What's in your ears?

[Amanda]

What are you listening to right now - and is it any good? (Suggestions for my growing CD collection!)



I'm listening to Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea (it's fab!)

[Coypu]

Borknagar - Gods of my world, progressive black metal with a bassplayer who is trained in jazz. Very good if you like melodic metal with a northen sound. This guy has the best clean vocals that I have ever heard, very good stuff.

here is the song (http://galaxen.net/~coypu/musik/MX/Essentials/Borknagar-Empiricism-03_the_black_canvas-cnmc.mp3)

The rhythm section of the band is incredible, the bassplayer is Tyr who is easily the best bassplayer in black metal and the drummer is from the fusion/prog metal band Spiral Architect (who are super technical) so eventhough Borknagar is very down to earth theese guys are still incredible musicians.

[Joel]

Jazziz CD (January 2003)

I'm heading out today to check out Charlie Haden's American Dream,Dave Douglas' The Infinite and will try to find Steve Turre's One 4 J.

[jazzypaul]

All over the place this week. Did a tribute to Bill Russo last week, and have been drooling all over his work this week...

Kenton Showcase: Bill Russo (4 stars out of 5)

Portraits on Standards: Stan Kenton (5 stars)

and listening to all sorts of other stuff as well

Matt Jorgensen: The Road Begins Here (5 stars and then some)

Two For Brazil: Take Five (23 stars. 2 guys make enough music to sound like a quartet. Recorded live with no overdubs. If you don't like this, there are many things wrong with your brain)

Yellowjackets: Mint Jam (don't laugh, it's good)

Karrin Allyson: In Blue...I would make love to this woman and make her scream in ecstacy for approximately 34 seconds.

Wayne Horovitz & Zony Mash: Upper Egypt. A tried and true favorite.

Bill Frisell: Rarum Selected Recordings...I am glad this is in my collection. I love Bill's tone. Completely artificial, but the feel is so organic that it just transcends boundaries.

Hope that's enough to get you started.

[omar zamora]

ROVA - Ptow
Jelly Roll Morton - Library of Congress Recordings, disc 1
nmperign - self-titled
John Carter - Dance of the Love Ghosts
Chevalier/Havard/Ottavi/Rowe - [N:Q]
Greg Kelley - If I Never Meet You in this Lifetime Let Me Feel the Lack
Archie Shepp - Blase/Live at the Pan-African Festival
Taku Unami - Electronics Solo

[xricci]

Being the All About Jazz guy has its privileges. I've been playing these discs over the last few days...

Christian Howes - Jazz On Sale
Stefano di Battista - 'Round About Roma
Daniel Carter + Reuben Radding - Luminescence
David Murray Latin Big Band - Now is Another Time
Jesse Davis - The Setup
B3 Bombers - Live at the Green Mill
Brett Sroka - Hearsay
Wayne Shorter - Alegria
Charlie Hunter - Right Now Move
Mark O'Connor - In Full Swing

The new Dave Douglas (Freak In) and the new Matt Wilson (Humidity) came in the mail today--plan to spin them this weekend.

[fusion_lover]

jaco pastorius by himself
charlie brown xmas by vince guaraldi trio (AWESOME!!!!)
Heavy Weather by weather report
les geant du jazz by miles davis and john coltrane
the sun dont lie by marcus miller

heheheheheh if u have at least one part of ur brain working u will note my LITTLE (very little HAHAHAHHAH) tendency to FUSION....what can i do its AWESOME

[Pharaohrock]

McCoy Tyner- "double trios". pretty grandiose stuff. one of the better Tyner trio records of last 2 decades, it has this really hip track with McCoy stating the theme on Wurlitzer.

Herbie Hancock- "The Prisoner". DEEP stuff. The arrangements are just brilliant, so evocative! It reminds a lot of (the better) jazz-based soundtrack music from the 70s.

