Hank Mobley - Hank Mobley Quintet Japan The Blue Note Works TOCJ-1550 Art Farmer, trumpet Hank Mobley, tenor sax Horace Silver, piano Doug Watkins, bass Art Blakey, drums
NP Herbie Hancock - Takin' Off (Blue Note) Music Matters 45 RPM Pressing Alone And I is such a beautiful track. A hint of what was to come? I do like the upbeat songs that are more well known but that last track on the album is on another level imo. Freddie Hubbard demonstrates he is more than just a high octane player.
Bobby Hutcherson - Happenings (Blue Note) Music Matters 45 RPM Pressing This is definitely an upgrade on my first pressing. The vibes in particular sound fantastic. I usually only play the original lp when it isn't convenient to flip the records more frequently.
Today I'll leave my CD's alone. This evening in my town some LIVE action - Jazz Lounge with David Liebman (USA) & Kristjan Randalu (Estonia).
Nice work! I'm hearing the same as chervokas; seems the first bar is the same and then diverges after that. I wonder if the biographer got this from a primary source or it was just something he noticed himself. Might very well be something in other churchy music too? Also seems the song has another title sometimes- "superman". That might be a clue though I was told once Parker didn't even write the titles he would just leave and let the engineers think of something haha
A quick heads up for those Mary Halvorson fans on here - her new CD Code Girl is now up for pre-order - shipping later this month. Code Girl, by Mary Halvorson
1994, this best-of comes out, but for most people it serves as an introduction to Sade. It was a huge success here in Portugal, and I guess a bit everywhere else. I was into rock at the time but her voice and the quality of the compositions caught my attention. It was something more than just pop music. Bought the CD and offered it to my girlfriend, who married me a couple of years later. So now that CD is home again. No, I didn't marry her just to get the CD back
Ha! Nice story. I got on to Sade when her first single came out, and when I saw her first video. I thought she was perhaps the most gorgeous woman alive. And on top of that I loved her voice. I've followed everything she's done. She's still gorgeous and she's still got it. . . . Sometimes I wish she didn't have that band behind her but oh well, the whole package is great most of the time. Right now I sidestepped into a Dylan disc, sort of a Friday tradition this year. Bob Dylan, "Planet Waves," Mobile Fidelity SACD this time. One of the albums that bowled me over when it came out.
You can't imagine just how many times I've wanted to give that one as an answer to new threads like: "Albums where you like all songs", "Albums with great first/last track", "Albums with less than... songs". But no one would understand it I guess. That was one crazy techno/jungle album but without electronics involved. When I just want to go a little crazy I prefer the edited version here: Anthology: You've Got to Have Freedom
WP Mosaic Clifford Brown box Cool pic in the booklet Left to right: Gigi Grice Anthony Ortega. Quincy Jones Jazz critic Louis Victor Mialy Clifford Brown The critic Maily being the only one with the ego here ( ok maybe that’s harsh and you can’t judge a person by a photo ) But doesn’t Brownie look so relaxed and chill The superstar who you really want to drink a beer with.
NP Donald Byrd A New Perspective W Mobley , Donald Best on vibes, Burrell, Hancock, Butch Warren on bass and Les Humphries on drums with a choir singing backup ( yes really) You know you are a Duke Pearson fan when you fall for spiritual choral singing in jazz. Duke wrote some of the songs and did most of the arrangements for Donald as well as writing the vocal choir parts. This is a bluesy modal record but I generally don’t like backing singers in any genre ( except Patsy Cline but she could be set against a chorus of drunks and I’m all in) So this is a surprisingly wonderfull record for me. Dukes gospel dirge -like “Cristo Redentor” is a standout ..
Great record and an iconic cover as well. I realized a while ago that if anything has a duke Pearson credit anywhere on the back, it's worth grabbing!
I feel very guilty about Sade. I too fell had for her when Diamond Life came out. A smash critical and commercial hit in Toronto anyways. I loved this but I was in the “ if it’s a pop hit it must be Shi# “ state of mind that a music obsessed young lad can have. It’s probably about time I revisited.
I sorta feel like Paul Horn is forgotten when viewed through the lens of history. That said, this record is mind-altering. I love it to death. The Paul Horn Quintet - Portrait of a Jazz Musician (1962) Original US 2-eye mono pressing on Columbia Records
The Thelonious Monk London/Black Lion recordings have been reissued in Japan. So stoked, i’ve long wanted to get these to cap off my Monk collection. https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B078GK71ZH/ref=pe_492632_159100282_TE_item
I have that on CD with "The Sound of Paul Horn". Also have the OJC CD of "Something Blue", a HiFi Jazz album.
