What Jazz are you listening to now?

[Stanfordian]

‘The Soul of Ben Webster’
Ben Webster with Harold Ashby, Art Farmer, Mundell Lowe, Jimmy Jones, Milt Hinton & Dave Bailey
Verve (1958)

[Serial_Apologist]

This amazing find just now came up on the British Jazz of the 1960s and 70s Facebook site, and it features an Allan Holdsworth still relatively new on the British scene at the time, 1974, playing alongside the nominal leader Pat Smythe - who had supplied Joe Harriott with those extraordinary voicings for the free stuff he pioneered in this country in 1960, and who would only have another 10 years to live, John Marshall, fresh from Ian Carr's Nucleus and Jack Bruce's travelling band on drums (and that's not a wig btw!), and Daryl Runswick, whose main job was with the Dankworths at the time, and who would quit jazz to work with avant-garde vocal groups using electronics in collaborations including with Berio and Cage in the 1980s and '90s. This should appeal to both jazz and fusion people:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lJOkXETO70&feature=youtu.be

If there is a jazz heaven, Allan will be among the stars.

Prepare to be blown away!

[Joseph K]

I recognise the drummer from a video of Holdsworth playing with Soft Machine from around this time...

[Stanfordian]

'Back to Back'
Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges with Harry ‘Sweets’ Ellison, Les Spann, Sam Jones/Al Hall & Jo Jones
Verve (1959)

[Stanfordian]

'Go'
Dexter Gordon with Sonny Clark, Butch Warren & Billy Higgins
Blue Note (1963)

[Stanfordian]

‘The Waiting Game’
Tina Brooks with Johnny Coles, Kenny Drew, Wilbar Ware & Philly Joe Jones
Blue Note (1961)

[Quarky]

Parker/ Grimes- Tiny's Tempo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR1sM8xqH50

Lovely track - full tone from Bird.

[Jazzrook]

Frank Zappa playing 'Zoot Allures' live at the "Pier", NYC in 1984:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4XuDcbBA4g

JR

[Stanfordian]

‘The Waiting Game’
Tina Brooks with Kenny Drew, Wilbar Ware & Philly Joe Jones
Blue Note (1961)

[Lat-Literal]

Yıldız İbrahimova - Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIMMOkCqwQ8
…….and with the Ku-Ku Band - Summertime - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcsZrBaI-JA

[Stanfordian]

‘Side by Side’
Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges with Harry ‘Sweets’ Ellison, Les Spann, Sam Jones/Al Hall & Jo Jones
Verve (1959)

[Stanfordian]

‘Expoobident’
Lee Morgan and Clifford Jordan with Eddie Higgins, Art Davis & Art Blakey
Vee-Jay (1960)

[Ian Thumwood]

[Ian Thumwood]

Don't recommend driving whilst listening to this !

There are some naughty words in this clip.

[Serial_Apologist]

Talk about being in the here & now with every sound: it's bloody hard work following rap!