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| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Gene Harris -- ANOTHER NIGHT IN LONDONOnly 6 tracks, all standards, but they stretch out on each one. Gene is his usual brilliant self. However this recording illustrates the perils of touring Europe without your own group. The... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Just because the band sounded good, they seemed to think that the recording would sound good also; ain't necessarily so. Think Motown.CheersI didn't think she sounded like Aretha at all. Sounded like an Aretha style song. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Boss Indeed!. Great Ammons. I have the Boss Tenor and Tenors, have to get the Bossa Nova.Eddie Fisher was great also. Lot of great musicians out of Saint Louis. Must be the Mississippi river.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Miles Davis -- SKETCHES OF SPAINAnother collaboration with Gil Evans. Very informative and extensive notes that show these guys were full of themselves. Maybe they had a right to be.Classic cover art.by joaquin rodrigo https://... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Helen Sung:Very nice. I noticed she was well integrated into the band. Is Wynton becoming the next Blakey??As it happened, I was listening to this yesterday, from the CD "Handful of keys". On this CD he features pianists from age 13, Joey Alexa... | |
| Jazz for aficionados From the "Good Stuff" thread. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TWcRjmgkjU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQIg3lRN2Xw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4uPOBnbFnU Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Art Blakey / Jazz Messengers -- MOSAICwith addition of Curtis Fuller(tb), first time Messengers were a Sextet.Recorded 1961.Classic Blue Note cover art.composed by cedar walton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzfURZdmkx8 by cur... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Oscar Peterson -- EXCLUSIVELY FOR MY FRIENDS4 CD set. Includes 6 complete albums.Excellent booklet and notes: "All songs are recorded in the private studio of Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, Villingen, Germany. Unfortunately the ex... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Sunday's Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTdZ2cSkW0U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHIP7-KaP_Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJvgQSa6D2Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoqU-NI_ajQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4Dwh2m... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I was thinking more along these lines. Didn't they have a record store online, in Chicago I think. Have a ton of blues CDs from them. https://delmark.com/blues-artists/ CheersI do have The Roscoe Mitchell Sextet on Delmark. The title of the... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I can remember when the Delmark Label meant the Blues. :(My brother bought that Shearing / Staton LP when it came out, back in the day. I never got pass staring at the album cover. Some images never leave the brain.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados It's that time of week folks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfIhwTv9M8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCFUR7MzgeU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-npjVDK2XU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N1naqkKP9U https://www.youtube.com/w... | |
| Jazz for aficionados My introduction to Dinah Washington was through the records she made with Brooke Benton. I love to hear her say, "one more time Brooke". :)Found her again later when I got into Jazz. Very good singer who is blessed with a unique voice. Instan... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today’s Listen:Dinah Washington -- THE FATS WALLER SONGBOOKRecorded late in 1957, and released as "Dinah Wash Sings Fats Waller". I have a later reissue titled "The Fats Waller Songbook", same songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cW6zkxz7oE ht... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thomas "Fats" Waller:I guess it's getting to be a cliche, but he truly died too young and too soon. Died in 1943 at age 39. Just think what he could have done had he made it to the post-war years. Fantastic musical output that like much music ... |