Charles Sullivan- "Kamau". Very nice post-bop record with K. Barron + Craig Handy. Sullivan is greatly undersung....in some ways a contemp. of Woody Shaw= at least in tone. He plays in the Tyner big band.

[DWBass]

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones-Live At The Quick

The latest Dave Weckl Band cd.

[bombastic]

Matthew Shipp's New Orbit-This is dynamite stuff-today is the first time i've heard Shipp, but it won't be the last. this c.d. is 39 minutes long, and i realized listening to this today that quality is everything, quantity is nothing if the music doesn't move you. this music transports you into another realm, you decide where that is. use your imagination.

[clifton]

Recent listening is all over the map: Dizzy Gillespie/Roy Eldridge wonderful 1954 session, Kenny Burrell "Blue Lights" (some nice work from Junior Cook & Tina Brooks, too), David S. Ware "Corridors And Parallels" (the finest merger of jazz & electronica I have yet heard), Ornette Coleman "At The Golden Circle Vol. I", Dave Douglas "The Infinite", and Charlie Parker "Jazz At Massey Hall" (probably my all-time favorite album).

[omar zamora]

Brotherhood of Breath - s/t
Louis Sclavis - L'affrontament des Pretendants
Neumann/Beins - Lidingo
Matthews/Neumann/M - In Case of Fire, Take Stairs
Lee Scratch Perry - Arkology
Henry Threadgill - Up Popped the Two Lips

[FunkyGhost]

Steve Coleman : Motherland Pulse
It is so amazing and you get it for free on his homepage.

Steve Coleman : "Resistance is futile" (you have to pay for that one)

Julien Louraunt: Groove Gang
That's a band from france. The CD starts funky (has a nice cover version of Chain of fools) and then moves on to more "world music". Very nice and modern Jazz.

And then there is Groover Washington Jr.s "Mister Magic"
This is just a fine Soul-Jazz record. You will probably know it.

[lazy bird]

Naked City / live vol. 1 / TZADIK
Louis Sclavis / L'affrontement des prétendents / ECM
Lester Young / Ultimate Lester Young / Verve records
Duke Ellington / Complete Duke Ellington at Newport / Columbia

[Pharaohrock]

Kenny Barron Live at Fat Tuesday's.....some of Barron's 80s output is great shit, check it out.

[3pointdeli]

this morning i listened to:

alan holdsworth "velvet darkness" (have you heard that one, coypu? it's an older one...it came out in the '70s.

[Coypu]

Originally posted by 3pointdeli
this morning i listened to:

alan holdsworth "velvet darkness" (have you heard that one, coypu? it's an older one...it came out in the '70s.

Yeah I listened to it not so long ago, pretty odd album with the acoustic peices and the songs that sound more like standard fusion rather than Holdsworth. I really like some songs on it.

[3pointdeli]

yeah, it is pretty standard fusion, with a pretty standard fusion lin-up of musicians (narada walden, fernando saunders, alan pasqua.)

the only other holdsworth album i've listened to from beginning to end is "atavachron", which i can't stand (i hate that '80s midi guitar sound.)

i'd be interested in hearing some of his more recent material because i keep hearing good things about it from lots of different people.

[Coypu]

I don't like the keyboard sounds of Atavachron either, I only have 6 holdsworth albums but the ones I like the most are Metal Fatique & Road Games, make sure that you check them out fully, they are both great. The newest album I have is wardenclyff tower from 92' (or near) and I really like it, I must get some of his newest stuff though.

[omar zamora]

Horace Taspcott and the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra - Flight 17
Johnny Dyanni - The Witchdoctor's Son
Keith Rowe - 29 October 2003
Harry Partch - Delusion of Fury

[Joel]

Brad Mehldau - Largo

AAJ Review (http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r0802_041.htm)

[omar zamora]

8 Bold Souls - Antfarm
Jason Bivins/Ian Davis - Benthic
Dafeldecker/Hauzinger/Tilbury/Matsubara - Absinth
Bossetti/Doneda/Rainey - Places dans l'air

[clifton]

Sometimes it takes a classic to set your heart right. So today I played Duke Ellington's "Three Suites". It contains "Nutcracker Suite", "Peer Gynt Suite", and "Suite Thursday". Hodges, Hamilton, Nance, Carney, Gonsalves, Duke himself...this is some of the greatest music I own.

