Thanks, Kana813, I'll try your suggestions.
For all of you who love saxophone ... RUN, do not walk, and pick up "In Pursuit" by Donny McCaslin ... from standard low-key jazz to Coltranesque spacial pyrotechnics ... something for everyone here ... and ALL OF IT simply great music! |
Arkprof, I just found Donny McCaslin last w/e while listening to Pandora.com. I liked the track they played of his, so I researched him and added "In Pursuit" to my Amazon Wish List (which is now up to 5 pages). I'm glad to hear it comes so highly recommended. So much good music out there, I can't keep up. |
Hi, Mijknarf ... I've got several pages of Amazon "Buy It Later" pages, too ... and sometimes I'll move them to "Buy Now" status, but generally I wind up deleting listings as I add more. I'm trying to research sufficiently to wind up with CDs that tend to be described as having great "sonics" ... which I'm hoping will translate as being less compressed. I remain optimistic.
I've got lots of CDs that disappoint, I'm afraid, but the McCaslin CD "In Pursuit" doesn't disappoint at all. Manu Katche's recent CD "Playground" is more than worthy, too, and it's a notch above his "Neighborhood" CD that has received quite a bit of praise, though there are strong similarities. I recently picked up "Out to Lunch" by Eric Dolphy and Wayne Shorter's "Speak No Evil." I'm going to buy more of Shorter's work and I'm fairly certain that I'll do the same with Shorter. Those guys were really strong musicians. |
Anything by Kurt Elling. Simply fabulous singer with good quality recordings on CD. Favourites of the one's that I've bought so far are: 'Flirting with Twilight' (especially tracks, Orange Blossoms in Summertime); 'Man in the Air' (especially tracks, In the Winelight, The Uncertainty of the Poet and The More I Have You); 'Close Your Eyes' (especially tracks, Salame and Those Clouds Are Heavy. He also appears on Bob Belden's compilation, 'Shades of Blue' with the track Tanganyika Dance. I am trying to get everything that he's done and highly recommend him. |
Gigi Gryce "Nica's Tempo", this contains some superb Theloniuos Monk tracks. |
Ray,
True, I'm looking forward to trawling through some of the great recommendations that keep coming up on this phenomenal thread. Who needs magazine reviews!? |
I recently picked up a jazz compilation on acousticsounds.com entitled "Jazz After Midnight" - recorded by Rudy Van Gelder. Those familiar with the 60's Blue Note era recognize Van Gelder as one of the chief architects responsible for shaping the Blue Note sound. However, making the transition from vinyl to CD was never quite as satisfying ... until now. I was never very fond of the RVG recording style of drums/piano/bass, center stage ... with lead instruments - trumpet and/or sax separately tracked on either left or right channel.
This newer "Jazz After Midnight" is a Hybrid Stereo SACD which sounds as good as any I've ever heard. For sound quality and that sense of "there-ness" this production really delivers. The music itself is engaging enough, but may not be everyone's cup of tea ... mostly standards by a few better known folks. This is taken directly from the write-up: "Ten great tracks by the likes of Larry Coryell, Cedar Walton, Joey DeFranceso and David 'Fathead' Newman." At $9.98 a throw, it's a "why not" purchase. Turns out, this has definite potential as a jazz reference piece. |
Lets keep em coming guys. Been more than a year, and I'm looking for good recently-released jazz. Will love some suggestions. |
Adamaley,
Sorry but been trying to catch up with many of the recommendations on this fine thread and suspect most contributors have been doing the same. On the vinyl front, I recently got hold of Anne Bisson's, "Blue Mind" (Fidelio Music Inc, 2008). This was recommended for the track, 'Do What You Please'. The rest is a bit more folkey than jazz or r&b. |
Adamaley,
Oops, nearly forgot. On the CD front, recenlty got hold of much more Kurt Elling (and have had the joy to catch his live performances on his visits to England). Of these, an absolutley sublime track is called 'The Waking' from his "Nightmoves" (Concorde Music Inc, 2007). Well worth a listen (repeatedly maybe). |
Took a (musical) trip to Europe recently - here is what I found:
Lars Danielsson - Tarantella
Lars Danielsson - Melange Bleu
Trio Elf - 746
Marcin Wasilewski Trio - January
Helge Lien Trio - Hello Troll
Barcode Trio - License to Live
Nik Bartsch's Ronin - Holon
Neal Cowley Trio - Loud..Louder...Stop!
