All That Jazz ...

[Nikhil]

@Nikhil how are you discovering such wonderful tracks? This thread is a treasure, and your posts are bringing very much undiscovered music at least for me. Such a delight!

Welcome to the thread! Happy to have you here.

We have been lucky to have fellow forum members share their music on here.
Some of us exchange notes privately as we discover music from different sources.


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[Nikhil]

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[jaiwant_alex]

We have been lucky to have fellow forum members share their music on here.

Very lucky indeed ! I have discovered so much great music here.

It's like a refuge/oasis in a world of algorithm based content which is pushed out to us.

 

[coaltrain]

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Myself When I Am Real has got to be one of my favourite solo piano tracks of all time.
Technically not as great as some of the masters, but what emotion!

 

[coaltrain]

Check out that lineup! Beautiful album.

 

[Nikhil]

Check out that lineup! Beautiful album.

Very nice! Could not find the album on Spotify or Qobuz but found another album.




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[coaltrain]

Nikhil, you’ll find it on Apple Music.
AM also has a fantastic Japanese Jazz playlist with over 10 hours of music.

 

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[Sushant Sharma]

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Stellar album. Love it.

 

[Sushant Sharma]

In the limelight right now because of a new 45 rpm pressing just released.

Track pick for me is Mistreated but undefeated blues where guest tenorman and guitarist on the album join in.

 

[Nikhil]

In the limelight right now because of a new 45 rpm pressing just released.

Track pick for me is Mistreated but undefeated blues where guest tenorman and guitarist on the album join in.

One of my favourites!!

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[Sushant Sharma]

I thought it was Lee Morgan but its Bill Hardman on trumpet. Don't know much about him.

 

[himadri]

Heard this LP mono , on miyajima cart and Dr Fiechert tt at my friend's place.
I dont think any stereo can match that.

 

[coaltrain]

Freddie Hubbard’s last three albums for CTI have never garnered the same level of praise as his first two: Red Clay and Straight Life. And that’s a pity. While the music is less cerebral, there’s no denying their sheer ‘funkiness’, if that’s a word. So, switch off your brain, grab a refreshing beverage, and get ready, to groove with Freddie!

 

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[Fiftyfifty]

Benny Golson 95
Quincy Jones 91
Lou Donaldson 98
Roy Haynes 99

 

[coaltrain]

Lou Donaldson 98

I knew this day would come, but it doesn’t make it any easier.

14 years ago, I opened the famous red door and walked down the hallowed stairs to the Mecca of live jazz that is the Village Vanguard. I grabbed the last vacant table, not more than five feet from the stage, and ordered a Jack and Coke. As my drink arrived and I tested its potency, the packed crowd burst into applause. I knew why, of course. I had booked my ticket months in advance.

Lou Donaldson had just turned 84 a few days ago, but he didn’t look it. As he took the stage, raised his horn to his lips and launched into a soulful blues, he seemed to transform into a man half his age.

Over the next hour, Lou regaled us with some amazing music and amusing anecdotes between songs. This was a guy who had played on 52nd Street in its heydays. Armstrong, Ellington, Miles, he had known them all. Yet, his manner was self effacing, with a warm smile and gentle voice that took all of us on a journey back in time. I was in jazz heaven!

Just before the band took their last number, Lou introduced his band mates, closing with, “…and our amazing drummer is the wonderful Fukushi Tainaka. As you can tell from his name, he comes from (pause, shy smile) Minneapolis!”

Very soon, we will no longer have any time travelers to our past. But I will always cherish my all too brief voyage with this legend. RIP Lou Donaldson. And thank you for the music.

 

[jaiwant_alex]

Some nice tracks on this , particularly 'After the rain' and 'Big Bertha'.
The band includes Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Ron Carter