does sound great!
don't wish to seem ungrateful, but am a tiny bit annoyed that It's not in stores or on Amazon — it's only available as an iTunes exclusive.
look forward to hearing it all the same
― niels, Friday, 16 December 2016 08:18 (seven years ago) link
we can only hope that jack white makes a suitcase with a FLAC stick in it of all that stuff.
but anyway yeah it's cool that that stuff exists. but it has always amazed me how much stuff already exists between private recordings/V Discs/radio broadcasts/european recordings/etc.
http://riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/imageEDK1.jpg
― scott seward, Friday, 16 December 2016 12:49 (seven years ago) link
someone should make bootleg CDs out of the iTunes stuff. i'd buy some.
― scott seward, Friday, 16 December 2016 12:50 (seven years ago) link
anyone else checked out the Savory Recordings that have started to come out digitally? INCREDIBLE. Coleman Hawkins stuff on Vol. 1 is out of this world. http://www.npr.org/2016/12/08/504696831/once-the-stuff-of-jazz-legend-1930s-recordings-are-finally-out
― tylerw
i posted about it on the rolling jazz thread but only got radio silence... and yeah, _anything_ "exclusive" is a crock.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, 16 December 2016 13:01 (seven years ago) link
love this interview. a year before he died. paul desmond asking a lot of questions. bird liked paul a lot. bird liked brubeck and kenton and tristano and lots of egghead stuff. paul desmond really relieved to find out how much bird used to practice. 11 to 15 hours a day when he was younger! just in case anyone thinks being a genius is easy. and then at the end to hear bird talk about how excited he is to go to paris and study with edgar varese and go to school...man, he was just getting started. he changed the world, but he was just getting started.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3W8Ff_4oFg
― scott seward, Friday, 16 December 2016 13:43 (seven years ago) link
listening to the double-disc set of earl hines doing ellington. recorded in the early 70's at various sessions. i don't know if its common knowledge how off the hook earl hines was in the early 70's. but he really was. just endlessly inventive. can't think of TOO many people who helped invent jazz in the 20's who made records that were as good as the ones he made during the watergate era. you can find them for a buck or two at used stores.
― scott seward, Friday, 16 December 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
yeah, latter day Hines is really nice. there are some 70s Teddy Wilson LPs that are pretty pleasing too. this is from the 50s I believe, but it is just gorgeoushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q6oNMsRsEU
I think (hope?) that the Savory stuff will get a proper physical release at some point?
― tylerw, Friday, 16 December 2016 20:52 (seven years ago) link
Just got a disc of previously unreleased live stuff by the Three Sounds, Groovin' Hard: Live at the Penthouse 1964-1968. I feel like nobody remembers them now, but they were a really good soul-jazz/hard bop piano trio who made a bunch of albums in the 50s and 60s. Occasionally, they'd back someone up; LD + 3 is them with Lou Donaldson, Blue Hour is them with Stanley Turrentine.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 16 December 2016 21:15 (seven years ago) link
well, people do remember them because they made about a zillion records on blue note. but its true they aren't exactly in fashion. the records are very enjoyable though. i like Hey There, and the one with Anita O'Day and some other ones. there are so many. a la ramsey lewis.
i've been listening to my Quartette Tres Bien records lately. does anyone remember them? a bunch of their stuff has never made it to CD for whatever reason.
― scott seward, Friday, 16 December 2016 21:23 (seven years ago) link
i just looked. 9 albums on decca in the 60's and none on CD. must be some legal thing i don't know about. they are very cool records.
― scott seward, Friday, 16 December 2016 21:26 (seven years ago) link
what i really love though are the 70's records that Gene Harris of the Three Sounds made. loooooove that stuff. all on blue note too. astralsignal and nexus are big favorites of mine. and cheap too as far as awesome funky 70's stuff goes. i would recommend all of the solo ones.
― scott seward, Friday, 16 December 2016 21:41 (seven years ago) link
think the only one of those 70s gene harris LPs I've heard is the live one with a creedence cover ... which is a pretty good time.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QvlYyZ3P5Y
― tylerw, Friday, 16 December 2016 21:55 (seven years ago) link
Nexus is my fave. they are just a lot of fun.
