What Jazz are you listening to now?

[cloughie]

Ray Charles birthday today... Which he shares with John Coltrane, Frank Foster and Les McCann, but here's Ray in his prime, at Antibes 1961 , "Doodlin'". Note the chairs instead of music stands, they were still to be located. I love this band of Ray's and saw them, a huge shame he didn't do more straight jazz albums at this time...far too soon it was to be "America the Beautiful" and such. I blame the gin...
http://youtu.be/S4m5OutEizU

Like it!

[elmo]

Apparently Bobby Hutcherson became a vibes player because whilst walking past a record shop in California in the mid 50's. Milt Jackson's solo on "Bemsha Swing" from the Xmas 1954 session with Miles and Monk was playing in the record shop and Milt's solo coincided with Bobbies hip walking speed so he went straight into the shop and bought the record - never looked back.

Here is Bobbies version of Bemsha Swing with Mulgrew Miller, John Heard and Billy Higgins.

https://youtu.be/MfVDsVDbHv0

elmo

[Stanfordian]

‘Newer Than New’ – Barry Harris Quintet
Barry Harris with Lonnie Hillyer, Charles McPherson, Ernie Farrow & Clifford Jarvis
Riverside (1961)

[Jazzrook]

Tubby Hayes with Mike Pyne, Ron Mathewson & Tony Levin playing 'Mexican Green' at The Little Theatre, Rochester, Kent on April 2, 1967:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=5a62j1H8SJI

JR

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Jackie McLean and the Cosmic Brotherhood (Sextet) - "Adrian's Dance", Steeplechase 1974. I'd forgotten how good and full of fire this band and the album was ("New York Calling") until it came up somewhere else. Jackie put together some very good recordings post Bluenote on a variety of labels...

http://youtu.be/b1JXdG9Negw

[Ian Thumwood]

Jackie McLean and the Cosmic Brotherhood (Sextet) - "Adrian's Dance", Steeplechase 1974. I'd forgotten how good and full of fire this band and the album was ("New York Calling") until it came up somewhere else. Jackie put together some very good recordings post Bluenote on a variety of labels...
http://youtu.be/b1JXdG9Negw

That is a really good track but I was surprised to see that only McLean's son Rene was the only name I had heard of. Whatever happened to the other musicians ?

It did make me think that I have not heard of Greg Osby for ages ? Another alto player of McLean's ilk.

[Jazzrook]

Drummer Frank Butler's debut album as leader 'The Stepper' recorded for Don Schlitten's Xanadu Records label in 1977 with Jack Montrose, Dolo Coker & Monty Budwig:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=U8TD8yidsCg

JR

[Jazzrook]

Hank Mobley with Curtis Porter(Shafi Hadi), Bill Hardman, Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers & Art Taylor playing 'Mighty Moe and Joe' in 1957:

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

& Jazz Monthly article on Hank Mobley by Michael James in 1962:

https://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/2018/11/hank-mobley-michael-james-in-jazz.html?m=1

JR

[Stanfordian]

‘Up and Down’ – Horace Parlan
with Booker Ervin, Grant Green, George Tucker & Al Harewood
Blue Note (1961)

[Quarky]

Love Theme From Spartacus · Yusef Lateef

Bass: Ernie Farrow, Drums: Lex Humphries, Piano: Barry Harris

Finding this confusing: this Spartacus is from the 1960 film. Nothing to do with Khachaturian's composition, which should properly be referred to as - Adagio from Spartacus.

No doubt, it's more complicated than that.
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[Serial_Apologist]

Love Theme From Spartacus · Yusef Lateef

Bass: Ernie Farrow, Drums: Lex Humphries, Piano: Barry Harris

Finding this confusing: this Spartacus is from the 1960 film. Nothing to do with Khachaturian's composition, which should properly be referred to as - Adagio from Spartacus.

No doubt, it's more complicated than that.
,

The Khachaturian (and put it in your pocket) theme was of course used in The Onedin Line BBC drama series of between 1971 and 1980. Before just now checking I hadn't realised it went on that long, though it certainly felt like it!

[gurnemanz]

Sarah Vaughan sings September Song

Clifford Brown – trumpet
Paul Quinichette – tenor saxophone
Herbie Mann – flute
Jimmy Jones – piano

[gradus]

Oscar Peterson's 'Strictly for my Friends' 5 disc set from 1968. As if I needed reminding of his astonishing playing, musical imagination and utter command of the keyboard - maybe the greatest of all jazz piano virtuosi - never forgetting that he could swing everything he played. Yes, I'm a fan.
The chordal improvisation on Girl Talk is just wonderful but it gets even better as that side progresses. Glad I got the turntable running again.

[Stanfordian]

'Night Dreamer' - Wayne Shorter
with Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman & Elvin Jones
Blue Note (1964)

[Jazzrook]

Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis, Al McKibbon & Joe Harris playing 'Confirmation' at Carnegie Hall on September 29, 1947:

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

JR