Picked up a two titles from the Jazz bargains section in a local store. Crosswinds - Billy Cobham (Atlantic) CD with Billy Cobham (drums, orchestration), Michael Brecker (woodwinds), Randy Bracker (trumpet), Garnett Brown (trombome), John Abercrombie (guitars), George Duke (keyboards), Lee Pastora (latin percussion), John Williams (acoustic & electric bass) Recorded 1974 - Sonny Meets Hawk - Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins (RCA Victor/Legacy) CD Recorded 1963 2016 CD re-issue - Sony Jazz Connoisseur series.
Thelonious Monk Quartet with Johnny Griffin – In Action: Recorded Live at the Five Spot Café, NYC [CD 8b from the Complete Riverside Recordings session 19a] (Riverside Records) — Thelonious Monk — piano; Johnny Griffin — tenor saxophone; Ahmed Abdul-Malik — bass; Roy Haynes — drums
Thanks to you both. Would either of you say the same for the Blue Note and Prestige titles on hybrid SACD? (These are Kevin Gray mastered too, no?) For example, I really like the Yoshida Blue Note masterings on XRCD for Audio Wave, but that line appears dead in the water and the run of titles was pretty small. If all of the redbook layers on those AP SACDs improve over prior CD issues, then I'll be seeking those out too.
The Analogue Productions Blue Notes were mastered by Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray, the Prestiges by Kevin Gray. The Prestiges I have are excellent, and lots of people like the Blue Notes.
Sarah Vaughan / Clifford Brown on disc 7 Of Brownie : The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown Sarah Vaughan, vocals; Clifford Brown, trumpet; Herbie Mann, flute; Paul Quinichette, tenor sax; Jimmy Jones, piano; Joe Benjamin, bass; Roy Haines, drums
Jazz At The Philharmonic 1949 - Charlie Parker (Verve) CD Another selection (without the above sleeve) from the budget 10CD Bird / The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve. Talk about a killer historic concert! Sound quality is good too.
Noël Akchoté – J'en Doute Encore (Stupeur & Trompette!) — With Noël Akchoté: Guitar, Vocals, Objects; Pakito Bolino: Guitar, Vocals; Gilles Campaux: Drums, Vocals; Yves Miara: Guitar, Vocals;Jo Thirion: Vocals, Farfisa Organ; Maki: Guitar, Vocals; Didier Roth: Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
Joe Harriott Quintet: Jazz For Moderns Joe Harriott: Alto Saxophone Shake Keane: Flugelhorn, Trumpet Pat Smythe: Piano Coleridge Goode: Double Bass Bobby Orr: Drums Recorded at St. Hilda's Studios, Maida Vale, London, 1962. Original session produced by Terry Henebery for the BBC and never before released until this Gearbox 45RPM limited edition of 500. A great sounding date and pressing containing two Harriott originals and two killer Dizzy Reece covers: Shepherd's Serenade and Variations On Monk. Paired with a Bourbon barrel-aged Double IPA @ a robust 12.4%.
Nice coincidence, while I was digging the Free Slave I was checking out his discog and found out about this (relatively) new duets release. Played some samples and it sounds excellent. I like the spoken intoros on some of the tracks as well. Unfortunately new copies are quite pricey. Need to do some digging.
My copy is a cd from CDJapan. It kept coming up in my Weston searches there and I decided to take a chance even though with the great artists involved it wasn't that risky. The beginnng of side one features Weston with a spoken intro and side two has Don Pullen doing the same where he talks about his time with Brooks in the Mingus band. The music is really excellent imo. The recordings were made over several years in the 1980s fyi. WP Horace Silver - Blowin' The Blues Away (Blue Note) 47 W63rd dg mono NP Charlie Parker - The Genius Of Charlie Parker (Savoy) silver on red dg mono
Thanks for the CDJ mention, new copies via Amz are $60. Is it the same Enja release or is it a Japanese reissue? Too bad there's no Geri Allen spoken intro.
I'm not really a CT fan but I do sort of enjoy the BN albums. How's that for a qualified endorsement?
Fat Cat Big Band – Meditations On the War For Whose Great God is the Most High (Smalls Records) — Jade Synstelien: guitar, compositions, vocals; Phil Stewart: drums; Ben Meigners: bass; Jack Glottman: piano; Sharel Cassity: alto saxophone; Stacy Dillard: tenor saxophone; Geoff Vidal: tenor saxophone; Tatum Greenblatt: trumpet; Brandon Lee: trumpet; Jonathan Voltzok: trombone; Max Seigel: bass trombone
Grant Green: I Want To Hold Your Hand Grant Green - guitar Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone Larry Young - organ Elvin Jones - drums Recorded at Rudy's March 31, 1965. Everything about this album, from the title to the track listing to the cover smacks of Grant Green-lite but don't be fooled, just look at that lineup, which is more telling than anything else. Excellent exploratory readings and hot playing abound.
No love for that early Transition/Contemporary/Candid material eh? Some of his most grounded and 'traditional' work.
I've listened several times to this CD and, while I acknowledge JPJ's importance, every time it fails to hold my attention; there's also some (to my ears) mediocre stuff on the CD. I'm still not sure whether or not to get the JPJ Mosaic.
Wadada Leo Smith's Mbira – Dark Lady of the Sonnets (TUM Records) — Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet, flugelhorn), Min Xiao-Fen (pipa, voice), Pheeroan akLaff (drums)
Interesting. I've never really listened to that album, figuring that it would be too much "Grant Green Lite" as you put it. I actually never even noticed the lineup. I'll check that out.
