All That Jazz ...

[Jayant_S]

Thanks to a recommendation by @thedude I’ve been using the CLZ Music app for a while now:

CLZ Music mobile app, for iOS and Android

Organize your music collection on your iPhone, iPad or Android device. Just enter artists and titles or scan CD barcodes (with your device camera) for automatic album details like label, genre, release year, all song titles and cover art.

www.collectorz.com

Since the app provides lots of album information, including cover art and track times, it’s very easy to select the next disc for your listening session. You can also do totally random stuff like making a collage of all your classic 50s and 60s Blue Notes. Provided, of course, you’re totally lukha on a Saturday night

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You're making Don Was' job easier. He now has a ready reckoner to pick the next albums for reissue

 

[Sean de Silva]

The eponymous studio album - Dianne Reeves 1987

 

[coaltrain]

You're making Don Was' job easier. He now has a ready reckoner to pick the next albums for reissue

Damn! And here I was, hoping he’d reissue the albums that are not in the list

 

[Jayant_S]

Damn! And here I was, hoping he’d reissue the albums that are not in the list

I think you've got all the BNs covered! Those pictures are the catalog in full

 

[manek]

Folks looking to get into Jazz or hear one of the best 50’s had to offer with great recording quality :
Mordern Jazz Quartet - Pyramid
Available in mono and stereo. Mono sounds a tad better.

Folks that want to hear the “Daddies of the Biggest guys in Jazz” and the beauty of their improvisations :
Lionel Hampton and All Stars live at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium 1947 - Stardust and especially the track Stardust. Everything else according to me is just pale in comparison. Available in mono and stereo. Mono sounds a whole lot better.

Why the above recommendations ? 1) These two were the first two albums of jazz I listened to as a child(3-4 years old or even younger) often and they still remain top of my list.
2) Improvisations are so melodious that you wouldn't believe they were spontaneous. One can hum entire tracks and every bar like a normal song.
3) Switch off the room lights post dinner, play the above, turn the volume up high, listen with your eyes closed to heighten your auditory senses and Ascend to Heaven, only to be rudely brought back down to earth with a thud when the better half screams to let you know you are spending the rest of night on the sofa ! Sometimes you just want that so…..

Enjoy !

 

[coaltrain]

I think you've got all the BNs covered! Those pictures are the catalog in full

Unfortunately not true, Jayant!
Below are some of the OOP albums I’ve been trying to get my hands on for ages. And yes, I know some lucky devils probably have some of these on vinyl

 

[Jayant_S]

I know some lucky devils probably have some of these on vinyl

I know those lucky devils too
Some of these have been reissued recently with different cover art

 

[Nikhil]

Have been listening to this album of recent.

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[mbhangui]

Another Japanese jazz classic has finally got an affordable reissue taken from the original master tapes:

African Rock, by Akira Ishikawa & His Count Buffalos 石川晶とカウント・バッファローズ

8 track album

cinedelic.bandcamp.com

 

[acemachine26]

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Yes this one is quite funky too! Mr Bongo reissued it a few years ago. Need to pick it up, especially since their reissues are quite cheap.

 

[coaltrain]

Don't know if this has been posted here before but the John Mclaughlin Trio is definitely up there for me. It's a very unique trio in that, all three members of the band are lead musicians, a very interesting dynamic. And Trilok Gurtu, is well, Trilok Gurtu. If you like this, I'd recommend watching the entire performance.

Either I have too many CDs or else too little brains. Perhaps a bit of both!
Just realized I have the album below in my collection, with two tracks by the above trio. While it lacks the atmosphere of a live concert, it’s still an amazing listen. Di Piazza is also no slouch in the bass chair.

 

[sunilj]

One of the most amazing guitarists around, it’s unfortunate that Charlie Hunter is not more widely known. He plays an 8 string guitar and usually makes it sound like a Hammond organ. Plays the bass lines himself, too.
Btw, ‘everybody has a plan...’ is a Mike Tyson quote

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Yeah, he's freaked. Amazing guitarist.

 

[sunilj]

Have been listening to this album of recent.

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The 'Telarc' issue of 'Plays Bach' got me hooked - a brilliant album and a terrific sound check.

 

[himadri]

Metheny in a trio setting is not very common , but what an enjoyable album.

 

[Imleeman]

Either I have too many CDs or else too little brains. Perhaps a bit of both!
Just realized I have the album below in my collection, with two tracks by the above trio. While it lacks the atmosphere of a live concert, it’s still an amazing listen. Di Piazza is also no slouch in the bass chair.

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This is just brilliant.
Piazza is a unique bassist, absolutely shreds!

 

[Avinash Pai]

Garaj Mahal - I am totally sold on these guys of late. They are a fusion of jazz, rock, jam band interspersed with some Indian raagas. So many live shows.

 

[headcase]

Some new age jazz worth listening
Love the Japanese instrument "wagakki"

Sean Smith Hi Sean, TOKYO GROOVE JYOSHI is a female groove band formed in 2018 in Tokyo by three Japanese session musicians, Emi Kanazashi (keyboard,vo), Juna Serita (bass. vo) and Yuriko Seki (drums,cho). Based on 60' & 70' style jazz.

 

[Fiftyfifty]

Happy Birthday Lalo Schifrin. What an amazing musician!

Jazz Meets the Symphony by Lalo Schifrin

rumble.com

 

[coaltrain]

Some new age jazz worth listening
Love the Japanese instrument "wagakki"

Sean Smith Hi Sean, TOKYO GROOVE JYOSHI is a female groove band formed in 2018 in Tokyo by three Japanese session musicians, Emi Kanazashi (keyboard,vo), Juna Serita (bass. vo) and Yuriko Seki (drums,cho). Based on 60' & 70' style jazz.

Very cool!
I was just thinking that this could easily have been on Lalo Schifrin’s soundtrack for Enter the Dragon. Then I saw 50/50’s post

 

[headcase]

Very cool!
I was just thinking that this could easily have been on Lalo Schifrin’s soundtrack for Enter the Dragon. Then I saw 50/50’s post

Absolutely... that's what came to my mind too when i listened to it first. It qualifies as an OST.

Another such are Yoshida Brothers, Kodo & Wagakki band.