I've known a lot of non-Canadians (including myself) who like Bruce Cockburn's stuff. Heck, a couple friends even asked me to sing and play Wondering Where the Lions Are for them at their wedding.
I was just listenin' to Reachin' a couple of weeks ago, been quite a while but I've always loved that album. When I first got that CD way back I was really blown away by the fact that they started the album off with that synth sample from Sextant. I'm not sure exactly but I think I have this one (I know I have one CD of MR & The Prosthetic Cubans). I've been meaning to put it on for the last month or so but haven't made it around to it. I'm sure I will sometime soon after we get back from vacation.
I'm finishing up the last disc of Mosaic's Dial recordings. I ordered this one and the Savoy set when Mosaic put out the word they needed some help. I know the Charlie Parker recordings well, but did not realize how much I'd enjoy listening to this set. A great snapshot of 2-3 years of post WWII be-bop. Really great. And the booklet is one of the best Mosaic has offered..it reads more like a story than a sessionography.
American, but in Toronto this week. Sorry to see my favorite CD shop, Vortex, is gone. Walked down to Sonic Boom and picked up a few used CDs (a couple of Verve Herbie Hancocks, Jackie McLean's Let Freedom Ring, and a late Joe Henderson title), but I was disappointed in their selection this visit. I've been a Cockburn fan for many years, I think I have close to his complete catalog. IMO he's vastly under rated.
They do have a second cd for sure because I have it. Both albums are equally strong imo. NP Chet Baker - Chet (Riverside) OJC vinyl
Toronto has really abandoned cds. There are dozens of record shops ( for both new and used ) but soundscapes on college is about the only good cd shop left and it is not as good as it used to be.
This is the one I have, looks like the s/t. It is fantastic and fun, but, as usual, my favorite track is probably one of the slower tunes, "Esclavo Triste", I believe is its title.
That's the one I was playing. The other one I have is Muy Divertido which I find equally as good as the eponymous title. WP John Coltrane - Ballads (Impulse) orange & black stereo original NP Coltrane (Prestige) AP/QRP pressing
Relaxing this morning with some mellow Norwegian jazz: - My wife and I took a Baltic cruise in May that included a call in Oslo, and being an aficionado of Norwegian jazz and Nujazz the first thing I did after we booked it was scope Oslo for a jazz CD shop. Found BARE Jazz in the middle of downtown on Google. I told my wife I didn't care what else we did in Oslo, but I wanted to spend some time there. They conveniently had a separate section for local artists and I picked this one up based on the recommendation of the owner. Also grabbed Terje Rypdal's Vossabrygg and Nils Petter Molvaer's latest, Buoyancy. The store had a nice little cafe area upstairs where we then chilled and had a couple of locals beers. The music is a great memento of the trip, better than a T-shirt for sure!
You like that AP Coltrane? I was considering it but I already have the K2 CD. Although, they have a lot of albums in their Prestige and Fantasy series that I don't have which I'd like to pick up first, particularly some of the Gene Ammons.
During the last jazz88 pledge drive I made my pledge and picked a 6 CD set - The 75 Best Jazz Tracks of the 1960s. Got it yesterday - playing it now Wow - gorgeous sound, fantastic tracks. I'm loving this!
I can't get over how good this CD set is. It's like binging on your favorite TV series. Just hit play and start grooving. 476 minutes of great jazz!
I do indeed like that Coltrane albm. If you already have it then you know the album so are asking about sound quality? It sounds good to my ears. I don't have any complaints. Might as well diversify and get the Ammons though, eh? I've been on a Joe Henry kick today while doing a little cleaning and tea drinking. I've been threatening to plug in a guitar.
Without intending to, I have taken a vacation from jazz recently until I played this 1987 reissue tonight. Sessions from 4/3/54 with the immortal Davey Schildkraut on alto & 4/29/54 with Johnson & Thompson. The same rhythm section is on both sessions. Recorded at Van Gelder's in Hackensack. No remastering credit on this CD.
Wonderful jazz-influenced music, well-played & recorded. Columbia recordings from the 60s/early 70s on this 1990 reissue.
The Giants of Jazz – Giants Of Jazz In Berlin '71 (EmArcy Records / Nippon Phonogram) — With Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet; Sonny Stitt – alto and tenor saxophone; Kai Winding – trombone; Thelonious Monk – piano; Al McKibbon – double bass; Art Blakey – drums
