? What Jazz Music Selection are you Listening to in the Now? | Analog, Digital ??????

[LL21]

Been listening to 2 sensational downloads of the Oscar Peterson trio with Ed Thigpen and Ray Brown in 24/96:

Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook and Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook. Both superb sonically as well as musically.

Both great albums...over the years, i have quite possibly got more Oscar Peterson than any other jazz artist. its a close run with Brubeck, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk...wow, just realized they all played piano! Sense a pattern emerging here? never realized this til just now...

 

[Joe Whip]

All fantastic no doubt about that! The interesting thing about these recordings is that on HighResAudio.com, they note that they don't sell the 24/192 versions as on HDTracks as they have listened to them and they sound identical to the 24/96 tracks. I have never seen a download site ever say that, leaving that extra 24/192 money on the table. Rather refreshing, no?

 

[Ronm1]

Bitches Brew - complete

 

[slowGEEZR]

Patricia Barber, "Verse". MOFI 45rpm.

 

[Migo]

Highly recommended.

 

[prerich]

The entire band is virtually playing with gusto and virtuosity...very together...listen to the piano, the trumpet, the flute...the flute!

But it is the drummer that is the glue that gels it all. ...Great jazz ?

You're right, it's all good!

 

[Ronm1]

Sketches of Spain
French Film noir soundtrack

 

[slowGEEZR]

Connie Evingson, "Gypsy In My Soul". Red book.

 

[asiufy]

Grooving right now to the beautiful 24/192 version of this title:

Incredible interplay between the piano and the vibes (Bobby Hutcherson). Some very muscular drumming too.

 

[Ronm1]

Porgy and Bess
Fillmore

 

[slowGEEZR]

"Art Tatum" A Columbia High Fidelity release from way back in the early 1950's. There is minor surface noise, in that it is not a dead silent background, but it doesn't intrude much at all. I think this release was 1953 and the dynamics and sound are superb, except for the slight background rustling. Maybe, when my Keith Monks arrives, I can clean some of it away. Right now, it's as good as I can get it with my VPI 16.5. The trio consists of Art (piano, as if you didn't know!), Everett Barksdale (guitar) and Slam Stewart (bass). The trio was recorded in December of '52, so I would have been ten months old! The solo pieces of Art and his piano were recorded in July and September of 1949.

 

[slowGEEZR]

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, "That's It!" Red book. This'll wake you up!

 

[asiufy]

Just finished playing this one, and it's another winner!

https://ghostrhythms.bandcamp.com/album/sept-cercles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAyxXm8v9-A

Parisian jazz combo with lots of modern rock touches (but it's not jazz rock!)
They have another album that's already on my listening queue!

 

[amirm]

https://ghostrhythms.bandcamp.com/album/sept-cercles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAyxXm8v9-A

Parisian jazz combo with lots of modern rock touches (but it's not jazz rock!)
They have another album that's already on my listening queue!

This almost sounds new age to me but I can hear the jazz influences too. So it is some kind of fusion?

 

[Joe Whip]

Joe Pass Intercontinential. 24/88.2

 

[asiufy]

This almost sounds new age to me but I can hear the jazz influences too. So it is some kind of fusion?

Well, I wanted to avoid using the word, as it scares people off But I'd describe them as jazzy prog, or proggy jazz.
It's definitely not straight jazz, and it's not prog either.
But new age? Really? My idea of that is something like Steve Reich, Alio Die, etc...

 

[Migo]

Peter Bernstein trio

I love this trio. Enovation AND tradition;

 

[Recordsguy]

I'm checking out-tailor made[bobbi Humphrey]she does some vocals here and not bad.

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

Just finished playing this one, and it's another winner!

https://ghostrhythms.bandcamp.com/album/sept-cercles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAyxXm8v9-A

Parisian jazz combo with lots of modern rock touches (but it's not jazz rock!)
They have another album that's already on my listening queue!

Try these guys. Lemme know what you think!

 

[asiufy]

Ha! Maneige... Know them well, thanks
Lovely stuff... The french-canadian region had a wonderful prog scene in the 70s. I like just about everything out of that time/place.
Just recently I had the honour of introducing a canadian friend to that scene, I kid you not Here are some of my faves:

Pollen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToU6Kxpj8KY
Morse Code https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX6nJutKcQ0
Sloche https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlkUhrk8MZg
Maneige https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuCq9n8jW8E
Et Cetera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3tOes0y2hQ



cheers,
alex