Listenin' to Jazz and Conversation

John Hollenbeck / Daniel Yvinec & Orchestre National De Jazz – Shut Up and Dance - CD 1 (Bee Jazz)



Personnel:
Pierre Perchaud - a-guitar/e-guitar, banjo; Joce Mienniel - flute, bass flute, piccolo; Eve Risser - flute, piano, prepared piano; Antonin Tri-Hoang - clar/ bass cl, alto sax, piano; Rémi Dumoulin - clar/bass cl, tenor sax; Matthieu Metzger - alto/sop/midi sax; Guillaume Poncelet - tpt, flugelhorn, keyboards; Vincent Lafont - piano, keyboards, electronics; Sylvain Daniel - electric bass; Yoann Serra - drums; John Hollenbeck - composition; Daniel Yvinec - artistic director.

 

Mikkel Ploug / Sissel Vera Petterson / Joachim Badenhorst – Equilibrium (Songlines hybrid-SACD)
— Mikkel Ploug: electric and acoustic guitars; Sissel Vera Pettersen: voice, soprano saxophone, live electronics; Joachim Badenhorst: clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone



Sort of chamber jazz with an edge. Pettersen uses her voice as an instrument to good effect. I played the CD layer.

 

Going through a stack of CDs sitting next to my desk on the filing cabinet, I discovered one more unopened item from my last cdjapan order to crack the seal on:

Miles Davis - Vol. 2 (100th Anniversary of Jazz series, SHM-CD)

 

I like those Miles' Blue Note dates, nice playing on them and I haven't listened to them very much at this point.

Time for something a little different:

Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls Vs. The Forces of Evil

 

Freedom of the City 2006 (Emanem)
— With three groups: Chefa Alonso, David Leahy, Javier Carmona / Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg, Adelheid Sieuw, Jan Huib Nas, Guy Strale / Garry Todd, Nigel Coombes, Nick Stephens, Tony Marsh

 

Time for this sweet record:

Jackie McLean - 4, 5, and 6 (Analogue Productions 33.3)

 

I love this recording!

 

The SHM-CD

 

Last time I had this cd lying around my wife asked "How come Miles Davis is sitting on the floor?"

 

A while back there was discussion of vocalists singing Monk tunes. Here is one I found in a thrift shop today in Boston

 

That got a lol out of me at work. Thanks.

 

NP:

Art Pepper with Pete Jolly - West Coast Sessions!

Another good Art Pepper session recently released. I guess they are all good as I haven't heard any bad ones.

 

This looks like an interesting title. I have not heard this one before.

 

Indeed, worth checking out. Redd was a sort of self-made man of the piano and composition--he doesn't sound like anyone else really.

The Music From The Connection (Freddie Redd Quartet) - Wikipedia

 

Right before the solo on "Well You Needn't," from Monk's Music.

 

Time to listen Thanks.

I bought a beautiful near mint original yellow label pressing of this today for less than a common reissue on either CD or audiophile vinyl.

Things that are "of their time" are nice to see (and hear and touch)

 

Sad day. Pianist Geri Allen has passed away. Geri Allen, Brilliantly Expressive Pianist, Composer and Educator, Dies at 60

 

Oops, I had the right album but wrong song yesterday when I replied.

 

So young! Younger than my youngest kid sister.

 

Sad news. She was a master.

 

John Scofield - Up All Night

 

Clearly a well worn and loved slab of vinyl.

 

I picked up shades of Redd a few months ago and loved it. His songs on that album are slightly quirky but not too so...