What Jazz are you listening to now?

[Serial_Apologist]

The Dameron/Miles Davis Quintet that played the Paris Jazz Festival in 1949. The live album (James Moody on tenor) is on Columbia and its excellent of its period. Miles wanted Dameron permanently in the Charlie Parker quintet instead of Duke Jordan, who he didn't have a lot of time for. I think DJ played sumptuous intros if nothing else.

Didn't know that - interesting, and thanks - also to Ian.

[Ian Thumwood]

I remember buying that at the time it first came out, and getting rid of it!!! In many ways it looks forward 3 years to the Headhunters, in an acoustically speaking sort of way; I think HH described it as his first response to James Brown.

I was quite interested to read the favourable review on All Music as this is not probably one of his best albums even though I enjoy it. You can appreciate that it was trying to tap in to the James Brown thing but Hancock's music is always too sophisticated to be than boring. If you like, it is more akin in spirt to something like Albert Ayler's "New Grass." I understand why you gave it away although I think it is fun.

There are two weird things about the album. The first is that the two ballads actually sound quite contemporary whereas the rest is what you would call "of it's time." The other thing is that only half of the personal is names on the sleeve. Bernard Purdie and Joe Newman (both on the Alyer record, btw) are not listed and Eric Gale's guitar is missing a mention too.

[Ian Thumwood]

Arrangement by Tadd Dameron;-

[Ian Thumwood]

[Ian Thumwood]

[Stanfordian]

‘The Honeydripper’
Jack McDuff with Jimmy Forrest, Grant Green & Ben Dixon
Prestige (1961)

A old favourite CD of mine! To play this evening.

[Stanfordian]

‘Free For All’
Art Blakey with Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton & Reggie Workman
Blue Note (1964)

[Stanfordian]

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

[Stanfordian]

'The Tower of Power!'
Dexter Gordon with James Moody, Barry Harris, Buster Williams & Albert Heath
Prestige (1969)

[Jazzrook]

The 1990 album 'Moore Makes 4' with Ralph Moore(tenor sax); Gene Harris(piano); Ray Brown(bass) & Jeff Hamilton(drums):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdTLC-8m-3A

JR

[Beef Oven!]

Wayne Shorter - The All Seeing Eye. Blue Note, released 15th October 1965. Rudy Van Gelder Edition.

[Stanfordian]

Wayne Shorter - The All Seeing Eye. Blue Note, released 15th October 1965. Rudy Van Gelder Edition.

Hiya Beefy,

Those Wayne Shorter Blue Note albums from the mid-sixties are quite superb!

'Ju Ju' is his greatest album I think and 'Speak No Evil' quite excellent too. There is a reissued budget Blue Note box comprising of 'Night Dreamer', 'The Soothsayer', 'Etcetera', 'Adam's Apple' & 'Schizophenia' which is a real steal:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/5-Original-Albums-Wayne-Shorter/dp/B01KL0L9CQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1509013001&sr=1-1&keywords=wayne+shorter

And all those mentioned above are on a more expensive Blue Note box:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Note-Albums-Wayne-Shorter/dp/B012EJ5OXW/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1509013111&sr=1-4&keywords=wayne+shorter

[Stanfordian]

'Movin' Along'
Wes Montgomery with Sam Jones, Louis Hayes, James Clay & Victor Feldman
Riverside (1960)

A lighter more relaxing mood this evening!

[Joseph K]

[Joseph K]

Hiya Beefy,

Those Wayne Shorter Blue Note albums from the mid-sixties are quite superb!

'Ju Ju' is the finest album I think and 'Speak No Evil' excellent too. There is a reissued budget box comprising of 'Night Dreamer', 'The Soothsayer', 'Etcetera', 'Adam's Apple' & 'Schizophenia' which is a real steal:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/5-Original-Albums-Wayne-Shorter/dp/B01KL0L9CQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1509013001&sr=1-1&keywords=wayne+shorter

And all those mentioned above are on a more expensive box:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Note-A...=wayne+shorter

Thanks for bringing these to our attention!