What jazz music are you listening to?

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Wynton Marsalis - Standard Time Vol. 2: Intimacy Calling
Columbia Records (1991)

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Originally Posted by audibleguy

Try Yusef Lateef's Eastern Sounds on remastered CD or LP, real nice.

Streaming it now (Qobuz 24/44.1).
Very special!

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Stefano Di Battista - Morricone Stories
Qobuz 24/48




New release.
This is nice entertainment.

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David Helbock
Sebastian Studnitzky
Arne Jansen - The New Cool
Qobuz 24/96




Interesting new release, with song titles as 'Pandemic of Ignorance', 'Korona Solitude' and 'Solidarity Rock'.
I liked this.

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David Helbock - playing john williams- Piano Works XIV
Qobuz 24/96




I wanted to hear more of this intelligent piano player.
This is very good!

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Johnny Hartman - Unforgettable
via Qobuz




Not his greatest album. I prefer his work with Coltrane.
But he shows he can sing with an orchestra.
The sound is very decent.

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Johnny Hartman - Songs from The Heart
Qobuz 24/96




This is a top album by Hartman.

Recorded late Oct - early Nov '55.

Johnny Hartman - vocals
Howard McGhee - trumpet
Ralph Sharon - piano
Jay Cave - bass
Christy Febbo - drums

John Bush reviewed Songs from the Heart for Allmusic and wrote that the album was "...a set of tender ballads, each word of which is treasured by Hartman's expansive, evocative voice." Bush described Hartman's musical support as "...soft, spare, and completely supportive".

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Trilogy
Chick Corea Trio
Excellent on all counts with Christian McBride, Brian Blade and special guests
Concord Jazz B00M31V4QI (3 CD set)
Regards,
Jim

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Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan
via Qobuz




My goodness, this is so good, even after 40 years of repeatedly playing it.

This 1954 studio date, a self-titled album recorded for Emarcy, was later reissued as Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown to denote the involvement of one of the top trumpeters of the day. Vaughan sings nine intimate standards with a band including Brown on trumpet, Herbie Mann on flute, and Paul Quinichette on tenor, each of which have plenty of space for solos (most of the songs are close to the five-minute mark). Vaughan is arguably in the best voice of her career here, pausing and lingering over notes on the standards "April in Paris," "Jim," and "Lullaby of Birdland." As touching as Vaughan is, however, Brown almost equals her with his solos on "Lullaby of Birdland," "Jim," and "September Song," displaying his incredible bop virtuosity in a restrained setting without sacrificing either the simple feeling of his notes or the extraordinary flair of his choices. Quinichette's solos are magnificent as well, his feathery tone nearly a perfect match for Vaughan's voice. Ironically though, neither Brown nor Quinichette or Mann appear on the album's highlight, "Embraceable You," which Vaughan performs with close accompaniment from the rhythm section: Jimmy Jones on piano, Joe Benjamin on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums. Vaughan rounds the notes with a smile and even when she's steeping to reach a few low notes, she never loses the tremendous feeling conveyed by her voice. In whichever incarnation it's reissued, Sarah Vaughan is one of the most important jazz-meets-vocal sessions ever recorded.

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