Jazz Beat (Part 38)

The Count Basie Orchestra – Long Live the Chief (Denon / Nippon Columbia)
— Led by Frank Foster; recorded June 1986

 

Dave Brubeck Quartet with Paul Desmond: Newport 1958 - Brubeck Plays Ellington
Gambit Records CD reissue, made in E.U.
Joe Benjamin, bass / Joe Morello, drums

 

GENE AMMONS / BOSS TENOR / PRESTIGE / 1960 / JVC XRCD

PERSONNEL: GENE AMMONS (TENOR SAX), TOMMY FLANAGAN (PIANO), DOUG WATKINS (BASS), RAY BARRETTO (CONGA), ART TAYLOR (DRUMS)

 

Here is a good overview from Do The Math of Hank Jones' Great Jazz Trio albums for East Wind with Carter and Williams.

 

明日に架ける - 佐藤允彦、稲垣次郎とビッグ・ソウル・メディア

 

Carlo Actis Dato / Actis' Band – Don Quijote (Splasc(H) Records)
— With Massimo Rossi, Antonio Fontana, Federico Marchesano, Dario Bruna

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The Complete Sonny Rollins RCA Victor Recordings
Disc 2

 

I do have a few reservations about this set (noise reduction, and I never liked the dates with Coleman Hawkins and Don Cherry very much), but it does have some great recordings, especially with Jim Hall.

 

Ray Sings, Basie Swings
Ray Charles • Count Basie Orchestra, directed by Bill Hughes
Telarc SACD MCH

The recording that never was.

 

Miles Davis Copenhagen 1969--DVD that came with the Bitches Breww 40th anniversary set

 

Wayne Shorter ~ Etcetera

Recorded on June 14, 1965 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

 

The Horace Silver Quintet ~ Live at Newport '58

Horace Silver, piano, Louis Smith, trumpet; Junior Cook, tenor sax; Gene Taylor, bass; Louis Hayes, drums

 

Can never get enough Silver!

The Horace Silver Quintet ~ Silver's Serenade




Piano – Horace Silver
Saxophone – Junior Cook
Trumpet – Blue Mitchell
Bass – Gene Taylor
Drums – Roy Brooks

 

Count Basie: Live at The Sands (Before Frank)
Mo-Fi SACD

 

Sinatra at the Sands, with Count Basie and The Orchestra
Arranged and Conducted by Quincy Jones
DVD-Audio

 

Recorded 7/9/55 by Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack for the Mingus/Roach Debut Records. With Britt Woodman (tb), Teddy Charles (vb), Charles Mingus (b) & Elvin Jones (d). Only around 28 minutes in playing time, the album consists of four 'standards', three arranged by Charles & one by Mingus. Elvin is playing quietly with brushes & is unrecognizable. Nevertheless, an enjoyable record. 1990 remastering by Kirk Felton.

 

Fine session recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, 6/7/55. With Red Garland (p), Oscar Pettiford (b) & Philly Joe Jones (d). 1989 remastering by Joe Tarantino.

 

Recorded in Hackensack, 11/16/55. With Coltrane, Garland, Chambers & Jones. This was recorded after the Quintet's first session for Columbia on 10/26/55. Remastering by Joe Tarantino. Apparently the original LP had a green-tinted cover.

 

Just got home from an outside jazz event, two bands, big jam at the end.

Now I'm chilling to Bennie Maupin's The Jewel In the Lotus (ECM)

Lots of killer music posted tonight.

 

The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album
Fantasy/OJC

and the follow-up album: Together Again, Rhino reissue with alternate takes

 

I'm Sticking with Hubbard this morning. A Soul Funk Jazz classic!



Players:

• Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone
• Herbie Hancock - electric piano
• George Benson - guitar
• Ron Carter - bass
• Jack DeJohnette - drums
• Richard Landrum - drums, percussion
• Weldon Irvine -tambourine

This could be considered one of his best IMO. Outstanding group of talent on this album. Sometimes that doesn't work out so well but not here, they groove really well together and all the talent is not wasted. In particular the drumming/percussion is first rate and really propels the group.