What Jazz are you listening to now?

Henk · January 24, 2024, 05:50:17 AM

Quote from: SimonNZ on January 23, 2024, 04:43:52 PMHave you seen Ken Burns overview of ten 2-hour episodes?

Besides that I can't think of many jazz documentaries I call much better than just okay. Maybe the one on Chet Baker called "Lets Get Lost". Or the one on Monk called "Straight, No Chaser".

Thanks for the reply. I will watch the one about Monk. It's on Youtube (with Italian subtitles though).

SimonNZ · January 24, 2024, 11:05:59 AM

Quote from: Henk on January 24, 2024, 05:50:17 AMThanks for the reply. I will watch the one about Monk. It's on Youtube (with Italian subtitles though).

There is also a more recent one on Lee Morgan, "I Called Him Lee", which I haven't yet seen but know has had strong recommendations.

Henk · January 24, 2024, 03:33:00 PM

Quote from: SimonNZ on January 24, 2024, 11:05:59 AMThere is also a more recent one on Lee Morgan, "I Called Him Lee", which I haven't yet seen but know has had strong recommendations.

Not that into Morgan, but very interested. Will search for it. Thanks again.

ando · January 25, 2024, 06:41:25 PM

There are a few good jazz docs out there. One of my favorites -

Lady Day: The Many Faces Of Billie Holiday (1991, Matthew Seig)
The firsthand accounts of Billie from her peers (who were still alive at the time); good editing, particularly the samples of Billie's best recordings and Ruby Dee's narration from Billie's memoir, Lady Sings The Blues, are mostly what makes this one stand out from the others. Gotta mention Audra Macdonald's turn as Billie in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill (2016, HBO). Not a documentary as much as a document (sometimes eerily so) of what the real Lady Day was like.

ando · January 26, 2024, 09:02:54 AM

Anyone watch this one? It's a 3 and a half hour look at the development of sax man, Wayne Shorter, who passed on last year. Currently streaming on Prime Video.

ando · January 28, 2024, 09:42:24 AM

The Jazz Workshop George Russell (1957, RCA Victor) full playlist
Ye Hypocrite popped on my AM shuffle and I decided to give Russell's debut album a listen...

Dry Brett Kavanaugh · January 29, 2024, 02:12:17 PM

Wallace Roney Quintet.

ando · January 29, 2024, 03:10:43 PM

modified · January 30, 2024, 04:03:36 AM

Pat Thomas (2019): BleySchool

Henk · January 30, 2024, 06:28:09 AM

Quote from: modified on January 30, 2024, 04:03:36 AM
Pat Thomas (2019): BleySchool

After Paul Bley?

modified · January 30, 2024, 11:27:57 AM

Quote from: Henk on January 30, 2024, 06:28:09 AMAfter Paul Bley?

One more Ida Lupino...

ando · January 30, 2024, 02:54:53 PM

Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959, Vee Jay)
Paul Chambers, bass
Jimmy Cobb, drums
Wynton Kelly, piano
Lee Morgan, trumpet
Wayne Shorter, tenor sax

SimonNZ · February 01, 2024, 05:18:12 PM

Surprised to find this in the 2 dollar bin today.

Dry Brett Kavanaugh · February 01, 2024, 07:32:01 PM

Jackie McLean, Jacknife.

ando · February 02, 2024, 10:56:43 AM

Audra doing her Billie routine.

She's good!

Crazy He Calls Me

ando · February 02, 2024, 10:58:44 AM

Quote from: SimonNZ on February 01, 2024, 05:18:12 PM

Surprised to find this in the 2 dollar bin today.

Thanks!

ando · February 02, 2024, 11:36:20 AM

All Mine And Yours Ray Bryant (1989, Gramarcy)
Rufus Reid, bass
Winard Harper, drums
Ray Bryant, piano

Low key, straight-ahead noodling.

KevinP · February 03, 2024, 01:26:37 AM

SimonNZ · February 03, 2024, 04:32:13 PM

I grabbed this thinking it was an album I hadn't heard before, but it turns out to be selections from his two RCA albums Strictly Powell and Swinging With Bud.

SimonNZ · February 03, 2024, 11:13:39 PM

Duke Ellington and Teresa Brewer - It Don't Mean A Thing (1973)

Never heard of this album before finding it yesterday. Original cover on the right, the one I got on the left.

Nothing revolutionary, but impeccably done, nonetheless.