Ever fall in love with a jazz CD? - Page 5

robmid · November 19th, 2012, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by HutchFan

It's the first Malaby recording I heard. His sound immediately knocked me for a loop. I've only got one other CD that features Malaby's playing, Charlie Haden's new Liberation Music Orchestra disc Not In Our Name. (Also excellent, imho.)

Part of the fun of this sort of discovery is anticipating the fun that you're going to have exploring all of those other recordings that the artist has done.

So, any more Malaby recommendations?

His CDs Sabino and Apparitions are now both on my short-list.

Malaby plays as a sideman a lot. Notably on Deluxe by Chris Lightcap and Ancestors by Mario Pavone. He also plays on his wife's albums, pianist, Angelica Sanchez, which are quite good. But I've had trouble getting into any Malaby solo CDs so far.

Cheers, Robert

robmid · November 19th, 2012, 02:03 PM

I didn't realize that this thread had been bumped and that I had started it originally. LOL! Anyway, great topic.

This was started 6 years ago and is still relevant. After all, if we don't find music we are passionate about, what's the point?

Here are a few I've really loved and played a lot over the past few years (since 2007).

Adam Lane - Ashcan Rantings
Allison Miller - Boom Tic Boom
Andy Sheppard - Movements in Colour
Charles Lloyd - Sangam
Chris Lightcap - Deluxe
Darcy James Argue - Infernal Machines
Diego Barber - Calima
Joel Harrison - Harbor
The Kandinsky Effect (self-titled)
Kenny Werner - Lawn Chair Society
Mario Pavone - Ancestors
Mark Egan - As We Speak
Michel Portal - Bird Watcher
Scott Dubois - Landscape Scriptures
Uri Gurvich - The StoryTeller
Virginia Mayhew - A Simple Thank You

Plus I fell in love with the Music of Thomas Chapin. These ones, recorded in the 90's (before his passing) were just discovered by me this year. All are incredible in his virtuosity and expression. Nobody quite like him.

Third Force
Night Bird Song
Menagerie Dreams
Sky Piece
Ride

Cheers, Robert

nickc · November 20th, 2012, 04:17 AM

I love this thread. After reading all the entries i decided to give Miles Davis's 'In a Silent Way' another go. I first bought it 10 years ago and it didn't click so its been in my attic for a decade. Well on second listen, with more jazz listening under my belt i have to say i'm head over heels, its on permanent play in my car on the journey to and from work. I love it so much i want to hire a plane with a banner, take out an ad in national newspaper proclaiming my love.... Funny how you have to be 'ready' to listen to certain albums.

I've ordered the box set too so thank you.

My other rave recently is Mcoy Tyner's Trident. I'm totally besotted with the way he plays piano on this album. I feel like i need to explore his whole back catalogue....

Nick

HutchFan · November 20th, 2012, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by nickc

My other rave recently is Mcoy Tyner's Trident. I'm totally besotted with the way he plays piano on this album. I feel like i need to explore his whole back catalogue....

You might want to give McCoy's Sama Layuca a try. It's one of my favorites from that period. It features Bobby Hutcherson, Gary Bartz, and Azar Lawrence.

HutchFan · November 20th, 2012, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by robmid

This was started 6 years ago and is still relevant. After all, if we don't find music we are passionate about, what's the point?

Yeah! That's what it's all about!!!

Buddha · November 20th, 2012, 07:16 AM

Great topic, Rob.

First jazz love - heard Mahavishnu Orchestra in about 1972 playing in Atlanta at the old Sports Center out on Memorial Drive. Thirty seconds into their opening number, Meeting of the Spirits, the kundalini sort of blasts right up my spine and blows the top of my head off. Bought the LPs and the 8-tracks so I could listen to IMF and Birds of Fire, which most decidedly were not being played on the radio in Savannah, GA.

Started looking for other McLaughlin recordings, found him playing on In A Silent Way and A Tribute to Jack Johnson, which gets me interested in Miles (Kind of Blue to begin), which gets me interested in Coltrane (A Love Supreme to begin).

