Hi Ken I'm somewhat new to Jazz. I've listened to throughout my 64 years but never really focused on it until very very recently. Channels like yours and several others that I have subscribed to help educate me not only on the music but the artists and there back grounds. Always look forward to your videos. Thank you.
I started watching this channel during COVID and have really enjoyed learning about so many different styles and eras of jazz. Thank you so much and the music clips are much appreciated
Ken, you're my ultimate jazz expert for all things Jazz. Your insights are incredibly valued. I must admit, thanks to your recommendations, I've invested more in records than I'd like to admit. I appreciate it, and have a fantastic weekend!
I really appreciate all the background that you provide about both the lead performers on an album and the people playing with them. Also, the background about what is happening in jazz at the time that an album was recorded. It helps to deepen my understanding of an artist and the specific album that they were trying to make.
I totally agree with you Ken, shop local! Nothing better then finding that cool record in the bins of your local shop the you did not know that you had to have. Look forward to you sharing your vinyl adventures in 2024!
Ken! I have learned so much about jazz from you these last few years since I’ve been into the Jazz vinyl craze. Every time I visit Jazz Record Center I keep hoping to run into you. These are Some fantastic finds. You give me faith that I can find some outstanding originals. That Johnny Griffin Blowin’ Session is outstanding. I have the Music Matters. It’s…. Wow! Wonder what you paid for the UA version. Anyhow, thanks for your love of all things Jazz.
I agree 100 percent. The lure of what jazz album I may come across each time I visit the local record stores is phenomenal. You had some great finds in 2023. Appreciate the titles I will now check out.
Good morning, Ken! It’s always nice to see a new video from you. I’ve been a jazz fan/ student since I was a little boy, but I’ve still got plenty to learn and to enjoy! I always get something new from you! Thanks a million! ❤🎉👍👍
Thanks Ken for sharing your experience, knowledge and insight into the jazz genre. It’s always a pleasure listening to your take on music. There is a lot of great stuff out there for the picking. Happy New Year. Continued success.
Thank you Ken. I really like your videos. I get the impression I always see the same records all over youtube. But you are always showing something different and new to me. 🙌
Thanks for sharing Ken, I always learn so much from your channel, especially your insight on jazz of the 70`s, of which I know little about. It seems that era has been largely overlooked by the vinyl community. So it was great to hear all those music samples.
Thanks for sharing!!! I Loveee that presenting Cannonball one! Amazing find! I have a later edition white label Savoy reissue and it sounds epic! Best line from you…. “The thrill of the Dig!”
Thanks again Ken, due to your videos my Jazz collection is constantly growing. I only found my love for Jazz 15 years ago and I am still amazed by the wealth of amazing albums out there. The Johnny Griffin album went into my immediate to get list as the Metheny one. As a village guy no record store alive in close proximity and the ones I frequent within an acceptable car drive only serve the headbanger in me but not my growing Jazz fazination so I likely have to get it via Discogs or similar. In two weeks the first Hifi fair of the year is happening in Hamburg and as always I will carry two big empty bags there and fill them up from the vinyl and CD sellers there. My bank account always takes a few months to recover from those trips but the joy to inspect, wash, archive and finally listen to all the new albums is priceless. I always take a week of holiday after this fair to enjoy the new music. Already looking forward to your next video.
Hi Ken, you are absolutely right - digging in record stores is such a fun. Beside jazzrecordcenter, which stores (for jazz and for blues) you can recommend for the city of New York? Thx Matze from Berlin, Germany
Thanks for the shout out to record stores! Your 'find' videos are my favorites. I've already added several to my want list from this video. That Manne on Mainstream! 😮
Thanks Ken. Terrific video. Great to get your thoughts on the various used record bin finds. Will keep my eye out for the records/artists you covered. Not often I will pass over an inexpensive record, in good condition, from an unfamiliar artist on a label that doesn't seem sketchy. Some clunkers here and there, but more often than not, they are treats and definitely worth having.