Arne Jansen Trio - My Tree
Wolfgang Haffner - Shapes
Eivind Aarset - Sonic Codex |
Knownothing,
If you had to pick the stand-out top three of these cd's to start with, which would they be? |
That is a tough request. I think I would choose the three below, not so much because they are the best, but because they cover a range of styles: Miles Davis In a Silent Way-esque musings, up-beat piano jazz, and reflective ethereal playing respectively.
1. Lars Danielsson - Melange Bleu
2. Neil Cowley Trio - Loud..Louder...Stop! (spelled incorrectly the first time)
3. Helge Lien Trio - Hello Troll
The entire list is good, and I find there is above average craft evident in the production values. Go on iTunes and you can hear samples of all. |
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"Something Else", led by Cannonball Adderly with Miles Davis, Sam Jones, Hank Jones and Art Blakey; is the greatest jazz album of all time. Bird With Strings would come in number 2. |
Good one guys. Belated thanks. Lost track of this thread. |
We Get Requests -Oscar Peterson with Ray Brown on bass.
Picked up the K2HD cd a few months back and it's a marvel both sonically and more important musically. |
Freddie Hubbard "First Light" No more war in this world if everyone listened to this....I can dream
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Bought a new Christmas CD today, and gave it a whirl tonight. There's some really good jazz arrangements on it. Very entertaining hour spent listening.
The biggest joy though was how GREAT the recording was. Wow, was I pleasantly surprised. This is the best sounding CD I have purchased in quite a long time.
If you are in the mood for Christmas music with a jazz twist, give Brian Culberson's "Soulful Christmas" album a spin. It's not sleepy elevator jazz at all. Great stuff. Superb musicians, great arrangments, and hats off to the audio engineer. |
I think this is a thread that deserves to be bumped. I don't have any specific recommendations. I listen to the standards like Miles, Armstrong, Coltrane, Burbeck, Krall, Barber. I have "Jazz at the Pawnshop". Yes I also listen to Steely Dan and Zappa. Even a little Glenn Miller. I have big band, swing, hard bop, fusion and modal offerings. But this thread gave me a few more options so I thought I'd bump it. |
Baka1969,
Good on you. I've also found it a great source of education. |
10-15-10: Isochronism
Freddie Hubbard "First Light" No more war in this world if everyone listened to this....I can dream yeah, I agree. I have this album on LP. very nice indeed..... |
Dear Dgob: I will take my time reading that link: thank you for that.
As seems to that all people agree if MUSIC is all about IMHO, in each musical's genre, is way important to know its " roots ".
Regards and enjoy the music,
R. |
Hi Raul,
My pleasure and I hope more music lovers will find and continue to add to this great thread.
As always |
ill mention one real joint album not becuz hes the best but diddnt noticed anyone mention this peace of art...Clark Terry Color changes...becuz of thislike albums i love that music...and i must thanx all crew thats posting...this post helped me to digg some real gems of albums...enjoy... |
Never seen this mentioned. Toshiko Akiyoshi Big Band is very good. Good straight ahead jazz mixed with Japanese influences. "Long Yellow Road" is an excellent album. |
Barney Wilen Quartet "New York Romance" is very nice album. Released on Venus label, which puts out well- recorded stuff. |
Pnmeyer,
If you like Barney Wilen, I would strongly recommend Miles Davis phenomenal album, 'Lift to the Scaffold'. It is the soundtrack for the Loius Malle Movie, Ascenseur pur L'echaud and you can get 'the complete original recordings' on a recent Fontana vinyl pressing. I know I have mentioned this earlier in this fine thread.
Neverthelss, the duets here between Davis and Wilen are still the most haunting music I have ever heard: tracks 2 and 11 on Side 1 and tracks 2, 3, 6 and 8 on Side 2 are quite stunning. Assuming you do not already own this album, it really is a 'MUST HAVE'. |
Thanks for the recommendation. I understand that Wilen made another record with Miles in 1957 called "Miles in Amsterdam." I was going to look around for that too. |
Pat Martino: "Live at Yoshi's" with Joey DeFrancesco and Billy Hart. One of the best Jazz recordings.