[jazzypaul]

I've been on a Benson kick the last few days...

Weekend in L.A.

White Rabbit

Benson & Farrell

It's Uptown

Beyond the Blue Horizon

And there's this new group that I'm diggin hard...their album came out yesterday on Columbia...The Bad Plus -- These Are the Vistas. Stunningly cool music. It gets three jazzypauls up. GO! BUY IT! NOW!

[Pharaohrock]

I'm all about bebop at the moment...

Bud Powell RCA sides
Sonny Clark trio/ BN
Bill Cunliffe plays Bud
Michel/Tony Petrucciani

I generally go on listening sprees related to what I've been practicing. Although I don't aim to become a dyed-in-the wool bop player, it's a lot of fun to play and it's a challenge you can really grow from as a wholesome musician if you put the time in.....it really does wonders for hearing harmony and developing melodic lines.

[Pharaohrock]

I forgot I had "From the Soul" in the carousel also. Damn that is a good album, maybe Lovano's best....

[omar zamora]

John Coltrane - Live at the Village Vanguard, discs 1 and 2
Steve Reid - Nova
Skip James - Blues from the Delta
Merle Haggard - Roots, vol 1
Dafeldecker/Fusseneger/Kovacik - printer

[Joel]

Combustication - Medeski Martin & Wood

Below The Bassline - Ernest Ranglin
My first Jamaican influenced Jazz, kind of like Wes Mo meets Marley,good stuff.

[Dr. J.]

Originally posted by Pharaohrock
Kenny Barron Live at Fat Tuesday's.....some of Barron's 80s output is great shit, check it out.

The estimable Mr. Barron continues to ....er...excrete greatly. His newest, "Canta Brasil," with Trio da Paz (the first call NY ex-patriate Brazilians) is just terrif.

Other recent listenings - Fred Hersch's Disk 1 of his 3 CD Nonesuch set - all originals, mostly solo, very good for listening when you need to concentrate on projects.

Mary Ann Redmond - Prisoner of the Heart and Here I Am - smokin' blues/soul/pop diva without attitude. Gets the heart racing and the booty twitching.

Jacky Terrasson's Smile - love that title track and Ecu's "The Dolphin" with Sean Smith's extended bass excursion.

Taylor Eigsti's Resonance - killer debut of barely 19-year-old pianist.

Haven't been able to get to a lot of CDs that rolled in recently for review - see above statement about project concentration... so much music, so little time!

[omar zamora]

Originally posted by Joel
Below The Bassline - Ernest Ranglin
My first Jamaican influenced Jazz, kind of like Wes Mo meets Marley,good stuff.

Ernie Ranglin is indeed amazing. To be honest, I'm more familiar with his straight-up reggae/ska/rocksteady work (The Melodians' killer "Rivers of Babylon" for example) than with his jazz work, but from what I've heard, he brings the same amount of soul, rhythm, and beauty into it.

[clifton]

Much variety this week: Matthew Shipp "Equilibrium", Dave Holland "What Goes Around", Dexter Gordon "Go".

[PiousBionicus]

Good old Oscar Peterson. It's been "Oscar's Blues" and "Live In Chicago" this week. Also been listening to a bit of Dave Brubeck and Nat King Cole, and lots of reggae!

[Joel]

Repeat plays of recent purchases

That's Right - Victor Bailey
funkyfusiony latest album of this electric bassist. Along the lines of Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller

The JazzTimes Superband - Bob Berg,Randy Brecker,Dennis Chambers and Joey DeFrancesco

Uberjam - John Scofield

Rocket Science - Tribal Tech
Amanda, dont add this in your jazz collection if youre only after jazz :D .

