HTF Jazz Club - Page 5

Mike Broadman · 05-08-2002, 05:54 PM

Nice! Be sure to give us lots of tasty comments on the music.

Mark Klaus · 05-09-2002, 01:17 PM

Well, this Jazz neophyte is back. I've been exploring more Jazz since my encounter with "Kind of Blue". I've found a good spot on the net to sample many of the masters, it's at the NPR site and is well worth checking out if you're just starting with Jazz.

In my car right now, Benny Goodman (from Ken Burns series). I just can't get enough of "Sing, Sing, Sing" lately. I didn't know swing music could rock so hard, to use obviously incorrect terminology.

From the NPR site, I'm particularly enamered with what I've heard from Charlie Parker. Anyone have a good recommendation there?

Mike Broadman · 05-09-2002, 03:55 PM

Mark, if you check the very beginning of the thread, you'll see my description of an excellent 2 disc compilation which gathers tracks from various record labels. It's a great listen, as there are no alternate takes or anything academic like that: just one brilliant song after another, all of them jazz legends.

Frank_S · 05-09-2002, 04:10 PM

Mike, nice thread, I'd like to recommend a couple of albums to your club.

Gene Ammons-Boss tenor
Ben Webster meets Oscar Peterson
Ben Webster-Soulville
Sonny Rollins-Saxophone Colosseus(spell check)

I only own 2 jazz CD's, all the rest is on vinyl, mostly audiophile releases. Tenor sax and trumpet sounds so lifelike through analog gear, hopefully you've heard it for yourself. I went through my dad's record collection last month and found Ella Fitzgerald sing Duke Ellington, Vol. 2
It's actually a 50's pressing on "His Masters voice" label.
I played it through and was amazed at the soundstage, I really do prefer mono recordings of these early jazz albums.
Anyway, keep this thread going!.

Lee Scoggins · 05-09-2002, 07:07 PM

Ben Webster-Soulville.

I have not thought about or heard this one in a while.

[rummaging through collection...]

Frank, you da man!

Lee

James RD · 05-09-2002, 07:44 PM

I love the Sonny Rollins!

Here are a few others I've bought recently and would like to recommend:

Lee Morgan - Sidewinder
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music
Charles Lloyd - Hyperion With Higgins
Cannonball Adderley Quintet - At The Lighthouse
Charles Mingus - Mingus Dynasty
Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train

I'm sure some of these titles have been mentioned earlier in this thread. Good music.

Frank_S · 05-09-2002, 07:48 PM

Lee,

Quote:

Ben Webster-Soulville.
I have not thought about or heard this one in a while.

Lee, do you have it on vinyl? If not, pick a copy up. It's a great mono recording, I use it as a reference.

Mark Klaus · 05-10-2002, 02:59 PM

Mike,

I managed to win an ebay auction for the Charlie Parker set you suggested, sealed copy for 19.25 shipped, not too bad.

Will let you know what I think after listening, but based on the preview I heard, the result is hardly in doubt.

TonyButler · 05-14-2002, 11:03 AM

Sunday night I caught Chet Baker on BET Jazz. Good horn tone considered his physical state. The camera zoomed in on his hands...yep, puffy heroin fingers.

Paul_Medenwaldt · 07-10-2002, 12:02 PM

I'm curious to see if there are any Curtis Stiger fans here!!

If there are any, i'd like to find out how people feel about him and his recent jazz albums.

It looks like he is getting away from his pop background and getting back to what his roots were, which was jazz.

I really enjoyed his first album. His second album "Time Was" was good, but it seemed like it went to mainstream.
"Brighter Days" was a decent album, seemed too personal of an album though. Lyrically it was strong and at times kinda dark and the music was a departure from the previous albums.

His last 2 albums "Baby Plays Around" and "Secret Heart" are great jazz albums. I really enjoy listening to his voice work its magic over some great jazz standards as well as his own compositions.

Personally i would like to see him continue with jazz recordings, he has a great talent for the genre.

I'm also seeing him in concert tonite. I'm curious if he will play much from his first 3 albums. The setting for the show tonite is in a jazz club. It's his 3rd and last nite here in St. Paul. He's doing 2 shows a nite. I'm looking forward to the show.

Paul

Joe Cole · 07-15-2002, 10:57 PM

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out on SACD is indeed out standing. I was very surprised how good this disk is. Just goes to show you what SACD can do with analog masters.

Has anyone here heard Dave's 40th aniversity tour SACD?

Mike Broadman · 07-16-2002, 12:32 AM

Mark, I hope you're enjoying the Parker set. It's not for everyone since it sounds so old, but the musical rewards are worth it.

I think I'm gonna sell my copy of this set because I want to get a particular box set that has, like, everything Parker ever did in the studio for Savoy, Dial, and Verve. Every single note Parker ever played is worthy of consideration. But then again, I tend to get a little obsessive.

James RD, those are great albums. Monk's Music is just so perfect- I have been falling in love with it all over again lately. The other day I picked up an old album he did with Sonny Rollins on Prestige. Nice stuff. While the SACD of Straight No Chaser is nice, it is not Monk at his best (but it's still pretty damn good). Sony, if you're listening, Monk deserves the Golden treatment. Be nice...

The Mingus album is, of course, genius. It is a scientific fact.

Night Train is my "reference" album for bass playing in a trio. Ray Brown is just the Man. Sometimes Peterson's playing puts me off, but he is in fine form on this album.

This past Saturday night, the Cuban pianist Chucho Valdez performed at the Ragatta Bar in Boston. I tried to go see him but they sold out.

Did anyone attend?

NP: Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia, Friday Night in San Fransisco, SACD