(CD Mosaic Records "Mosaic Select" MS-020) 2005 .... CD1 recorded May 1st, 1970 @ Slug's Saloon, New York City .... Charles Tolliver (tp) + Stanley Cowell (p) + Cecil McBee (b) + Jimmy Hopps (dr) .... outstanding Strata-East live material showcasing Charles Tolliver`s skills and energy - similarly impressive rhythm section with Stanley Cowell shining brightly .... this Mosaic Select edition is a keeper for sure ....
(LP Riverside Victor Japan "Riverside Original Recording Series" SMJ-6119) 1975 .... recorded July 9th + August 7th, 1958 @ The Five Spot Cafe, New York City .... Johnny Griffin (ts) + Thelonious Monk (p) + Ahmed Abdul-Malik (b) + Roy Haynes (dr) .... to my ears Thelonious Monk felt challenged by Johnny Griffin and the fire kept burning throught these live performances .... still - together with "In Action"- one of my favourite Monk concert performances ....
Jimmy Smith - Home Cookin' (recorded 1959, originally released in '61) 1966 Blue Note BST-84050 stereo repressing (blue & white NY labels, "RVG STEREO" stampers, no Plastylite "P") One of the two Blue Note LPs I inherited from my grandmother as a teenager. A record I held in my hands way back in the early 80's when I was into The Beatles and The Who, and thought the cover art looked cool in a retro kind of way but had no idea who Jimmy Smith or Blue Note Records was. No internet back then to research on of course. Just drop the needle and play the damn thing, see how it hits you. This one suited me just fine. Nowadays I'm in awe of the soulful interplay between Jimmy on Hammond organ, Percy France on tenor sax and Kenny Burrell's sultry guitar. A few snap/crackle/pops here and there but it's all part of the charm. Grandma's now 92 and couldn't hear a bomb if it detonated next to her; in a few decades I probably won't remember my own name and perhaps my kids will give this record a spin, and with any luck they'll find something to appreciate as I did.
Hank Mobley - Thinking of Home Blue Note (1970) TOCJ-50288 BNLT 999 Series Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley Trumpet – Woody Shaw Guitar – Eddie Diehl Piano – Cedar Walton Bass – Mickey Bass Drums – Leroy Williams
I've been wanting and trying to buy a clean LP of this at a decent price $10-15. I don't know why it's so hard but so far....unsuccessful.
(CD Riverside Universal Japan UCCO-5572 SHM-CD) 2016 .... recorded October 18 and 20, 1959 "live" The Jazz Workshop San Francisco .... Cannonball Adderley (as) + Nat Adderley (co) + Bobby Timmons (p) + Sam Jones (b) + Louis Hayes (dr) .... needed some enchantement and this platter is always a safe bet to fit for that purpose .... still believe this being both the best Adderley led group and live recording .... the Adderleys are in peak form and Bobby Timmons (Adderley`s most soulful pianist by far) + Sam Jones + Louis Hayes excute like a highly energized groove machine .... btw this is an excellent sounding japanese SHM-CD edition ....
Used To Be Duke - Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra (Norgran/Verve) CD with Richard Powell (piano), Johnny Hodges (alto sax), Harold "Shorty" Baker (trumpet), Harry Carney (baritone sax), Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet), Lawrence Brown (trombone) plus Johnny Coltrane (tenor sax), Call Cobbs (piano), John Williams (bass), Louis Bellson (drums) Recorded 1954
(CD Atlantic Warner Music Japan WPCR-29233 SHM-CD) 2017 .... recorded December 3rd, 1958 @ Coastal Recording Studios NYC..... Jimmy Giuffre (ts, bs, cl) + Bob Brookmeyer (tb, p) + Jim Hall (g) .... Jimmy Giuffre`s arrangements are masterful and result in superb chamber music-like jazz tone paintings ....
Grant Green - Goin' West Blue Note (1969) TOCJ-9532 JRVG Series Guitar – Grant Green Piano – Herbie Hancock Bass – Reggie Workman Drums – Billy Higgins
Monday Miles . . . "Get Up With It" . . . 1974/2016 Music On Vinyl – MOVLP1513, Columbia – MOVLP1513 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 180g, Gatefold
How is the Music On Vinyl Get Up With It? Is it worth grabbing- original pressings can be pretty pricey...
The Charlie Rouse Band - Cinnamon Flower (1977) '87 Rykodisk RCD 10053 Bought this one on a lark, didn't really know what to expect. The cover artwork is definitely awkward/creepy by today's standards. This one is all over the place: definitely latin and jazz, with some samba, funk, and disco all thrown in. The promo below sums it up nicely. Quite reminiscent of a 70's Gato Barbieri album actually, although Charlie as we know has his own sound. The opening track, "Backwoods Echo," is worth the price of admission alone!
For an album with such long sides it sounds pretty great — my pressing is dead flat and silent with no pops or crackles at all! I'd definitely recommend it.
Original Jazz Album Of The Meredith Willson Musical Hit Jimmy Giuffre and his Music Men play (selections from) Meredith Willson's The Music Man (Atlantic) CD Credits Bass – Wendell Marshall Clarinet – Jimmy Giuffre Drums – Ed Shaughnessy Saxophone [Baritone] – Jimmy Giuffre, Sol Schlinger Saxophone [Tenor] – Al Cohn, Eddie Wasserman, Jimmy Giuffre Trumpet – Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Joe Wilder, Nick Travis, Phil Sunkel Recorded 1957-1958 Japanese 24 bit remaster CD issued in the Warner Jazz Best 1000 Collection series.
