What are you enjoying at the moment?

Clifford Brown - The Beginning and The End. Virtuoso trumpet, particularly on Night In Tunisia.

Buddy Rich - Lionel Hampton Presents Buddy Rich. Great album, very swingy (is that a word?!). Modern production sound but recorded in 1977. Great version of Giant Steps.

John Coltrane - Coltrane's Sound. Been listening to this heavily since I got the lossless version. Marvellous album with Central Park West, Body and Soul and Equinox as standout tracks.

Roy Hargrove Big Band - Emergence has been in heavy rotation here. Fantastic album.

Most recently I've been listening to a lot of Dan Berglund's (played bass with the Esbjörn Svensson Trio) new album Tonbruket. Very nice mix of sounds in that album. Lots of typically Swedish eh... glacial music with some heavier parts and nice instrumentation - like a pedal steel guitar that reminds me of Brian Blade's Fellowship a little.

Elastic Man wrote:

Captain Beefheart albums since the news of his death.

Have yet to have a real night of remembrance, must remember to do so.

Daddio wrote:

Also, try and check out Nicholas Payton - Into the Blue. Fantastic album. Has anybody listened to him much?

Its an awesome album alright. His tone and phrasing are something else, just oozes class with every line. You can tell that he's from New Orleans!

Haven't heard any Chris Potter/Paul Motian/Jason Moran, must pick up something by them. I did however see Potter play the Galway Jazz festival with his jazz-funk group underground a couple of months ago though. I'd a really bad hangover on the day and really wanted to pass on attending but am very glad that I didn't. His playing cured me!

Gyalist wrote:

Roy Hargrove Big Band - Emergence has been in heavy rotation here. Fantastic album.

Ooooo, I wasn't aware that he had a big band. I've only got 'Earfood' but really enjoy it. Every time I hear Strasbourg St. Denis i'm left whistling it for hours!

Speaking of big bands that have been nominated for grammies - anyone else listen to Darcy James Argue's Secret Society? Really cool mix of traditional big band with undertones of dark, ominous minimalism.



Another musician who I've really gotten into lately is the guitarist Mary Halvorson. Her album Saturn Sings is really interesting. She plays a style I've never heard before. A bit like an experimental, 90s guitarist meets Kurt Rosenwinkel.

Beyond that its hard to say. I've just been trying to catch up on all the records that I've been neglecting and trying to give them the appreciation they deserve!

Allan Holdsworth, Gordon Beck, John Coltrane, Bill Evans trio, Chick Corea and some John Mclaughlin

Stevie Wonder's version of Chick Corea's Spain.

•Earth, Wind and Fire - Boogie Wonderland
•Earth, Wind and Fire - Let's Groove
•Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl
•Clara Hill (ft. Viktor Duplaix) - Paper Chaser

Mmhmm

Gyalist wrote: »

Stevie Wonder's version of Chick Corea's Spain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3VJOl_XeGs

Doh! I missed him in dublin.
What a band!!

I've been listening Tommy Emm playing Gypsy Jazz which unsurprisinigly he's amazing at too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvA_HfsbYys&feature=related

Ive been spinning, The yellow jackets for the last few days, just brillant. Got theolonius monk and chick corea aswell. Just cant get enough of monk, he was the first jazz artists that i bought a record of and ive been hooked.

bit of ronny jordan yesterday (the antidote)
and today I went with a bit of Branford Marsalis, Crazy People Music.
Amazing album , kenny kirland amazing pianist (rip)
I think when I used to go to JJ's about 10 years ago Louis Stewart's band (with richie buckley) used to start the night off with spartacus.