What jazz music are you listening to?

[bart]

Originally Posted by ehoove

The Main Event Live
Frank Sinatra
Working with Woody Herman and the Young Thundering Herd & conducted by Bill Miller, Frank Sinatra culminated a successful 1974 tour.
Reprise B00I6JEPNU
Regards,
Jim

Streaming this now.
Seems like a greatest hits concert, with a very enthusiastic public.

[ehoove]

Originally Posted by bart

Streaming this now.
Seems like a greatest hits concert, with a very enthusiastic public.

Agree, not his best by a long shot, but it was right after his label dropped him. Back then fans paid attention and responded. Times change :^(
Regards,
Jim

[ehoove]

The Cole Porter Mix
Patricia Barber
Excellent small combo, very talented songstress well recorded.
EMI/Blue Note 5014682 6
Regards,
Jim

[bart]

Originally Posted by ehoove

Agree, not his best by a long shot, but it was right after his label dropped him. Back then fans paid attention and responded. Times change :^(
Regards,
Jim

To hear Sinatra is never a punishment Jim.

[aardvarkbark]

A couple of relatively recent releases by Scott Hamilton. Along with Stan Getz, a favorite of mine on tenor sax. Great dinner party music. These two are on Spanish Blau label. Excellent in-the-room sonics. Skilled accompaniment.

[bart]

Charlie Parker - The Magnificent Charlie Parker
via Qobuz




Released this week, but you can omit it if you have a good Parker collection already.
For completists.

[bart]

Paul Jarret - Emma
Qobuz 24/44.1




Jazz, classical, nordic improvisations...?
Whatever you call it, I appreciated it.
Hannah Tolf's vocals blend in perfectly.

[ehoove]

Modern Cool
Patricia Barber
Excellent!
premonition records PREM-741-2
Regards.
Jim

[bart]

John Scofield - Bill Stewart - Steve Swallow - Swallow Tales
Qobuz 24/96




A great listen!

Rather than contempt, familiarity breeds a comfortable groove on Swallow Tales, a shared vision for a group of notable tunes written by the venerable bass veteran Steve Swallow. This straight-ahead conversation between old friends and musical partners was recorded in a brief four hours; the result is a flavorful snapshot of a long and fruitful relationship now over 40 years old between guitarist John Scofield and his mentor Swallow. The pair is accompanied by Scofield's go-to drummer, the versatile Bill Stewart, whom the guitarist has played with in a number of different musical contexts.

Energized by the easy charm of musical instinct, this session opens with one of Swallow's most beautiful ballads, "She Was Young," before shifting to "Falling Grace," where Stewart's natural and infallible rhythms support Swallow who sweeps into his signature broken time bass style. Scofield stretches out and shows his sense of invention and flair for concise solos in a fast take "Portsmouth Figurations," a tune he first heard on one of his earliest album influences, Gary Burton's Duster.

The most famous number "Eiderdown," (also the first tune Swallow ever wrote and has been covered by the likes of Chick Corea, Bill Evans and Phil Woods), receives a spirited run through with Scofield, who says he once struggled to master these changes. He deftly travels up and down the guitar neck, preferring high notes, while Stewart takes an orderly, articulate solo. Another oft-recorded tune, the waltzy "Hullo Bolinas," is taken at a brisk pace while the bassist's playful borrowing from Cole Porter—"In F"—also features another measured, tasteful solo from Stewart. A reunion more interested in bringing fresh insights to well-known repertoire than pushing envelopes, Swallow Tales is the sound of masters at work. © Robert Baird/Qobuz

[bart]

Chet Baker - Chet Baker sings
via Qobuz




This month's Stereophile recommends this very enjoyable album.

As Gerald Heard's liner notes point out, it's difficult to decide whether Chet Baker was a trumpet player who sang or a singer who played trumpet. When the 24-year-old California-based trumpeter started his vocal career in 1954, his singing was revolutionary; as delicate and clear as his trumpet playing, with a similarly bright and vibrato-free tone, Baker simply didn't sound like any previous jazz singer. His first vocal session, recorded in February 1954 and covering tracks seven through 14 of this disc, is so innocent-sounding it's like cub reporter Jimmy Olsen had started a new career as a jazz singer. The album's first six tracks, recorded in July 1956, are even more milk and cookies, thanks in no small part to syrupy material like Frank Loesser's "I've Never Been in Love Before" and Donaldson/Kahn's drippy "My Buddy." Choices from the earlier session like "My Funny Valentine" -- arguably the definitive version of this oft-recorded song -- and "There Will Never Be Another You" work much, much better. The spacious musical setting, a simple trumpet and piano-bass-drums rhythm section, is perfect for Baker's low-key style. Despite the few faults of song selection, Chet Baker Sings is a classic of West Coast cool jazz.

© Stewart Mason /TiVo