First music of the day

[lonson]

Danish Radio Big Band Featuring Jesper Thilo “A Little Bit Of Duke” Dacaop cd

Another cold morning. Still managed to dodge the heavy snow they predicted. . . another day of “storm watch.”

Starting off with some Ellington music from Denmark.

FOLLOWED BY

Sean Jones “Roots”

Acoustic Bass – Luques Curtis
Alto Saxophone – Tia Fuller
Drums – Jerome Jennings, Obed Calvaire
Piano – Orrin Evans
Piano, Organ – Eddie Howard
Producer – Al Pryor
Trumpet – Sean Jones

Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, NY , 2006

[weedeewop]

A natural follow-up to the Vijay Iyer

[jghughes2]

An amazing record!

[lonson]

Finally got the snow we had been dodging for days. After shoveling and clearing I made it to the grocers and back and have started some listening.

“The Audience with Betty Carter” Verve 2 cd set, disc 1

The amazing Ms Carter! Here she is mentoring great jazz stars in the making.

Recorded December 6–8, 1979, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco

Betty Carter - vocals
John Hicks - piano
Curtis Lundy - double bass
Kenny Washington - drums

Followed by

Dexter Gordon “The Complete Prestige Recordings” disc 3

[lonson]

Another couple of inches over night. Will be shoveling before too long. Sure has made the neighborhood beautiful–a forest covered in snow.

On to disc 4

Dexter Gordon “The Complete Prestige Recordings”

Followed by

The Jazz Crusaders “Live at the Lighthouse '66”

[Craig_Burgess]

Another FaceBook marketing musician. Sounds like slightly more home-grown Dave Matthews with a touch of Mumford.

[lonson]

No new snow this morning! No shoveling needed! That makes me happy.

Starting off with

Anthony Williams “Lifetime” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD

Followed by

“Introducing Kenny Cox And The Contemporary Jazz Quintet” Blue Note reissue LP

[weedeewop]

A late morning start with what I consider to be a Creative Music classic Cecil Taylor Live at the Cafe Montmartre, featuring Jimmy Lyons and Sunny Murray. This is a most recent ORG LP reissue released for 2024 RSD Black Friday.

[lonson]

About three inches of snow last night, about half or less of what they were “predicting.” I’m not unhappy about that.

Starting off a still, cold morning with. . . .

Stuart Mack “Vibrations” Outside in Music cd

Nice compositions on this one, as well as playing. Impressive debut from this young trumpeter.

The new DSD Mk II firmware is sounding quite good!

Followed by

Listening to the second disc of this new 2 cd set for the first time. I only wish there were MORE Emily Remler to listen to. She left us too soon.

Emily Remler “Cookin’ at the Queens: Live in Las Vegas (1984 & 1988)” Resonance [2CD]

[weedeewop]

A quick listen before venturing into the city. I had considered Little Feat Cold, Cold, Cold considering our morning weather, 9F with -17F windchill.

[lonson]

Woke up to more snow. . . over 12" in the last 36 hours, and about 4 inches more to shovel since I last did. Will need to do so in a few hours before meeting in-laws for breakfast. I think we’ll be getting a break for three or four days luckily.

Starting off the day playing

Disc 5

Dexter Gordon “The Complete Prestige Recordings”

Followed by

Wayne Shorter “The All Seeing Eye” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD

[weedeewop]

Inta Somethin’ Kenny Dorham & Jackie Mclean, a 1962 release reissued by Tone Poet. Walter Bishop’s piano coming through loud and clear, with Art Taylor, and Leroy Vinnegar.

[lonson]

A cold morning–no snow! So happy that we have a few days without the white stuff falling from the sky ahead of us.

Starting off with a disc that arrived from amazon last night.

“Bill Evans in Norway” Elemental Music cd

Released yesterday, with Eddie Gomez and Marty Morell, great sound.

FOLLOWED BY

Miles Davis '54 Concord 2 cd set, disc 2

Excellent music in very good remastering. Monk! MIlt!

[jghughes2]

A really fine cd from the Dutch trio ‘omawi’-

marta warelis - piano
onno govaert - drums
wilbert de joode - double bass

[weedeewop]

A stop at the Norwegian for a cuppa-joe and then back home for the Jazzmen Nineteen Sixty-Six. Earliest recording featuring Joe McPhee that I am aware of. Recently released on Corbett vs. Dempsey. Picked up one of the remaining few in the Chicago area at the Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery on Futon St.

[jghughes2]

Excellent new release from young pianist Alessandro Lanzoni, with the amazing Francesco Cafiso on alto.

[lonson]

A cold morning, but no snow and the temp has risen above freezing and some melting will occur. Which is great as there is some slippery ice out there! Had a nice neighborhood Xmas party going on last night and had some intriguing conversations with the more liberal neighbors. . . a fun time.

Right now

The Joymakers “Down Where the Bluebonnets Grow” cd

Wow. These Texans nail the authentic acoustic recording era jazz music feel and swing and play so very well. The engineering too brings an authentic full-bodied sound with no deficiency.

I met multi-instrumentalist Colin Hancock who I think is the heart and soul of this band if not the leader. . . an amazing musician.

Wow.

Articles:

The Joymakers DOWN WHERE THE BLUBONNETS GROW

The Joymakers release debut album

Followed by

Timeless, important and involving music in one of my favorite issues. A few other listeners say this set is “harsh” and “bloated” in comparison to others, so every day I am thankful for my flexible and adjustable system, espeically the P15 and Decware ZROCK2 components, as I don’t hear that.

Love this music!

Thelonious Monk, “'Round Midnight: The Complete Blue Note Singles 1947-1952” Blue Note 2 cd set, disc 1

[weedeewop]

[1cdfoley]

“Too Stoned to Cry (2019 recut)”

One of my favorites tracks this year.

[lonson]

Rain and warmer temps today. . . welcome indeed.

Starting off the day with a cd that a listener on another board brought to my attention, thanks amigo.

Matthias Lupri Group “Same Time Twice” Summit cd

A great cd! Mark Turner is the icing on the cake for me, but the leader delivers

FOLLOWED BY

Miles Davis “The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel 1965” SACD box set, disc 2 and 3