What Jazz are you listening to now?

[king ubu]

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yesterday's late night listen (disc one from the Parlan Mosaic box):

[SimonNZ]

Michael Marcus - Speakin Out -(2002)

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Continued with Horace Parlan last night - the rest of disc one and disc two of the Mosaic set compiling his fine Blue Note albums.

[SimonNZ]

Kenny Barron - Landscape (1986)

[Autumn Leaves]

Tonights Jazz Listening:



Ahh, I think my tastes in Jazz are probably a bit conservative - The Jackie McLean album rubbed me up the wrong way mostly.
Playing a John Coltrane record now - this is more my thing

[SimonNZ]

^Each to their own, of course, and that doesn't make you conservative, but what was it that was doing the rubbing?

playing now:



Kenny Barron / Barry Harris - Confirmation (1991)

[Autumn Leaves]

^Each to their own, of course, and that doesn't make you conservative, but what was it that was doing the rubbing?

Hey Simon - I think the McLean album was a bit too playful/experimental for me. I feel the same way about Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch.
I didn't dislike the album a lot it wasn't too bad - probably more like it was just trying my patience a bit.
Ill probably give the album a try again when im in the mood for something different - I almost never give up on stuff

[Kontrapunctus]

[Autumn Leaves]

Tonights listening:



Im probably not the best at following recommendations but I have to thank MI for making this one - I love this album!

[king ubu]

terrific set by this group last night ... ran to the CD stand afterwards to buy this and two more

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and now the new one, too ... wonderful stuff!

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more music from Scandinavia - just bought this, first impression is very good indeed!

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Another first spin - and wow, this is mighty impressive! Sonny Rollins (in trio with Henry Grimes and Pete La Roca) is on fire, and it seems Silver's quintet (the classic Blue Mitchell/Junior Cook line-up) is doing its best to keep up (and pretty well succeeds).

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Coltrane. Disc 2 from this impressive (musically and aesthetically) Impulse box:








Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Quartet-Complete-Impulse-Recordings/dp/B00000DHZ9/ref=sr_1_8_twi_aud_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1463892137&sr=1-8&keywords=coltrane+impulse

[king ubu]

the box is *somewhat* botched ... they started releasing those more complete two-disc sets shortly after, but ... there are several buts:

1) Ballads (Deluxe) - the two-disc set with the session reel on disc two is mostly just alternates of one track and the bonus material overall isn't all that essential
2) Coltrane (Deluxe) - the two-disc set is wonderful, BUT: they included "Inch Worm" in the version with Duke Ellington (while the 8 CD "classic quartet" box has the correct track)
3) A Love Supreme (Deluxe) - that's kinda like Universal/Vivendi/feghers showing us the finger multiple times ... the initial two disc set was magnificent in that it contained the great Antibes/Juan-les-Pins concert first time on any official release ... it also contained two of the titles of that long-lost session with Archie Shepp ... and I so fell in love that I retain it
4) A Love Supreme (Complete Masters) - now, if you never got that two-disc edition (see 3), you're perfectly fine with buying the three-disc edition of this - it has the bonus studio material on disc two and the concert on disc three. For those sentimental bastards such as me who will keep the two-disc edition, there's also a two-disc edition of the "Complete Masters" set that does omit the live concert ... and HELLYEAH the additional two takes with Shepp are definitely worth it! The alternates from the actual quartet date are the same as on the older deluxe set
5) A Love Supreme (once again, same old, same old) - not announced quite yet and might never happen, BUT the fact that a leaked tracklist contained some more studio material that is probably also on the session reel in possession of the family (just in case: all of these Deluxe sets are based on such reels that were handed over by Impulse to Coltrane so he could revisit the recordings at home) ... so we might eventually get one more edition with all the burps and farts and false starts added that were omitted from the "Complete Masters" set

Me, I have bought "A Love Supreme", I think, five times by now. I had the old "Impulse Master Edition" disc, than the box, then re-bought the single disc (wanted it on standalone), then the Deluxe, now the Complete Masters ... and of course I also had the Antibes on a bootleg disc (Charly/Le Jazz). After all, Coltrane is God, kind of 

Thread duty:

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had this next to the player for a while, to revisit (it's one of International Phonograph's glorious reissues in glossy mini LP foldout format) - alas turns out a memorial listen

Jeremy Steig (1942-2016)

http://www.jeremysteig.info/jeremysspirit-E.html

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Playing a variety of tracks from the first discs of this set ... gotta revisit the Massey Hall concert (on most of disc two and all of disc three - this box has the dubbed and undubbed versions) again within the next days!