What jazz music are you listening to?

[joel_hifi]

Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson

One great album leads to another

Recorded in 1959 (Verve)

Ben Webster - Tenor Saxophone
Oscar Peterson - Piano
Ray Brown - Double Bass
Ed Thigpen - Drums

[joel_hifi]

And to another...

Coleman Hawkins - Desafinado

Recorded in 1962 (Impulse!)

Coleman Hawkins - Tenor Sax
Howard Collins, Barry Galbraith - Guitar
Tommy Flanagan - Claves
Major Holley - Bass
Eddie Locke - Drums, Percussion
Willie Rodriguez - Percussion

[PHC1]

Joel, great selections.

[ehoove]

Tower of Power Direct
Tower of Power
Solid D2D LP!
Sheffield Labs 17
Regards,
Jim

[bart]

Windmill Tilter - The Story of Don Quixote
Told by Ken Wheeler and the John Dankworth Orchestra
Qobuz 24/96




This is not bad actually (usually not a fan of modern big band music).

[ehoove]

Off The Top
Jimmy Smith
Excellent LP with George Benson, Ron Carter, Grady Tate and Stanley Turrentine
Elektra Musician 9 E 1- 60175
Regards,
Jim

[bart]

Originally Posted by bart

Christian McBride - Big Band - For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver
Qobuz 24/96

/QUOTE]


Craig, Joel, this is a good album.
Energetic playing, good sound.

Christian McBride's latest big band session travels back to an incredible moment in 1966 when organist Jimmy Smith, guitarist Wes Montgomery and arranger Oliver Nelson gathered at Rudy Van Gelder's studio for a hard-swinging and ever-so-slightly unconventional big band summit meeting; all were operating at peak creativity. It was the first-ever collaboration between Smith and Montgomery, and the resulting albums (The Dynamic Duo and The Further Adventures Of…) were bursting with feats of highwire soloistic daredevilry. Nelson was the stealth MVP of the date. His arrangements—particularly "Down By The Riverside" and "Milestones"—discovered a lane equidistant between the hard swing of Basie and the floral voicings of Ellington, with intricate full-ensemble taunts giving way to plush pads designed to provoke the soloists.

McBride's update uses those and other original Nelson charts, which, after all these decades, exude a freshness that eludes many large-ensemble projects. And it relies on a similarly sparky showdown between strong minded soloists—the organist Joey DeFrancesco and guitarist Mark Whitfield. Both clearly know they're working in the towering shadows of giants; neither seems daunted by that as they explore the hairpin turns of the big-band "Milestones" or the easygoing saunter of Montgomery's "Road Song." There are a few astonishing small-group moments, too, that offer a quick gauge on how far these soloists have evolved— check Whitfield on "Road Song," DeFrancesco's gentle and dramatic reading of the ballad "I Want To Talk About You" and McBride's capricious twenty-fingered trip through "Up Jumped Spring").

One elusive element McBride managed to transfer from the original source: The swing feel. From the opening solo, a twisty-road Whitfield foray on "Night Train," it's clear that the soloists thrive in the McBride sweet spot—everything they do, all the flashy blowing, flows directly from the crisp, uncomplicated grooves established by the bassist and his rhythm section. Big band music would be easier to love if it all felt this good. © Tom Moon/Qobuz

More good big band music of this decade.

[bart]

Originally Posted by bart

Georg Graewe
Marcio Mattos
Michael Vatcher - Impressions of Monk
16/44.1 download (from nuscope dot org)




Terrific sound.
Not lightly digestible though.
These are adventurous interpretations of Monk's pieces!

I've listened to this album several times now, and it's steadily growing on me.
Fantastic sound.
Inventive musicians, all three of them.

[Antonmb]

Today I glanced at the browser panel in the iPad app and saw this. There was a fleeting second when I thought, “finally pigs are flying and hell has frozen over - Bart has gone vinyl, and with two tonearms already!” - and then I remembered that sometimes the picture is out of sync with the post in the browser panel.🤣

BTW, fantastic table Jim..
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[bart]

Originally Posted by Antonmb

Today I glanced at the browser panel in the iPad app and saw this. There was a fleeting second when I thought, “finally pigs are flying and hell has frozen over - Bart has gone vinyl, and with two tonearms already!” - and then I remembered that sometimes the picture is out of sync with the post in the browser panel.��

BTW, fantastic table Jim..

Haha Tony!

Well, I kid you not, we have bought a vintage Technics receiver from a good friend who is moving and doesn't need it anymore.
We're planning on getting our old B&Ws repaired, and connect Meta's old turntable.
We still have a stash of old LPs in the basement, and some 45 rpm singles!
Pigs will fly!

@Jim: indeed, a fantastic piece of equipment! Ours is less fancy.