Tír Na HiFi

On the TT:

My journey through all my Ellington LPs is almost complete. Last night I revisited these as well:

On the TT, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra:

Wonderful album. Cracking musicianship. Great tunes. Great production.

markof wrote:

Wonderful album. Cracking musicianship. Great tunes. Great production.

That's a new one on me.

I never tire of listening to Stan Getz:

This one's for Tony:



Jim McNeely is the pianist on the first Getz cd in this 2 cd set, it was recorded in the early eighties when he was the regular pianist with the Stan Getz quartet. McNeely is now the resident composer and arranger with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra:



McNeely, is of Irish descent and I had the pleasure of meeting him here in Ireland when he brought the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra to Vicar Steet a few years ago, he is a real gentleman and was glowing when extolling the virtues of the original founders of the VJO: Thad Jones and Mel Lewis.

This is a cracking LP:

At last ! First listen - v good

Tremendous !