It’s nice to see the love for Hadley Caliman. As a young Saxophone is coming up in the bay area in the 80s I was able to hear Hadley on a regular basis. He eventually ended up in Washington state, teaching at Cornish Institute for the arts in Seattle. He’s a wonderful Coltrane-Inspired saxophonist originally from LA I believe. You can find him With bobby Hutchinson on knucklebean. There’s a 70s era LP of his with Elvin Jones on drums. As far as the LP you are playing, Larry Vukovich is still active in the bay area. Bassist Bill Douglas played and recorded with Art Lande for ECM. Bill also played with Marian McPartland for many years.
Nice one, Ken. I haven't ordered a record online in ages....but maybe that's because I work in a record store...Ha. And Joe Chambers doesn't get enough love.
Wonderful stuff Ken ! Some amazing records that I never see here in Perth, Australia. One day I will make it over there, with empty suitcases of course ! 😉
I always go to your channel for interesting finds, like you say, you can find stuff in the shops you might never find online. It is certainly more fun to go out and buy things in person. I try to balance the two with my limited budget. I just wondered if you were still in the process of moving and downsizing. Regardless, you are a great source for jazz and I need to check out your articles in stereophile. Best of luck in the new year!
Hello Ken, thanks for the video. The Max Roach album sounds like a Shelly Manne I picked up in the Jazz Record Center (last year first time there). It is a OST of a tv series called "Daktari". You have plenty of choice over there. I can get from time to time some similar records, even Japanese pressings. But, to get the great jazz music, I usually have to buy the fabulous reissues we have at the moment. It is more affordable for me and I don't have always to order online. I like to hunt "in the wild" in Brittany (France). Take care. Bruno
Awesome pickups Ken I don’t have any Horace Parlan on vinyl I love the one you played . I had a very pickup I scored an OG mono Donald Byrd Byrd in Hand Here I Am and Devil Whip are amazing compositions by Byrd . Ken that’s a killer Lee - Way record I’m still hoping to find an early press one day have a wonderful weekend . I agree the thrill of the hunt is when you find records while digging.
Most of my favorite pickups in 2023 were Japanese jazz albums. Been diving into the fairly large catalog of albums from Japan and there's so much to discover!
I would love to go to a records store once a week and find some used Jazz albums, it's not happening where I live and it will never happen here. If you look for classical music, you would live in a paradise here.
Nice video. I'm checking it out on a Rainy NorCal Saturday. I too love the hunt and 2023 was a pretty good year for me. Mostly what I posted on JVL. I have about a half dozen of your finds. The older Jackie McLean's. etc. Also, I have ordered from a few Japanese sellers some of the harder to find Blue Notes and I am partial to the LNJ pre king Toshibas as well as the Kings. Those LNJ'sf rom the 70's definitely do not have RVG stamps so perhaps she 60's pressings? Anyway keep me in mind for that Turentine Give away. Cheers,
Great video Ken. Love the sound samples.Guitarist Johnny Smith Moonlight in Vermont my favorite classic. Thanks again Ken. Like your Leica 👕 shirt! Hadley Caliman a gas.I have his albums.
This is a great video thanks for sharing! I picked up the Cannonball album a week or so go based on Lalo and Axelrod being on it and have really enjoyed it. Saved the video so I can give it some more time. Love the explanations and needle drops.
thanks ken. fantastic selection and tips. digging is the life! I actually got those 2 jackie mclean records last year - ojc re-issues. and bunch of other mclean prestige ojc reissues. underrated for sure. Elmo Hope on Lights Out is the best!!! Some one to explore.
Wonderful video, Ken! I'm keeping the list handy! I would love to find any of your recommendations! I'm into films and can recommend seeing All Night Long for British Noir fans, as well as jazz afficianados. Johnny Griffin... even the jacket art is killer! I just ordered a copy. I've had that same Lee-Way pressing for years, love it! Just a personal favorite recommendation for those who like jazz fused with full orchestra... Dave Brubeck Trio With Gerry Mulligan & The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra - Brubeck/Mulligan/Cincinnati, Decca - DL 710181. Inspired Brubeck and Mulligan in a spiritual journey on this record! Look in thrift shops for this Brubeck/Mulligan/Cincinnati classic.
