What jazz have you been listening to today?

[gord]

buck clayton and his allstars--songs for swingers-columbia (lp)great swinging mainstream jazz.

john coltrane quartet--first meditations for quartet-impulse (cd) coltrane getting a little way out here, but still very enjoyable.

miles davis--kind of blue-columbia (cd). many jazz fans consider this the best jazz album of all time,they are probably right. gord

 

[teddy]

Kai Winding and J J Johnson. Bill Evans on piano. Loved it

teddy

 

[gord]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6D27tskNaQ


gerry mulligan meets ben webster-verve. great album, one of my favorites. gord

 

[White Knight]

Cannonball Adderly Quintet--At The Lighthouse; Wayne Shorter--Juju; Coltrane--trane's blues

 

[gord]

zoot sims-new beat bossa nova- colpix (lp)
dizzy gillespie big band-carnegie hall concert-verve (lp)

 

[OLDUDE]

Acker Bilk with Danny Moss.
Al Cohn-4 Classic Albums

 

[gord]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nos0oEW6LQo&feature=fvwrel

the five blind boys of alabama, on you tube. this is dixieland gospel at its best. gord

 

[White Knight]

Via last.fm, I listened to:
Hank Mobley--"Dig This"
Miles Davis--"All Blue"
Wayne Shorter--"Footprints"
Cannonball Adderly--"Autumn Leaves"
Art Pepper--"Groovin' High"
Horace Silver--"Que Pasa?"
Clifford Brown--"Cherokee"

 

[gord]

miles davis-birth of the cool-capitol (cd)
miles davis-at carnegie hall with gil evans orch-columbia(lp)
two classic albums from miles davis, superb jazz. gord

 

[Mat]

Bill Evans - We Will Meet Again

Peter Cincotti

 

[White Knight]

Coltrane--Giant Steps; Lee Morgan--The Sixth Sense

 

[teddy]

Enjoyed Bill Evans with Kai and JJ the other day so looked him up on spotify including some tracks with Tony Bennet ,Mingus and Stan Getz, probably my favourite pairing

teddy

 

[Mat]

Hancock's Empyrean Isles

 

[White Knight]

Mat, that's truly a great album and one of my favorites from Hancock.
I hope you enjoyed it!

 

[gord]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wwb0PyAGXI&feature=related
been listeningto monk today. gord

 

[White Knight]

That's a great song gord; even though I can't access it now because my computer's audio system is down, I am quite familiar with this classic by Monk. And his performing it with Blakey and the Messengers is even more of a bonus. Nice find!

 

[gord]

hi steve, you are right blakey and monk is a great album. on you tube tap in giants of jazz, there is a great band, monk with diz,kai, stitt, blakey etc. gord

 

[White Knight]

Via last.fm, tonite I sampled the following jazz:
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers--"Late Show"
Jackie Mclean--"Confirmation"
Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers--"Doodlin'"
Sonny Clark--"Sippin' At Bell's"
Wayne Shorter--"Dance Cadaverous"
Thelonious Monk--"Straight, No Chaser"
Hank Mobley--"This I Dig of You"
Clifford Brown--"Joy Spring"
Sonny Rollins--"Tuneup"

 

[teddy]

Brubeck and Desmond The Duets Fast becoming a favourite of mine

teddy

 

[Mat]

Peter Cincotti:

On The Moon
and
East Of Angel