Starting a warm morning off with
“Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival” Candid cd
Wayne and Esperanza are “on.”
On to
Joe Locke David Hazeltine “Mutual Admiration Society” Sharp Nine cd
I have enjoyed revisting this and “2” its sequel. I especially like the lower tempo numbers where the vibraphone “rings out” more. Engineering is really nice on this–all instruments are well portrayed and the overall balance seems very natural.
One of my favorite Monk quotes was his response to a question about Gerry Mulligan: “He can play.” Apparently that served as high praise!
A return to the '40s . . .drat. Starting the day off with
Renee Rosnes “Kinds of Love” Smoke Sessions cd
Now on to
Freddie Hubbard “On Fire: Live From The Blue Morocco” Resonance Records 2 cd set, disc 1
Are there gongs? I hate the gongs on another of his this decade. HATE.
Heh. I know the one you mean. No, there are no gongs on this one.
Thanks! That’s encouraging.
Cold morning again. Sigh.
Something different than my usual. I bought this after seeing her Austin City Limits performance and being very impressed.
I think I would have mixed and mastered this differently but I like this music. She’s exhibiting a bigger Prince influence than I noticed before, and man can she SING.
Brittany Howard “What Now”
Now on to
Immanuel Wilkins “Blues Blood” Blue Note cd
A different release than his first two on Blue Note, the first to include vocals. I love the sound of Wilkins’ alto, and his writing is always interesting.
Weather here is gorgeous this morning. Windows open and the fresh air feels great. Up first today is Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio’s new album Requests on SACD. I almost reached for some classical, but I can’t get enough of this album. I played some of this and some older work by the Trio on my jazz radio show last week and the studio phone lit up with calls. They’re not widely known in the US outside of the audiophile market, and that’s unfortunate. The CDs are mostly expensive imports and that doesn’t help. Great music and a great trio.
Highly recommend!
Giving it a listen on Qobuz now, very nice 
Ha! The composer of the first record I ever bought. When I was a little kid in the early '60s my very first record was a 45-RPM single - a song called “Palisades Park” by Freddy “Boom-Boom” Cannon. It was written by Chuck Barris of Gong Show fame.
Hopefully warmer today. Had a rough night, Lucinda was not sleeping well . . . and that meant I didn’t either.
Starting off with an old favorite, my OG LP copy of Grateful Dead “Blues for Allah”. . . sounds really good today.
and on to
Mario Adnet & Phillippe Baden Powell “Afro-Samba Jazz–the Music of Baden Powell” Adventure Music cd
Another great sounding Adventure Music cd.
Dodged a big storm last night! Starting off this morning with a re-listen to the first disc in this new release.
Freddie Hubbard “On Fire” Resonance Records 2 cd set, disc 1
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Bennie Maupin – tenor saxophone
Kenny Barron – piano
Herbie Lewis – bass
Freddie Waits – drums
Recorded live at the Blue Morocco in the Bronx, New York, on April 10, 1967
Followed by
This is a great album that I did not pay due attention to when first released. Really something!
Abdullah Ibrahim “The Balance” Gearbox cd
Alto Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo Flute – Cleave Guyton Jr.
Baritone Saxophone – Marshall McDonald
Double Bass – Alec Dankworth
Double Bass, Cello – Noah Jackson
Drums – Will Terrill
Engineer – Tony Platt
Harmonica – Adam Glasser
Piano – Abdullah Ibrahim
Sleeve Notes – Abdullah Ibrahim
Tenor Saxophone – Lance Bryant
Trombone – Andrae Murchison
Recorded at RAK Studio 1.
A remarkable record from the very first notes…
Thank you !