― scott seward, Friday, 16 December 2016 21:59 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70ROu6GoZTU
― scott seward, Saturday, 17 December 2016 21:37 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa6uaE2oYj4&t=163s
― Brad C., Sunday, 18 December 2016 02:22 (seven years ago) link
Phil Woods:
"At 15 I said “Whoa, this is great."And we went for a lesson one time at Mr. Tristano’s house and he said, “Are you kids going down to 52ndstreet tonight?” And we said “yeah, why do you ask?” And he said, “Well, I’m opening for CharlieParker and I thought maybe you’d like to meet him.” And you know, to myself I said “Yeah, I’ve alwayswanted to meet God,” you know. And sure enough, this time we held back on the records, we held backon the pasta so we’d have two dollars, we could buy two coca-colas and really relish the evening, youknow. And Tristano’s trio opened up the evening’s festivities, and uh I think it was Arnold Fishkin whowas a bass player who, because Lennie was blind, somebody had to come and get us. Arnold came andgot us and took us behind the curtain. I mean 52nd street they were just speakeasies. They were just like narrow little cellars, uh there was no backstage, no dressing rooms or nothing like that. And we camearound the back of the st…the back of the bandstand which was just a little, and there was Bird sitting onthe floor, the great Charlie Parker, the man who was changing the planet, and he had a, a big cherry pie,and he said “Hi, kids! Would you like a piece of cherry pie?” And I said, “Oh, Mr. Parker, cherry’s myfavorite flavor.” And it is! But I didn’t know what else to say! And he said, “Well you sit downhere, boy, and I’ll cut you a big slice” and he took out his switch blade bing boom bang, you know, andhanded me a big piece of cherry pie. And I said, “Oh my God, I’m in heaven.” I mean he was so kind, Inever forgot that."
― scott seward, Sunday, 18 December 2016 22:33 (seven years ago) link
fucking, amazing.
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 18 December 2016 23:30 (seven years ago) link
Arrgghh, you kids and your bebop, boobop---check this (if it don't show, a page of stuff by Mezzrow & Sidney Bechet & Friends: "Sendin The Viper" and whatnot)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_CEzmqAWWc&list=PLIzQd_Wf46Y100OOMNJ-bxZ5a_RjN_YC8
very much to the point!
― dow, Monday, 19 December 2016 00:36 (seven years ago) link
Not sure if this is the proper place to share this; was looking for a "random old _____ you are loving" jazz equivalent. But anyway, here's an album by the band Ululation from 1987:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPKG0wVPYWA
It's kind of in a larger ensemble sort of style. Maybe a bit reminiscent of Sun Ra's swing revival period. Discogs info.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Wednesday, 2 June 2021 17:04 (two years ago) link
any love for the philly quartet CATALYST?
"ain't it the truth" (1972)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9i7rO1WYaA
that was their "hit"; a kind of ramsey lewis-esque soul jazz instrumental. funky as they come and always a mixtape favorite for me. the rest of their stuff was a lot more wild, but always retaining some semblance of a groove. kind of reminiscent of mwandishi/crossings era herbie hancock. all four of their albums are really good and recommended if you've never heard them.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Saturday, 15 January 2022 00:56 (two years ago) link
in a similar vein, i've always really dug the two sessions buster williams led on muse in the mid 70s (pinnacle + crystal reflections) for many of the same reasons as catalyst. it's kind of weird and skronky in spots, but never full on insanity. and always funky enough to remain fairly accessible. they'd be right at home on strata east or black jazz.