Wyatt on a levy record? Drumming? In 1977? Outrageous!!! I’m not sure how this happens as he fell from a third story window and became paralysed from the waist down some where 1971-72??? Wow.
I can't disagree about your statement that hitting the bins and finding cool old records is one of the most, if not the most, pleasurable part of collecting...
The anti-algorithmic activity of crate digging and finding the thing that you didn't know you were looking for is my favourite part of collecting records.
I am always tickled when you discover records I have had for years. This does not change the fact of the reverse situation whereby you show me something new happens far more often. I usually enjoy J J Johnson on trombone btw, especially on Impulse.
Something happened with this video. I'm pretty sure I watched it and commented on it just yesterday... Anyhow here it goes again. I think you singlehandedly just killed Robert Wyatt or at least you're the only person on the net aware of his recent demise.... Regardless, have you heard his rendition of Elvis Costello's 'Shipbuilding'? I'm not a vinyl person, I haven't been since the 90s and I don't intend to become one any time soon but I've been following your channel for the Jazz. I just discovered a couple of interesting musicians I wasn't aware of through this video. Thank you!
I had to take down the last video after blue note contacted me and told me not to give away a test pressing. So I’m giving away Stanley Turrentine instead. Thank you.
Robert Wyatt still lives!!!!! Literally in mortal flesh
Having just started the video I just want to say love the camera quality and lighting and framing in this video!!! Thanks for what you do Ken
Hi Ken I'm somewhat new to Jazz. I've listened to throughout my 64 years but never really focused on it until very very recently. Channels like yours and several others that I have subscribed to help educate me not only on the music but the artists and there back grounds. Always look forward to your videos. Thank you.
I started watching this channel during COVID and have really enjoyed learning about so many different styles and eras of jazz. Thank you so much and the music clips are much appreciated
Ken, you're my ultimate jazz expert for all things Jazz. Your insights are incredibly valued. I must admit, thanks to your recommendations, I've invested more in records than I'd like to admit. I appreciate it, and have a fantastic weekend!
I'm at the front end of exploring the jazz genre and appreciate you sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm.
I really appreciate all the background that you provide about both the lead performers on an album and the people playing with them. Also, the background about what is happening in jazz at the time that an album was recorded. It helps to deepen my understanding of an artist and the specific album that they were trying to make.
I totally agree with you Ken, shop local! Nothing better then finding that cool record in the bins of your local shop the you did not know that you had to have. Look forward to you sharing your vinyl adventures in 2024!
Very nice finds, Ken. Thanks for providing some samples in there! I learn a ton of new things in every video you put out.
Ken! I have learned so much about jazz from you these last few years since I’ve been into the Jazz vinyl craze. Every time I visit Jazz Record Center I keep hoping to run into you. These are
Some fantastic finds. You give me faith that I can find some outstanding originals. That Johnny Griffin Blowin’ Session is outstanding. I have the Music Matters. It’s…. Wow! Wonder what you paid for the UA version. Anyhow, thanks for your love of all things Jazz.
I agree 100 percent. The lure of what jazz album I may come across each time I visit the local record stores is phenomenal. You had some great finds in 2023. Appreciate the titles I will now check out.
Good morning, Ken! It’s always nice to see a new video from you. I’ve been a jazz fan/ student since I was a little boy, but I’ve still got plenty to learn and to enjoy! I always get something new from you! Thanks a million! ❤🎉👍👍
Thanks Ken for sharing your experience, knowledge and insight into the jazz genre. It’s always a pleasure listening to your take on music. There is a lot of great stuff out there for the picking. Happy New Year. Continued success.
Thank you Ken. I really like your videos. I get the impression I always see the same records all over youtube. But you are always showing something different and new to me. 🙌
I appreciate that!
