Have most of his recordings on vinyl so I skipped the box. This one swings and is probably one of his Verve recordings in stereo.I like best his "TAL" and "Swinging Guitare Of....." with the percussive piano playing of Eddie Costa on the left side of the keyboard. The nickname "Octopus" was given for his big hands doing real difficult grips for chords. BTW this is also a good read with a listing of his records
I have 5 out of 6 Tone Poet series releases so far — all absolutely fantastic, and I'm looking forward to the next batch, in the meantime . . . 1965/2019 Blue Note – B0029357-01, Blue Note – LT-1056, Blue Note – B1 7243 8 33581 1 3 Blue Note Tone Poet Series –
I've got all Miles' MFSL LP's and they're all stellar — well worth checking out. Sorcerer is one of my favourites.
John Zorn - The Mysteries (2013). Featuring Bill Frisell on guitar, Kenny Wollesen on vibraphone and bells, Carol Emanuel on harp.
Based on your list I'd say that Bob Dylan's Live in San Diego '79 should tick all boxes. Intense personal brilliant band, the versions are arguably better then the studio takes, wonderful tension, emotional harmonies by a backup choir, etc. And no "belting out" like on those mid-70s live recordings. Toronto '80 show included in Trouble No More box could be another pick, perhaps less tense, but musically even more compelling. How about these two?
What a band on Charlie Haden's American Dreams - Michael Brecker, Brad Mehldau and Brain Blade. Not usually a fan of the whole "with strings" thing, but I quite like it on this one. Perfect music to wind down after a frustrating day.
The Mainstream/Solid cd is a needle drop. . . not awful but the disc could sound better. I am familiar with sideman work Johnson has done, mainly with Jackie Mclean, haven't heard his other leader albums, but should. This one is like those you've described.
Ugg. I was at that Toronto show and hated it. Ive read that his live recordings around that time are great. Im just not getting that era of his touring sound...
Could we exchange our past experiences then? I would happily trade my entry to Tomasz Stańko gig on his Dark Eyes tour for your Toronto ticket...
Coverart by famous graphic artists Not only the music inside but the cover drawing by well known artists is part of the record value for me. Here is an example in context with the recent posting of @JRM re Tal Farlow. Some of my Farlow recordings have the coverart by David Stone Martin which i like very much. He created a lot of the cover graphics for the Norman Granz labels Norgran, CLEF Records and Verve. Here is a little tableau for the Tal Farlow albums
Picked up Of Course, Of Course by Charles Lloyd, sounds like a great little 1965 album featuring Tony Williams, Ron Carter, Gabor Szabo & Robbie Robertson of all people.
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (The Complete Masters) (Impulse ! B-0023727-02) Spent part of my evening yesterday listening again to the four complete alternate versions of Acknowledgement recorded using the full Sextet with Archie Shepp and Art Davis. Maybe it`s because I`m more use to it, but I still feel that Trane made the right choice by going with the Quartet version.
Listening to King of the Tenors, recorded in 1953 and originally released as The Consummate Artistry of Ben Webster. Ben Webster - tenor saxophone Benny Carter - alto saxophone Harry "Sweets" Edison - trumpet Oscar Peterson - piano Herb Ellis or Barney Kessel - guitar Ray Brown - double bass Alvin Stoller or J. C. Heard - drums Verve CD
Live Dead, Stand In The Fire, both volumes of Velvet Underground Live, much of the live Cream on various albums, The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads, James Brown Live At The Apollo, B.B. King Live At The Regal, Where's The Money?, Band of Gypsys, Live At Monterey, Bootleg Series Vol 4., Live At Leeds There's endless live rock albums that are unforgettable including plenty of Dylan. It's about one's predilections. Of the albums you mention I think Live At Fillmore East is also right up there.
Hard Rain TV Special was broadcasted on Italian Public Television (RAI TV). Real Live is a good album. I also like the album with the Grateful Dead and I recall a VHS with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers of 1986 or 1987 really enjoyable. I do not know if it was reissued as DVD or even as Blu-ray.
All great albums. I would add "Lotus" and "Moonflower" (more than half album was recorded live) by Santana, "On The Road" by Traffic, the two multiple albums by Chicago (Live At Carnegie Hall and Live In Japan), Deep Purple and so on.
"The Chronogical Louis Armstrong 1937-1938" Followed by Stanley Turrentine "Aint no Way' blue Note EMI cd
(Only partly tongue in cheek) Some of my favorite live rock recordings are late 'seventies live Weather Report.
NP Marian McPartland - Silent Pools (Concord) W/strings arranged by Alan Broadbent. One of my favorite jazz with strings albums.
