What Jazz are you listening to now?

[Stanfordian]

‘Unity’ - Larry Young
with Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson & Elvin Jones
Blue Note (1965)

[Padraig]

Today is the 50th Anniversary of the death of Louis Armstrong. I admired him for many reasons including, of course, his trumpet sound and skill, and also his singing sound and skill from 'scat' to popular, solo or duet. I did not know until now that The Lord's Prayer was sung at his funeral service by Peggy Lee. Wonderful.

I can't say that I have just one number that sums up Louis Armstrong for me, but West End Blues touches on his trumpet and vocal skills, establishes the standard for musical introductions, demonstrates his sense of humour - this Hot Five has Six members - and shows development as a jazz musician in the personnel he chooses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPgh7nxTQT4

[Serial_Apologist]

Today is the 50th Anniversary of the death of Louis Armstrong. I admired him for many reasons including, of course, his trumpet sound and skill, and also his singing sound and skill from 'scat' to popular, solo or duet. I did not know until now that The Lord's Prayer was sung at his funeral service by Peggy Lee. Wonderful.

I can't say that I have just one number that sums up Louis Armstrong for me, but West End Blues touches on his trumpet and vocal skills, establishes the standard for musical introductions, demonstrates his sense of humour - this Hot Five has Six members - and shows development as a jazz musician in the personnel he chooses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPgh7nxTQT4

Wonderful! Yet for me, THE one still has to be Weather Bird, the duet recording with Earl Hines - my first ever jazz record at age 15:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uNhrx8zQkw

Amazing, the wealth of invention crammed there into less than 3 minutes.

[Joseph K]

‘Unity’ - Larry Young
with Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson & Elvin Jones
Blue Note (1965)

I especially like 'Monk's Dream'.

Today is the 50th Anniversary of the death of Louis Armstrong. I admired him for many reasons including, of course, his trumpet sound and skill, and also his singing sound and skill from 'scat' to popular, solo or duet. I did not know until now that The Lord's Prayer was sung at his funeral service by Peggy Lee. Wonderful.

I can't say that I have just one number that sums up Louis Armstrong for me, but West End Blues touches on his trumpet and vocal skills, establishes the standard for musical introductions, demonstrates his sense of humour - this Hot Five has Six members - and shows development as a jazz musician in the personnel he chooses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPgh7nxTQT4

[Serial_Apologist]

I especially like 'Monk's Dream'.

So do I! Mind you, it's the only track from the album I've heard, having taken it down from a JRR, many moons ago.

[Jazzrook]

Curtis Amy, Dupree Bolton, Jack Wilson, Ray Crawford, Victor Gaskin & Doug Sides playing 'Native Land' in 1963:

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

JR

[Stanfordian]

‘Blue Soul’– Blue Mitchell
with Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Heath, Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones & Philly Joe Jones
Riverside (1959)

[Joseph K]

John McLaughlin - Liberation Time

I am enjoying this. I'm currently on the last track, which shares its name with the title of the album, and I could be mistaken but it sounds like a contrafact of 'So What' - who'd have thought it? It has a swing rhythm too, just like another post-boppish track 'Right Here, Right Now, Right On'. John also - to my pleasure - seems to gives himself room to stretch out in solos more than perhaps other recent records. Overall the album features a variety of personnel and as you would expect musical approaches. There are also two piano tracks with John playing the piano which are either old pieces reworked or reminiscent of old music of his, and IMO these are filler - they don't add much, and an additional composition (where he plays guitar with a band) could have taken their place.

[Joseph K]

Joe Henderson - Page One

[Stanfordian]

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

[Stanfordian]

‘Steppin' Out!’ – Harold Vick
with Blue Mitchell, John Patton, Grant Green & Ben Dixon
Blue Note (1963)

[Joseph K]

This never fails to make my head and spine tingle - incredible.

[Serial_Apologist]

This never fails to make my head and spine tingle - incredible.

Which I bought the moment it came out. It's not as "heavy" as one might have been led to anticipate - which suits me just fine!

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Wynton Marsalis's first Columbia album "Wynton Marsalis" from 1982. Dug this out today, first time in years, and was surprised by how useful it was. Lifts from Mile's second quintet and Shorter etc, "Doesn't he think we did it right the first time?!" MD, but it's an interesting début & compositions. If he hadn't been caught up in the hype/fostered it, where would he have gone. Anyway, "Father Time"....
"http://youtu.be/eGeEvIXTmTQ

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

For much superior to Marsalis's reworkings, Kenny Cox and the Contemporary Jazz Quintet, Blue note 1968, "Mystique", Leon Henderson on tenor, Joe's youngest brother. 2 marvellous LPs from this group as Bluenote lost interest, they were based in Detroit.

http://youtu.be/69u9dwtb7sM