Ornette Coleman - Love Call Blue Note CDP 7 84356 2 Recorded at A&R Studios, New York City on April 29 and May 7, 1968 Recording engineer: Dave Sanders Remixed from analog 4-track to digital in July, 1989 by Malcolm Addey Ornette Coleman - alto saxophone, violin Dewey Redman - tenor saxophone Jimmy Garrison - bass Elvin Jones - drums
Andrew Hill - Black Fire Qobuz 24/192 Andrew Hill – piano Joe Henderson – saxophone Richard Davis – bass Roy Haynes – drums
The late Kenton struggling with BS&T and Chicago's music; most emphasis to bones section (the tune was composed by the great James Pankow, trombonist of Chicago). The arrangement is very lively as usual in Kenton's Big Band.
Howard Riley Trio - Synopsis EMANEM 4044 Howard Riley - piano Barry Guy - double bass, bass guitar Tony Oxley - percussion, live electronics
I hope the music's not as disturbing as the album cover! I like nudity as much as the next guy, but that one's a little off. tbh, it may not be.... I suspect that, right or wrong, it's reminding me of the specials I say yesterday commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. At least she's still got her hair.
NP Chris Anderson & Charlie Haden - None But The Lonely Heart (Naim) 1997 I really like Anderson's style and Haden is the cherry on top, more than that really. Their simpatico is obvious.
Reminds me of the cover of 'Smell the Glove" Currently listening to Barney Kessel play with Julie London singing on a decent mono copy of "Julie is her Name", side two.
Music is good. I don't find anything disturbing about this particular cover. But as I found out the photographer is Michael von Gimbut, the same who made the cover for Scorpions - Virgin killer, so I can see why you're concerned.
Was staring at my CD shelves trying to find what to play next. And when I can't decide, one of the best options always is Bill. So, now playing Bill Evans Trio - Portrait In Jazz
Coincidently NP Chet Baker - In New York (Riverside) OJC cd Sometimes I wish he did more NY sessions than he ended up doing.
Norgran Records MG N-1055 [Japan reissue from 1984] "Ellingtonia '56" - Johnny Hodges & the Ellington Men Featuring Lawrence Brown (tb) / Johnny Hodges (as) / Harry Carnery (bs) / Jimmy Hamilton (cl) / Ray Nance (tp) / Jimmy Woode (b) / Billy Strayhorn (p) / Sam Woodyard /dr) + a larger band with additional artists Cat Anderson (tp) / Willie Cook (tp) / Clark Terry (tp) / Quentin Jackson (b) / John Sanders (tb)/ Britt Woodman (tb) / Russel Procope (as) / Paul Gonsalves (ts) /
One of the best jazz vocal records I know. A team full of top-notch musicians like Billy May, Johnny Mandel, Stan Getz, Patrick Williams, Jeremy Lubbock, among others. Produced by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen. Thanks to this work, Diane Schuur won a Grammy award for best female jazz vocal performance in 1987. Recorded at Studio B of Capitol Records, 1986. Released in 1986.
Giving space to new big bands in this topic, I highlight Dick Walter Big Band, which last year released the album "Big Band Energy". It is big band swing sound as it should be, but it also brings a bit of jazz sophistication in rhythmic bases and Latin spice, among other things. It has on digital platforms. Recorded at Angel Studios, (Studio1), London Engineered by Mat Bartram Conducted by Barry Forgie Compositions and Arrangements by Dick Walter
Many decades ago, I worked in a record store. Every so often someone would try to return a record that they had used a ball point pen to scratch in a deep gouge across all the grooves. They would say,typically, "This does not play!"