Charlie Haden & Chris Anderson: "None But The Lonely Hart" - beautiful bass and piano duo just before Anderson's death. Much better than Keith Jarrett's Jasmine, IMHO
Tord Gustavsen Trio: "Changing Places" Young Scandinavian Jazz. There are two more records "The Ground" and "Being There" into the series.
Ike Quebec: "Bossa Nova Soul Samba" look for remastered version.
Enico Rava: L'Opera Va". Pretty much anything Rava plays is incredible.
Tomasz Stanko Quartet: "Suspended Night" another great trumpeter - darker and more melancholic than Rava. |
My pleasure, that collaboration was from the same year. They obviously clicked - and how! |
I wonder what happened to the gentleman who started this very interesting thread some 12 years ago, December 2000.
He, one Mr Kadlec, never really sounded off about how he'd benefited from all this well-intentioned advice as to how to navigate those wild rapids of jazz music.
I fully expected him to scream, at some point, "PLEASE make it stop, I am confused and broke"... Probably right after the "professor" Campbell weighed in early with his knife-shaped erudition.
I would really like to know what happened to "Kadlec" after he realized what he had unleashed - but we will never know - unless he tells the story himself.
Please Mr Kadlec, if you are still around and well after 12 years, come in and tell all - if only to make this thread not merely excellent, but really spectacular.
Because by innocently asking for advice, you just as innocently started the 12 years of intense cross-pollination of tastes and trends among the great jazz afficionados that have joined "your" thread to help you, but also mightily helped each other in the process.
Kudos to you, please come back.
And I would be remiss and really off-topic if i did not reveal what am I listening to :
JOE HENDERSON : STATE OF THE TENOR LIVE IN THE VILLAGE VANGUARD VOL 1&2 (ridiculously indescribable work)
COUNT BASIE ON PABLO RECORDS produced by Norman Granz, especially BASIE JAM, BASIE JAM #2, 88 BASIE STREET, KANSAS CITY 7, all SATCH AND JOSH piano duets with Oscar Peterson (this is not controversial - do not miss this)
JAN GARBAREK w/TERJE RYPDAHL : ESOTERIC CIRCLE (1969, before George Russell lost Jan to NewAge conflict-free "musical" mystics).
JOHN McLAUGHLIN : EXTRAPOLATION (this was mentioned just once in the 12 years, amazingly, the amazing symbiosis of John Mc.. and John Surman makes it a sleeper of the century).
MILT BUCKNER : GREEN ONIONS (this cat spent his time in France, so most of his stuff is on Black and Blue label and not reissued by anyone here, he was comfy with Illinois Jacquet as well as with "Gatemouth" Brown, shuttling it between Paris and London - search him out and you will be amazed how wide the Atlantic really is).
Well, Mr Kadlec, I dedicate these tips specifically to you in hopes that you will come out and tell the story of "ME and My Audiogon Thread", just because your thread still lives and may it live into the next decade. |
1959 was a banner year for Jazz;
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue.
Dave Brubeck - Time Out.
Charles Mingus - Ah Um. |
Jon Hendricks - Boppin' at the Blue Note and Freddie Freeloader
Cheers
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For a good overview of the current jazz scene
Check out the 4 dvd series. Icons Among Us
Killer stuff with many great underground artists |
I am originally from New Orleans and have been away a long time and have just reccently start spending alot of time there. As a result I too have just started getting into Jazz. At the same time starting my first real budget system.
Check out www.wwoz.org 90.7. They have awesome jazz shows off old vinyl. Sounds amazing. You can stream from the internet and they have an app for you phone. I have to highly recomend this station for jazz and music all around.
I picked up and old Creek tuner with good ratings from Audigon for $75 bucks. NPR also has some good music. |
Newbear
Sorry for the MUCH delayed response. I have indeed benefited tremendously from all of the recommendations. My collection in jazz continues to expand to this day and I owe many thanks to all of you. Right about the time of my post my wife and I had triplets and it kind of took my out of this game for awhile. But I am back in the saddle again -- with a new pair of Thiel 2.7s and would like to reccomend Stanely Turrentine with the three sounds
Thanks again to all |
Dave Brubeck / Take Five
Miles / Kind of Blue
Cannonball Adderley / Something Else
Lou Donaldson / Blues Walk
Ornette Coleman / Shapes of Things
No jazz collection would be complete without these recordings. |
