Journey Through The Penguin Jazz Guide

[Ojai Sam]

I knew virtually nothing about Chaloff and thought "that's an awful way to go." He was only 33 when he died.

His addiction to heroin was storied. From Wiki:



Another anecdote:

Jay Migliori, who played with Chaloff at Storyville, recalled, 'Serge was a wild character. We were working at Storyville and, if he was feeling good, he used to let his trousers gradually fall down during the cadenza of his feature, 'Body and Soul.' At the end of the cadenza, his trousers would hit the ground.'

Chaloff eventually had a personal crisis and went to rehab. He turned himself around a few years before he died.

This was one of the first Mosaic sets I bought, now more than 30 years ago. It includes Blue Serge and a lot more on 4 CD's. What a talent he was.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Kenny Dorham - Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (Complete) (1957)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Friedrich Gulda - At Birdland (1957)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Mark Murphy - His Debut Recordings

 

[Ojai Sam]

Mark Murphy - His Debut Recordings

This is a pleasant surprise. I recently discovered Mark thanks to the encyclopedic @BHT .

 

[Ojai Sam]

Friedrich Gulda - At Birdland (1957)

Another recent discovery, from back in the day when classical musicians weren’t afraid to play jazz. Somehow, I don’t expect to see Yuja Wang at the Village Vanguard anytime soon.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Another recent discovery, from back in the day when classical musicians weren’t afraid to play jazz. Somehow, I don’t expect to see Yuja Wang at the Village Vanguard anytime soon.

First time for me listening to it - really enjoyed this one

 

[axolotl]

Yuja Wang

I have got to be pronouncing this lady's name wrong.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Dizzy Gillespie - Birks Works: The Verve Big Band Sessions (rec. 1956-1957)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1957)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Duke Ellington - Ellington at Newport (Complete) recorded 1956

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Nat King Cole and His Trio - After Midnight (1957)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Sonny Stitt - New York Jazz (1958)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Cecil Taylor Quartet - Jazz Advance (1957)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Just:
Maynard Ferguson - The Birdland Dream Band (1956)

Now:
Phineas Newborn Jr. - Here is Phineas: The Piano Artistry of Phineas Newborn Jr. (1956)

Got a rhythm going with some daily jazz listening - Only at #270 in the Penguin Guide and would be nice to be consistent with this thread - coming up on a golden era with late 50s/early 60s

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Oscar Peterson - At the Stratford Shakespearen Festival (1956)

Lownotes posting earlier in the What Are You Listening to Thread - in my defense I was indeed listening to it

 

[axolotl]

Oscar Peterson - At the Stratford Shakespearen Festival (1956)

Lownotes posting earlier in the What Are You Listening to Thread - in my defense I was indeed listening to it

your good here

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Sandy Brown - Old Timers with Sandy Brown

Sometimes surprised when certain albums make it to Spotify - this is a nice compilation of New Orleans/dixieland jazz by Scottish clarinetist Brown
Penguin is nice in its diversity of style and artisits but sometimes leans into it - I wouldn't say essential compared to, say, another Miles or Mingus disc they might have left out. Still always love this style

 

[Ojai Sam]

Nat King Cole and His Trio - After Midnight (1957)

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I love the fact that Nat went back to the jazz trio format while riding the crest of his heavily orchestrated pop success.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Quincy Jones - This Is How I Feel About Jazz (1957)