Red Mosquito

Kevin Davis wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:Jim Hall, where've you been all my life? etc.

I had this exact same discovery about a year ago!!

His albums with Bill Evans are both great; also check out Sonny Rollins's 1962 album "The Bridge," which is where I discovered him.

Excellent, I'll check it out post-haste. My introduction to him was via Gerry Mulligan's "Night Lights", where his playing is incredibly subtle and tasteful, and everything I've heard over the last few days has simply blown me away.

Masterful playing.

Kevin Davis wrote:And suffice it to say the Monk is great. I like that version of "Locomotive" a fair bit better than the earlier, frequently-viewed-as-superior version recorded for Presitge.

I hadn't ever spent much with Monk but I'm really, really digging this.

I love Monk so much. The common critical consensus is that his albums for Columbia were a victory lap of sorts, tame by comparison to his earlier work with Prestige and Riverside, but I think it's hooey--his band (the most regular quartet he had) was completely in the pocket on every last one of those albums, and he never had a tenor player more simpatico with his own playing than Charlie Rouse. If you like Monk's playing style you'll probably like every record he ever made.

"The Bridge" is a great album but I recommend playing it on a stereo instead of headphones, unless really hard panning issues don't bother you.

Birds in Hell wrote:...where his playing is incredibly subtle and tasteful

For a jazz thread I'm surprised this phrase hasn't been used more often.

Damn fine reissue of this semi-obscure album, originally released posthumously in 1977 but recorded in Coltrane's banner year of 1963.


Only through the first disc so far but there's hasn't been a down moment yet. This version of "Cousin Mary" is the stuff that dreams are made of.

Sonny Rollins with Jim Hall and some cool, eerie bowed bass playing. Might be of interest to Spenno:

Kevin Davis wrote:Sonny Rollins with Jim Hall and some cool, eerie bowed bass playing. Might be of interest to Spenno:

Oh man, this is wonderful.

i miss this thread

I'm slowly starting to flirt with jazz. I'm a little fearful it's a rabbit hole I won't immerse from though. I'm so far loving what I've listened to from the Impulse label.

One nice thing about Christmas is breaking out my Vince Guaraldi "A Charlie Brown Christmas".

I, too, love A Charlie Brown Christmas.

That said, it represents basically the extent of my jazz knowledge. I've heard some of the bigger name records--Miles's Kind of Blue, Coltrane's A Love Supreme--and really enjoyed them, but I've yet to delve into the genre beyond a superficial appreciation for the classics. It's a big blind spot for me, and I aim to start fixing it.

I'll probably lurk this thread and pick up what recommendations I can. I'm already digging that Sonny Rollins track KD posted.

Holy hell, I love that album, Spenno. I rated it as one of my five favorite jazz albums in dct's Wynton Marsalis thread. Check out his cover of the "MASH" theme song from the same album (I posted it in the 'covers that make you say holy shit' thread).

(The Charlie Brown Christmas album was on that list of five, too.)

Excellent! I felt like digging deeper into Evans' oeuvre this afternoon and landed on the gem above. I'll definitely be tracking down the whole record.

Been listening to the great Jimmy Smith on the B3 today...

this thread can't be beat

yeah, it's charlie brown, but i love it so

pretty sure you'd like Horace Silver too

i love all blue note offerings, rr

Kevin Davis wrote:Holy hell, I love that album, Spenno. I rated it as one of my five favorite jazz albums in dct's Wynton Marsalis thread. Check out his cover of the "MASH" theme song from the same album (I posted it in the 'covers that make you say holy shit' thread).

(The Charlie Brown Christmas album was on that list of five, too.)

i posted before reading this

listening to charlie brown christmas album right now, so perfect this time of year

--- wrote: listening to charlie brown christmas album right now, so perfect this time of year

No shit.