What Jazz are you listening to now?

[Ian Thumwood]

Guns and Cirrhosis ?

[Serial_Apologist]

Guns and Cirrhosis ?

There was a track called Mallets Aforethought by a vibes player who presently escapes my memory. Possibly more than one number have been written with this title by various people.

And then there's Severed Ballad Stair Rods by the bassist Paul Rogers for his early 1980s band 7 RPM.

[Jazzrook]

'A Pissed-Off Tree(With Reference To The Felonious Monk' with John Law, Alan Wilkinson, Roberto Bellatalla & Mark Sanders from the 1992 album 'Exploded On Impact';

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=I-07nz4kxFI

JR

[Serial_Apologist]

'A Pissed-Off Tree(With Reference To The Felonious Monk' with John Law, Alan Wilkinson, Roberto Bellatalla & Mark Sanders from the 1992 album 'Exploded On Impact';

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=I-07nz4kxFI

JR

All the time I've had my cassette of that I'd never noted that particular title!

People thought John Law a likely contender for one day inheriting Keith Tippett's mantle of free jazz piano mega talent back then - since when he's gone along a much safer pathway, a sort of blend of Chick Corea and Keith Jarrett, but the other 3 have stayed the course.

Speaking of trees, pissed off or on, the little school I attended at 6 to 8 years old had no playground of its own, so for that we'd walk the half mile to Kensington Gardens, crocodile file-wise (two-by-two ranks for those who do not know), and use the trees at the top of the Broad Walk climb as goal posts, etc. That etcetera, my father always claimed, was what caused those trees to become diseased and have to be cut down.

[Stanfordian]

‘The Sidewinder’ – Lee Morgan
with Joe Henderson, Barry Harris, Bob Cranshaw & Billy Higgins
Blue Note (1963)

[Joseph K]

Alice Coltrane's 2004 album Translinear Light.

Only on the first track - it's quite similar to some of her early stuff that I know e.g. Universal Consciousness in her wonderful command of ornamentation (which is reminiscent at times of bagpipe music) the slow-moving modal harmonies, though the earlier album made use of the Hammond organ while here she's using an organ simulated by an electronic keyboard**. On track 2 now and she's on piano, this one has more of what you could call a gospel vibe... she has a lovely touch on the keys, sparkling and harp-like, and her playing has that beautiful effortless soulful seriousness about it... Fans of late John Coltrane will like this of course and there is Ravi on sax and some interpretations of John's songs which I have yet to get to...

**EDIT: it's a Wurlitzer organ, silly me

[Stanfordian]

‘Fuchsia Swing Song’ – Sam Rivers
with Jaki Byard, Ron Carter & Tony Williams
Blue Note (1964)

[Joseph K]

An old favourite - Coltrane - Impressions, with Roy Haynes, Newport 1963

Enjoying this with a cool breeze blowing into my room.

[Serial_Apologist]

‘Fuchsia Swing Song’ – Sam Rivers
with Jaki Byard, Ron Carter & Tony Williams
Blue Note (1964)

One of my favourite recordings! Sam showed how original he was, even before advancing into freer directions.

[Stanfordian]

‘Bluesnik’ – Jackie McLean
Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Drew, Doug Watkins & Pete La Roca
Blue Note (1961)

[Joseph K]

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (live in Antibes)

[Stanfordian]

‘Somethin' Else’ – Cannonball Adderley
with Miles Davis, Hank Jones, Sam Jones & Art Blakey
Blue Note (1958)

[Joseph K]

Miles Davis: The Lost Quintet

Fantastic, incredible music with great sound quality...

[RichardB]

Arcana, The Last Wave - Derek Bailey, Bill Laswell, Tony Williams

My favourite guitar player, my favourite drummer, and... well two out of three isn't bad

[Stanfordian]

‘The Sidewinder’ – Lee Morgan
with Joe Henderson, Barry Harris, Bob Cranshaw & Billy Higgins
Blue Note (1963)

According to Wikipedia ‘The Sidewinder’ “became Blue Note's best-selling album ever, breaking the previous sales record and saving the label from near bankruptcy.”