Today's Jazz Playlist

[TheOctopus]

Amazing album. So much soul on this Riverside label recording. Chet playing trumpet with alto flautist Herbie Mann, baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams, pianist Bill Evans, guitarist Kenny Burrell, bassist Paul Chambers, and either Connie Kay or Philly Joe Jones playing drums. All ballads with Hard Bop and Cool Jazz flavor.

 

[NorthStar]

Yes, I like that album too Serge, very. ...Many Riverside in my home library...all that jazz.

 

[NorthStar]

 

[Kingrex]

I had to look up what Riverside meant.
Most of my jazz I stream. I have maybe 10 records I like. Maybe 6 x 15ips tapes. Probably around 20 album I stream.

 

[TheOctopus]

Not a bad way to start the week.

1961 recording of the quintet for the Moodsville label. Rudy Van Gelder recording.

Coleman Hawkins - tenor saxophone
Ronnell Bright - piano
Kenny Burrell - guitar
Ron Carter - bass
Andrew Cyrille - drums

 

[TheOctopus]

"At the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955, Davis performed the song "'Round Midnight" as part of an all-star jam session, with the song's composer Thelonious Monk, along with Connie Kay and Percy Heath of the Modern Jazz Quartet, Zoot Sims, and Gerry Mulligan. Davis's solo received a positive reception from many jazz fans and critics. His response to this performance was typically laconic: "What are they talking about? I just played the way I always play." George Avakian of Columbia Records was in the audience, and his brother Aram persuaded him that he ought to sign Davis to the label.

Davis signed with Columbia and formed his "first great quintet" with John Coltrane on saxophone. 'Round About Midnight was his first album for the label. He was still under contract to Prestige, but he had an agreement that he could record material for Columbia to release after the expiration of his Prestige contract.

Recording took place at Columbia studios; the first session was on October 26, 1955 at Studio D, during which the track "Ah-Leu-Cha" was recorded with three numbers that did not appear on the album. This is the first studio recording of the quintet. The remainder of the album was recorded during sessions on June 5, 1956 ("Dear Old Stockholm", "Bye Bye Blackbird" and "Tadd's Delight") and September 10, 1956 ("All of You" and the titular "'Round Midnight") at Columbia's 30th Street Studio. During the same period, the Miles Davis Quintet was also recording sessions to fulfill its contract with Prestige."

 

[pdub]

Just some randos in the Euro Jazz vein worth checking out -- jazz strings not that common

 

[pdub]

And -- prog a la frog (Hope that's not considered a terrible slur)

 

[aKnyght]

Just some randos in the Euro Jazz vein worth checking out -- jazz strings not that common

very nice! thanks for posting.

 

[pdub]

The Distance -- Michael Formanek/Ensemble Kolussus -- live Euro big band jam from ECM. A little uneven overall, but Formanek lays down some great bass. Some of my favorite Mary Halvorsen riffs. Don't know if the engineer played around with the phase or what, but there's so much hall ambience in some setups this can sound like a multichannel recording.
Parker

 

[pdub]

Be afraid. Very afraid. Aarsett has been on the Euro scene for at least a couple decades, often as session player, occasionally as leader. A lot of the work is quite mellow -- for example, The Height of the Reeds with Arve Henriksen is good for late-nite snoozing. If you sleep through this, someone should be calling an ambulance.
Parker

 

[pdub]

Jazz piano afternoon ... Never would have discovered any of these musicians without the streaming services, but once I found them I added quite a bit from their discogs to my favorites/purchases.

Starting with the most straight-forward -- Cyrus Chessnut -- not blazing any trails, but consistently enjoyable music. This one has the added bonus of Christian McBride


A bit further afield -- John Law and his Art of Sound band/project. Law tends to draw from classical, jazz, etc. -- musical polymath


Another great streaming discovery -- Aaron Diehl -- this particular album, as the title implies, is a wide-ranging meander through modern jazz approaches


Finally (for now) -- Kenny Werner. This one features Jack DeJohnette and Dave Holland -- Werner has played with a who's-who of modern jazz masters over his long career. I think of him as typical of the heady, cool, NY style...

 

[Kuoppis]

Ray Brown/ This is Ray Brown, not the original out-of-print Verve release. Hence, not the best SQ. But it might be, that this will sound better though, when I receive my new phono pre with a mono switch.

The combo reads like a who’s who of Jazz Greats: Ray Brown, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Osie Johnson, Jerome Richardson.

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[Kuoppis]

Just came in, 2nd hand but good condition. Did not know such exists: Smoke A Moto’s Blues/ Tsuyoshi Yamamoto with Ray Brown.

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[pdub]

Another contemporary European jazz pianist -- Marcin Wasilewski. Like just about everything he's had a hand in, but particularly drawn to his early work with Simple Acoustic Trio (Tomasz Stanko would eventually snap the trio up to form his quartet).

Parker

 

[aKnyght]

huge bill frisell fan -- recently, have been enjoying these two which have a quite nice country accent...

 

[Kuoppis]

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[TheOctopus]

Always a great listen.

Released January 1963
Recorded September 14, 1962
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Kenny Burrell – guitar
Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7)
Tommy Flanagan – piano
Major Holley – bass
Eddie Locke – drums
Ray Barretto – congas

 

[TheOctopus]

February 1963
Recorded September 26, 1962
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Duke Ellington - Piano
John Coltrane - Tenor (all but #3) and Soprano (#3) Saxophone
Jimmy Garrison - Bass (#2, #3, #6)
Aaron Bell - Bass (#1, #4, #5, #7)
Elvin Jones - Drums (#1-3, #6)
Sam Woodyard - Drums (#4, #5, #7)

 

[nicoff]

Great music!!!
It would be great if folks could also share a link to a mainstream music service like Spotify (I don’t consider Tidal or Qobuz mainstream for obvious reasons). Thanks!!