I picked this one up today, a 1975 re-issue originally released in 1959. Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Budd Johnson, and Roy Eldridge. Definitely one of the better albums I've bought in a while.
Here's something new my son-in-law turned me onto (at least it was new to me). It's Duke Ellington stepping away from his big band and recording a jazz trio with Charles Mingus (bass) and Max Roach (drums). Wikipedia calls it "post bop". The album (1962) is called Money Jungle:
I picked this one up today, a 1975 re-issue originally released in 1959. Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Budd Johnson, and Roy Eldridge. Definitely one of the better albums I've bought in a while.
Another comment on this one. I'd found it on the wall at the record shop, meaning they singled it out to put in front of buyers. They priced it at 30 CDN, which I don't see much of for used jazz unless it's a rare pressing.
Anyway, it really is a gorgeous album. A bunch of musicians with mastery over their instruments in a casual jam session. I'm starting to gravitate to these earlier players, the music's more fun. I've also been on Cannonball Adderley who carried on the tradition.
Billie Holiday singing swing tunes from early in her career, departing from her usual mournful style. This is another record that'll get passed over because modern listeners don't know who talented she was. It was originally priced at 20, and later reduced to 10.
Count Basie - Standing Ovation
I don't know much about this one yet, but it sounds nice.
I also bought seven discs from Document Records (the 10 dollar records were buy 2 get 1 free). The above two were also ten dollars. This is a label whose mission statement is to release pre-war recordings.
And miraculously I found volume two of Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing:
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