round or two. (Presumably we could fill a conversation somewhat better than the last time I offered to meet a member from a different chat site who was passing through and it became clear after twenty seconds that we had nothing more to say to each other in person. That was painful.)


TD:

[Karl Henning]

Definitively in my top 10 favorite Ellington albums.

Love it! Thanks for the pointer!

[Karl Henning]

I really enjoy Theme for the Eulipions, the first track from that album (with Hilton Ruiz on piano and Howard Johnson on tuba!), though the vocals are likely not to everyone's taste:

The late Jessica Williams recorded a piano trio version (not too many people cover Rahsaan):

Thanks for this!

[T. D.]

Thanks for this!

You're welcome! I'm not much into vocal jazz but find Rahsaan's original version fascinating. And I like Jessica Williams, though she made so many records in the late '90s and oughts that I couldn't keep up.

[Karl Henning]

[San Antone]

'Round About Midnight
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones

[T. D.]

For some reason that got me thinking of Bird tributes.

[Henk]

Definitively in my top 10 favorite Ellington albums.

Just listened to it for the first time. Grand and gorgeous imo. Should explore more Ellington, I've some recordings I haven't really gave a good listen yet, and also Basie.