Yes, I agree. Nothing earth shattering or different about this one other than it was recorded in 1998 when he was going through his chronic fatigue syndrome. They are playing standards as they usually do. WP John Handy-Live At the Monterey Jazz Festival (Columbia) 2 Eye stereo label NP Jack DeJohnette - Special Edition (ECM) U.S. Lp
As Miles became “the” household name all people ( including non jazz fans) would come to recognize over the next 2 decades , I wonder how the officers involved reconciled this or if they had any later day remorseful thoughts.
Candid was quite a different label than Riverside, Prestige and Blue Note. They paid their artists and kept clean financial books. Nat Hentoff saw to that. One important factor in Candid's demise was that they emerged as a new label just when the craze for jazz LP sales was in rapid decline. The 1960's were actually a pretty dark time for jazz sales, despite the emergence of Impulse Records. Impulse too had some serious financial problems, bailed out by ABC. It was during the 1960's that much of the huge catalog of jazz issued by many labels in the 1950s was remaindered and discontinued. Many great artists were left with no record contracts. By the end of the 1960's, even most of the Impulse catalog was discontinued. Then came the 1970's, when college students got into jazz.
I've seen his name a couple of times. After a quick search looks like he's the artwork responsible for hundreds of albums. This is one of them (I like the cover and content): As for the Nat Adderley album cover I would say it's an edited photo instead of a painting. And it's one of those cases: "looks OK on CD and great on vinyl" To complete this Adderley themed day I've just played this one again. Good fun. @Six String has a copy of this one somewhere in his house
Lonnie Smith- Think! Been listening to a lot of the more recent Dr. Lonnie Smith releases from Too Damn Hot! to present. Changing gears to pre "Turbanator" Lonnie with this one.
Aside from it’s like having Thad play in my living room , another thing I love about these MM pressings is the artwork and the fun of studying the cover while listening. This cover really is extraordinary. The woman almost hidden behind Thad was completely missed by me until maybe the 6th time I had sat looking and listening. You can see the line in the stocking on the back of her (rather lovely) leg. I had thought the skirt was some jacket or similar that Thad was carrying that was blowing in the wind. This discovery put a whole new meaning into the look of deep thought on Thad’s face as he ponders what just walked past him.
Alden played guitar solos on the soundtrack for the movie Sweet and Lowdown. This disc from the early 90s has a lot of classics/standards on it.
Steadysounds on Instagram: “A tower of new used arrivals heading to the bins the AM, looking for a loving home. Open today 11 to 7 #steadysounds #rva #recordshop…” Gotta love it when the local store posts Mingus and Monk Mosaic LP sets on Instagram. Guess who snatched these beauties up?
Mixing up some mid 50's to mid 60's;;; like most jazz enthusiasts of this era I imagine, these records get much admiration on my end... listening nirvana indeed (only drawback being, having to type Collossus )... Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers-Moanin', Bobby Hutcherson-Dialogue, Ahmad Jamal-Count em 88, Sonny Rollins-Saxophone Collossus A photo from 1959 of many of the jazz greats of the time including two of the above list, Sonny and Art. The title is A Great Day in Harlem from a 1994 documentary by Jean Bach.
Monk and especially Lester look alone in the crowd ( though this must have been shot not too long befor his death) . Monk is easily the coolest cat in the photo.... very bittersweet
In the documentary about the photo it mentions that Monk wore a white sport coat so he would stand out, knowing that most would wear dark coats/suits. NP Herbie Hancock - Speak Like A Child (Blue Note) Liberty Van Gelder Ist pressing of a classc by Herbie.
That made me wonder as it was a nice day in NYC, suggesting that it may not have been in 1959 as Lester died in March....it turns out it was August 12, 1958. That was a Tuesday, which makes sense, as many jazz clubs were closed on Monday. Any other day, most of these guys would have been asleep in the daylight hours. If you were a jazz fan back then, it would have been great to drop by. The greatest number of jazz musicians I ever saw at once was at Duke Ellington's funeral on May 27, 1974
Wynton Kelly Trio and Wes Montgomery Smokin' At the Half Note (Verve) AP SACD Great sound on this shiny disc!
Played this ones a couple of times this week while working. I know very little about his discography. From what I've listened I would guess a real Herbie Mann's fan would rate this one pretty low. Depends on the mood, but I enjoy this type of sound.
Precursor to Head Hunters you're aware of an evolving theme that predominates. Everything from this period, including Crossings and Thrust are excellent.
A portrait of Val Wilmer For anyone who can listen to BBC iPlayer, check this out... A Portrait of Val Wilmer, Sunday Feature - BBC Radio 3 Here are some of Val Wilmer's wonderful photo's....
