A Jazz Ten

[Forrrce]

Old faves never die. Back in the CD drive this week. Largely modal.

1. Blue Mitchell 'Turquoise' (Riverside)
2. Clifford Jordan 'Sunrise In Mexico' (Riverside)
3. Walter Bishop, Jr. 'Three Loves' (Blues Interactions)
4. Max Roach 'As Long As You're Living' (Mercury session) (Mosaic)...just so BOSS!
5. Gigi Gryce 'Blues In The Jungle' (Prestige)
6. Gil Evans 'Time Of The Barracudas' (Verve)
7. Gil Evans 'Las Vegas Tango' (Verve)
8. Freddie Hubbard 'Assunta' (Blue Note)
9. Harold Land 'Chocolate Mess' (Mainstream...by name, not nature...aggressive, funky and so TOUGH)
10. Eddie Harris 'Free Speech' (Atlantic)...Our Ed. in orbit...a space funk encounter of the darkest kind.

[Nano]

Ten jazz CDs never far from my CD player? OK, let´s play:

1-MILES DAVIS - Kind of blue (1959)
2-MILES DAVIS - Tribute to Jack Johnson (1971)
3-DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET - Time out (1959)
4-NINA SIMONE - a compilation from her early jazz days, including her classic rendition of "I loves you Porgy"
5-AHMAD JAMAL - But not for me (live 1958)
6-BILLIE HOLIDAY - a homemade compilation from her early days with Lester Young
7-JOHN COLTRANE - My favorite things (1960?)
8-THELONIOUS MONK - Solo Monk (1965)
9-MIKE STERN - Standards and other songs (1993)
10-ENRIQUE "MONO" VILLEGAS - Grabaciones inéditas (an old local piano player which sounds like Bill Evans and Monk combined)

[K-Bee]

Finally!! A Jazz top ten list. :lol: I'm not surprised the guy who starts it is you Forrrce

Current cd's in my player:
(no particular order)

1) Uri Caine - Bedrock (2002)
2) Joey Calderazzo - Joey Calderazzo (2000)
3) Oscar Peterson - Hello Herbie (1969)
4) Joshua Redman - Freedom In The Groove (1996)
5) Miles Davis - Live In Copenhagen 1985 (unreleased bootleg)
6) Christian McBride - Family Affair (1998)
7) Bill Evans - Last Concert in Germany (1980)
8) Joey Defranceco -Incredible (2001)
9) Gene Harris & The Three Sounds - Live At The "It" Club (1970)
10) The Crusaders - Those Southern Knights (LP) (1976)

[gvtaylor]

Ten jazz tunes I'm feeling at the moment.
Music to put a smile on your face :P

1. Hal Singer : Malcom X. (Futura France)
2. Carmen Lundy : Time Is Love. (Black Hawk USA)
3. Jorge Lopez Ruiz : El Grito. (CBS Argentina)
4. Cannonball Adderley : Lovers. (Fantasy USA)
5. Five Corners Quintet : Three Corners. (Ricky-Tick Finland)
6. Ronnie Mathews : Manha Do Carnival. (East Wind Japan)
7. Nicola Conte: Tema De La Onda. (Dejavu Italy)
8. Jaime Delgado : Sayonara Blues. (Sono Radio Peru)
9. Quinteplus : El Pasito De Nano. (EMI Argentina)
10. Gap Mangione : Boy With Toys. (GRC USA)

Mark

[Forrrce]

Originally Posted by gvtaylor

Carmen Lundy : Time Is Love.

Discussed and listened to the earlier version of this only last Saturday. Probably my favourite cut by her.

Five Corners Quintet : Three Corners.

Actually tuned in to Mr. Peterson's show last week and was quite impressed by this - sounds like Roy Ayers, circa 'West Coast Vibes'. Modern, but classic in sound.

Ronnie Mathews : Manha Do Carnival.

A criminally under-recorded pianist who has never put a foot (or finger) wrong. Regularly spin his 'The Thang' LP, also.

