What are you listening to right now? (VOL II)

Posted by: Adam Meredith on 23 March 2008

VOL I - http://forums.naim-audio.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/38019385/m/6532968996
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by Geoff P
Nigel - Haim.....either of these are worth checking out from his ealier recordings:



If you want to hear a different much more matue Art Pepper these are worth looking for either on CD or LP



A series of 3 LP's recorded live over 3 nights - Art Pepper AFTER he got over the drugs.

As I said earlier on here....This was 1977 and yet it was the first time Pepper had lead a group on the east coast. His playing here is emotional amd has a rawness which speaks of the life he had lived by then but the skill is still there. The result is an entirely different sound and improvisations from anything eles I have from him. These are long tracks averaging 10 - 11 minutes each with fully developed soloing which Pepper shows he can sustain in an impressive way.

regards
Geoff
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by Blueknowz

The Black stuff as usual
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by MilesSmiles
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by JWM
Another highly enjoyable album of Canadian blues, with French influences thrown in for good measure...

Posted on: 07 April 2008 by Steve S1




Posted on: 07 April 2008 by Geoff P
On Vinyl....'Explorations' Bill Evans Trio

Posted on: 07 April 2008 by BigH47
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
quote:
Originally posted by von zipper:


Thanks for the prompt Gian (still rate field songs as his single most consistent album)


Hi Zipper!
I think imho that the two records have a different moulds.
If i should make a choice between the two i'd take Field Songs as well.
Bubblegum is not inferior but, i think, only different.
Cheers!
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by Sloop John B



One of those albums that gets better with every listen. Recorded live to 2 track in 2 days in May 1997 and sounds amazing. How can bands take 16 months to record an album?

SJB
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by naim_nymph

Just about have time for a test-drive spin with my most recently purchased cd, before cruzing off to work this evening... A fine album i used to own on vinyl, and after all these years it's good to hear them still firing on all four : )
(all five members of the band, that is.)

1. Good Times Roll
2. My Best Friend's Girl
3. Just What I Needed
4. I'm In Touch With Your World
5. Don't Cha Stop
6. You're All I've Got Tonight
7. Bye Bye Love
8. Moving In Stereo
9. All Mixed Up

debut album @1978
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by Graham Russell
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by hungryhalibut
quote:
Meanwhile, this is simply astonishing:


Sounds interesting - I'll give it a go. The three Art Pepper records Geoff recommends are all superb. There is a fourth volume called Volume 4 - More for Les, which has extra tracks from the three nights, and is probably my favourite. For early Pepper, you won't beat Art Pepper meets the rhythm section - recorded with Miles's rhythm section as a one off. It's quite wonderful.

Nigel
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by Steve S1
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by GML
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by Diccus62
First listen....................................

Posted on: 07 April 2008 by Julian H
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by Steve S1
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by Julian H
quote:
Put that on my to listen to list when i am over.


Shall I start a munch pile? Big Grin
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by Julian H
ok
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by GML
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by Julian H
quote:
Have you been to the shops?

sort of
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by BigH47
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by droodzilla
quote:
Originally posted by Haim Ronen:
quote:
Originally posted by droodzilla:
Meanwhile, this is simply astonishing:


Baroque violin sonatas with organ and harpsichord accompaniment - sounds potentially horrible, but it's a real delight. And yes, I am listening to it now.

Nigel


Nigel,

This trio made three superb discs on ECM. The other two are:





Unfortonately, there will not be any more recordings of this magical trio since Aloysia Assenbaum died of an illness at a relatively young age.

Haim

Thanks Haim, I'll certainly check those out. I too was sorry to read of Assenbaum's death.

That Kim Kashkashian and Robert Levin disk is also on my "to buy" list - I love the sound of the viola.

Regards
Nigel
Posted on: 07 April 2008 by droodzilla
quote:
Originally posted by Geoff P:
Nigel - Haim.....either of these are worth checking out from his ealier recordings:



If you want to hear a different much more matue Art Pepper these are worth looking for either on CD or LP



A series of 3 LP's recorded live over 3 nights - Art Pepper AFTER he got over the drugs.

As I said earlier on here....This was 1977 and yet it was the first time Pepper had lead a group on the east coast. His playing here is emotional amd has a rawness which speaks of the life he had lived by then but the skill is still there. The result is an entirely different sound and improvisations from anything eles I have from him. These are long tracks averaging 10 - 11 minutes each with fully developed soloing which Pepper shows he can sustain in an impressive way.

regards
Geoff

Thanks Geoff - and thanks to Nigel (HH) for drawing your reply to my attention. I notice Jimmy Giuffre's name on the cover of that first album - one of the great (mostly) unsung heroes of modern jazz, in my view - sadly no longer playing now, as he has Parkinson's Disease, but what a legacy. Anything by the Giuffre/Bley/Swallow trio is well worth hearing.

Nigel - hope you enjoy the Biber on ECM! Smile

Nigel