Jazz Beat (Part 40)

Another release on Jordi Pujol's Fresh Sound label, most likely needle-drops.

 

My second Brock album, and I really enjoy both. This is a change of pace from the earlier Criss Cross ALMOST NEVER WAS in substituting piano for guitar. While the configuration might at first bring to mind the Grappelli/Reinhardt teamups, the music sounds nothing like that, and ironically enough the vast difference in approach is most notable on Reinhardt's "Nuages," just barely recognizable in flashes scatted throughout Brock's far-ranging recasting. Guitarist Lund is pretty huge throughout, and he and Brock are supported by the SFJazz Collective's current drummer and bassist extraordinaire (also featured on ALMOST NEVER WAS).

 

Ah, one of my favourite guitarists. His Blue Note albums are wonderful.

 

Love this album, wonderful interplay.

 

They love him or hate him -- I love this one.

 

I agree, and for some reason I've never been able to warm up to most of his Verve and Argo/Cadet dates (with the notable exception of the Village Vanguard album). He did make some nice records for Muse in the 70s, and of course, those great Ellington tribute albums.

Here's another who had a late career resurgence with this:

 

Stan Getz ~ Sweet Rain

Verve

 

Welcome to the Jazz Beat!!

 

I agree about his Verve and Argo/Cadet dates, indeed with the exception of the Village Vanguard album. Have not heard his Muse and Ellington albums; I was never a Muse fan and due to personal circumstances I hardly listened to jazz in the 1980s and early 1990s.

 

Didn't know that one (as I said I was mostly absent from jazz in the 1980s) but I'm going to rectify that. Almost everything with Bobby Hutcherson is worth having.

 

Indeed! I can recommend this one highly, as well as the later Poll Winners albums (I believe there were 5 in total, starting with the late 50s Contemporary date).

 

Was Playing:
Kelly - Kelly Blue. OJC vinyl, love this album.


Now Playing:
This came up on here about a month ago and a week later I found a original vg vinyl pressing and had to pick it up. Should be titled Jazz 69 as this a big band jazz vocal record.
Aretha Franklin - Soul 69

 

The wild and crazy Joel Dorn (the man of the oddly amusing album covers) reissued a couple of the Muse dates. This is my favorite:



http://www.allmusic.com/album/12-15-78-mw0000244602



http://www.allmusic.com/album/ellington-is-forever-vol-1-mw0000618233

http://www.allmusic.com/album/ellington-is-forever-vol-2-mw0000126466

 

My copy is a 1979 Japanese King Record reissue.

Sounds marvelous.

Track listing:

1
Good Friday Blues
Jim Hall
2
Willow Weep for Manfred
Jim Hall
3
I Remember You
Johnny Mercer / Victor Schertzinger
Jim Hall
4
Bill Not Phil
Jim Hall
5
When I Have You
Jim Hall
6
I Was Doing All Right
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
Jim Hall

 

That's a real good one! Kessel was such a master. I was listening to some Parker sides for Dial the other day and found my ear being bent by the guitarist - and relooking at the liner notes, remembered it happened to be Kessel, way back in 1947 - he was great even then.

 

with Eddie Costa and Vinnie Burke. Recorded in Ed Fuerst's apartment in NYC in 1956. Originally issued on Xanadu.

 

This is indeed the tracklisting of the original album, except that on my 1992 Japanese CD (Pacific Jazz TOCJ-5424) the second track is "Willow Weep for Me" (no Manfred in sight ).

 

I would like to get low cost copies of these titles and can get RVGs now for $5-$6. If I really like some I can explore audiophile options. I know many here prefer older masters and some like McMasters are similar in price. Should I pass on any of these and seek out a different version? For example, I read the RVG of Wayne Shorter's "Speak No Evil" was to be avoided for similar priced McMaster at a minimum.

I know I want to hear these titles. I don't think there is a McMaster of "Ready For Freddie".

Johnny Coles - Little Johnny C
Jackie McLean - Destination Out
Hank Mobley - No Room For Squares
Jutta Hipp - Jutta Hipp awith Zoot Sims
Wayne Shorter - The Soothsayer
Andrew Hill - Judgement
Donald Byrd - At the half note café volumes 1 & 2
Jimmy Smith - Home Cookin'
Jimmy Smith - Cool Blues
Jimmy Smith - At the Organ Volume 3




http://flic.kr/p/rRQSfz

 

As far as I know there isn't.

 

3-2-1

 

The anticipation is killing me... Fortunately, I can't see the outcome

 

On the TT! Some very serious music!

 

Back to this one. Such great playing.

 

One of the members of the aforementioned Lenny McBrowne outfit, Don Sleet only had this one date as a leader. But he made it count. Very tasteful player with the longevity, sadly, of so many great trumpeters.

Japanese vinyl re-issue.

 

If someone told me that Ben Goldberg's new album was gonna be a song cycle based on the elliptical pronouncements on poetics of the poet Allen Grossman, I would have never imagined it to be a subtle, gorgeous and easy to listen to as this wonderful new album. Really great stuff played by a great band -- not only Goldberg himself, but great stuff rom Kenny Wollesen, Ron Miles and Nels Cline in particular. Drove around all weekend listening to this one. Can't wait to see what it sounds like on the hifi.