I've loved that video ! It was like a gathering of friends after vinyl shopping across town. Thank you Ken !
Thanks for sharing Ken, I always learn so much from your channel, especially your insight on jazz of the 70`s, of which I know little about. It seems that era has been largely overlooked by the vinyl community. So it was great to hear all those music samples.
Great stuff Ken. Love your videos. You’re a no nonsense guy who tells it like it is. My go too channel to try to find the best vinyl out there.
Thanks for sharing!!! I Loveee that presenting Cannonball one! Amazing find! I have a later edition white label Savoy reissue and it sounds epic! Best line from you…. “The thrill of the Dig!”
Just discovered your channel and I’m happy I did! Lots of stuff I didn’t know about either! Thanks for the recommendations.
Thanks again Ken, due to your videos my Jazz collection is constantly growing. I only found my love for Jazz 15 years ago and I am still amazed by the wealth of amazing albums out there. The Johnny Griffin album went into my immediate to get list as the Metheny one. As a village guy no record store alive in close proximity and the ones I frequent within an acceptable car drive only serve the headbanger in me but not my growing Jazz fazination so I likely have to get it via Discogs or similar. In two weeks the first Hifi fair of the year is happening in Hamburg and as always I will carry two big empty bags there and fill them up from the vinyl and CD sellers there. My bank account always takes a few months to recover from those trips but the joy to inspect, wash, archive and finally listen to all the new albums is priceless. I always take a week of holiday after this fair to enjoy the new music. Already looking forward to your next video.
Ken-Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm for Jazz! Really enjoy your content.
Just stumbled across your channel in my feed. Not a super big VC member but I do love jazz.
Nice selection of LP finds Ken.
Always a pleasure to watch your instructives videos.
Great channel !! Learned a lot about jazz , thanks Ken
Been looking for that Milford Graves for countless years. Awesome to see it found in a shop.
Hi Ken, you are absolutely right - digging in record stores is such a fun. Beside jazzrecordcenter, which stores (for jazz and for blues) you can recommend for the city of New York? Thx Matze from Berlin, Germany
Hi Ken. It’s always great to watch your videos and especially when you show stuff we don’t see every day. I love it.
Thanks for the shout out to record stores! Your 'find' videos are my favorites. I've already added several to my want list from this video. That Manne on Mainstream! 😮
Thanks Ken. Terrific video. Great to get your thoughts on the various used record bin finds. Will keep my eye out for the records/artists you covered.
Not often I will pass over an inexpensive record, in good condition, from an unfamiliar artist on a label that doesn't seem sketchy. Some clunkers here and there, but more often than not, they are treats and definitely worth having.
Great video, thank you for sharing Ken. I have a number of those Johnny Smith LPs on Roost, just great albums.
It’s nice to see the love for Hadley Caliman. As a young Saxophone is coming up in the bay area in the 80s I was able to hear Hadley on a regular basis. He eventually ended up in Washington state, teaching at Cornish Institute for the arts in Seattle. He’s a wonderful Coltrane-Inspired saxophonist originally from LA I believe. You can find him With bobby Hutchinson on knucklebean. There’s a 70s era LP of his with Elvin Jones on drums. As far as the LP you are playing, Larry Vukovich is still active in the bay area. Bassist Bill Douglas played and recorded with Art Lande for ECM. Bill also played with Marian McPartland for many years.
Love Stanley Turrentine and your channel! Keep up the great work! I really hope to make it up to the Jazz Record Center one day. Cheers!
Thank you so much Ken. I always appreciate your insight and help. Always find great new things you show.
Nice one, Ken. I haven't ordered a record online in ages....but maybe that's because I work in a record store...Ha.
And Joe Chambers doesn't get enough love.
Love seeing albums I've never even seen before. Good stuff!
Thanks Ken. I always learn something of value from you.
Thank you for stoking the enthusiasm of those of us who enjoy great vinyl recordings and thanks for doing this giveaway!
