âFour!â is sharp, swinging jazz from four masters in sync â smooth enough for background vibes, rich enough for deep listening.
If you like Miles Davisâ âRelaxinââ, Oscar Peterson, or even modern chill jazz, this will hit a sweet spot â both timeless and approachable.
Hamptonâs got a really bad reverse pivot goinâ on there. Red looks like a player. Barney puttinâ for dough. Shelly has a decent finish position.
Excellent set with pianist Misha Mengelberg playing with a host of Chicago-area musicians.
Misha Mengelberg: piano
Fred Anderson, Ab Baars, Ken Vandermark: saxophones
Fred Lonberg-Holm: cello
Wilbert de Joode, Kent Kessler: bass
Hamid Drake, Martin van Duynhoven: drums
Rob Mazurek and Exploding Star Orchestra - âLive at the Adler Planetariumâ, another dense, spacy affair from this band, Really nice.
Rob Mazurek - director, trumpets, bells, voice, compositions
Nicole Mitchell - flute, voice, electronics
Damon Locks - voice, samplers, electronics
Tomeka Reid - cello, electronics
Craig Taborn - wurlitzer electric piano, moog, electronics
Angelica Sanchez - wurlitzer electric piano, moog
Ingebrigt HĂ„ker Flaten - bass
Chad Taylor- drums
Gerald Cleaver- drums
Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer âToniteâs Music Today/Whooeeeeâ Storyville/Muzak Japan 2 cd set, disc 2
Wow, these Muzak reissues sound so much better than any other version of the Storyville or Black Lion issues Iâve ever heard.
Lon, where did you purchase that set? Iâm assuming it is a new release.
Hey John I know cdjapan carried this and I think I bought mine from dustygroove.comâa few years ago they had about two dozen lp facsimile releases from Muzak Japan at really low pricesâthis one is no longer in stock, I think originally it was from 2017 or so, and I bought my copy in 2023.
Thanks, looks like this is probably unavailable at this pointâŠ.
Likely. You have to be the man who never sleeps, or a time traveler with unlimited fuel, to not miss out on many Japanese reissues.
The music is out thereâI think that Fresh Sound has a cd with these two LPs on it, and who knows. . . they may have lifted Muzakâs mastering.
If youâre into West Coast jazz but want it raw and live, this oneâs gold. Manneâs drumming is tight but laid-back, giving the horns and piano room to shine, and the sound is warm and clearâlike youâre a few tables back with a whiskey in hand.
A soulful, intimate jazz album spotlighting Randy Crawfordâs warm, expressive vocals paired with Joe Sampleâs elegant piano.
Digging into the second John Zorn âBagatellesâ boxâŠvolume 5, Kris Davis quartet.
Kris Davis - piano
Mary Halvorson - guitar
Drew Guess - bass
Kenny Wollensen - drums
George Masso & Dan Barrett âLetâs Be Buddiesâ Arbors Jazz cd
Close friendly jazz in excellent sound. Masso is a seasoned pro of decades of jazz leadership and a multi-instrumental master and Barrett is a virtuoso trombonist and can play a mean trumpet.
Havenât played this since the early 2000sâonce a favorite, now back in rotation. Expect sophisticated, introspective jazz: melodic, swinging, and rooted in tradition, delivered with clarity, sensitivity, and elegance.