Tangentially, the whole Chick Corea Piano Improvisations thing comes at me, since I also pick Chick up playing with Miles, which gets me interested in RTF and ECM label. Ditto with Joe Zawinul and Weather Report. Bill Connors leaves RTF and records several (great!) albums for ECM with Jan Garbarek.

Monk, Cannonball, Bill Evans, bebop, hardbop, I just kept finding great music and great musicians by trying to track down other things by people I liked. It's much easier with the internet and message boards like this, now, as I was pretty much on my own back in the day. Everything I love in jazz developed organically from that first Mahavishnu concert and trying to track down something like that thing I already liked.

justHerb · December 10th, 2012, 11:10 AM

Bheki Mseleku - Timelessness
Fred Hersch - Sarabande
Bill Frisell - Quartet
Cyrus Chestnut - Revelation
Kenny Garrett - Triology

To name just a few...

TokyoJazzNight · December 28th, 2012, 06:21 PM

Bill Evans - "Live at village Vanguard"
Bill Evans - "Polka dots and Moonbeams"
Chet Baker - "The incredible Chet Baker Plays and sings"
Claudio Ottaviano Trio - "Notturno"
Miles Davis - "My funny Valentine"
Shirley Horn - "Here's to life"

Mark of Cenla · December 31st, 2012, 06:12 PM

Bob James - Straight Up: I saw him do some of the tunes on the TV showJazz Central, and when I bought the CD, I played it for a long time.

Astral Project - Big Shot: It was my first CD from this great New Orleans jazz band and was their first album without a piano player. I played this one for a long time too.

Back in the 70s, it was Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour: I was fusion guy back then, and this one just blew me away.

A more modern fusion album that blew me away is Frank Gambale/Stuart Hamm/Steve Smith - GHS 3.

These are my all-time favorites. Peace and goodwill.

Jazz_Fellow · January 1st, 2013, 07:18 AM

Kind of Blue by Miles Davis was the first jazz album I ever bought, and I still listen to it more often than other albums I have. It also seems to be the album that my friends who are less interested in jazz seem to have or want to have.

Afro by Dizzy Gillespie is another one I rave about to my peers. Growing up, I always loved loud brass in a big band setting. The Manteca Suite, which forms the first 4 tracks, fits that bill perfectly. It also ignited my interest in Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz, which leads me onto...

Afro-Cuban by Kenny Dorham, which was my first ever Blue Note purchase - have fallen in love with the label ever since. Dorham is great on this album and it pretty much opened my ears up to most of the jazz albums I own and listen to these days.

November 19th, 2012, 02:03 PM	#62
robmid Miles and Beyond Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Near San Francisco in the Santa Cruz Mountains Posts: 1,778	I didn't realize that this thread had been bumped and that I had started it originally. LOL! Anyway, great topic. This was started 6 years ago and is still relevant. After all, if we don't find music we are passionate about, what's the point? Here are a few I've really loved and played a lot over the past few years (since 2007). Adam Lane - Ashcan Rantings Allison Miller - Boom Tic Boom Andy Sheppard - Movements in Colour Charles Lloyd - Sangam Chris Lightcap - Deluxe Darcy James Argue - Infernal Machines Diego Barber - Calima Joel Harrison - Harbor The Kandinsky Effect (self-titled) Kenny Werner - Lawn Chair Society Mario Pavone - Ancestors Mark Egan - As We Speak Michel Portal - Bird Watcher Scott Dubois - Landscape Scriptures Uri Gurvich - The StoryTeller Virginia Mayhew - A Simple Thank You Plus I fell in love with the Music of Thomas Chapin. These ones, recorded in the 90's (before his passing) were just discovered by me this year. All are incredible in his virtuosity and expression. Nobody quite like him. Third Force Night Bird Song Menagerie Dreams Sky Piece Ride Cheers, Robert __________________ RM I like what I like. Is that such a crime? Favorite Jazz Recordings - www.actionplan.com/jazz.html