[gvtaylor]

The Five Corners Quintet is classic jazz with all the benefits of modern production tecniques, Eero Koivistoinen is on sax (so you know it's gotta be good). I was luck enough to get sent a promo 10" copy, will be in the shops mid Feb 04.
The Ronnie Mathews is a great piece of mid-tempo fender jazz, bit tricky to find though (even goes for big bucks in Japan where it originates from).
Carmen Lundy has such a great voice, never get tired of hearing this track. :lol:

Mark

[Forrrce]

Ten for this week:

Art Matthews '5/4 Thing' (LP)
Artistic Heritage Ensemble 'Malcolm X' (LP)
Shunzo Ohno 'Falter Out'/'Once Again' (LP)
Brother Ah 'Spirits In The Night' (CD)
Gil Evans 'There Comes A Time' (CD)
Jazz Crusaders 'Greenback Dollar' (LP)
Rosemary Clooney/Woody Herman 'I Believe In Love' (LP)
Joe Chambers & Friends 'Night And Day' (LP)
4-Sight 'En Jai-Jai' (CD)
Five Corners Quintet 'Three Corners' (10") (excellent, for a new record)

[gvtaylor]

A 'Dirty Dozen' Jazz Selection, Happy Jazz on Soul 24-7.
Music to put a smile on your face :lol:

1. DAZAI YURI SEXTET: MIDNIGHT, TOKYO. AFTERS OR 12" JAPAN (KILLER OLD SCHOOL NEW JAZZ RELEASE)
2. SAHIB SHIHAB & THE DANISH RADIO JAZZ GROUP: THE CROSSEYED CAT. OKTAV LP DENMARK
3. MILT JACKSON: THE MORNING AFTER. VERVE LP U.S.A.
4. SAMBOSSA 5: ZERO HORA. RCA LP BRAZIL
5. LINDBERG HEMMER FOUNDATION FEATURING MARK MURPHY: LITTLE THINGS. RAW FUSION LP SWEDEN
6. JAZZ HIP TRIO: ORANGE BOOM. MAJOR MINOR LP U.K.
7. HORACIO ROSAS JAZZ 5: TIEMPO FRIO. CABAL LP ARGENTINA
8. CHET BAKER: SALSAMBA. MUSICA LP FRANCE
9. SALENA JONES: THE MOMENT OF TRUTH. CBS LP U.K.
10. GEORGE CABLES: EBONY MOONBEAMS. TRIO LP JAPAN
11. RICHARD EVANS: CAPRICORN RISING. HORIZON LP U.S.A. (OLD CLASSIC FROM BACK IN THE DAYS!)
12. SONNY CRISS: ODE TO BILLY JOE. PRESTIGE LP U.S.A.

Mark

[Forrrce]

The Mark Taylor? If so, we have some acquaintances is common...

[gvtaylor]

Hiya Forrrce,
The circles we move in are sometimes smaller than we think!
I know of another Mark Taylor here in the South of England who plays soul & jazz, so I changed my dj name in the early 90s to Mark GV Taylor (also part of the Dig Family from Leeds, check Straight No Chaser playlists!)
Do you know any of the guys at Soul 24-7 radio?

Mark

[Forrrce]

Mark, you do the show with Adrian Leach? I haven't listened in a lot because I work Sundays and don't get home 'til late. The people we have in common would be along the lines of Cooper, Albert, etc...ringing any bells?!

[gvtaylor]

Yeah, I know these infamous two! (just spoke to John yesterday) Do you still sometimes go out to club nights, jazz or other styles?

Mark

[Forrrce]

I do go out occasionally and I still DJ from time to time. I play mainly boogie and disco, plus fusion if I don't get booed off. I should be doing a little project with John in the near future - I've been buying records from him and the other guys sin ce around '89. I do the Cedar Audio restoration for the label that he used to work for. Anything else you want to know, I'll PM you.

Also constantly on the look out for 'The Bottom End' for Seymour!

[gvtaylor]

A small world indeed! I know Seymour very well, he often comes round my place for a disco or jazz music session.
He finally found out the background of The Bottom End!
Turns out it was a 12" released by a Californinan audio company. They had it made for testing high end hi-fi equipment (the B-side is church organ music!!!)

Mark

[Forrrce]

Originally Posted by gvtaylor

A small world indeed! I know Seymour very well, he often comes round my place for a disco or jazz music session.
He finally found out the background of The Bottom End!
Turns out it was a 12" released by a Californinan audio company. They had it made for testing high end hi-fi equipment (the B-side is church organ music!!!)

Mark

That's right, so if anyone here knows M&K audio from LA - we need some copies of one of their test LPs!