jazz88.org is doing an interesting 'behind the scenes' show about Kind of Blue; commentary, special studio out takes, etc. Listen live on-line: https://www.jazz88.org/listen-jazz-radio/ They are starting the behind the scenes for track 3 now. They are celebrating Kind of Blue all day today; but this is part of their spring pledge drive, so be forewarned. Not trying to push jazz88 - just thought I'd share. It's a pretty fascinating segment.
Miles Davis Bootleg Series Vol. 4 disc 2. (Like Vol. 6 above this is the Japenese Blu-Spec CD2 version).
I saw something about the new Nels Cline album recently and took notice of Tom Rainey's involvement. WP McCoy Tyner - Plays John Coltrane live at the VV (Impulse) cd NP Randy Weston Trio - With These Hands (Riverside) OJC
The cover art features a controversial shot by photographer Pete Turner: "Back in the 1960s I had done a series for Look magazine called 'Black Is Beautiful.' The image on the cover of Sugar is an outtake from that shoot, of a mother licking a baby’s foot. Some people think it’s a sexual thing, but it’s not" Other Stanley CTI albums recommendations ? I don't have any problem if they are... controversial
Stu. . . . I really like the whole series. I/m a huge Miles fan and each has been a real treat as they are released.
I have Dont mess with Mr T ( or something like that). I would say it’s a very good record but I have a sweet spot for CTI early 70s sound so I may not be an unbiased listener.
I have a few Booker records and of course they are all good. Freedom Book is the unrestrained Booker Ervin, really like it. He uses the same personnel on Space Book. T Flannigan plays piano on Songbook instead of Jaki Byard who is a more rhythmic player, imho. The production and mix I find to be interesting on the 'Book' records (Don Schlitten), better then the earlier That's It and Cookin'. Song Book sounds great w/ more prominent piano and a completely different style from Freedom Book.
One of my cerebral chill out favorites. Just cause your in a low gear doesn’t mean your brain is dead. First press Canadian issue ( rough looking but but cleaned up nicely)
I’m mulling over the fact that the guy who carefully and beautifully cut the lacquers (or whatever they used in the early days) on this record I’m listening to (recorded mid 1950s) was probably born in the mid twenties and not around today. I wonder if he ever realized someone would be thinking about him on a cold spring night in 2018 ? I may be mistaken but I think I read somewhere that records were not anticipated to be long lasting. Certainly not for 60 or 70 years and still be able to be really quiet and wonderful to listen to. I think they did not factor in the passion and love for this music and format would result in the absolute tender care which some of us handle our records. Which resulted in a small percentage of these original records surviving for so long.
I got the complete Duke Ellington "Private Collection" on eBay last month for $35, and I've been slowly savoring it one disc at a time. What a stunning collection of work -- all left behind in Ellington's personal vaults when he passed! The one thing I've been consistently struck by is the late-'60's-early-'70's sessions -- I find myself more and more attracted Ellington's subtle flirtations with rock and funk rhythms, in the vein of what he did on the "Afro-Eurasian Eclipse" album, only looser and more laid back on the "Private Collection" discs. There is a version of "Black" (from the "Black Brown and Beige" suite) that leads off one of the volumes, and the snare sound on there is just impeccable -- crisp, natural, very "live." The perfect, logical intersection of jazz and rock. And this? Come on.
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters Picked this up today. It's been sitting in a local B&M for a while and i finally decided that today was going to be the day that i took it home.
Bill Evans Trio w/symphony orchestra (Verve) black MGM era dg stereo label Always a worthy title to spin first thing in the morning. Claus Ogerman's arranging is sensitive without being cloying.
Art Farmer Quintet At Boomer's (InnerCity) brown label With Clifford Jordan, Cedar Walton, Sam Jones and Billy Higgins from 1976.
Miles David Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Blu-Spec CD2), disc 2 again. . . I just keep wanting to hear this disc--Newport '66 and '67 . . .
Geri Allen Charlie Haden Paul Motian - In The Year Of The Dragon (JMT) From 1989, a superb trio outing for the late Ms Allen.