November 20th, 2012, 07:16 AM	#66
Buddha Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 208	Great topic, Rob. First jazz love - heard Mahavishnu Orchestra in about 1972 playing in Atlanta at the old Sports Center out on Memorial Drive. Thirty seconds into their opening number, Meeting of the Spirits, the kundalini sort of blasts right up my spine and blows the top of my head off. Bought the LPs and the 8-tracks so I could listen to IMF and Birds of Fire, which most decidedly were not being played on the radio in Savannah, GA. Started looking for other McLaughlin recordings, found him playing on In A Silent Way and A Tribute to Jack Johnson, which gets me interested in Miles (Kind of Blue to begin), which gets me interested in Coltrane (A Love Supreme to begin). Tangentially, the whole Chick Corea Piano Improvisations thing comes at me, since I also pick Chick up playing with Miles, which gets me interested in RTF and ECM label. Ditto with Joe Zawinul and Weather Report. Bill Connors leaves RTF and records several (great!) albums for ECM with Jan Garbarek. Monk, Cannonball, Bill Evans, bebop, hardbop, I just kept finding great music and great musicians by trying to track down other things by people I liked. It's much easier with the internet and message boards like this, now, as I was pretty much on my own back in the day. Everything I love in jazz developed organically from that first Mahavishnu concert and trying to track down something like that thing I already liked. __________________ "Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs," I said. "We have a protractor." -- Anathem, Neal Stephenson Heritage H-157 (Tobacco Sunburst) Dr. Z Maz 18 Jr. Dingwall Super J Standard (Natural Wood) Yairi-Alvarez DY-90

January 1st, 2013, 07:18 AM	#70
Jazz_Fellow Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 99	Kind of Blue by Miles Davis was the first jazz album I ever bought, and I still listen to it more often than other albums I have. It also seems to be the album that my friends who are less interested in jazz seem to have or want to have. Afro by Dizzy Gillespie is another one I rave about to my peers. Growing up, I always loved loud brass in a big band setting. The Manteca Suite, which forms the first 4 tracks, fits that bill perfectly. It also ignited my interest in Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz, which leads me onto... Afro-Cuban by Kenny Dorham, which was my first ever Blue Note purchase - have fallen in love with the label ever since. Dorham is great on this album and it pretty much opened my ears up to most of the jazz albums I own and listen to these days. __________________ "Is that what you wanted, Alfred?"

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November 20th, 2012, 04:17 AM	#63
nickc Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: peak district Posts: 20	I love this thread. After reading all the entries i decided to give Miles Davis's 'In a Silent Way' another go. I first bought it 10 years ago and it didn't click so its been in my attic for a decade. Well on second listen, with more jazz listening under my belt i have to say i'm head over heels, its on permanent play in my car on the journey to and from work. I love it so much i want to hire a plane with a banner, take out an ad in national newspaper proclaiming my love.... Funny how you have to be 'ready' to listen to certain albums. I've ordered the box set too so thank you. My other rave recently is Mcoy Tyner's Trident. I'm totally besotted with the way he plays piano on this album. I feel like i need to explore his whole back catalogue.... Nick

December 10th, 2012, 11:10 AM	#67
justHerb Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 1,360	Bheki Mseleku - Timelessness Fred Hersch - Sarabande Bill Frisell - Quartet Cyrus Chestnut - Revelation Kenny Garrett - Triology To name just a few...

December 28th, 2012, 06:21 PM	#68
TokyoJazzNight Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 7	Bill Evans - "Live at village Vanguard" Bill Evans - "Polka dots and Moonbeams" Chet Baker - "The incredible Chet Baker Plays and sings" Claudio Ottaviano Trio - "Notturno" Miles Davis - "My funny Valentine" Shirley Horn - "Here's to life"

December 31st, 2012, 06:12 PM	#69
Mark of Cenla Drummer / Music Lover Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: central Louisiana Posts: 539	Bob James - Straight Up: I saw him do some of the tunes on the TV showJazz Central, and when I bought the CD, I played it for a long time. Astral Project - Big Shot: It was my first CD from this great New Orleans jazz band and was their first album without a piano player. I played this one for a long time too. Back in the 70s, it was Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour: I was fusion guy back then, and this one just blew me away. A more modern fusion album that blew me away is Frank Gambale/Stuart Hamm/Steve Smith - GHS 3. These are my all-time favorites. Peace and goodwill.