Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – The Witch Doctor 2021 Blue Note Tone Poet | Original release 1967 This is a fantastic 1961 session (not issued until ’67) with Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, and Bobby Timmons, but man the drum solos are recorded horribly. Seems really odd, seeing as it was the drummer’s group……
Pharoah Sanders, Floating Points & The London Symphony Orchestra – Promises (2021, Luaka Bop) Since I mentioned this on Day 5, it seems only natural and right that Day 6 should be this wonderful record from Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and The LSO. I’m not going to say much of anything about it; I…
Charles Lloyd & The Marvels gifted us a new album in 2021, and it’s an inspired one too. The Marvels are a piano-less ensemble with two guitarists – Bill Frisell plays the standard six-string, and Greg Leisz plays the pedal steel. This makes for some interesting arrangements, especially on tunes where you’d expect to…
Chet Baker – It Could Happen To You: Chet Baker Sings 2021 Craft Recordings RLP 1119 – Original Release 1959 Riverside Around the world in late December, millions of the faithful gather together to commemorate the birth and short life of a golden child: Chet Baker, born December 23, 1929. He would have been 92…
Kellee Patterson – Maiden Voyage Vinyl transfer in 24-bit/192 kHz | 300 dpi scans | Jazz, Vocal Jazz 2020 Real Gone Music RGM-1189/ Original Release 1973 Black Jazz Welcome to what might become a new tradition here: Flabbergasted Vibes’ Twelve Days of Christmas. There’s been a ton of great music that has helped me get…
Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band – Egypt Strut Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC & mp3| 300 dpi scans | Jazz 2021 RSD Strut Records , Ltd. ed 3000 copies | Original release 1974 Original copies of this flabbergasting bit of rare groove jazz, released by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, …