Wonderful stuff Ken !
Some amazing records that I never see here in Perth, Australia. One day I will make it over there, with empty suitcases of course ! 😉
Another wonderful video Ken! Looking forward to seeing many more of your videos in 2024!! Happy New Year!
I always go to your channel for interesting finds, like you say, you can find stuff in the shops you might never find online. It is certainly more fun to go out and buy things in person. I try to balance the two with my limited budget. I just wondered if you were still in the process of moving and downsizing. Regardless, you are a great source for jazz and I need to check out your articles in stereophile. Best of luck in the new year!
Hey Ken, did you get my text?
Ken- if you did not respond to me that I won, let me know. I had a similar thing happen with another contest recently. Thanks ! Eric
Hello Ken, thanks for the video. The Max Roach album sounds like a Shelly Manne I picked up in the Jazz Record Center (last year first time there). It is a OST of a tv series called "Daktari". You have plenty of choice over there. I can get from time to time some similar records, even Japanese pressings. But, to get the great jazz music, I usually have to buy the fabulous reissues we have at the moment. It is more affordable for me and I don't have always to order online. I like to hunt "in the wild" in Brittany (France). Take care. Bruno
Awesome pickups Ken I don’t have any Horace Parlan on vinyl I love the one you played . I had a very pickup I scored an OG mono Donald Byrd Byrd in Hand Here I Am and Devil Whip are amazing compositions by Byrd . Ken that’s a killer Lee - Way record I’m still hoping to find an early press one day have a wonderful weekend . I agree the thrill of the hunt is when you find records while digging.
Most of my favorite pickups in 2023 were Japanese jazz albums. Been diving into the fairly large catalog of albums from Japan and there's so much to discover!
I would love to go to a records store once a week and find some used Jazz albums, it's not happening where I live and it will never happen here. If you look for classical music, you would live in a paradise here.
Viva local record stores! Great set of finds Ken.
Love Your channel, great record finds. Must have to find some of those here in Finland👍
Ken, thanks for your continuously insightful and conscientious reviews and observations about vinyl, music, and life!! You are a BAMF, sir. 🎉
Nice video. I'm checking it out on a Rainy NorCal Saturday. I too love the hunt and 2023 was a pretty good year for me. Mostly what I posted on JVL. I have about a half dozen of your finds. The older Jackie McLean's. etc. Also, I have ordered from a few Japanese sellers some of the harder to find Blue Notes and I am partial to the LNJ pre king Toshibas as well as the Kings. Those LNJ'sf rom the 70's definitely do not have RVG stamps so perhaps she 60's pressings? Anyway keep me in mind for that Turentine Give away. Cheers,
Good morning love your show keep up the good work nice background
thanks Ken! You keep us informed and let us know about some lesser-known gems, always appreciated
Great video Ken. Love the sound samples.Guitarist Johnny Smith Moonlight in Vermont my favorite classic. Thanks again Ken. Like your Leica 👕 shirt! Hadley Caliman a gas.I have his albums.
Amazing finds and great video!
Hey ! Nice selection ! But Johnny Smith doesn't play a Guild (at least on the cover), it's a D'Angelico. Keep on with the good work. Cheers !
Love the Live Pat Metheny record! Your videos are always opening my mind to new jazz and opening my wallet to new music that I MUST HAVE. Cheers Ken.
Hello Ken,
Great quality video image. Any particular lens you are using for the wide view?
Nice video! That Cannonball lp on Savoy is awesome
This is a great video thanks for sharing! I picked up the Cannonball album a week or so go based on Lalo and Axelrod being on it and have really enjoyed it. Saved the video so I can give it some more time. Love the explanations and needle drops.
Thanks for another informative video, Ken!
Great finds, thanks for sharing!
Your production values are great! Revilla Grooves and Gear in Milltown, NJ, is awesome.
Always enjoy your videos Ken they are always informative and interesting. Consider one of my Jazz gurus :)
so much jazz! which I love, but like when you throw in stuff like David Toop.
