A bit warmer this morning. I want to dive right in to the set that arrived yesterday evening, John Coltrane "The Tiberi Tapes," 3 cd set from Impulse/Verve.

This tapes were made by tenor saxophonist and arranger Frank Tiberi on a small tape recorder in clubs n Philadelphia and New York clubs between 1960–61 and are lo-fi for sure, mainly picking up Coltrane (the whole point was to capture Coltrane for study). Though the sound is challenging, especially for anyone unused to jazz bootleg sound, the playing is fascinating.



This is just a distillation from 26 hours or so of recordings. The liner notes are a bit hard to read in the package, but easier to read on this fascinating page, and tell a great story about Tiberi and his career, and the recordings in the set:

https://link.fans/tiberitapes

Now a great Transition release on TOCJ Superbit Jazz Classic lp facsimile cd, remastered by Rudy Van Gelder

Bass – Doug Watkins
Drums – Jim Zitano
Piano – Ray Santisi
Trumpet – Donald Byrd

On to Abdullah Ibrahim "3" Gearbox 2 cd set, disc 2

This is wonderful music with superb engineering.

These Muzak Japan reissues sound so good!

Bud Powell "At Home Strictly Confidential + Essen Jazz Festival" Muzak Japan cd, disc 2 (Essen)

Some of my favorite Powell, with Oscar Pettiford, Kenny Clarke, and Coleman Hawkins.

A live Woody Shaw disc recorded in Switzerland in 1987, "In My Own Sweet Way" In + Out cd

Woody Shaw - trumpet
Fred Henke - piano
Neil Swainson - bass
Alexander Deutsch - drums

Stan Getz "Bossas and Ballads: The Lost Sessions" A&M/Verve cd



Stan Getz with Kenny Barron, Victor Lewis, and George Mraz. Beautiful listen.

The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings

I'm on disc 3 now of this 39 disc collection. I'm sort of 1/13th of the way through!

I like the solo and duet tracks with Joan best so far.

On to Miles Davis "Water Babies" Sony SRCS 9736 cd. I remember when this came out on LP, it was so exciting, and it sounded so good. Still does.

Franco D'Andrea New Quartet "Jobim" Philology cd

This is IMO a fantastic disc that should be better known.

Alto Saxophone – Andrea Ayace Ayassot
Bass – Aldo Mella
Drums – Alex Rolle
Piano – Franco D'Andrea

Recorded at Murec Studio, Milano on January 15, '97



Beautiful Jobim music with a fresh presentation.

Helen Merrill with a full orchestra sounds like a lovely way to start the day - I hadn't heard that Carousel album before, thanks for mentioning it. Enjoy the listen!