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Re: What's spinning?
Reply #24800 - 02/07/24 at 11:54:05

Jon Irabagon "Behind the Sky"

An interesting quintet date featuring Tom Harrell. I have become quite amazed at how Harrell can fit into so many configurations of jazz.

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It’s cold enough up here this morning. . . but this cover picture made me put on a sweater.

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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24801 - 02/07/24 at 12:50:35 Bobby Hutcherson "Mirage" Landmark cd A great quartet date from '91 with Tommy Flanagan, Peter Washington and Billy Drummond.
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24802 - 02/07/24 at 15:51:02 Miles Davis "Volume 1" Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD Includes 3 alternates.
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24803 - 02/07/24 at 16:35:19 Andrew Hill "Compulsion" Blue Note HDTT cdr
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24804 - 02/07/24 at 17:25:26 Miles Davis "Porgy and Bess" Columbia, HDTT cdr
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24805 - 02/08/24 at 00:50:36 Paul Horn "Something Blue" HiFi Jazz, HDTT cdr
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Re: What's spinning?
Reply #24806 - 02/08/24 at 01:41:03

As I sometimes do I followed “Something Blue” with Miles Davis “Kind of Blue.” There is so much to this recording, so many times it reveals something new. This time through I was struck by an aspect of the engineering–how whenever one of the horns solos the entrance is boosted, exciting and attention grabbing. Especially Miles–his entrances are so projecting and tonally full. The engineering also reveals how integral I think to the album was Paul’s bass playing. He was such a master, especially during this year imo.

This time I’m listening to Sony SRCS 9104.

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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24807 - 02/08/24 at 08:50:21 Carmen Lundy "Come Home" Afrasia Productions cd Up early with Fiona the dachshund. Sigh. Great sound on this cd though compensates.
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24808 - 02/08/24 at 11:51:40 Andrew Hill "Point of Departure" Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD Not a favorite Blue Note or Hill but it sure sounds good in this edition. Followed by Zoot Sims "Hawthorne Nights" Pablo cd A dectet arranged by Bill Holman and Zoot really stands out.
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Re: What's spinning?
Reply #24809 - 02/08/24 at 22:07:59

I haven't spent nearly enough money on music lately so I went shopping...and came home with this:

DSD 4x (DSD256) download by 2xHD

It is Bill Evans, so it is self recommending. And it was recorded in the same studio, MPS in the Black Forest in Germany, where one of my desert island classical recordings was cut. So it sounds great. Musically it might not be equal to the Village Vanguard Sessions, but then what is?

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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24810 - 02/09/24 at 00:34:48 Yes, that's a good Evans, I have the cd version. Right now My favorite sounding version of this "Monk" title, the Japanese RVG edition from last year. Followed by Jonathan Blake "Trion" disc 2
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24811 - 02/09/24 at 01:19:03 Last one today. . . had a few hiccups that I had to clear up today, and this disc is like a comfort food sampler to finish up the day with a calming mood. I love this music! Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto "Por Causa de Voce"
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24812 - 02/09/24 at 09:51:12 Magos Herrera and Brooklyn Riders "Dreamers" cd
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24813 - 02/09/24 at 10:38:17 Grant Green "I Want to Hold Your Hand" Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24814 - 02/09/24 at 11:51:39 I had to hear "Lonely Fire" so I dug out the OG 2 LP set. Miles Davis "Big Fun" Columbia 2 LP Followed by Stanley Turrentine "Rough and Tumble" Blue Note reissue LP
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24815 - 02/09/24 at 22:02:37 Renee Rosnes "Written in the Rocks" One more listen to this one before it is re-filed in the shelves.
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24816 - 02/10/24 at 09:16:47 I'm at the point where the SEWE300B is just my time machine now and I spin disc after disc, cd and SACD and LP. Such a happy camper! Right now Ahmad Jamal "Emerald City Nights Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968" disc 2
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24817 - 02/10/24 at 10:14:16 Bob has been silent in this listening space too long. Bob Dylan "Springtime in New York" Deluxe cd version, disc 4.
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JBzen Seasoned Member Posts: 1381	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24818 - 02/10/24 at 11:52:12 Likely the closes I will experience the 4th dimension in our 3 dimensional space. Great source, gear, and room.
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24819 - 02/10/24 at 12:46:03 Went on to disc 5 of "Springtime in New York." Then Jason Moran, "Artist in Residence" Blue Note cd. Um. Okay. There is some great music here but the added voice reading text and the low level scraping and rustling. . . nah.
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JBzen Seasoned Member Posts: 1381	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24820 - 02/10/24 at 13:02:15 Very good recording but without low level detail. Has that British air to it.
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24821 - 02/10/24 at 18:21:01 Carmen Lundy "Moment to Moment" Arabesque Records cd Drums – Buddy Williams Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass – Kenny Davis Guitar – Kevin Eubanks Keyboards – Onaje Allan Gumbs Percussion – Mayra Casales Piano – Onaje Allan Gumbs Producer – Carmen Lundy Tenor Saxophone – Chico Freeman Vocals – Carmen Lundy
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24822 - 02/10/24 at 19:06:19 Eddie Harris "LIve in Berlin" Timeless/Solid Records cd
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Re: What's spinning?
Reply #24823 - 02/11/24 at 09:30:52

On another forum someone was playing this Lawrence Brown disc and so I pulled a few Verve Elite cds from the shelves.

