Sold this album ages ago (no idea why...) and rebought it last week; just received it and it's now playing: Sam Rivers (various instruments) and Tony Hymas (piano) - Winter Garden - Nato (France). 1998 recording.
Steve Lehman Trio – Dialect Fluorescent (Pi Recordings) — Steve Lehman - alto saxophone; Matt Brewer - bass; Damion Reid - drums; originals plus tunes by Coltrane, McLean & Pearson
Just heard from Mosaic's Scott Wenzel that the James P. Johnson set is now expected later this month (September 2017).
Luis Gasca - For Those Who Chant (1972) Original '72 Blue Thumb Records BTS 37 (WLP, Artisan stampers) Luis Gasca - trumpet, flugelhorn Joe Henderson - tenor sax Carlos Santana, Neal Schon - guitar Stanley Clark - bass .....and many, many others A cool Latin/fusion date, just what I needed on a warm PNW night.
Louis Sclavis – Napoli's Walls (ECM) — Louis Sclavis — clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone; Médéric Collignon — pocket trumpet, voices, horn, percussion, electronics; Vincent Courtois — cello, electronics; Hasse Poulsen — guitar; inspired by Ernest Pignon-Ernest's artwork on walls in Naples.
Peace Pieces The Music Of Bill Evans - Herbie Mann (Kokopelli/Lightyear) CD with Herbie Mann (flutes), Bruce Dunlap (guitar), Eddie Gomez / Paul Socolow (bass), Louis Nash / Ricky Sebastian (drums), Randy Brecker (flugelhorn), Sammy Figueroa (percussion) Recorded 1995 Issued in cardboard slipcase sleeve (above) with a jewel cased cover inside (see below). I'm not too fussed about either sleeve. It is interesting to hear these Bill Evans compositions approached in this manner. The album is pleasant and there are some refreshing and unexpected variations in the instrumentation on some tracks. *Found this one in the Amazon bargains.
Now listening to some great music: The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Herbie Nichols - 3 CDs, Mosaic; disc 1. Personnel: Herbie Nichols (piano), Al McKibbon (bass) and Art Blakey (drums). Recorded in 1955. A grossly neglected and underrated pianist who died way too young at 44 from leukemia (1919-1963).
Inspired by @AxiomAcoustics post, I'm listening to Jackie McLean's Vertigo For me, McLean has to be paired with brass and here, the combos with Byrd and Dorham are stellar. The title track and Cheers for instance - fantastic songs with Byrd's tone balancing out the session.
Moved onto this one: Mingus' Right Now: Live At the Jazz Workshop Streaming around trying to find out if I want to go for that Mingus Mosaic set. This one isn't on that release (or is it? tough for me to tell from the discography page at Mosaic's site), but I'm guessing it's similar in style? Loving it, if that's the case.
Nick Brignola – Like Old Times (Reservoir Music) — Nick Brignola (baritone & soprano sax, clarinet), Claudio Roditi (trumpet, flugelhorn), John Hicks (piano), George Mraz (bass), Dick Berk (drums)
Leader On Debut - Charles Mingus (debut/OJC) 7CD Box CDs 1-4 Debut Rarities Vol. 1-4 CD 5 Mingua At Bohemia CD 6 The Charles Mingus Quartet plus Max Roach CD 7 Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop The past few days I've been re-visiting all the discs in this clunky, but otherwise very good value budget box set. All discs are the original OJC remastered ones and sound very good. Another positive aspect is there are no nasty CD-Rs or clones in the package. There is also a 14 page booklet included with all relevant recording information, plus photos of original OJC CD sleeves.
Lately I have been mixing up Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter CDs that were recorded during the same period. I have a 5 disc player and I'll load for example; MD -- E.S.P. WS -- The Soothsayer MD -- Miles Smiles WS -- Et Cetera MD -- Sorcerer another set, WS -- The All Seeing Eye MD -- Nefertiti WS -- Adam's Apple MD -- Miles In The Sky WS -- Schizophrenia I love Hard Bop from the 1950's and some Jazz Fusion of the early 1970's but this era from the mid to late 1960's seems to be my sweet spot. I never heard these records at the time, I got into them in the early '80's and they came to me naturally filling both my ears and heart.
From the 20 CD Box Jazz from America On Disques Vogue (Sony Music/Legacy) CD13 Tracks 1-10 Piano Solos - Jelly Roll Morton LP (General/Commodore) 1939 Tracks 11-14 Jelly Roll Morton Seven Singles (General/Commodore) 1940 Tracks 15-16, 19-20 The Morton Seven Singles (General/Commodore) 1940 Tracks 17-18, 21-22 The Morton Sextet Singles (General/Commodore) 1940 All tracks originally released on General in 1940, before being bought by Commodore Records. *There are numerous wonderful Jelly Roll selections on this 22 track CD compilation!
Franklin Kiermyer – Kairos (Evidence Music) — Franklin Kiermyer – drums; Michael Stuart – tenor saxophone; John Esposito – piano; Dom Richards or Drew Gress – bass; plus Eric Person – alto saxophone; Sam Rivers – soprano saxophone; liner notes by John Szwed
The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble: Miles Away A wonderfully groovy cosmo-spirito-modal meditation from Madlib, simmered in the cauldron that Brew begat with dedications throughout to the likes of: Horace Tapscott Woody Shaw Larry Young Trane & Pharoah among others........ Check all hang-ups at the door and don't miss it (((OOO))))
Coincidentally, I just got this about a week ago on AP SACD. Not sure how I missed it for so long but what alerted me to it and reminded me about it was a feature spot in a recent AS catalog. Proof again that print media is still worthwhile (and enjoyable) as I likely never would have come across it on their website. Great date, musically and sonically and a title I don;t remember ever hearing before this. An added bonus is the exposure to Tete.
Who cares If you can't track down the Mosaic there is the older CD set of Blue Note recordings and I you also might be able to find one of those Tan Blue Note twofers from the late 70's on vinyl which is a liberty pressing and sounds quite good. Recommended in any format.
The Mosaic is the older set (1987), the Blue Note CD-set was released in 1997, after the Mosaic had gone OOP.