Oh - Scolohofo

[LeMo]

CDs:

What We Live: Especially The Traveller Tomorrow (Metalanguage)
Roland Ramanan: Shaken (Emanem)
Steve Lacy 6: We See (Th. Monk Songbook) (hatOLOGY)
Sun Ra: The Singles (Evidence) - Total Fun!
Mike Adcock & Clive Bell: Sleep it Off (Emanem)
Michel Portal: Arrivederci le Chouartse (hatOLOGY)
Noah Rosen: Trips, Jobs & Journeys (Cadence)
Joe McPhee & Johnny McLellan: Grand Marquis (Boxholder)
Peter Kowald: Was da Ist (FMP)
Paul Dunmall: EastWestNorthSouth (FMR)
Ned Rothenberg & Denman Maroney: Tools of Trade (CIMP)Marco Eneidi/ Parker/ Robinson: Cherry Box (Eremite)
Gerd Dudek: 'smatter (psi records)
François Corneloup Trio: Jardins ouvriers (Evidence- France)

LPs:

Albert Ayler: Les nuits de la Fondation Maeght (Shandar)
Sam Rivers: The Quest (Red Record)
Art Pepper: Living Legend (Contemporary)
The Jazz Corps: Under the Direction of Tommy Peltier featuring Roland Kirk (Pacific Jazz)
Bobby Watson: Appointement in Milano (Red Record)
Capt Beefheart: Clear Spot (Reprise)
Ravi Shankar & Alla Rakha: Ragas Hameer & Gara (Deutsche Grammophon)

[omar zamora]

Nice list, LeMo. I'm not familiar with those two Emanems or the artists. Who are they?

Bivins/Davis - Benthic
Rowe/Havard/Chevalier/Ottavi - [N:Q]
Miles - Bitches Brew
Cedar Walton - Breakthrough!
Fred Anderson/DKV Trio - s/t
Furt - Defekt

[LeMo]

Roland Ramanam is a trumpet player who happens to be the son of Shake Kean who was the trumpet player in the Joe Harriot Quintet ("Free Form" and "Abstract"). His record is named from his father. It's a fine jazz/impro record even if Ramanan is still a young and tender musician. His bandmate are among the best of today impro. (Marcio Mattos, Simon H. Fell and the great Mark Sanders.

[LeMo]

For the other Emanem Records, it's more difficult to definite him. Mike Adcock & Clive Bell are two canadians who improvise mostly with no-jazz instrument (accordion, harmonica, indian harmonium, tunisian reed pipe, shakuhachi etc). They produced a strange mixture of unorthodoxe blues, country and eastern music. Difficult to say more because it sounds familiar and, in the same time, completely original. Surely not for every one taste.

[omar zamora]

Thanks. Both sound very interesting. Great lineup on the first one. And Sanders definitely is great.

[Sidtar]

Well right now..
Milestones

earlier today it was..
Giant steps
In a silent way
Just can't enough o' miles n' trane.

[FunkyGhost]

Kenny Burrell: Midnight Blue
Steve Coleman: Motherland Pulse

Two quite different things ...

[clifton]

Tenor sax day today, Wayne Shorter "The Soothsayer" and Sonny Rollins "Tenor Madness", tenor sax ecstacy.

[omar zamora]

Charles Lloyd - The Water is Wide
Polwecshel/Fennesz - Wrapped Islands
Iannis Xenakis - Persepolis/Remixes
Weather Report - Live in Tokyo
Neumann/Beins - Lidingo
CoDoNa - s/t

[hoochmonkey9]

Got these in the mail yesterday...
lp's Andrew Hill From California With Love
Count Basie Basie at Birdland
cd's Dave Douglas Witness
Jason Moran Facing Left

Can't say enough about Hill and Basie. Witness is stunning, even with the vocal stuff with Tom Waits. Jason Moran is a MONSTER. I think in 30 years we'll be talking about his early Blue Note recordings the same way we do about Andrew Hill's.

