Jazz for aficionados

Kenny Burrell,   Midnight Blue. (Rudy Van Gelder edition)

And it’s small print! My poor old eyes!👀

Happily listening to The Oscar Peterson Trio live from Chicago. Oscar Peterson is another one that I could listen to all day. And maybe I will.😆

@mahgister 

Give it a listen when you get a chance 😁

Phineas Newborn Trio, Prelude To A Kiss.

Hampton Hawes, For Real, was just remastered and is sounding good.
Hawes is another one who was gone way to soon!

I tried to listen to Melissa Aldana, Echoes From The Inner Prophet, but it is definitely not to my liking.

YRMV.

Gene Ammons,   Boss Tenor.   

Ben Webster, Soulville on CD.

The Bill Evans Trio is always a good listen, but today’s going to start with Ella.

@stuartk 

I’ve been reading your conversation with @mahgister about artists and I noticed that Igor Butman was not in the Penguin book and I was kinda surprised.

@stuartk 

Sorry for the adolescent humor

No apologies necessary as I refuse to grow up.😁

@stuartk 

He’s the Sax player, right?

Excellent! 

Listening to The Andy Page Quartet,   Mobius.

@mahgister , you might like this.

https://youtu.be/h9lQUJSCo2E?si=5tTeMPOu3GtEuV-J

Today is a Carmell Jones day.  Starting with Business Meetin’.

@stuartk 

What a great show! 
Thank you!

And speaking of Stanley Cowell,  I’m enjoying his album No Illusions now.

@mahgister 

I will be listening to your suggestion next as I don’t believe I have heard the album before.

Did I read somewhere that they found another Bill Evans tape from the 60’s and just put it out on vinyl?

Bill Evans, Quintessence.

Bill Evans, Symbiosis.

@alexatpos 

I’m listening to the Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio,  Midnight Sugar and am loving it!

I’m pretty sure you will to. 

Afrodisian Orchestra,   Satietismos.

Ashley Henry, Beautiful Vinyl Hunter

Listening to Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers,   First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings.

Excellent!

Thanks @acman3 

Listening to the album now it’s good. Clear and very three dimensional!

@stuartk 

Night Dreamer it is😁

I just looked on Qobuz and Amazon HD and I can’t it, so you’ll have to enjoy for us.

There are several other artists at the Five Spot, but sadly no Phil Woods.

Today is going to be a Wayne Shorter day. What album should I start with?

Another piano player of note is Phineas Newborn.  Listening to No Moon At All now, but there are many others to choose from.

Hmmm,

couldn’t edit the above.  I wanted to add that Jazz Audiophile seems to have a bunch of albums out there. 

@ezwind 

Good choice.

You can’t go wrong with Keith Jarrett.

Has anyone here ever heard of the Steve Gadd Band?  I’m listening to their Self Titled album from 2018 and it’s really nice.

@jwei 

The music of my youth.

Today’s a Bill Charlap day.

So far.

I’m listening to Yes! Trio, Spring Sings. I have never heard of these guys, but what a pleasant surprise for me.

I’m listening to Presenting The Kenny Drew Trio. Doing it on Amazon so it’s one long play.44-45 tracks and it still keeps me smiling even after listening to it many many times!

And if I haven’t said it yet,  Happy New Year All.

Chris Cheek,   Blues Cruise.

Good stuff.   

It’s a Sonny Clark Trio morning here.

With Max Roach on the Drums and George Duvivier on the Bass.

And a happy and safe Thanksgiving to all!

Diggn’ on Michael Cochrane,   Footprints.

@rok2id @frogman

And what is the third law? Does it start with Thou shalt not??

😆😆😆

I am truly enjoying Stanley Cowell,   Bright Passion.

@stuartk 

Until today, I had no idea how right you are about Stanley Cowell. I’ve been listening to his albums since 10am and haven’t found one I didn’t like. Listening to Angel Eyes now. It’s just the man and his piano.  Perfect dinner music.

Started the day with Dylan Cramer and after All Night Long, I switched to Sonny Criss starting with This Is Criss.

Yogi Berra Explains Jazz:

Interviewer: Can you explain jazz?

Yogi: I can't, but I will. 90% of all jazz is half improvisation. The other half is the part people play while others are playing something they never played with anyone who played that part. So if you play the wrong part, its right. If you play the right part, it might be right if you play it wrong enough. But if you play it too right, it's wrong.

Interviewer: I don't understand.
Yogi: Anyone who understands jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's what's so simple about it.

Interviewer: Do you understand it?
Yogi: No. That's why I can explain it. If I understood it, I wouldn't know anything about it.

Interviewer: Are there any great jazz players alive today?
Yogi: No. All the great jazz players alive today are dead. Except for the ones that are still alive. But so many of them are dead, that the ones that are still alive are dying to be like the ones that are dead. Some would kill for it.

Interviewer: What is syncopation?
Yogi: That's when the note that you should hear now happens either before or after you hear it. In jazz, you don't hear notes when they happen because that would be some other type of music. Other types of music can be jazz, but only if they're the same as something different from those other kinds.

Interviewer: Now I really don't understand.
Yogi: I haven't taught you enough for you to not understand jazz that well.

What do you al think of Fantastic Frank Strozier? 

It’s probably been a year since I’ve seen him on any Agon threads.

Hope all is well.

The Claes Corona Trio,  American Standards.

Another album I can tap my toe to.

I’m listening to Kinda Blue for the umteenth time and it still puts a smile on my face.