What's your latest jazz purchase?

[Joseph K]

I not so long ago bought the 10 CD set 'Dizzy Gillespie: Milestones of a Legend'.

There are a few things I'm hoping to receive soon: Kurt Rosenwinkel's latest album, and Sonny Rollins' A Night at the Village Vanguard two-CD set.

[Serial_Apologist]

Nothing so far this year. Last year I bought the Ant Law CD I mentioned previously - which, oddly enough, appears not to have any title - with Ivo Neame on piano, Mike Chillingworth alto, Tom Farmer bass, James Maddren on drums, and with Tim Garland guesting on tenor and sop, and Asaf Sirkis doing the konnakol - which is not the Lambeth Walk but a kind of Indian Karnatic scat. The other CD I bought was Trish Clowes's "My Iris", with Chris Montague on guitar, Ross Stanley piano and Hammond organ, and Mr Maddren once more à la batterie.

[teamsaint]

I not so long ago bought the 10 CD set 'Dizzy Gillespie: Milestones of a Legend'.

There are a few things I'm hoping to receive soon: Kurt Rosenwinkel's latest album, and Sonny Rollins' A Night at the Village Vanguard two-CD set.

That DG box also turned up at my house this very week.
I dont have any of his music on CD, and after a bit of investigation and forum advice it looked a good place to start.

[Joseph K]

Nothing so far this year. Last year I bought the Ant Law CD I mentioned previously - which, oddly enough, appears not to have any title - with Ivo Neame on piano, Mike Chillingworth alto, Tom Farmer bass, James Maddren on drums, and with Tim Garland guesting on tenor and sop, and Asaf Sirkis doing the konnakol - which is not the Lambeth Walk but a kind of Indian Karnatic scat.

I should check that out. I guess, although it was now 5 years ago my flat got burgled, I am still in 'guilt-free zone' when it comes to buying CDs... not that one should feel guilty at all about buying as many CDs as they like... but I still haven't replaced everything that got nicked and still want to buy things that I've never owned as well as things I used to own...

That DG box also turned up at my house this very week.
I dont have any of his music on CD, and after a bit of investigation and forum advice it looked a good place to start.

I think I finished listening to the first three disks. I'm not so keen on the tracks with singing, but everything else is great, more or less.

[eighthobstruction]

Lebroda....:Andrew Cyrille, Bill Frisell, Wadada Leo Smith....ECM

Ambrose Akinmusire....: Our Basement....

avishai cohen....: Arvoles

.....2 arrived with brokencases....really enjoying them....(music not cases)

[Ian Thumwood]

Lebroda....:Andrew Cyrille, Bill Frisell, Wadada Leo Smith....ECM

Ambrose Akinmusire....: Our Basement....

avishai cohen....: Arvoles

.....2 arrived with brokencases....really enjoying them....(music not cases)

I was intrigued by the combination of Frisell / Smith / Cyrille. It seems so odd as to pique anyone's interest.

[CGR]

I have bought quite a few CDs from various British artists I like over the past month or so since lockdown, simply to support them and help them out at a difficult time.
I must say that I may never listen to some of them, but all in a good cause.

[Joseph K]

Coltrane - Live at Birdland. I used to own this - awaiting its arrival in the post.

[Serial_Apologist]

Coltrane - Live at Birdland. I used to own this - awaiting its arrival in the post.

Don't tell me - you loaned it out to somebody, you can't remember who, and they never returned it?

[teamsaint]

Don't tell me - you loaned it out to somebody, you can't remember who, and they never returned it?

The first two U2 albums and my copy of of Siouxsie and the Banshees Hong Kong Garden suffered this fate. What is it with people who borrow records? I am happy to lend stuff generally but make an absolute rule never to lend CDs, vinyl, cassettes.

But I do remember the offenders

[Bryn]

The first two U2 albums and my copy of of Siouxsie and the Banshees Hong Kong Garden suffered this fate. What is it with people who borrow records? I am happy to lend stuff generally but make an absolute rule never to lend CDs, vinyl, cassettes.

But I do remember the offenders

By no means only audio records but very much books, too. It's cost me much more that their original price replacing some lent to fellow students, back in the day.

[Joseph K]

Don't tell me - you loaned it out to somebody, you can't remember who, and they never returned it?

No, it was stolen.

[CGR]

Don't tell me - you loaned it out to somebody, you can't remember who, and they never returned it?

We've all experienced that at sometime. It is a universal law of nature that when you lend someone a recording, you probably will not get it returned.

[Serial_Apologist]

No, it was stolen.

That caught me unawares - sorry to have heard that!

I always retain the forlorn hope that things of special value that get nicked will somehow transform the thief into a better person, having gained in insight in some way from their ill-gotten possesion, or learned that they won't get much from trying to sell on the same, since things of genuine value that don't translate into instant practicability such as moble phones, laptops or fast sports cars, aren't recognised as such by the market... unless of course they're great paintings, sculptures and statuary, though few of us would possess such things!

[Serial_Apologist]

We've all experienced that at sometime. It is a universal law of nature that when you lend someone a recording, you probably will not get it returned.

The thing of embarrassment for me, is going about having to ask for such things back - especially if the loan was to supposed "friends".