[Pharaohrock]

I was listening to a lot of early jazz the past few days......

Hot 5s and 7s,

and

Mr. Jelly Lord......(Wynton) which is a great intro to Jelly's music if you don't care to listen to mono recordings.....

[Joel]

Mirakle - Derek Bailey (2000 © Tzadik)
Mr. Bailey teams up with funk bassist Jamaaldeen Tacuma and drummer Calvin Weston both who had projects with Ornette Coleman and the Lounge Lizards.
A fun album to hear having a heavy dose of funk beats merged with free form distortion style of Bailey.
I'm really enjoying this....seriously.

SUD - SUD (Sylvain Luc,Andre Ceccarelli & Jean-Marc Jafet) (2000 © Dreyfusjazz)
An acoustic trio of a guitar, drums and double bass, playing boppish straight ahead jazz with some nice lyrical style of Metheny on a couple of tracks. A very good "all around"(meaning its varied & not dull) accoustic album to have.
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r0800_160.htm

[clifton]

Charlie Parker "The Washington Concerts", the great man in exceptional form, so good here that he's scary.

[omar zamora]

Lotsa irrelevant music...and some Jackie Mac!

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis Live
Keith Rowe - 29 October 2001
Boom Bip/Dose One - Circle
Gyorgy Ligeti - Liget Project III
Gary Bartz - I've Known Rivers and Other Bodies
Nick Cave - Nocturama
Denley/Ng - Vergency
Jackie McLean - Jackie's Bag
Andrea Neumann - Innerklavier
Annette Krebs - guitar
Parker/Lewis - From Saxophone and Trombone
John Wall - Alterstill

[Joel]

Pat Metheny Trio -Live
Its only now that I realize that the track Faith Healer definitely kicks ass.

Charlie Parker - The Best Of the Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings

Spyro Gyra - Original Cinema

MMW - Uninvisible

Barbara Dennerlein - Junkanoo

[J Larsen]

The title of this thread reminded me of this thread: http://www.bluenote.com/bulletinboard/ubb-cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=16&t=000618

[Misterioso]

Today I have been listening to my recent delivery from DMG:


Steve Lacy--Work (Sketch)
Sun Ra--Sunrise In Different Dimensions (Hatology)
Roscoe Mitchell Quartet--(Sackville)
Jemeel Moondoc All Stars--Live In Paris (Cadence)
Steve Lacy--10 of Dukes + 6 Originals (Senators)
Albert Ayler--Nuits De La Fondation Maeght 1970 (Water)
Anthony Braxton--Trio & Duet (Sackville)
Lee Konitz & Martial Solal--Star Eyes, Hamburg 1983 (Hatology)


All of whom I would recommend to anyone interested.

The Steve Lacy on Senators release can only be bought from DMG or from Steve Lacy's online site.

http://www.dtmgallery.com/

http://senators.free.fr/


I am currently relistening to the Braxton.

[Misterioso]

Larson


Here is the response I gave to you over on the Harlem site to your question about the Ayler.

Yes, it is on CD. It's a new reissue on a label called Water, which I don't believe I have heard of before.

It really is a nice reissue and the music is burning. The crowd and it sounds like a huge one goes crazy at times in response to what is played. Brought smiles to the face when I heard that.

Knowing how hard Ayler had it in terms of fans and the style of music he played. As well as knowing it is his last recording and I believe performance and he would be dead in 3 months from this performance.

So his this his last performance and him really hitting home with the people listening at the concert brings a smile to the face. :)

[J Larsen]

Thanks. I'm losing track of what was said in which thread on what board... We need to pick a new home a settle down soon!

[Misterioso]

Yea, I know what you mean. By the way the Ayler combines Vol 1 & 2 onto one disc. There is no alt takes or unreleased music. It's only what was on Vol. 1 & 2 before.

