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[brianrost]

On an Anthony Braxton binge right now. I gave a spin today two live recording from a 1976 tour issued by Hat Hut I’m pretty sure both are OOP). Mid-fi system…Onkyo receiver, Sony CD carousel, Tetra 105 speakers.
Dave Holland is on the quartet disc.

 

[TroyK]

Nancy/Cannonball is one of my desert island discs for sure!

Agree. Maybe the best vocal jazz record of all time? Top 5 for me, for sure.

 

[Frank Kreber]

Johnathan Blake - Passage

Johnathan Blake - dr
Immanuel Wilkins - as
Joel Ross - vib
David Virelles - p
Dezron Douglas - db

I like the delicate drumming of Mr Blake, his compositions and the way he leads his quintet which has a strong voice of its own

 

[TroyK]

70s reissue
1961 recording

 

[garrett2]

I love Mobley. My favorite. Makes me angry whenever I think of it that Blue Note would not release this record for so long, like so many other masterpieces. But this one in particular.

 

[brianrost]

Finished my Braxton binge with this. A compilation of two different LPs first released in the 1970s on the Freedom label. First half is his trio with Leroy Jenkins and Leo Smith (no bass, no drums) and the second half is recordings with synthesist Richard Teitlebaum.

P.S. My speakers are actually a Tetra 120U pair.

 

[Auer]

 

[TroyK]

I love Mobley. My favorite. Makes me angry whenever I think of it that Blue Note would not release this record for so long, like so many other masterpieces...

No arguments from me.

 

[TroyK]

 

[WG Plum]

Dave Holland - Conference of the Birds

 

[WG Plum]

 

[Keith Rawlings]

Ok. I got a cache of records from a buddy of mine whose uncle had excellent taste in Jazz, fusion and soundtracks (of all things); and I came across a band called Shadowfax, which is Gandalf’s horse from LOTR. They are AWESOME! I got the album Shadowdance in this batch of records and I ended up going down a rabbit hole of their music. My daughter found two more albums on vinyl at my local Half Price Books and I’m loving the music. It’s categorized as “new age” but it’s just great fusion with keys.

 

[ctrlzjones]

Tehered Moon plays Kurt Weill. Mp3 - Laptop - Soundcard - Studio Monitors, triangled sitting.

How could I miss this trio for such a long time, why nobody had told me about them. I’m on a Gary Peacock binge and everything he does (not) play here is most fascinating, Paul Motian sounds like a prodigious child and Kikuchi from outer space. Very different trio playing. I cannot wait to put their other records on in the next nights.

 

[crd]

Tehered Moon plays Kurt Weill. Mp3 - Laptop - Soundcard - Studio Monitors, triangled sitting.

How could I miss this trio for such a long time, why nobody had told me about them. I’m on a Gary Peacock binge and everything he does (not) play here is most fascinating, Paul Motian sounds like a prodigious child and Kikuchi from outer space. Very different trio playing. I cannot wait to put their other records on in the next nights.

I've had this trio on a lot lately. So good.

 

[TroyK]

 

[TroyK]

 

[ProbablyTooLoud]

Love this record!

 

[TroyK]

Love this record!

Yeah, it's a good one. I love Grant Green, but his recordings are hit and miss with me. This one is definitely a hit.

 

[ProbablyTooLoud]

Yeah, it's a good one. I love Grant Green, but his recordings are hit and miss with me. This one is definitely a hit.

Yeah man for some reason producers ruined (I think) a lot of these jazz guitar player's records in the 50s and 60s with excessive string/orchestral arrangements. Whereas this one grooves steady in my book.

 

[TroyK]

Wes Montgomery comes to mind. Give me "Smokin' at the Half Note" over and over and I'll be happy. Most of his records are overly lush bands or orchestras. The other issue with jazz guitar is that it offen involves organ and no bass. I'll admit that's a groovy sound, but ...you know...bass...

Same issue with jazz vocalist from that era. Tough to find a lot of things like Nancy Wilson with the Cannonball Adderley Quintet or Johnny Hartman with John Coletrane Quartet. Most were recorded with orchestras or big bands.