What Jazz are you listening to now?

[Bogey]

Reaching back to explore some early recordings in my jazz collection. Love this kind of stuff.  Of course the King Oliver music and the Hot Fives and Sevens are pinnacle for me from this era, but these more obscure gems are not to be missed.  John R. T. Davies has done an outstanding job with the sound so time to sit back and enjoy some vintage jazz recordings.

[SimonNZ]

Charlie Byrd - At The Village Vanguard (1961)
Kenny Burrell - A Night At The Vanguard (1959)



Junko Onishi - Live At The Village Vanguard (1994)
Paul Motian - Live At The Village Vanguard Vol.3 (2010)



Joe Lovano - Live At The Village Vanguard (1995)
Thad Jones / Mel Lewis - Live At The Village Vanguard (1967)

[king ubu]

@Simon: somehow, new stuff gets lost if you keep editing ... I know having a soliloquy can be disheartening, but still, new posts might encourage new feedback to stuff you mention! Just a thought ...

Now playing this astonishing disc of duets by the late great Marion Brown with the constantly shifting rock that was (is, at least on rekkid) Mal Waldron:



Pretty monk-ish btw, starting with a short take of "Blue Monk" (short is 7 minutes), continuing with Waldron's "A cause de Monk" (and in the next tune by Brown, "To the Golden Lady in Her Graham Cracker Window", Brown quotes Monk again), then we get a beautiful version of Tyner's "Contemplation", followed by "Hurry Sundown" by Clarence Williams and Swee' Pea's "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing", before the CD ends with a nearly 16 minute second take of "Blue Monk". They did a follow up, "Much More", also worth looking out. Come to think of it, I'll play that one to end the day, I guess:



This starts with Waldron's classic "Soul Eyes" and then proceeds with standards: "Someone to Watch Over Me", "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm", "My Funny Valentine", "I Can't Get Started" seguing into Bird's "Now the Time" (aka The Hucklebuck, or some such), "The Inchworm", and finally "My Old Flame". Two masters with nothing to proof, just making beautiful music together.

[Spineur]

After midnight, jazz rules...

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[SimonNZ]

Martial Solal - Live At The Village Vanguard (2008)

[king ubu]

Nice! I love Solal!

[XB-70 Valkyrie]

Mal Waldron (and Archie Shepp) fans will love this--Left Alone Revisited: A Tribute to Billie Holiday:

[SimonNZ]

Gerry Mulligan - At The Village Vanguard (1960)
Benny Green - Testifying : Live At The Village Vanguard (1992)



Bebo Valdés / Javier Colina - Live At The Village Vanguard (2014)

[SimonNZ]

Pat Metheny / Brad Mehldau - Quartet (2007)
The Great Jazz Trio - Live At The Village Vanguard (1977)

^Thats an astonishing version of "Naima" on that GJT album

[Ghost Sonata]

So glad he came down from Saturn to live, and play, amongst us for a while.  For my late night groove:

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[SimonNZ]

Chris Connor - In Person: Live At The Village Vanguard (1959)
Woody Shaw - Stepping Stones: Live At The Village Vanguard (1980)

[SimonNZ]

Bobby Hutcherson - Solo / Quartet (1982)

RIP

this is now one of my favorite albums of his - if anyone hasn't heard it check out at least the first three tracks where he overdubs himself playing vibes, marimbas, xylophone, chimes and bells - but the whole album is wonderful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn98uMA_CxA&list=PLhoS73lM8EEtOsYxr4Jto2lqrtR6iNzLh

[SimonNZ]

Bobby Hutcherson - Natural Illusions (1972)

[Spineur]

Its only 10pm and I am already listening to Lou Donaldson

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[SimonNZ]

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Sings Broadway and These Are The Blues (both 1963)

[king ubu]

(yeah, needs to be that big, it's such a cool cover!)

[king ubu]

next one ... and no matter how awesome Albert Stinson is, I think I'll always have a preference, if only as slight one, for "Happenings" (were I enjoy Cranshaw much more than I usually do, btw)

[Spineur]

Joe Pass - Ira, George And Joe.

Just got this CD after King Ubu comment.  Blues isnt very far.  Nice !

[king ubu]

Just got this CD after King Ubu comment.  Blues isnt very far.  Nice !

Must be a mix-up, as I don't know that one (and so far my Pass preference goes for his early recordings on Pacific Jazz ... also for his great contributions to some of Gerald Wilson's sides on Pacific records).

[SimonNZ]

"Happenings" is certainly one of the most striking Blue Note covers.

now:



Mose Allison - Back Country Suite (1957)