Today's JAZZ playlist
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Dennie
Klipsch La Scalas
Blue Skies -- CD
Cassandra Wilson
1988 JMT/Polydor Tokyo Japan
On 1988's Blue Skies, Cassandra Wilson took her first step away from the home she had built with Steve Coleman's M-Base organization. She'd done standards before, all the way back to 1985's Songbook. There are no M-Base players on this JMT set. She fronts a very conventional trio comprised of pianist Mulgrew Miller, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, and bassist Lonnie Plaxico. The last of these is very significant because it would be Plaxico who directed her very startling and focused transformation when she signed to Blue Note Records in 1993 and released Blue Light 'Til Dawn. The program is pure standard fare, from "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" and "Shall We Dance?" to the title track and Rodgers & Hart's "I Didn't Know It What Time It Was." This cut is the most startling break from the rest in that it is much more forceful and hard-swinging than other readings, and showcases for the first time Wilson's tremendous individuality as a vocalist. There is much of Betty Carter still in her style here, but on this cut, she's pure Wilson, even the scatting comes not from jazz but from the blues of Wilson's Mississippi homeland. Another standout is Carter Burwell's "Sweet Lorraine," which wasn't quite a standard at the time but is quickly becoming one covered by many singers and is delivered in the classic repertoire's lineage. Not a masterpiece, but a really compelling first experiment with the more intimate forms and smaller groups Wilson would employ later on. ~ Thom Jurek
Track Listing
1. Shall We Dance?
2. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
3. I've Grown Accustomed to His Face
4. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
5. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
6. I'm Old Fashioned
7. Sweet Lorraine
8. My One and Only Love
9. Autumn Nocturne
10. Blue Skies
Personnel: Cassandra Wilson (vocals); Mulgrew Miller (piano); Lonnie Plaxico (bass); Terri Lynne Carrington (drums).
Bobby Hutcherson ~ Happenings
Blue Note
Blue Note
poppachubby
Boo Yaka! Boo Yaka!
Stan Getz & Jimmy Raney The Complete Recordings of the Stan Getz Quintet w/ Jimmy Raney
Philly Joe Jones - Philly Joe's Beat
Philly Joe Jones - Philly Joe's Beat
poppachubby
Boo Yaka! Boo Yaka!
Here's Lee Morgan
Grachan Moncur III - Evolution
Harold Land - The Fox
The Jazztet At Birdhouse
Freddie Hubbard - Ready For Freddie
Jimmy Heath - Love And UNderstanding
Grachan Moncur III - Evolution
Harold Land - The Fox
The Jazztet At Birdhouse
Freddie Hubbard - Ready For Freddie
Jimmy Heath - Love And UNderstanding
Hoffius
Left Eye Dominant
Here's Lee Morgan
Grachan Moncur III - Evolution
Harold Land - The Fox
The Jazztet At Birdhouse
Freddie Hubbard - Ready For Freddie
Jimmy Heath - Love And UNderstanding
Nice set. :thmbsp: I'm on the look out for that Lee Morgan record.
poppachubby
Boo Yaka! Boo Yaka!
Thanks, when I post multiple sides, it's usually a digital playlist, set to random. Usually mix in some soul, r&b and blues too. Check the soul thread for those postings...
If you're a fan of Lee Morgan, all of his VJ sides are essential. I bought the Mosaic set which pairs all of Wayne Shorter's and his output on VJ.
Great set, but from the time when Mosaic would track the alternates right after the album cut. To listen to it straight through, you are listening to just about every tune twice in a row. I simply ripped mine to FLAC and reordered the alternates to the end.
I am quite certain that all of those individual sides have been reissued to vinyl. The originals are pricy, I paid an arm and a leg for my copy of "The Young Lions".
OK I'm gonna log off now and enjoy, have a good night.
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vinylkid58
Super Member
Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet (OJC reissue)
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Art K.
The Voodoo You Do!
I hope she is good because I just bought 4 of her albums!