Adventures in collecting 'modern jazz': the classical music of America from the Fifties and Sixties, and a little Seventies, on original vinyl, on a budget, from England. And writing about it, since 2011. Travelling a little more widely nowadays, and at lower cost, but still 100% vinyl
Selection: Stretch Track List Drought 12:06 Stretch 10:35 Truth 6:56 Effi 10:31 Round Midnight 8:40 Artists: Charles Tolliver, trumpet; Stanley Cowell, piano; Clint Houston, bass; Clifford Barbaro, drums. Engineer [Floor] Shigehisa Nagao; Engineer [Recording] Kunio Arai Producer [Concert] Toshinari Koinuma Continue reading
Selection: One Mint Julep (Randolph Toombs) Track List Maiden Voyage (Herbie Hancock) 6:34The Blues 7:11One Mint Julep (Rudolph Toombs) 6:15The Preacher (Horace Silver) 5:33Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder) 4:27Giant Steps (John Coltrane) 5:45A Child Is Born (Thad Jones) 5:09 One Mint Continue reading
Selection: Chilli Peppers Track List Chili Peppers 6:52Make It Good 6:41My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera) 5:56Los Malos Hombres 6:34Scrap Iron 5:23Rotary 6:18 Artists Duke Pearson, piano; Freddie Hubbard , trumpet, flugelhorn; Garnett Brown, trombone; Jerry Dodgion, alto saxophone, Continue reading
Selection 1: Tubby Hayes: Hall Hears The Blues (Harry South) Selection 2: Dizzy Reece: Yardbird Suite (Charlie Parker) Track List Side 1 Tubby Hayes:A1. NicoleA2. Hall Hears The Blues Hayes naming one track after his producer Tony Hall (Hall Hears Continue reading
REISSUE MADNESS! Last week LJC ventured out with Jazz Eyes, reissued as Star Eyes, this week it s Angel Eyes, reissued as Bags Groove. LJC, however, remains the ORIGINAL. Selection 1: Jeanine (Pearson) Selection 2: Le Carousel (Pearson) Track List A1 Continue reading
Selection: Orpheus (Jenkins) Track List A1. Star Eyes (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) 10:00A2. Orpheus 8:20B1 Honeylike 9:15B2. Rockaway 10:00 Artists (with approximate age at time of recording session) John Jenkins (26), alto saxophone; Donald Byrd Continue reading
Selection: Midnight Sunrise (Bingo Miki) Artists: Tatsuya Takahashi Tokyo Union Composer: Bingo Miki THE TOKYO UNION Rhythm SectionMasahiro Kanayama: pianoYoshinori Ishida, bassKazuhiro Ebisawa: drumsYuji Imamura: percussionKenichi Araya,Takao Naoi: guitarsMickie Yoshino: synthesizer ReedsTatsuya Takahashi: band leader, tenor saxophone;Seiji Inoue: tenor Continue reading
Selection: Three For The Festival Track List 1 Jump Up And Down 15:34 2 Ecclusiastics 5:52 3 All The Things You Are (Hammerstein II, J. Kern) 7:33 4 Laura ( D. Raksin, J. Mercer) 7:33 5 Kirk s Delight (Kirk) 12:30 Continue reading
The complete Greek Variations, long! (23:55m) Track List (ATOL Protected) A1 SantorinA2 OmonoiaA3 DelphiA4 KerkyraA5 MeteoraA6 Kriti B1 Wine Dark LullabyB2 OrpheusB3 Persephone s JiveB4 Farewell PenelopeB5 Odysseus, King Of IthacaB6 Siren s SongB7 Veil Of Ino The first half of the Continue reading
Selection: Green and Orange Night Park Track List A1. This Is What Happens (Evans,Tippett) A2. Thoughts To Geoff (Tippett) A3. Green And Orange Night Park (Tippett) B1. Gridal Suite (Dean) B2. Five After Dawn (Tippett) B3. Dedicated To You, But Continue reading