That night your mum and dad came together was just the best thing ever. 🕺
Oh, the Jazz music! Ken, happy new... Madrid, Spain.
Thank you Ken! Your support from day one has made us a better store.
That's Milltown, NJ 08850 for those who may ask.
Great video!
Thanks for all of your content in 2023! Looking forward to more great content in 2024!
thanks ken. fantastic selection and tips. digging is the life! I actually got those 2 jackie mclean records last year - ojc re-issues. and bunch of other mclean prestige ojc reissues. underrated for sure. Elmo Hope on Lights Out is the best!!! Some one to explore.
Happy New Year Ken!
It’s tragic how few record stores remain in the NY area since I began collecting in the 80’s, I shudder to think what is in middle America
I look forward to your videos. Thanks!
Wonderful video, Ken! I'm keeping the list handy! I would love to find any of your recommendations! I'm into films and can recommend seeing All Night Long for British Noir fans, as well as jazz afficianados. Johnny Griffin... even the jacket art is killer! I just ordered a copy. I've had that same Lee-Way pressing for years, love it! Just a personal favorite recommendation for those who like jazz fused with full orchestra... Dave Brubeck Trio With Gerry Mulligan & The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra - Brubeck/Mulligan/Cincinnati, Decca - DL 710181. Inspired Brubeck and Mulligan in a spiritual journey on this record! Look in thrift shops for this Brubeck/Mulligan/Cincinnati classic.
Glad to se a new videos from you.
Robert Wyatt is still alive!!!! Don't spread rumors Ken ! 🤣
I live in a rural area and the nearest record store is over 2 hours drive away… but I still go once a month!
This was time well spent Ken - you are the tops for jazz finds!
Wyatt on a levy record? Drumming? In 1977? Outrageous!!! I’m not sure how this happens as he fell from a third story window and became paralysed from the waist down some where 1971-72??? Wow.
Can there be more than one Robert Wyatt at the drummer in the 1970s?
My go-to jazz guy❤
Same here.
Saw that version of Shelly Manne’s group live back in the 70’s very strange to my twelve year old ears.
I can't disagree about your statement that hitting the bins and finding cool old records is one of the most, if not the most, pleasurable part of collecting...
There are more than one Robert Wyatt drummers! According to Discogs.
Great video!
The anti-algorithmic activity of crate digging and finding the thing that you didn't know you were looking for is my favourite part of collecting records.
Hi Ken has the winner been announced of the give away?
I always digging in my local shops especially the bargain bins.
Stanley Turrentine sounds beautiful very controlled
Those Caliman records are choice.
Great list, Ken!
Love Revilla! Milltown, NJ.
I am always tickled when you discover records I have had for years. This does not change the fact of the reverse situation whereby you show me something new happens far more often. I usually enjoy J J Johnson on trombone btw, especially on Impulse.
Hi Ken. I always learn something new in your videos. You had an awsome year in 2023. Take care. Jimbo
Is it me, or is that shelf behind Ken about to fall over?
Always enjoy a GREAT jazz lp!
Thanks for the great content, sir! Love the channel.
Sure would love to have a nice copy of “Easy Walker”! Best to you in 2024!!
Trying to reach you.
yes its important i love records stores and i feel sad when one store desapear
Enjoy your post and reviews!
Something happened with this video. I'm pretty sure I watched it and commented on it just yesterday... Anyhow here it goes again. I think you singlehandedly just killed Robert Wyatt or at least you're the only person on the net aware of his recent demise.... Regardless, have you heard his rendition of Elvis Costello's 'Shipbuilding'? I'm not a vinyl person, I haven't been since the 90s and I don't intend to become one any time soon but I've been following your channel for the Jazz. I just discovered a couple of interesting musicians I wasn't aware of through this video. Thank you!
I had to take down the last video after blue note contacted me and told me not to give away a test pressing. So I’m giving away Stanley Turrentine instead. Thank you.