What Jazz are you listening to now?

[KevinP]

Quiet Kenny. Kenny Dorham.

Good one.

[Henk]

Disc 1. The track 'Eye of the Hurricane' is quite cool imo.
Recording quality is quite poor.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Dizzy.

[AnotherSpin]

Disc 1. The track 'Eye of the Hurricane' is quite cool imo.
Recording quality is quite poor.

This album was partially recorded by a quintet that replicated the great Miles Davis Quintet of the '60s, with the only difference being that the trumpeter there was someone else, Freddie Hubbard.

That same year, 1977, another double live album with a similar title, Quintet V.S.O.P., was released. I remember the vinyl sounded amazingly good, as did other albums by the V.S.O.P. Quintet. I'm not sure I ever listened to this lineup later on, on CDs or streaming.

By the way, I can recommend a recording made a few years later by Herbie Hancock's quartet with Ron Carter and Tony Williams, featuring the then-rising young Wynton Marsalis. Recorded in 1981, it includes a fabulous version of Eye of the Hurricane.

[Henk]

This album was partially recorded by a quintet that replicated the great Miles Davis Quintet of the '60s, with the only difference being that the trumpeter there was someone else, Freddie Hubbard.

That same year, 1977, another double live album with a similar title, Quintet V.S.O.P., was released. I remember the vinyl sounded amazingly good, as did other albums by the V.S.O.P. Quintet. I'm not sure I ever listened to this lineup later on, on CDs or streaming.

By the way, I can recommend a recording made a few years later by Herbie Hancock's quartet with Ron Carter and Tony Williams, featuring the then-rising young Wynton Marsalis. Recorded in 1981, it includes a fabulous version of Eye of the Hurricane.

Thanks for the commentary.
I found the album with Marsalis, will listen to it. Miles Davis probably wouldn't have liked it much.

[AnotherSpin]

Thanks for the commentary.
I found the album with Marsalis, will listen to it. Miles Davis probably wouldn't have liked it much.

The feud between Davis and Marsalis has been well documented—there are various anecdotes about it. With time, it no longer feels so crucial or important. I clearly remember the impression made by Marsalis's first album, or his participation in the Hancock Quartet recording mentioned above. It was really great for its time. Marsalis's later experiments, however, didn't interest me much.

[San Antone]

Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
João Gilberto – guitar, vocals
Antônio Carlos Jobim – piano
Sebastião Neto – double bass
Milton Banana – drums, pandeiro
Astrud Gilberto – vocals



Getz/Gilberto is an album by American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto, featuring pianist and composer Antônio Carlos Jobim (Tom Jobim), who also composed many of the tracks. It was released in March 1964 by Verve Records. The album features the vocals of Astrud Gilberto on two tracks, "Garota de Ipanema" ("The Girl from Ipanema") and "Corcovado". (read more)

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

The Montréal Tapes.  Charlie Haden, Geri Allen, and Paul Motian.

[SimonNZ]

[JBS]

Music from Prague 2023


Main trio
David Doruzka guitar (acoustic and electric)
Robert Fischmann flute, alto flute, piccolo, kaval, voice
Martin Novak percussion and drums

Most, athough not all, of the arrangements and original composition is by Fischmann.
The major portion of the music is arrangenents of or inspired by traditional Ashkenazi music, both liturgical and secular.  Gilgul is a Hebrew word meaning cycle, but usually refers to re-incarnation/metempsychosis. To quote the booklet:
What is safe to say, however, is that within the ancient religion of Jazz, the souls of songs are granted absolute freedom to transmigrate from body to body, between instruments, keys,metres and genres, and the world is arguably better for it.

[SimonNZ]

The On The Corner era is my least favorite for Miles, but I hardly ever see Miles bootlegs appear locally so I grabbed this.

But, yeah, sadly, I got annoyed with it pretty quickly.


which reminds me: I was having a long conversation with someone behind the counter in a random shop about Miles. About fives minutes in to his well informed talk he tells me that his absolute favorite and desert island Miles is Doo-Bop.

[San Antone]

The On The Corner era is my least favorite for Miles, but I hardly ever see Miles bootlegs appear locally so I grabbed this.

But, yeah, sadly, I got annoyed with it pretty quickly.


which reminds me: I was having a long conversation with someone behind the counter in a random shop about Miles. About fives minutes in to his well informed talk he tells me that his absolute favorite and desert island Miles is Doo-Bop.

I used to really enjoy On the Corner, and all of the records from Bitches Brew up to his retirement.  Live-Evil was a particular favorite. His post-1980 period has nevert interested me. 

But lately, I find myself only listening to his acoustic albums, especially those of the First Great Quintet, both Prestige and Columbia. 

It's not that I began to "dislike" the electric bands, but that I don't have a desire to listen to those records.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Mistérios, Wallace Roney.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Jimmy Forrest.

[JBS]

[SimonNZ]