Jazz Recommendations

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!