[kenny weir]

In a very prezidential mood:

Lester Young - Complete Verve
Lester Young - Complete Aladdin
Lester Young - The Kansas City Sessions
Billie Holiday - Complete Columbia
Count Basie - Complete Decca

[sideshowbob]

This evening has mostly been an Impulse experience:

Dewey Redman "Ear of the Behearer"
Archie Shepp "Fire Music"
McCoy Tyner "Reeavaluation" (a compilation)

and, on Unit Core, Cecil Taylor, "Spring of 2 Blue J's"

All on lovely mint original vinyl.

-- Ian

[Noj]

Roy Brooks "The Free Slave"

[Mnytime]

Today's Listening Pleasure:

Duke Ellington-Happy Birthday, Duke! Vol 1-5, this is a new Ebay purchase and it's not bad. Well worth the $16 I paid for the 5Cds that come in it.

Next up someone that Ellington was an influence on:

Cecil Taylor-The infamous box. ;) Disc 2

[WestCoast Ghost]

That lovely Sex Pistols ballad, "EMI."
Randy Weston, TANJAH
Randy Weston, HIGHLIFE
Johnny Griffin, WHITE GARDENIA
Milt Jackson, FOR SOMEONE I LOVE

[saintvitus]

2day ...

Cedar Walton Trio - Cedar (Timeless) ... Sustained excellence is what it's all about. I will probably take out the Boomers discs with Clifford Jordan later tonight.

Ryan Kisor - On the one (Columbia) ... I got this one because someone at BNBB recommended the performance on "Darn That Dream" and I'm grateful. Realized I do not have many Chris Potter records and probably should get a couple more.

[Joel]

courtesy of RealNetworks.

Jazz Network
Mainstream Jazz streamed from Germany. Audio quality is quite good when listening on a computer and a pair of really good bud earphones.

[walkin]

2 non jazz:
Jack Logan-Mood Elevator
Straightjacket Fits-Melt

3 jazz:
Sonny Rollins-Vol 2
Lester Young-In Washington DC 1956-vol 1
Pharoah Sanders-Karma

[clandy44]

Jimmy Raney-Live in Tokyo
Paul Quinichette-The Vice Prez
Ike Quebec-Blue and Sentimental
Ike Quebec/John Hardee-Mosaic
Oscar Pettiford-Deep Passion

[AfricaBrass]

Right now, I'm listening to Miles Davis' Complete Bitches Brew Sessions.

[Ed Swinnich]

Sting - All This Time
Dex - Happy Birthday
Stan Levey - This Time The Drum's On Me

[J.A.W.]

Bill Evans - Consecration - Milestone Japan; several discs from this brilliant 8CD-set
Miles Davis - Miles - Prestige Japan

[victor]

right now i am listening to miles davis "kind of blue" it is so awesome:)

[OUT2LUNCH]

Hubert Laws: Afro-Classic
Tubby Hayes Quintet: Down In the Village
Tubby Hayes Quartet: For Members Only

[D.D.]

Was in a heavy mood today, thus the listening:

1. Cecil Taylor 'The WIllisau Concert' (Intakt, 2002) - my favorite solo Cecil (well, this week at least)

2. Dominic Duval with the C.T. String Quartet 'The Navigator' (Leo Records, 1998) - some scary stuff

3. Alice Coltrane 'Universal Consciousness' (Verve, 2002) - exilirating

4. Carl Berger 'Conversations' (In + Out, 1994) - duets with Charlie Haden, James Blood Ulmer, Mark Feldman and others. Good.

[king ubu]

Frank Strozier LONG NIGHT , a nice Prestige CD including two Jazzland LPs by this great musician (Long Night and March of the Siamese Children). For me a quite recent find. Love it! (also recently acquired Roy Haynes' "Cymbalism", also OJC, also feat. Strozier)

ubu

[vibes]

Right now I'm listening to "Procession of the Great Ancestry" by Leo Smith, for the first time. The music is very intriguing, and rather eerie at times. I think I'll be listening to this one a lot for the next little while.

