Blue Mitchell - Bantu Village (1969) Original '69 Blue Note BST 84324 (blue & white labels, Div. of Liberty) Recorded at Ray Charles' RPM Studios, Los Angeles My first night back on the night shift and it was a ferocious night. This fun and funky funky LP is paired with a glass of daiginjo-grade sake (the top-shelf stuff). Here's to relaxing!
Blue plays some great trumpet. His sideman work on Tina Brooks' Back to the Tracks is stellar. Haven't heard (or heard of) this one, will have to check it out.
Rob Schneiderman – Radio Waves (Reservoir Music) — Rob Schneiderman (Piano), Brian Lynch (Trumpet), Ralph Moore (Tenor Saxophone), Gary Smulyan (Baritone Saxophone), Todd Coolman (Bass), Jeff Hirshfield (Drums)
Barney Wilen - Tilt Bass – Bibi Rovère Drums – Al Levitt, Charles Saudrais Piano – Jacky Cnudde, Maurice Vander Tenor Saxophone – Barney Wilen
John Coltrane Quartet – Tivoli Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark 1963 [CDs 9b/10a from Live 'Trane: Underground]
I listen to this lp all the time!!!! I love the whole vibe, Miles & the band were on fire. I usually start with "My Man's Gone Now" because of the mixture between the "old & new." What a great record.
Albert Ayler – Lörrach, Paris 1966 (Hatology) — Albert Ayler - tenor saxophone; Don Ayler - trumpet; Michel Samson - violin; William Folwell - bass; Beaver Harris - drums. — Recorded live SWF Radio for Jazz Session in Lorrach, Germany and by Radio France at Salle Pleyel at the Paris Jazz Festival.
Earlier I was I was giving my first listen to the following but had to cut it short and didn't get to finish it, looking forward to resuming it later: Ambrose Akinmusire - The Imagined Savior is Far Easier to Paint
(LP Vogue Schallplatten German Press Gatefold LDVS-17164) .... recorded in August 1968 .... Johnny Griffin (ts) + Sahib Shihab (bs) + Benny Bailey (tp, flh) + Åke Persson (tb) + Francy Boland (p) + Jimmy Woode (b) + Kenny Clarke (dr) .... keep returning regurarly to this tight unit (personelwise basically a small scale edition of the Clarke-Boland Big Band) .... (IMO) this is easily one of the best Johnny Griffin recording of the 60`s and Benny Bailey is simply magnificent here .... a true asset is the fabulous rhythm section .... superb sounding german Vogue vinyl press from 1968 - thankfully reissued nowadays on the Rearward/Ishtar Label ....
ART PEPPER QUINTET / SMACK UP / CONTEMPORARY / 1960 / ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS GOLD CD REISSUE OF S7602 PERSONNEL: ART PEPPER (alto sax); JACK SHELDON (trumpet); PETE JOLLY (trumpet); JIMMY BOND (bass); FRANK BUTLER (drums) TECHNICAL: PRODUCED BY LESTER KOENIG. RECORDED BY ROY DUNANN ON OCTOBER 24 & 25, 1960 AT CONTEMPORARY RECORDS, LA. LINER NOTES BY LEONARD FEATHER. MASTERED BY DOUG SAX AT THE MASTERING LAB.
I only have 3 Speakers Corner albums, all by Herbie Hancock (Flood, Man-child, and Crossings) and all I really like, I've been considering the SC reissue of Miles Smiles too. However, so far at least, the OCD part of me has prevented the compulsively Miles collecting part of me from getting it because a MFSL edition would fit in better with all of the other Miles MFSL albums on my shelf should MFSL ever release Miles Smiles. (I do have Miles Smiles on CD, so it's not like I'm depriving myself of this music over this triviality).
JOHN COLTRANE / COLTRANE JAZZ / ATLANTIC / 1961 / ORG MUSIC 2x45 RPM LP REISSUE OF SD 1354 PERSONNEL: JOHN COLTRANE (tenor sax); MCCOY TYNER, WYNTON KELLY (piano); STEVE DAVIS, PAUL CHAMBERS (bass); JIMMY COBB, ELVIN JONES (drums) TECHNICAL: PRODUCED BY NESUHI ERTEGUN. RECORDED BY TOM DOWD AND PHIL LEHLE ON MARCH 26, NOVEMBER 25 AND DECEMBER 2, 1959; OCTOBER 21, 1960 AT ATLANTIC STUDIOS, NYC. COVER PHOTO BY LEE FRIEDLANDER. COVER DESIGN BY LORING EUTEMEY. LINER NOTES BY ZITA CARNO. MASTERED BY BERNIE GRUNDMAN AT GRUNDMAN STUDIOS, LA.
Working another night shift, and really in the mood for some sax. Yes, I did say SAX! WP: Archie Shepp - The Way Ahead (1968) 1998 Impulse/MCA/Universal IMPD-272 mastered by Erick Labson NP: Tina Brooks - Minor Move (1958) 2000 Blue Note/Capitol 7243 5 22671 2 5 "Connoisseur Series"
