What Jazz are you listening to now?

[Jazzrook]

Charles Mingus playing 'Monk, Funk or Vice Versa' with Charles McPherson, Booker Ervin, Richard Williams, Toshiko Akiyoshi & Dannie Richmond introduced by Symphony Sid Torin at Birdland, March 31, 1962:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=4WZJ6LHy2Qs

JR

[Joseph K]

Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane.

[Joseph K]

Bill Evans - Portrait in Jazz.

[Serial_Apologist]

British trumpeter Dick Pearce's "Big Hit" of 1994, with "Big" John Donaldson on piano and keyboards, Val Mannix double bass, and Mike Bradley (who lives just down the road), drums - jazz-rock Latin-tinged post-bop, fairly typical of quite a lot of contemporary jazz from around these parts.

Dick is one of our best trumpet players imv, capable of delivering long, well thought out and paced lines with a pure unwavering tone somewhat reminiscent of Art Farmer, though he always claims Miles his biggest influence. He's quite an amusing character, whose autobiography, which came out a few years ago, is titled "Dizzy Gillespie Was At My Wedding" - the Ronnie Scott connection feeding that droll sense of humour, for sure: Dick was house trumpeter at Scott's for about 10 years, ending in 1992 or 3. Dick bears a remarkable physical resemblance to the American actor James Coburn, though I've not heard this mentioned elsewhere. I once complimented him on his ability to spin out long solos with an economy of ideas, to which he responded, "Well, you soon run out of notes if you're not careful"!

[Stanfordian]

Blue Mitchell - ‘Blue’s Moods’
Blue Mitchell with Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones & Philly Joe Jones
Riverside (1960)

[burning dog]

Most of the old Christmas songs in one solo ( plus other quotes)

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Most of the old Christmas songs in one solo ( plus other quotes)

My Seasonal & personal favourite...."The Cadillacs - Rudolph" from the mid 50s. "All righty!"

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http://youtu.be/0EcAtOSWBNY I

[Joseph K]

George Coleman, Jimmy Cobb, Mike Stern, Ron Carter - On Green Dolphin Street

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

[burning dog]

My Seasonal & personal favourite...."The Cadillacs - Rudolph" from the mid 50s. "All righty!"

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http://youtu.be/0EcAtOSWBNY I

[burning dog]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapper_Blackwell

[Stanfordian]

‘The Thing to Do’ - Blue Mitchell
Blue Mitchell with Junior Cook, Chick Corea, Gene Taylor, Al Foster
Blue Note (1964)

'Rock With The Hot 8 Brass Band'
Pinnacle records

[Jazzrook]

Jessica Williams playing her composition 'Love and Hate' at the Triple Door, Seattle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0FgZtkPI4Y

& John Coltrane's 'Lonnie's Lament':

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=CdL0hJjHkFU

JR

[Joseph K]

2015 JD Allen Trio - New York Winter Jazz Fest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEzMEnTxc2Q

Only a couple of minutes in, but I like what I hear so far: a post-Coltrane tone, Allen's tone is, if anything, even more shehnai-like.

[Jazzrook]

Harry Beckett's 1970 debut album 'Flare Up' with Mike Osborne, John Surman, Alan Skidmore, Frank Ricotti, John Taylor, Chris Laurence & John Webb.

High time someone reissued this British jazz classic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reu3pFJ-vvY

JR

[Stanfordian]

‘Screamin'’ - Brother Jack McDuff
Brother Jack McDuff with Leo Wright, Joe Dukes & Kenny Burrell
Prestige (1962)