[WestCoast Ghost]

Much Sheila Jordan
PORTRAIT OF SHEILA
FROM THE HEART
and Woody Shaw:
LITTLE RED'S FANTASY
ROSEWOOD
DARK JOURNEY

[John Tapscott]

J.J. Johnson - The Trombone Master

[wesbed]

Carmell Jones - Mosaic Select box
Steely Dan - Two Against Nature

[Noj]

"I'm Lost"

[Brad]

Right now listening to Far East Suite, one of the first jazz records I ever listened to. Duke's vitality was amazing. Hope I'm that creative when I get to be his age.

Listened also to This is Ray Brown. Oscar Peterson on organ. Even if flute ain't your thing, you might like this.

Also, the Vogue in Paris cd of Duke Jordan and Bud Powell.

[hoochmonkey9]

This week...
New Directions....Stefon Harris, Jason Moran, Greg Osby,Mark Shim
Inner Circle....Greg Osby
Sound Museum/Three Women....Ornette Coleman
The Improvisor....Von Freeman
What Goes Around....Dave Holland Big Band
The Fats Navarro Story....Fats (a really good British box set)

[AfricaBrass]

Todays listening:

In response to different threads, I've downloaded these albums from emusic for today's listening.

Prince Lasha/Sonny Simmons - The Cry
Teddy Edwards/Howard McGhee - Together Again
Horace Silver - Paris Blues
Carmell Jones - Jay Hawk Talk
Albert Ayler - Live in Green

And, in response to this week. I've ceased my Verve boycott and last night purchased the Gerry Mulligan and Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard reissue. I was originally going to buy something for the BN family of labels, but I just didn't feel like it. Maybe in a couple of weeks. I've actually wanted to get the Gerry Mulligan for a while. I like what I've heard so far.

[jazzypaul]

It's been a whacked week for me music wise...

George Benson: Beyond the Blue Horizon

The Bad Plus: These are the Vistas

Happy Apple: Youth Oriented

Christian McBride: Vertical Vision

Dave Douglas: The Infinite

Jackie McLean: Jacknife

The Smiths: Singles

[Matthew]

Been listening to Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings , and continue to be amazed how inventive the music is. Each cd has magic moments.

[Noj]

"Silver Cycles"

[Tom K]

I've just finished listening to Miles' "No Blues" - the 1967 Paris live recording of the Quintet. Miles was in top form then. A very recommendable recording by one of my favourite bands ever.

[Noj]

"Eboness"

[Noj]

The Bird Wave

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000005HDD.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[John Tapscott]

This A.M.

Sidney Bechet - Spreading Joy 1940-50 (Naxos)

Disc 1 of the Complete Serge Chaloff Sessions (Mosaic)

[Mnytime]

Today's Listening Pleasure:

So far:

Air-Air Lore
David Murray-The London Concert


Next Up:

Willem Breuker-In Holland
Brotzmann-The Dried Rat-Dog
John Butcher-Fixations (14) solo saxophone 1997-2000
Mimeo/John Tilbury-The Hands of Caravaggio
Parker/McPhee-Chicago Tenor Duets
Anthony Braxton-8 Standards
Bird-Disc 4 & 5 Dial/Savoy Box
AEC-Coming Home Jamaica
Cecil-The Tree of Life

[hoochmonkey9]

In the mail today, a nice surprise...
Largo Brad Mehldau
Djangology Django Reinhardt, of course
God Bless the Child Kenny Burrell

[J.A.W.]

Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby - Analogue Productions hybrid SACD; check it out, it's the best sounding version I've heard of this brilliant album (apart from the vinyl, that is).

Grachan Moncur III - Some Other Stuff - Blue Note / Toshiba Japan (TOCJ)

Archie Shepp - Fire Music - Impulse! / Victor Japan (20-bit K2 remaster)

[omar zamora]

Anthony Braxton - Quartet (Coventry) 1985
Sonny Sharrock - Paradise
Stangl/Dieb13 - eh
mon.goose - at Penguin House
Augustus Pablo - Original Rockers
Sonny Stitt- Endgame Brilliance

[AfricaBrass]

I picked up the new Stefon Harris today. I've heard about half of it. I'm not sure what I think.

