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Tip: Excellent Jazz CD's

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If you like solid mainstream jazz (mostly standards), check out the 2 CD's (The Bellingham Sessions, Vol. 1 & 2) by the Chuck Israels Quartet, released on the "Audio Ideas" label. This label is the private label of the Audio Ideas Guide magazine (a Canadian publication). For those of you who don't know Chuck Israels, he was the bassist who played Bill Evans group following Scott LaFaro's untimely death. Israels is now a professor of music at Western Washington University. The CD's by the Israels group are among the best recorded I have ever heard, and the music is excellent. You can get more info and order the CD's at the following Web site: www.audioideas.on.ca
sdcampbell
turbodieselvw
48 posts
 
If you want to preaudition tracks from Chuck Israels Quartet CD, there are a couple available on MP3.com. I've downloaded them and now it's time to buy the CD.
shelton
54 posts
 
Thanks for the tip. Add these: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (ELLA and LOUIS)Verve Master Edition. This will blow you away! Charles Lloyd (The Water is Wide) ECM. The 1st track, Georgia, is worth the price of admission alone. Shelly Manne & His Men At The Black Hawk (Vols. 1-5). NO jazz collection should be without that one! Enjoy.
rayhall
393 posts
 
1. Dick Hyman's "From the Age of Swing", Reference Recordings. 2. Marian McPartland: "Reprise", on Concord. 3. Duke Ellington: "Three Suites" on Columbia 4. Les Double Six: "A Night in Tunisia", on RCA 5. Charles Mingus: "New Tijuana Moods" on RCA 6. Bill Evans: "Alone" on Verve
trcnetmsncom
431 posts
 
Hi jazz lovers, I've been listening to three live recordings lately that are both sonically great and most of all musically outstanding. Two of the cd's are from Brad Mehldau recorded live at the Village Vanguard. "Art of the Trio Volume 2" and "Art of the Trio 4 back at the Vanguard". All I can say is this creative playing on the highest level I've every heard. They are not a casual listen though, you have to concentrate to keep the form of the tune in your head. This is not free style avant-garde jazz, the time and form of the standards is always there. They are all just soooo.... freaking good they sound like they could go anywhere they care to with the tune. You'll really enjoy the rhythmic modulation between them. The other cd which is sonically the best of the 3 is from Wynton Marsalis, it is also recorded live at the Village Vanguard, "Wynton Marsalis Septet" Selections from the Village Vanguard Box. The band is just swinging hard and cooking on this one and it sounds like they had a lot of fun playing on this date. The recording lays bare Wynton's great tone and command of his instrument. Check out Wynton on the end of Cherokee as he plays a non-stop line that last for a whopping 64 bars. I would like to thank you all for the suggestions above and I will try to check them out. Happy listening, Tom Colato
shelton
54 posts
 
Trcnet, if you really enjoy Brad Mehldau, check out his work with Joshua Redman. These are two of the most exciting "new" artist out there.
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