What Jazz are you listening to now?

[Jazzrook]

Charles Mingus with Jimmy Knepper, Willie Dennis, John Handy, Jackie McLean, Booker Ervin, Pepper Adams, Horace Parlan & Dannie Richmond playing 'Tensions' from the great 1959 album 'Blues & Roots':

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=nHfyDb8IPmY

JR

[elmo]

Chick Corea and Gary Burton duetting on a lovely version of Bill Evans "Waltz For Debby"

https://youtu.be/KB7QnDschb8

elmo

[Stanfordian]

‘New Soil’ – Jackie McLean
with Donald Byrd, Walter Davis JR, Paul Chambers & Pete LaRoca
Blue Note (1959)

[Joseph K]

Memories of smoking pipes of white and listening to this tune:

[Stanfordian]

‘Rollin with Leo’ – Leo Parker
with Dave Burns, Bill Swindell, Johnny Acea, Al Lucas, Stan Conover, Wilbert Hogan & Purnell Rice
Blue Note (1961)

[Joseph K]

Hellborg/Lane/Sipe - Personae

If I mention this fairly frequently it's because it's so awesome!

[Joseph K]

Memories of smoking pipes of white and listening to this tune:

In the process of listening to the whole album now. It's a true masterpiece.

[Serial_Apologist]

And now, following up on Joseph K's track with this appropriately titled but of subtropical weather timing from Kenny Wheeler's beautiful 1988 album "Flutter By, Butterfly" - for me a welcome warm and sonorous change in ambience from the preceding series of ECMs usually accepted as having really made Kenny's international reputation, though for me the cavernousness of those earlier recordings has always had a distancing effect, notwithstanding the phenomenal playing they contain. I particularly love Stan Sulzmann's flute here: he will probably not thank me for this, Stan not being an enthusiastic flutist.. flautist... whatever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITKmVF0M79w

[Ian Thumwood]

And now, following up on Joseph K's track with this appropriately titled but of subtropical weather timing from Kenny Wheeler's beautiful 1988 album "Flutter By, Butterfly" - for me a welcome warm and sonorous change in ambience from the preceding series of ECMs usually accepted as having really made Kenny's international reputation, though for me the cavernousness of those earlier recordings has always had a distancing effect, notwithstanding the phenomenal playing they contain. I particularly love Stan Sulzmann's flute here: he will probably not thank me for this, Stan not being an enthusiastic flutist.. flautist... whatever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITKmVF0M79w

I regret not picking this one up at the time. For me, these musicians represent the apogee of British jazz. If I am honest, I don't think jazz in the UK ever got better than what was happening with more established players in the 1980s with the likes of Holland,Surman, Taylor ,Wheeler, Winstone and Sulzman all being at their peaks. Wheeler's ECM output is amongst that label's best output at that time and all the more impressive because of the strength of that label's roster at that time.

[elmo]

Hampton Hawes 'Takin Care' from 'All night sessions Vol 1' with Jim Hall, Red Mitchell and Bruz Freeman.

A real favourite this whole 3 vol set - Hawes was such a great pianist and this track exemplifies it

https://youtu.be/dETe-mRWk40

elmo

[Stanfordian]

‘Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio’
Sonny Stitt and Oscar Peterson with Ray Brown & Ed Thigpen
Verve (1959)

[Bryn]

Under the Sun (Rachel Musson, N.O. Moore, Olie Brice, Eddie Prévost)

https://matchlessrecordings.com/music/under-sun

[Ian Thumwood]

Hampton Hawes 'Takin Care' from 'All night sessions Vol 1' with Jim Hall, Red Mitchell and Bruz Freeman.

A real favourite this whole 3 vol set - Hawes was such a great pianist and this track exemplifies it

https://youtu.be/dETe-mRWk40

elmo

Elmo

Oddly enough I was listening to this record on Friday whilst working from home. I was aware that drummer Bruz Freeman was the brother of Von Freeman, the legendary Chicago tenor saxophonist but was unaware this week that there is a third brother who plays guitar called George. This Hampton Hawes series of records is fantastic and something that I don't think jazz musicians would be prepared to rattle off these days. The standard is really high over the three volumes but, to be honest, I don't think Hawes made any records which did not sound great.

I have been listeing to "Kid Ory meets Red Allen" which I haven't heard for years. I am staggered how good this music is. For my money , Red Allen was a seriously under-valued trumpeter and the whole band is extremely assured on this CD which is largely comprised of material from the 1930s and, in particular, some of the big bands of that era. It is strange hearing familiar tunes in this format and the whole band is really relaxed and assured. I am not familiar with any of their names albeit it is interesting that pianist Cedricn haywood also played bop with Brew Moore. In my opinion, this music is exceptional and the band's "feel" for the music makes the disc an exceptional fete of recording. At the time this record was made in 1959, I suppose this might have been considered revivalist, however, I think that Kid Ory must be one of a handful of musicians from jazz's early day who ends up sounding completely contemporary in 2022. Ory's trombone playing is exceptional and I love the range of sounds he coaxes out of his horn. He was a great "band" player yet his solos for me sit comfortably with players like Roswell Rudd, Gary Valente, Jacob Garchik and Jeb Bishop. I really love this music.

[Stanfordian]

‘Lee Morgan Indeed!’ – Lee Morgan (debut album)
with Horace Silver, Clarence Sharpe & Philly Joe Jones
Blue Note (1956)

[Joseph K]

John Coltrane - Ascension

Feeling the need to blow off some steam! So I put this on.