Excellent band:
Gene Wright, bass
Tal Farlow, guitar
Sonny Clark, piano
Bobby White, drums
Buddy DeFranco, liquorish stick
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Just arrived from Japan and I had to put it into the transport. . . .
“John Coltrane Quartet Plays” Impulse/Universal Japan SHM-SACD
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On deck: “Tourist in Paradise” — Russ Freeman and The Rippingtons at their most refined, a smooth-jazz escape with imaging, clarity, and separation that shine on resolving gear.
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Special record !
On a related Trane subject, the J. Hartman record was the only time Trane recorded with a vocalist.
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And what a great album that is.
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I am sure you know he plays at Fitzgerald’s quit frequently.
Have not been to Fitzgerald’s in a very long time. <y wife and I decided to step into the Green Milll to celebrate my birthday last Friday. Partly a nostalgia trip, partly to hear Chris Foreman, and especially to hear Geof Bradfield. To our surprise Ben Gold Berg and Myra Melford joined him and Dana Hall. Myra has been a pianist I have wanted to experience live for quite some time. Fun night all around.
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Not sure I understand, did he just recently separate from Fitzgeralds?
The music just seems to flow from the fingers of Bill Evans. A fine RSD/BF-25 acquisition. Bill Evans with Eddie Gomez and Joe Hunt, Portraits at the Penthouse Live in Seattle.
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Spinning One on One — the interplay between Klugh’s acoustic lines and James’ keys is silky, intimate, and beautifully captured. Imaging and microdynamics shine here.
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Some really great playing on this live album.
I wish the fidelity were better but it was recorded in 1986 on a Mitsubishi X 80 which, I assume, was absolutely state-of-the art but so primitive compared to what we have now.
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Can’t go wrong with Bill Evans. Nice to have each of those Resonance Records reissues.
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quite
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An interesting version of “Round Midnight” in the first session of the Evans (I have a cd copy) and that session is pretty nicely recorded. I find it interesting to hear Joe Hunt at the drum kit on this one, he had a different way of supporting Bill and Eddie.
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Colrtrane in transition, leaning into atonality on this 2025 Impulse reissue The John Coltrane Quartet Plays …
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On a recent trip to NYC, I found the original 2008 Widow’s Taste CD at Academy Records, which has long been my go-to record store in the Big Apple.
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