What jazz music are you listening to?

[AudioNut]

Listening to . . . . Deep Blue Organ Trio - Folk Music

The name of the album is "Folk Music" but it is solid, very well played jazz!

A jazz trio, anchored by a Hammond B-3 organ played by Chris Foreman
Bobby Broom on Guitar and Greg Rockingham on drums.

A nice sounding recording. I ordered it, unheard on Amazon a few days ago. Looking for Hammond B-3 jazz,
which I've loved since first hearing Jimmy Smith in 1963,

This recording reached #2 on the National Jazz Music Charts and stayed there for over a month.

Sound quality is O.K. but the playing is very good. I like the Deep Blue Organ Trio and this CD.

The Deep Blue Organ Trio began officially performing under that moniker in 2000, even though Hammond B-3 organist Chris Foreman, drummer Greg Rockingham, and guitarist Bobby Broom had known each other since the '80s, playing clubs around their hometown of Chicago. Consistently crossing each others' paths, they eventually gigged around the Windy City as a unit, while individually, backing up jazz and blues legends including Hank Crawford, Albert Collins, Nat Adderley, Kenny Burrell, Charles Earland, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Stanley Turrentine, and Kenny Burrell.

By 2001 the trio successfully began to assert their musical mission of bringing the jazz organ trio format into the new millennium. Steeped not only in organ jazz, the trio mixes funk, soul, R&B, gospel, and spirituals into the collective mix. The Deep Blue Organ Trio released their first album on Delmark, Deep Blue Bruise in 2004. The follow up, Going to Town: Live at the Green Mill was recorded live during their weekly Tuesday nights at Chicago's Green Mill Lounge, their steady gig since 2003. A DVD of the show was released in tandem with the CD. In 2008 they released Folk Music which became very popular on jazz radio and sat at #2 on the national jazz chart for a solid month. The CD also won the group a Chicago Music Award for best jazz recording.

[bart]

Mikkel Ploug: Equilibrium



Music from Scandinavia. (Danish/Norwegian/Belgian trio).
I attended a concert last year where they presented this CD.
Very melodical, and then again dissonant in a beautiful way. Wavering around an aerial theme and then gradually evolving into collective improvisation.
Joachim Badenhorst is a very gifted clarinet player (seen him twice live now), with a wonderful tone, and Sissel Vera Pettersen does incredible things with her voice.
This music is equally well recorded. It almost sounds better in my living room than in the no so good concert hall where I heard them.

[asindc]

Originally Posted by ehoove

Fourplay - Elixer
Some call it smooth, I call it amazing musicianship!
Regards,
Jim

I was just playing this the other day. One of their better albums.

[Josquin des Prez]

I forgot how good this album is. If you are an Oregon fan, you will definitely like this.

Egberto Gismonti, "Sol Do Meio Dia"
ECM-1-1116

[AudioNut]

In 1958 This was what Jazz sounded like . . .

An RCA Living Stereo Jazz LP "For Jazz Buffs"

Listening to Shorty Rogers - Chances Are It Swings

Big band sound - 50's jazz record - recorded in 1958 - now 54 years ago. The sound quality is superb.

[AudioNut]

I'm now playing one of the best sounding records I've ever heard (sound quality wise)

A British EMI Studio 2 Stereo Recording (like Command but better sound, I think)

Sounds of the Big Bands - Enoch Light and the Light Brigade

Recorded in 1970



EMI just seems to have gotten it right. The sound quality of their recordings is generally better than their American counterparts. I have several "duplicate" records EMI pressings and the Angel pressings and the EMI usually just sounds better.

[RoadDawgWest]

Back In the early to mid 90's Audioquest put out some fine recordings produced by Joe Harley on vinyl and cd.
Les Arbuckle tenor saxophonist recorded two albums on the label No More, No Less & The Bush Crew.
Both are great. I'm listening to the The Bush Crew on cd.



I'm fortunate to also have the vinyl copy. If you can still find the vinyl pressing it will be expensive, but worth it.
The sound on this recording is great, but it's the playing of Les Arbuckle on tenor and Mike Stern & John Abercrombie on guitar that make this recording worth giving a listen. The rhythm section is not bad either with Victor Lewis on drums and Essiet Okon Essiet filling it out on Bass

Label: Audioquest
CD1032

[AudioNut]

Listening to . . . For Duke

An M&K Realtime Direct to Disc LP Recording - Recorded in January 1978

Bill Berry and his Ellington All-Stars

Bill Berry - Cornet
Ray Brown - Bass
Frankie Capp - Drums
Nat Pierce - Tenor Sax
Marshal Royal - Alto Sax
Britt Woodman - Trombone



This is one of the most well recorded LP's in the history of LP's. (and that is not just my opinion) Sound Quality is a solid 10 of 10 and the performance is not far behind. A GREAT album.

[bart]

Delicious, both of them together.
And a real bargain too (less than 2£ on Amazon).

[Josquin des Prez]

Originally Posted by bart

...

Delicious, both of them together.
And a real bargain too (less than 2£ on Amazon).

re: Ella and Louis

Analogue productions/Quality record pressings is reissuing the original two Verve albums in 200 gr 45 RPM vinyl remastered from the original analog tapes. The first one, "Ella and Louis" is out and sounds fantastic! The second, "Ella and Louis Again" is on the list but hasn't yet been scheduled for release. Looking forward to getting it.

In all, the project of 25 Verve reissues includes 5 Ella albums. I think it's a bit too heavily balanced towards Ella, but they do sound great.