Jazz for aficionados

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Today has been a Booker Little day. Far Cry, Out Front, Booker Little & Friends have played so far. Qobuz has “The Complete Album Collection” so with repeats, I think I’m good until dinner time.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ran5_bu9qME

@curiousjim 

re: Booker Little

Check out the 3 live records from the 5 Spot with Eric Dolphy and Mal Waldron and the self-titled record on the Time label.

Fred Hersch

@curiousjim 

It’s actually "Booker Little Quartet" on Time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGEWBmAw2-0&list=OLAK5uy_lUIq-30MKjoPVl_UkR9R2cdVdCQiyDw5s&index=2

First of the live Eric Dolphy led Five Spot sessions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsJpa2uxkiw

John Fedchock

Listening to Miles Davis,  Miles 54, The Prestige Recordings. (2024)

Below is the synopsis from Qobuz.

Focusing on a transformative period in Miles Davis' career, the 2024 anthology Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings rounds up all of the tracks the legendary jazz trumpeter made for the label that year. Certainly, 1954 was an important time for Davis. The rising jazz star had just recovered from heroin addiction, a nagging habit he had struggled with on and off since the late '40s. Clean and fit (he had also started working out in a gym and boxing), he returned to the studio for a handful of sessions that showcased his strong trumpet chops, as well as a renewed creative approach that found him moving further away from bebop and embracing more of the spare lyricism and bluesy swagger that would come to define his work from the late '50s into the '60s. It was a style that took deep inspiration from the work of pianist Ahmad Jamal, whose classical-informed playing was a major catalyst for the cool jazz movement. While still evincing a cool atmosphere and often utilizing his distinctive Harmon mute played close to the microphone, Davis' playing in 1954 was more confident, a style imbued with the rhythmic grooves and bluesy harmonies that prefigured the sleek-edged hard bop and modalism to come. It was also a vibe that would come into full flower on his subsequent albums Cookin', Relaxin', Workin', and Steamin'. Here, he surrounded himself with equally confident and forward-thinking luminaries, including players like pianist Horace Silver, saxophonist Sonny Rollins, bassist Percy Heath, and drummer Kenny Clarke, among others. These are tracks that were first released on such 10" LPs as Miles Davis Quartet, Miles Davis Quintet, Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins, and Miles Davis All Stars, Vols. 1 & 2. Soon after, they were compiled on more well-known albums, Blue Haze, Walkin', Bags' Groove, and Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants. Included are classic recordings like Davis' original versions of "Four" and "Solar," his iconic version of "Walkin'," and puckishly sparring collaborations with Rollins, including "Oleo" and "Doxy." All of these are considered essential recordings, and there is nothing but superb playing throughout the Prestige box. It also doesn't hurt that we get a nice book of photos and liner notes with writing by Ashley Kahn and Dan Morgenstern, all of which helps put the recordings in context. That said, given that Davis recorded some of the tracks on these albums in 1953, such as side A of Blue Haze, those recordings are not included here. Furthermore, these are just his Prestige sessions and do not include any of his similarly classic 1954 sessions for Blue Note. Still, this was arguably the year Miles Davis came into his own as a bandleader and entered his first truly auteur period, something Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings spotlights nicely.

Great stuff, @acman3 , thanks.  My favorite big band and one of my favorite arrangers.  Right back at you:

https://youtu.be/hTFhcL-YrDU?si=Kdvg7iSaWEJs1b4Y

Ronnie Scott’s Presents: Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio Livestream

I found this, this weekend and wanted to share with you all even if it has already been posted? Please enjoy!

Streamed live on Apr 21, 2018

We are delighted that the good Doctor Lonnie Smith is returning to the club, bringing his supreme self-taught styling’s of psychedelic funk, gospel, jazz and more. With a career that spans half a century, this Master of the Hammond B-3 organ has accumulated a plethora of accolades, recorded over twenty solo albums, and toured with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Etta James, Ron Carter and Lou Donaldson. Expect an eclectic evening of bold musical landscapes brought by one of the strongest musical outfits touring today.

LINE-UP:

Dr. Lonnie Smith - Hammond organ

Jonathan Kreisberg - guitar

Xavier Breaker - drums

Produced By Ronnie Scott’s Production

Directed By Christian Doho

Sound by Gareth Miani-Hunt & Matt Gush

Thanks, @tyray ! Don’t be a stranger.

https://youtu.be/Liy9tw03p1I

Jihee Heo

Listening to Thad Jones-Mel Lewis,   Consummation and OMG Is it great!

I enjoy Abraham Burton’s version of Laura. His interpretation is a bit slower and probably a bit heavier on the sax. Very nice sound to my ears.   Laura

Lou Donaldson - Blues Walk (One night with Blue Note) [HQ]

@frogman Will do! This is the place I come to get ’new’ music. Sometimes I’m overwhelmed by the amount of outstanding and high quality sound of music that’s posted here as I’m always playing catchup to the marvelous music posted here.

@curiousjim You are so right! ++++ on Consummation!

@acman3 You are killing it, with all those glorious posts here. Keep it up!

@michaelspiellman 

I enjoy Abraham Burton, too.  Are you familiar with the live recording "The Magician" ?

https://youtu.be/a3CZHr5uiNM?si=xAA7SbjBuIKa5MdC

https://forum.audiogon.com/users/stuartk

I'm not familiar with "The Magician". I'll definitely check it out.   

Jaden Evans - Evans On Evans