What Jazz are you listening to now?

[Jazzrook]

John Dennis's 1955 album 'New Piano Expressions' with Charles Mingus & Max Roach:

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

JR

[Stanfordian]

Horace Silver with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor & Roy Brooks
‘Silver's Serenade’
Blue Note (1963)

[Jazzrook]

Yusef Lateef's great 1961 album 'Into Something'.

Here's 'Water Pistol' with Lateef(tenor sax); Herman Wright(bass) & Elvin Jones(drums):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHJ_ddgn3T4

JR

[Stanfordian]

Ike Quebec with Grant Green, Paul Chambers & Philly Joe Jones
‘Blue & Sentimental
Blue Note (1961)

[Jazzrook]

Don Cherry's NU live at Bracknell 1986.
Here's Ornette Coleman's 'Chopin Chopeen' with a tremendous alto solo from the underrated Carlos Ward:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyjX4CjTF8A

JR

[Serial_Apologist]

Don Cherry's NU live at Bracknell 1986.
Here's Ornette Coleman's 'Chopin Chopeen' with a tremendous alto solo from the underrated Carlos Ward:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyjX4CjTF8A

JR

V good recorded quality on that. I was there: Cherry was given to taking numerous "breaks" during that particular set, letting the band just get on with it. At one point he re-emerged from backstage, leading a certain Keith Tippett by hand, and they sort of danced their way through the band, going from left to right, before disappearing once more around the back. Keith was smoking (or had in his mouth) probably the longest joint I have ever seen. He would never do such a thing today, of course!

[Jazzrook]

V good recorded quality on that. I was there: Cherry was given to taking numerous "breaks" during that particular set, letting the band just get on with it. At one point he re-emerged from backstage, leading a certain Keith Tippett by hand, and they sort of danced their way through the band, going from left to right, before disappearing once more around the back. Keith was smoking (or had in his mouth) probably the longest joint I have ever seen. He would never do such a thing today, of course!

Wish I'd been there, S_A, but glad to have this BBC 'Jazz Legends' CD(with excellent notes by A. Shipton).

JR

[Stanfordian]

Wayne Shorter with Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Elvin Jones
‘Speak No Evil’
Blue Note (1964)

For tonight

[Stunsworth]

Tina Brooks: True Blue

Another excellent Blue Note album streamed from Qobuz.

I confess I'd never heard of him until someone in a YouTube video referred to him.

[Stanfordian]

Tina Brooks: True Blue

Another excellent Blue Note album streamed from Qobuz.

I confess I'd never heard of him until someone in a YouTube video referred to him.

Tina Brooks 'True Blue' - It's a masterpiece!

[Jazzrook]

Elvin Jones' 1965 album 'Dear John C'(Impulse!) with Charlie Mariano, Roland Hanna/Hank Jones & Richard Davis.

Here's 'Love Bird':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd-THvFsTbE

JR

[Stanfordian]

Jackie McLean & Tina Brooks with Blue Mitchell, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers & Art Taylor
‘Street Singer’
Blue Note (1961)

[Stanfordian]

Jackie McLean with Grachan Moncur II, Bobby Hutcherson, Larry Ridley & Roy Haynes
'Destination... Out!'
Blue Note (1963)

Jazz for tonight

[Jazzrook]

The Jaki Byard Experience from 1968 with Roland Kirk, Richard Davis & Alan Dawson.

Here's 'Evidence':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UteKGilij7M

JR

[Serial_Apologist]

The Jaki Byard Experience from 1968 with Roland Kirk, Richard Davis & Alan Dawson.

Here's 'Evidence':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UteKGilij7M

JR

Oh, I just LOVE that album!!!

I had the wonderful good fortune to meet Jaki, towards the end of his life. He had been playing, solo and in a duo with Howard Riley, at the Bracknell Festival. I asked him if he had any views about British jazz, putting to him John Lewis's view that "He could realy swing, your Bach", and Jaki replied solemnly after a pause, holding up an instructive forefinger, "Now, BRAHMS - HE could reallly swing!"