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Mosaic is a favorite, the title track is insane. Thanks for the reminder, now I'll be listening to '60s Blakey records all week.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 10 October 2016 14:11 (seven years ago) link
Wow, Jymie Merritt is still around at 90. So is Curtis Fuller (and Wayne Shorter, of course).
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 10 October 2016 15:52 (seven years ago) link
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That Blue Note '5 Essential Records' set has been great so far. I have not yet checked out the drum ensemble record but the other four have been really good listens, especially 'Free for All' which is another ace Blue Note album.
That title track "Free for All" is really intense and to me sounds like Wayne Shorter kinda digging into similar ideas that Coltrane had been doing a short time before. It's really aggressive.
Curtis Fuller's trombone sound is so warm. Having that low end with the trumpet and the tenor sax makes such a big sound. It sounds really good on Coltrane's Blue Train too. I love how on many of these tunes during the solos the other two horns do those little chord drop ins.
You really can tell this was not just a pick up for a session band, they sound tight as hell.
Anyway...some of the best music new to me that I have heard in a while.
I bet that drum solo "The Freedom Rider" has been cut up and single shot sampled a boodle over the years.
― earlnash, Saturday, 6 August 2022 02:47 (one year ago) link
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picked up the album Hard Bop, w/Art obv and Jackie McLean (who I adore and feel like could get more love?) and three guys I'm not familiar with - Bill Hardman, Sam Dockery, and the amazingly named bassist Spanky de Brest. great record.
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