What Jazz are you listening to now?

[SimonNZ]

[AnotherSpin]

Scofield started his career with Chet Baker and after that George Duke, but most interesting, Mingus I read on the second last recording of the latter:

NP

There is a documentary made of Scofield, looks very interesting. You can watch the preview:
https://scofield.joerg-steineck.com/

I'm definitely gonna watch it. Curious about his life and the life of a jazz artist.

Good album from late period of Mingus.

[Henk]

Digging Turrentine. Very soulful.

[Henk]

Great recording. All players at still young age and in great shape.

[SimonNZ]

Ellington "Private Collection" Volume 10

Some very interesting reworkings of the "Black, Brown and Beige" material.

[ando]

I Concentrate On You: A Tribute To Cole Porter Lee Konitz & Red Mitchell (1974, SteepleChase)
Lee Konitz, alto sax
Red Mitchell, bass, piano

[SimonNZ]

[Henk]

Great recording. Scofield's best of his more recent work imo. Very fine improvising and nice tunes.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Dexter Gordon.

[ando]

Herbie Harper Sextet! Herbie Harper Sextet (1957, Mode)
Red Mitchell, bass
Frankie Capp, Mel Lewis, drums
Howard Roberts
Marty Paich, piano
Jay Coré, tenor sax
Herbie Harper, trombone, session leader

5th and last Harper led sextet recording. Solid West Coast jazz outing but the opener, Jay's Tune (after sax man, Coré) and the standard, Skylark, with the uncanny appeal of Harper's crooning trombone are the real winners in my book.

[ando]

Oscar Peterson, piano
Ben Webster, tenor sax
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, bass
Tony Inzalaco, drums

all legends, in Hanover, circa '72:

[Henk]

Oscar Peterson, piano
Ben Webster, tenor sax
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, bass
Tony Inzalaco, drums

all legends, in Hanover, circa '72:

I love the sound of Webster. I was/am planning to listen to his works among others (Lockjaw Davis, Basie, Turrentine) the coming days/weeks.

[Brian]

Driving to the family house for Christmas, just played these two:

In Paris - Bud Powell
Why Am I Treated So Bad - Cannonball Adderley Quintet

First time hearing Powell in Paris, the playing is exceptional but I found the Japanese remaster very hard to listen to - drums are extremely loud and piano very quiet. Ballads are easier to appreciate the art at the piano.

[brewski]

Reading reports of the final concert by The Manhattan Transfer, a few days ago at Disney Hall, has put me in a vocal jazz mood. Here is the Gene Puerling arrangement that they made famous, done by the Alaska Chamber Choir.

-Bruce

[SimonNZ]

Ellington "Private Collection" Vol.9

[ando]

Duke Ellington Small Groups Vol. 2 (1937-38)
Nice disc that I came up with pulling blindly from the box set I just picked up. Amazon Music has it streaming if you can manage your VPN to configure it from the Japan site. U.S. and European addresses are apparently out. What a racket.  Did find a nice YouTube channel featuring just the small group sessions. Hopefully they'll add all of them soon!

[ando]

That's interesting. I'd been thinking just recently that I wanted to know Days albums better and I don't know that one. I really like Day By Night and would welcome more recommendations.

You're My Thrill (1949, Columbia) full playlist
Her very first solo album remains one of her best, imo. I'm not crazy about her backup vocal team, The Mellowmen, but that kind of styling was the trend of the day. Would rather have had an alto sax in their place but I think Columbia execs were hard pressed for middle America sales. Too bad. Nice set, anyway.

[AnotherSpin]

An album featuring two criminally underrated musicians, pianist John Hicks and saxophonist Frank Morgan on Qobuz.

[Henk]

Both great. Happy music.

[SimonNZ]

"Berlin '65 / Paris '67" and "Private Collection Vol.6: Dance Dates, California 1958"

The first has the surprise inclusion of a full 14-minute "Ad Lib On Nippon", originally on the Far East Suite album.

The second includes a couple of tracks from the Such Sweet Thunder album (for a dance date!), and while I like that album I find I'm always surprised by the many unexpected ways that material turns up outside the context of that album.