For those fans of Joao Gilberto and of Nina Simone, both artists are featured in separate unique duet recordings on this 1990 Maria Bethania album (not on any other recording by those artists) Each track by those two guests has their sound all over the recording. Maria adds her own vocal after each guest, they are not harmony vocals. This makes this album essential, if you were not already a fan of the Brazilian legend, Maria Bethania. The English title is "Song of the Shaman" https://www.amazon.com/Canto-Do-Paje-Maria-Bethania/dp/B0000047BW
I hear you. I just started listening to this LP this year (streaming ) as part of a “get more into Braxton” campaign And though we are not best friends yet I am starting to get deeper into it. So much there to absorb.
Streaming Teddy Edwards. This recording if full of amazing players and yes, it’s my introduction to Helyne Stewart.
NP Bags and Trane Rhino Atlantic mono series Coltrane - Tenor Milt - Vibes Chambers -Bass Hank Jones - keys Connie Kay - Drums I love the space these guys give each other The recent vibes talk hear brought this LP to mind.
WP: Freddie Hubbard - A Soul Experiment (SHM-CD) Trying to decide if I have it in me to take Weather Report‘s I Sing the Body Electric Out for a test drive, but I don’t think I have the juice left to make it all the way through without falling asleep.
Yeah, that's not just a great album -- one of my all time faves -- but it really is a great sounding recording. One of the two or three best sounding ECM's I've heard, especially the sound on the drums and percussion.
If you like Miles In The Sky, you'll love Filles De Kiliminjaro And yeah, Tony Williams is a monster drummer. I actually found the Second Quintet kinda dull until my kid and I watched a few old clips of them in action. About Ron Carter, my son observed: "He's got long fingers!"
Compared to a lot of other later Miles Davis albums I find Miles in the Sky a really happy album to listen to, it's almost 'jaunty' in places. The first three tracks are absolutely incredible & feature some of Tony Williams' best playing. I finally got this album on Tuesday, the early version of Sanctuary on disc 2 is stunning...
I picked the mono up over thanksgiving and love it. The mix of coltrane and vibes makes for a really enjoyable session
A favorite of mine for early morning listening. I woke up early today so I decided to cease the day so I'm up. I have some new tea that arrived yesterday including an aged pu-ehr so it was a good incentive as well. Decided to get away from my regular choices and picked this. Joe Chambers Plays Piano - Punjab (Denon) lp Solo piano pieces consisting of originals and a few standards including Horace Silver's Nica's Dream. The last tune is very Jarrett-like imo (Caravanessa).
Donald Byrd with Clare Fischer and strings (Discovery) Recorded in 1955 and not released until the early 80s, this is a wonderful recording of a young Byrd learning to fly. He does a version of I'm A Fool To Want You that precedes his knockout version on Royal Flush.
Agree, The View From The Inside is also great. But one that demands close attention and complete silence. No dogs or kids nearby when you listen to it. A good one for headphones when everyone else is sleeping.
Rodrigo Amado - The Abstract Truth Rodrigo Amado, tenor and baritone saxophones Kent Kessler, double bass Paal Nilssen-Love, drums AllMusic Review by François Couture [-] The Abstract Truth is this trio's follow-up to Teatro released in 2006. It came out on Portuguese saxman Rodrigo Amado's own European Echoes imprint. It is a studio session recorded in July 2008, with everyone clearly in top shape. Amado's well-rounded sound on the tenor sax is a joy to follow through sinuous lines ("The Kiss" is the most tender free jazz can get without sounding schmaltzy) and tortuous runs. Less impressive is his baritone playing, a little grating and hazardous. The rhythm section is, of course, one of the best adventurous jazz has to offer in the 2000s -- Kessler (bass) and Nilssen-Love (drums) complement each other at a level where it almost doesn't matter who they are playing with. The Abstract Truth consists of eight pieces in the five- to ten-minute range. Moods vary from tenderness to fierceness and, oddly, both the longest track ("The Kiss") and the shortest track ("Clouds and Shadows") are highlights. However, there is not a single weak track on this disc. How much material was recorded that day is not known, but judging from what is released here, the trio is constantly on, alight, and into it, even in the more experimental moments like the dirge-like middle section of the concluding "Enigma of the Arrival."
George Russell - The Jazz Workshop (RCA) French Stereo pressing The title on the cover is "Ezz-thetic" but it's really the album known as The Jazz Workshop which is confusing. Not sure why the label felt a need to retitle this work. It's a joy to hear Bill Evans playing in a way rarely heard on his own albums.
Myra Melford, Zeena Parkins, Miya Masaoka - MZM Myra Melford, acoustic and prepared piano Zeena Parkins, electric harp and electronics Miya Masaoka, 21-string koto
Henry Threadgill’s Ensemble Double Up - Old Locks and Irregular Verbs Henry Threadgill - composition Jason Moran - piano David Virelles - piano Roman Filiu - alto saxophone Curtis Macdonald - alto saxophone Christopher Hoffman - cello Jose Davila - tuba Craig Weinrib - drums
When all the complete sessions were coming out I enjoyed so much the unedited tracks that I started questioning Teo's choices. Last year I finally bought that "cellar" box, and let me tell that Macero does a great job on the live part of Live Evil. PS: But as a complete performance I prefer the first shows (without guitar) of the cellar door.
An album with just a guy and his guitars?! Not interested. That would probably be my answer, so I accept if it's yours also. But let me tell you, his compositions are so good that you won't notice that no one else is playing. It's a beautiful album, one of his best, and almost impossible to buy. He really was outstanding. Check this one. I played it twice today: John Abercrombie - Characters, 1977 (ECM)
WP Lou Donaldson - Sunnyside Up (Blue Note) Stereo Liberty pressing Followed by Booker Ervin - The In Between (Blue Note) Stereo Liberty pressing And now.... Woody Shaw - Rosewood (Columbia) WLP 1C/1C
