Cream rising to the top. Excellent technician with artistic ideas. And what needs to be said about Ron Carter?
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I listened to disc 4 of this great set twice between yesterday and today (stolen moments! I usually don’t get to listen much at all over the weekend.)
Jo Jones on the first session is just so easy breezy and dancing with grace and draws my attention. And on the second session Arvell Shaw commands with his drive and full sound, he was playing with Armstrong as well still at this time and that energy is brought right here.
Teddy Wilson is just astonishingly good on these Verve trio recordings. He makes everything sound so easy, you miss the reworkings of the harmony that just swim in waves and his entire performance of a tune is a calculated journey that one can enjoy on so many levels. I kept thinking of Thelonious Monk here too. . .something in the way his two hands interacted and the simmering that leads into a run up or down the keyboard. . . . The earliest Monk I have heard reminded me of Wilson, and Duke. . . . There’s no vacuum packing in jazz, things seep in and out.
Next up is this, the second one I have bought of this trio. I just love Berger–and I hear a lot of harmelodic influence here, but that is also possibly the sonority of Blackwell’s past-present-future battery of beats.
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Line form the back cover…
Meanwhile, proceed directly to Go! You won’t collect $200, but you get a monopoly of Melody Avenue, Swing Street and Inspiration Place.
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One of my favorite Jazz albums…
Freddie Hubbard, Tina Brooks, McCoy Tyner, Sam Jones & Clifford Jarvis
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On this album Diana Krall’s recording of All or Nothing at All begins with an extraordinary bass solo by Christian McBride. For fun listen to Chitlins and Gefilte Fish by Christian McBride and Gina Gershon - a conversation between McBride on Bass and Gina on a mouth harp. It brings a smile every time I hear it.
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Will do!
Just came across Fred Kaplan’s Stereophile review of George Russell and have been having a ball with streaming his catalogue.
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Ha! Just finally recognised your avatar, been bugging me for ages…Spinner, from Clutch Cargo.
Spinning records I presume? 
Also on Qobuz
Gene Russell “New Direction” Black Jazz Records/Real Gone Music cd
This came out on cd months after the LP reissue. Worth the wait. I think of this one as “The 3 Black Jazz Sounds” . . .
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Jovino Santos Neto and Mike Marshall “Serenata–the Music of Hermeto Pascoal” Adventure Music
Wonderful music for a cool morning.
You are one sharp pup!
Here is a George Russell I enjoy in addition to those you posted:
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Charlie Haden and Jim Hall, two of my favorite musicians, live duo. Typically creative playing from both of them. Excellent sound for a live recording.
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the Ben Thomas Group “Triskaidekaphobia”
I’m enjoying exploring Ben Thomas’ cds.