I'm going to have to listen to it a few times.

[J Larsen]

I'm listening to Booker Little 4 & Max Roach right now. Nice stuff. It's particularly interesting to hear George Coleman at this point in his career. Don't get me wrong - he plays very, very well, but IMO he gives just a hint as to what was to come later in his career. I actually like hearing artists I admire as they are just piecing together their sound. And, of course, it's always a pleasure to hear a bit of the tragically under-recorded Louis Smith! (Oh yeah, Booker smokes too.)

[xricci]

I listen to ~two new CDs a day. In addition to Dave Douglas's Freak In, I find myself working these two into the daily mix:

Simone Guiducci's Chorale (http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r0303_044.htm)

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/release/sguiducci2003.jpg

and Carlos Bernardo's Àgua Nova (http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r0203_144.htm)

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/release/cbernardo2003.jpg

[sheldonm]

I've been turned on to some of the artists on the Criss Cross label, I picked up a hand full of those and have been spinning them for several days. Very good!

[sheldonm]

Omar,

I dig that Stitt also, have you listened to his Roost recordings, they smoke!

[xricci]

I almost forgot about the new Carmell Jones Mosaic (Select) 3-CD set...

http://www.mosaicrecords.com/images/CJ_Book%20r3.jpg

I keep bouncing back & forth between disc 1 and 2.

For more info, read the press release at http://www.allaboutjazz.com/news/ft/20030107/2208/Grachan_Moncur_III_and_Carmell_Jones__Mosaic.html.

[sheldonm]

Amen, brother!

[vibes]

Tony Scott: Music for Zen Meditation and other Joys

I decided it had been far too long since I'd listened to this and the "Yoga Meditation" discs that Tony did, so I pulled them out and that's what I'm doing now. Very relaxing music. :)

[Pete Souders]

about a week ago picked up Dexter Gordon CD "I Want More"
(Steeplechase) - recorded 7/9/64. Listening to it for the second time. He absolutely plays the hell out of "Come Rain or Come Shine". I think this might have been when he was at the absolute top of his game - in the early and then middle 60's.

[ralphie_boy]

I recently picked up a turntable, so I've been spinning some old vinyl. Today's fare:

Miles - Blue Moods, Water Babies
Hill - Andrew!!!
Beefheart - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)

[realfusionfan]

check out "hard hat area" "none too soon" & the new version of soft machine, now soft works called "abracadabra" its very good.

[TempleJazz]

my tax return came a few days ago.... bought some fine OJC releases and have been spinnin' them ever since.

Joe Farell - Sonic Text
George Cables - Cables Vision
Art Taylor - Tailor's Wailers
McCoy Tyner - Together

[vibes]

Grant Green - Alive

I held off on trying to find this one because I've never heard that many great things about Grant Green's later BN stuff, but I found this in a used been and decided to go for it. Great album! The guitar-organ-vibes combination is definitely a favorite of mine.

[JohnS]

Lee Konitz; Dearly Beloved on Steeplechase

[AfricaBrass]

I'm listening to the first 17 cds in the Blue Note Connoisseur series on shuffle play. I ripped them and was able to get 17 albums on one mp3 cd.

Right now, Kenny Dorham's Windmill is playing.

:D

[Noj]

Dan The Automator ...A Much Better Tomorrow

[Finger Poppin']

Right now I've been on a Lou Donaldson phase. Just finished listen to "Everything I play now is funky."

[Mnytime]

Originally posted by David Gitin
John Lindberg THE CATBIRD SEAT w/Wadada Leo Smith, Larry Ochs, Andrew Cyrille , wonderful session, highly recommended


I believe you mean "The Catbird Sings", which I agree is a highly recommendable recording (#6 of my favorite releases for 2000) that is slightly better than it's sister release by the same group "A Tree Frog Tonality".