Inspired by @Morbius earlier, decided to break out Soul Station (this is actually what I was looking for when I discovered the Martino MFSL SACD I posted about earlier). Hank Moblery - Soul Station (CD, RVG)
Work for the night has gone by the wayside and devolved to a full on listening session... so I decided to break the seal on the next item from the Music Matters final set: Lee Morgan - Candy (Music Matters 33)
The Horace Silver united & Trio- Blowin' The Blues Away (AP, 2x45) In addition to loving the music, the minimalist coverart always makes a favorable impression on me, it seems to capture the essence of Horace at the piano.
She plays it pretty straight. It's such a delicate and beautiful melody that I think too much improv would change it, not that I wouldn't dig it in a live situation. NP Grant Green - Street Of Dreams (Blue Note) Music Matters 45 RPM Pressing This is a great album to play early in the a.m.
Now on the turntable, "Jazz Samba" with Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd, Keter Betts, Buddy Deppenschmidt and Bill Reichedbach on Book-Of-The-Month-Club (BOMC).
They are a little different animal though sq is good. Not a lot of single albums, mostly box sets and mostly cds. There are some vinyl sets and quality is high. Box sets come with a 12" X 12" booklet with essays, bios, discography, b&w photos. They've been on n the jazz reissue business much longer than the others. Their boxes typically go OOP and sell for large sums as expected. They have a website of course. The Mosaic box of Monk's Qt. At the It Club and the Rhasan Roland Kirk Mercury set are well worth your time.
NP Miles - E.S.P. (MoFi) 45 RPM Pressing Another excellent reissue in the series, but you knew that already, eh?
Last night I spun Ornette Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come. Early pressing with "AVCO" in the dead wax. Nothing sounds like those early 60s tube cut pressings. A testament why I love really good tube amps (DHT fan for many years). The DCC LP jackets say they used tube cutting electronics and on the back of the Queen ANATO it says they used VAC amps. Lonely Woman, such an incredible tune, I could listen to covers for that for days. Old And New Dreams have another great version. John Zorn also performed a very beautiful version live.
Have any of you read the Terry Teachout book about Duke? If so is it any good? I have not read a thing about Duke Ellington other than liner notes and I would like to learn more about him. Or maybe a better suggestion than the Teachout book? Cheers
Yeah, the squeak was pretty noticeable, at least on the first track, I didn't notice it on the other tracks but that may be just because I got used to it and tuned it out. But, I ended up deciding that I liked it, kind of made me feel like I was in the drummer's seat, which in turn made me feel like "Man, I'm the f#&kin' bomb at drums"
Rava is something of an addiction for me. There seems to be no kind of setting that he can't adapt to. Ever dependable no matter what he plays. I think he hit a golden streak at ECM.
Now playing: Andrew Hill – unreleased 1967 trio session [(C) on Mosaic Select 16 box] (Blue Note / Mosaic ) — Andrew Hill (ss, p, org), Ron Carter (b), Teddy Robinson (d) This is a very good, fairly free session. Scheduled to be issues as Chained on BN(J)GXF-3080 in 1980, but never released. His organ work on "Resolution" made me think of Sun Ra.
Hey, it's the album with the "jazz and conversation" song I referenced way back when this thread was like an hour old. I love pretty much this whole album, but "Maxine" has become one of my favorites over the years.
Stan Getz--Mickey One When it's good, it's VERY good. When it's not, it's strange. (considering the movie's atmosphere, that a given I guess)
Excellent avant trio date from '82, with Newton leading the charge. Great pressing, mastered by Ludwig. I got this yesterday for $5. I would encourage anybody who is fan of these 3 geniuses, one or all, to try to do the same.