Hard to believe this series was introduced about 25 years ago! I made sure to get all of them at the time.

Lawrence Brown had such a great sound and Ellington loved to feature him. This cd reissue has an additional two tracks compared to the original LP.

Lawrence Brown "Slide Trombone" Verve Elite cd

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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24824 - 02/11/24 at 10:29:17 Turning to the "Art of the Vegh Quartet" box set to listen to the earliest Mozart string quartets. My Dad was a huge Mozart fan. . . me not so much. But I do llike this Quartet and the sound is nice this morning. Fiona the dachshund is restless though so I'll see if I can make it through the disc. Disc 9
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Re: What's spinning?
Reply #24825 - 02/11/24 at 19:42:55

I have also been listening to some of the Mozart string quartets - Hagen Quartet, "Mozart - the String Quartets" on Deutsche Grammaphon from 2003:

I have been listening to Beethoven early quartets, and I wanted a little more context on earlier string quartets - these certainly "feel" different to me from Beethoven.

Also have done some reading about string quartets in general. It seems like string quartets have been the "people's" form of classical music, and that the sale of sheet music for string quartets was important to composers, reaching amateur musicians who were playing the music. It also seems like the later Beethoven quartets may have been more difficult for interested amateurs to perform (though based on the internet, it looks like there are some accomplished amateurs continuing to this day working on playing this music.

I keep trying to think of amateur quartets playing quartets in the time of Mozart as the equivalent to a "garage band" today, but I am not sure that analogy quite works! Joking aside, actually working through a quarter by playing it seems like an incredible way to know this music.

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Re: What's spinning?
Reply #24826 - 02/11/24 at 19:51:14

I actually knew members of a chamber music group of amateurs in Austin who I watched several times in rehearsals, performances and did some recording for them. One quartet of them tackled some Mozart and early Beethoven quartets . . . but I never knew of them tackling the later. I think they knew their limits! The members I know most were clarinetists and pianists. For several reasons my involvement with them ended about 20 years ago.

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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24827 - 02/12/24 at 09:52:31 Terri Lynn Carrington "New Standards, Vol. 1" Great start to a cold quiet post-Super Bowl morning.
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24828 - 02/12/24 at 10:32:41 "Evenings at the Village Gate" SHM-SACD I can get used to the not-so-fantastic sound. . . but I'm not sure I'll ever get used to the green Impulse labels on these SHM-SACDs!
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24829 - 02/12/24 at 22:18:46 Miroslav Vitous "Majesty Music" Columbia/Sony cd
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24830 - 02/13/24 at 00:46:23 Duke Ellington "Ellington at Newport" Columbia 2 cd set, disc 2
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24831 - 02/13/24 at 01:34:29 Smokey & Miho "Tempo de Amor: songs of Baden Powell"
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24832 - 02/13/24 at 09:37:11 Sonny Rollins "Newk's Time" Blue Note 85th Anniversary UHQCD Japan Haven't played this in a long time. . . didn't even remember it being stereo. Sounds great in this new release from Japan.
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24833 - 02/13/24 at 10:15:08 Phil Ranelin "The Found Tapes: Live in Los Angeles" disc 1 of 3 I was surprised at how good the sound is on this date (the longest in the set). Interesting playing.
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Dana Seasoned Member Posts: 699	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24834 - 02/13/24 at 18:45:33 Chuck Mangione Feels So Good Released: 1977 Engineer: Mick Guzauski
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JBzen Seasoned Member Posts: 1381	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24835 - 02/13/24 at 19:25:44 Keeping up the weight of tape with MJ 1982 Epic CD. Yesssssir we sounding gooooooodddddd!
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JBzen Seasoned Member Posts: 1381	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24836 - 02/13/24 at 20:15:01 Spinning down from 200 to 45 rpm. Glad to have acquired this lp. Sublime for sure. The last track on side 4 “Gold Dust Women” is on the top when it comes to weight. Coming up next! I’ll leave you with that.
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Geno Seasoned Member Without music, life would be a mistake. Posts: 2032	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24837 - 02/13/24 at 20:22:50 Quote: Chuck Mangione Feels So Good Dana, the title track was one of our most popular "system testers" back in the day
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Re: What's spinning?
Reply #24838 - 02/13/24 at 21:11:33

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the title track was one of our most popular "system testers" back in the day

You had to post that

I was about to call it a day but remembered that album was acquired last summer. Gave it a spin and it is a good recording albeit a bit forward. Some tracks seem to place the listener in the middle of the drum kit! Fantastic recording but not intimate. Love the ~~symbols~~ symbals on the title track!

