What Jazz are you listening to now?

[SimonNZ]

Brad Goode - Nature Boy (2006)

[HIPster]

Myra Melford - Above Blue

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[SimonNZ]

Joe Locke and David Hazeltine - Mutual Admiration Society 2 (2009)
Les McCann and Eddie Harris - Swiss Movement (1969)

[SimonNZ]

Terry Gibbs - s/t (1956)



Samo Salamon - Kei's Secret (2006)

[Autumn Leaves]

Now playing:



Felt like something mellow and trippy - this album would seem about right.

[king ubu]

just finished my first spin of this:



Roscoe Mitchell - Sustain and Run (Jazz Ao Vivo Na Fabrica)

impressive solo concert, brings back memories of the one solo concert I caught of his, several years back

[Spineur]

Jazz guitar (classical & baritone electric), and piano.  Nice for a sunday evening

[SimonNZ]

Terry Gibbs - Plays The Duke (1957)

edit: not recommended - the TG album I played yesterday was way better

[king ubu]

Re: Terry Gibbs: absolutely check out his big band, aka his "Dream Band" - and that, it is, with the line-up of stellar West Coast musicians: Conte Candoli, Stu Williamson, Bill Holman, Joe Maini, Al Porcino, Mel Lewis, Pete Jolly ... arrangements by Holman, Al Cohn, Marty Paich, Manny Albam ... there are six volumes on Fantasy, some of them only released decades after being recorded - I guess I'd start with volume one. "Swing Is Here" (Verve) has been reissued in Universal's "Originals" series and features the same band, though in a somewhat more restrained setting (shorter tunes, probably more accurate playing - but when a big band's on fire, I don't care if the playing gets lose, actually in many cases I really love that, for instance on the awesome new Thad Jones/Mel Lewis set out on Resonance).

Thread duty - late last night:

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Not an essential album, but one that really grew on me.

[SimonNZ]

Re: Terry Gibbs: absolutely check out his big band, aka his "Dream Band" - and that, it is, with the line-up of stellar West Coast musicians: Conte Candoli, Stu Williamson, Bill Holman, Joe Maini, Al Porcino, Mel Lewis, Pete Jolly ... arrangements by Holman, Al Cohn, Marty Paich, Manny Albam ... there are six volumes on Fantasy, some of them only released decades after being recorded - I guess I'd start with volume one. "Swing Is Here" (Verve) has been reissued in Universal's "Originals" series and features the same band, though in a somewhat more restrained setting (shorter tunes, probably more accurate playing - but when a big band's on fire, I don't care if the playing gets lose, actually in many cases I really love that, for instance on the awesome new Thad Jones/Mel Lewis set out on Resonance).

Thanks for the recommendations. Will look into those.

playing now:



Jason Adasiewicz - Sun Rooms (2010)
Bill Frisell - Quartet (1996)



Ravish Momin - Climbing The Banyan Tree (2006)
Myra Melford - Life Carries Me This Way (2013)



Sam Newsome - Monk Abstractions (2006)
Michael Brecker - Pilgrimage (2007)

[king ubu]

Love Adasiewicz! That "Sun Rooms" album is good, I've got another one, too - the one you depicted on CD, the other on LP, bought after an amazing concert at the end of a tour with the "Living by Lanterns" band he co-leads with Mike Reed, and which also includes Taylor Ho Bynum, Tomeka Reid, Mary Halvorson, Ingrid Laubrock and other favorites of mine.

As for me, I'm still trying to get to grips with Prince's death, playing stuff from various of his albums, also played some more Albert Ayler (the rehearsal session from 1968 with the great "Thank God for Women" on disc six of the "Holy Ghost" box).

[Henk]

On the background. Nice stuff by Zorn.
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[SimonNZ]

Ravish Momin - Miren (A Longing) (2007)
Myra Melford - Alive In The House Of Saints (1993)



Sam Newsome - The Straight Horn Of Africa (2014)
Bill Frisell - Where In The World (1991)

[SimonNZ]

Joe Locke - Lay Down My Heart (2013)
Thelonious Monk - 5 By Monk By 5 (1959)

[king ubu]

last night:






the night before:

[SimonNZ]

Bill Frisell - Ghost Town (2000)
Anthony Braxton - Creative Orchestra (Koln) 1978

[king ubu]

[SimonNZ]

Steps Ahead - Modern Times (1984)
Bill Frisell - Blues Dream (2001)



Ran Blake and Anthony Braxton - A Memory Of Vienna (1988)
Alex Cline - The Constant Flame (2001)

[king ubu]

first listen this morning:



pretty good! the Japanese reissue is still available, though not as cheaply as it originally was ...

[James]

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