Conversations with a Goose - (Soul Note) CD 2012 remaster Jimmy Giuffre (clarinet/ soprano sax) / Paul Bley (piano) / Steve Swallow (electric bass) Recorded on May 27, 1993 and mixed on August 31, 1993 at Mu Rec Studio, Milano I have enjoyed listening to this fine disc a few times now over the past month. It's a refreshing sounding Trio album played in a cool and easy/laid back avant garde style.
PINNACLE <- Keystone Korner Live Discoveries -> FREDDIE HUBBARD (Resonance) CD LIVE & UNRELEASED FROM KEYSTONE KORNER Bass – Larry Klein Drums – Eddie Marshall / Sinclair Lott Piano / Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Billy Childs Tenor Saxophone – David Schnitter / Hadley Caliman Trombone – Phil Ranelin Trumpet / Flugelhorn – Freddie Hubbard Recorded Live at Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA, June & October 1980. Released 2011. Disc is housed in an inner cardboard pocket which is at the back of a 16 page hardback book style package. Approx 63 minutes playing time featuring some great (live) blowin' from Freddie.
Revisiting this really tasty Afro-Cuban / Afro-American Jazz recording. CACHAITO - ORLANDO CACHAITO LOPEZ (World Circuit) CD with Bass – Orlando "Cachaíto" López / Bongos – Carlos Gonzalez / Congas, Percussion – Miguel 'Anga' Diaz / Electric Guitar – Manuel Galban / Guiro, Claves – Alejandro Pichardo / Organ [Hammond], Clavinet – Bigga Morrison / Timbales – Amadito Valdes I love the musical atmosphere on this Afro-Cuban / Afro-American Jazz recording. I'm also very partial to the additional vibes created by the tasteful sprinkling of some dub sounds.
Back-to-back 1961 recordings by Jackie McLean and band(s) — the superb MMJ 45, Bluesnik and one of the best-sounding BN80’s, A Fickle Sonance . . . 1961/2008 Blue Note – BST 84067, Music Matters Ltd. – MMBST-84067 Blue Note The Definitive 45 RPM Reissue Series – KPG&SH@ATM 1961/2020 Blue Note – ST-84089 Blue Note 80 Vinyl Reissue Series – KPG@CA
ALONE AT THE VANGUARD - FRED HERSCH (Palmetto) CD Nine live solo piano recordings dated 30th November to 6th December 2010 I was so taken with all the albums in the Fred Hersch Trio '10 Years' 6CD box I just had to hear some of Fred's notable solo work, starting with this one.
George Benson It's Uptown with the George Benson Quartet Columbia, 1966/1976 with Lonnie Smith, organ; Ron Cuber, saxophone; Jimmy Lovelace, drums
Happy birthday to jazz drummer and composer, Brian Blade — born 25 July, 1970. I only became aware of this album through the Blue Note 80 series . . . 1998/2020 Blue Note – 0845480 Blue Note 80 Vinyl Reissue Series – KPG@CA
The Spaces In Between - John Surman (ECM) CD with Cello – Nick Cooper Double Bass – Chris Laurence Ensemble – Trans4mation Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – John Surman Viola – Bill Hawkes Violin – Patrick Kiernan, Rita Manning Recorded February 2006. CD issued in slipcase with 16 page booklet. Beautiful, atmospheric music - possibly more "Classical" in style than "Jazz".
Nagel Heyer Records CD 014 - George Masso Quintet "Trombone Artistry" - rec. 'live' 1995 - Engineer: Ben Ahrens
Monday Miles . . . One of the greatest, and one of my favourite, albums of all-time. A masterpiece . . . 1969/2013 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – MFSL 1-377, Columbia – 88697943581 1969/2019 Columbia – 19075978321, Legacy – 19075978321 RSD Black Friday 2019 Exclusive Release
One of the treasures from the Cool Jazz Era and my number one Konitz LP. Great recording. have the replica edition from Japan.
Thelonious Monk * Sonny Rollins - THELONIOUS MONK / SONNY ROLLINS (Prestige) CD with Tracks 1 - 2 (1954) Thelonious Monk (piano), Sonny Rollins (tenor sax), Tommy Potter (bass), Arthur Taylor (drums) Tracks 3 - 4 (1954) Thelonious Monk (piano), Percy Heath (bass), Art Blakey (drums) Track 5 (1953) Thelonious Monk (piano), Sonny Rollins (tenor sax), Julius Watkins (French horn), Percy Heath (bass), Willie Jones (drums) RVG CD remastered edition issued 2006 - playing time 34 minutes
CONCENTRIC CIRCLES - KENNY BARRON QUINTET (Blue Note) CD Recorded March 2017 in Brooklyn, N.Y. I have listened to this tasty album a lot recently. It is another Kenny Barron title I picked up this year after realising how consistantly good all his other albums are. This Blue Note release from 2017 is another welcome addition to an ever growing Kenny Barron collection.
A mid-60’s Wayne Shorter triple-bill on deck this morning— Wednesday Wayne #1 — a favourite Blue Note Tone Poet release from last year recorded in 1965 but shelved until 1980 (?!) . . . 1965/1980/2019 Blue Note – 33581 Blue Note Tone Poet Series – KPG@CA Wednesday Wayne #2 — this one needs a new reissue. The line-up on this session is insane! Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet, flugelhorn), Grachan Moncur III (trombone), James Spaulding (alto saxophone), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass), Joe Chambers (drums) and Alan Shorter (flugelhorn) . . . 1966/1994 Blue Note – 29100 Blue Note Connoisseur Series – Wally/Capitol Wednesday Wayne #3 — superb SRX pressing from Music Matters, includes the excellent title track and the classic Footprints, which was later recorded by Miles’ 2nd Great Quintet for Miles Smiles . . . 1966/2019 (SRX) Music Matters Ltd. – MMBST-84232, Blue Note – ST-84232 Blue Note The Definitive Vinyl Reissue Series – KPG&RR@CA