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Dana Seasoned Member Posts: 699	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24839 - 02/13/24 at 22:28:18 Ain't music fun? Hey Lon, Did you like the Magos and Dreamers Album?
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24840 - 02/13/24 at 22:42:36 Yes, it's good. I like her "solo" albums a bit more, but I'm glad I got "Dreamers."
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JBzen Seasoned Member Posts: 1381	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24841 - 02/13/24 at 22:53:08 Now this recording is intimate. The last track "Hey Joe" is my favorite rendition of that song. Outstanding!
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Re: What's spinning?
Reply #24842 - 02/13/24 at 23:00:00

Dana wrote on 02/13/24 at 18:45:33:

Chuck Mangione
Feels So Good
Released: 1977
Engineer: Mick Guzauski

https://plytygramofonowe.pl/218143-large_default/chuck-mangione-feels-so-good-66...

My youngest brother, then a trumpet student in high school, played that over and over and over and over and over. . . I really never need to hear it again!

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Dana Seasoned Member Posts: 699	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24843 - 02/13/24 at 23:03:43 Dennis Coffey – Dennis Coffey Year: 2011 Engineer, Mixing, Producer: Al Sutton Magos & Limón (Javier Limón, Magos Herrera ) Dawn The acoustic duo of Mexican jazz vocalist Magos Herrera and Spanish Flamenco guitarist Javier Limón made their debut in 2014 Engineer, Mixing: Salomé Limón
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 23705	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24844 - 02/13/24 at 23:13:55 George Coleman "In Baltimore" Reel to Real cd
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Re: What's spinning?
Reply #24845 - 02/14/24 at 05:31:53

Ending the day with Duke Elliington's "Money Jungle."

One of two Ellington CDs that I have - for me this is an interesting but challenging recording. This trio setting is much different that most of the Duke Ellington recordings I have heard, and the CD starts off with lots of energy being generated by the trio.

I looked it up on Wikipedia, and it had a pretty long discussion about this recording. Apparently, there was quite a bit of conflict during the session, and at one point, Mingus walked out of the session (but was convinced to return). Wikipedia cites a Thomas Cunniffe review, that indicates that the walk-out occurred after recording "Money Jungle," and that the later recorded songs are "rather subdued." I hear the same thing - the energy level is much lower on the last few songs.

For me though, I really enjoy the first part of the CD.

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Reply #24846 - 02/14/24 at 13:41:10

I love "Money Jungle." Duke shows so much pianistic and compositional skill here.

Charles and Duke had history. . . Duke fired Charles from his dream job as bassist for the Orchestra because he got into a fight and threatened with a knife the long time trombonist Juan Tizol his first week on the job or so . . . . I'm glad Duke turned on the charm and got him back to finish the session. There are expanded cd reissues that have a lot of extra material worth hearing.

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MikeinMontana Seasoned Member Posts: 211	Re: What's spinning? Reply #24847 - 02/14/24 at 16:11:34 We love Dire Straits: Played the mofi sacd version last-night, and it has one of our favorites on it, Private Investigations. First time hearing it on our new Zen amp. Unreal.... (this is happening a LOT)
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Re: What's spinning?
Reply #24848 - 02/14/24 at 16:26:15

Lon, some of Money Jungle seems to be improvised blues, which is something I feel relatively familiar with. The first song ("Very Special," which I am listening to again right now) is interesting, as the bass seems really active in that song, and I feel like Ellington takes a few moments to adjust, but then gets on top of it quickly, so that the song sounds more together to me as it goes on. To me, that is a demonstration of pianistic skill.

This definitely seems like a recording that will reward listening to it multiple times to absorb!

Mike - I also enjoy re-listening to music I know on my Decware amp, and am surprised how often I hear new things in it.

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Reply #24849 - 02/14/24 at 16:35:17

wikipedia has a really nice article on "Money Jungle" . . .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_Jungle

Yes, Ellington I consider a "painter" of the blues and he often wrote on the spot blues melodies that were easy to work out in the studio for a recording. The real jewel here for me is "African Flower" which he later brought into the Orchestra's repertoire--I just love that melody and how it is arranged and performed.

I've been listening to this album for over thirty years on and off. Hearing it for the first time was possibly the first time I heard elements of Duke's playing that Thelonious Monk seemed to fancy and develop on. I think Ellington was a fascinating pianist. One other album that showcases this is "Piano in the Foreground" on Columbia.

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