here's "the hump" (1975):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR0KRb8IC9k
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Saturday, 15 January 2022 02:28 (two years ago) link
Prompted by ilxor Dan Peterson, I revisited Ike Quebec's classic early 60s Blue Note run and have discovered organist Freddie Roach. I always knew him from the Quebec albums, but never knew about any of his albums as a leader. Have only gotten through the Blue Note ones so far, but this is some seriously strong stuff. He preferred to work with guitarists it seems and Mo' Greens Please (1963) features Eddie Wright and Kenny Burrell in peak soul jazz mode (though they never duet on the same track; album probably sourced from multiple sessions). Even better, Brown Sugar (1965) finds Joe Henderson sitting in and proving once again that he really could play anything and he could play it all pretty damn well. More soul jazz than all out funky, it definitely feels like one of those standard classic Blue Notes that just transcends time. Crazy that the Blue Note catalogue still has "new to me" stuff of this calibre.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Saturday, 19 February 2022 19:16 (two years ago) link
Here's them riffing on Lloyd Price's "Have You Ever Had the Blues?" from Brown Sugar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBgUuTmDRoU
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Saturday, 19 February 2022 19:29 (two years ago) link
Freddie Roach — "Lion Down" (1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLpfmg-qX_w
Kenny Burrell kind of vamps for most of his solo, then right around the two minute mark just fucking blacks out. Does Freddie cut him off???!!?! The amount of mutual disrespect captured on tape lol.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Monday, 21 February 2022 17:54 (two years ago) link
I know the title track from Brown Sugar from a Blue Note organ jazz comp but had never heard the whole thing.
Thanks for keeping this vintage Scott thread alive. This is where I will put jazz things that interest me, currently the intersection of Latin and bossa nova, where it verges on easy listening. Most folks around here want to talk about Sonny Sharrock or whatever, but sometimes I just want to relax and pat my foot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcPWqO9-juU
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 21:13 (two years ago) link
Heh to me it sounds like Freddie Roach was coming in with backgrounds behind the guitar and meant for him to keep soloing, but instead they ended up with that little co-comping chorus.
Reminds me of a jam session I was at over the summer led by Victor Goines, where he kept coming in with backgrounds behind other soloists and they would always stop playing, because no one uses backgrounds anymore and is shocked when they hear another horn player during their solo.
(whereas in New Orleans music, it's standard practice and that's how you know you hit your last chorus)
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 21:21 (two years ago) link
i agree w jordan, it sounds like roach just starts comping behind him but instead of propelling burrell forward he backs off and settles into a little groove
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 23 February 2022 23:47 (two years ago) link
i got the reissues of Thelonious Monk's 10-inch Prestige 'albums' btw and they are fucking glorious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7y1nMkYeRE
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 23 February 2022 23:51 (two years ago) link
Somehow only just learned about Hazel Scott (via Arthur Taylor’s Notes and Tones book of interviews. Relaxed Piano Moods with Mingus and Roach is extremely nice.
― brimstead, Wednesday, 23 February 2022 23:58 (two years ago) link
Dan, "Flame and Frost" is excellent! Very haunting theme. I really liked the guitar playing on that tune, so I looked it up and the guitarist was Joe Diorio, who just passed away a few weeks ago. Time flies. There's so much of that Argo/Cadet/Chess stuff that I've never heard so I definitely appreciate hearing it. This one's even on Spotify, so it's in the queue.
brimstead, checking out that album right now and my initial impression is that you are 100% accurate in your assessment. kind of awesome to hear mingus in such a sustained mellow mode.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Monday, 28 February 2022 18:24 (two years ago) link
Thank you again, brimstead! Have had that Hazel Scott in steady rotation ever since you posted. It really is a remarkable album. It has a very classicist kind of sound on the surface, but every so often she hits these beautiful minor phrases (minor seventh variants? Not sure about the theory aspects) that are so gorgeous. What a wonderful find.
Revisiting an old favorite today: Sahib Shihab's Jazz Sahib from 1957. The first tune is "S.M.T.W.T.F.S.S. Blues" and it's just infectious:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxPYex25G7k
So funky in that bluesy, early James Brown, chillin` in your car at a red light noddin` at your folks sort of way — just straight to the heart of cool with no effort.
It's one of those albums drawn from multiple sessions with different band members, so Bill Evans is on piano for side two. It opens with "Blu-A-Round":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxKn0mv8mJM
Can't help but be reminded of Kind of Blue by that one, especially on Bill's solo. Pretty hypnotizing stuff.
Both of the tunes are originals by Sahib. I've found that he is highly spoken of by those who know of him, but that he isn't overall that well-known. Oh well. For years, I've used his name in the credits as a guide for finding great music, regardless of which continent he was on. Love him so much.
― Rest assured: the author of this post was smiling whilst writing it. (Austin), Wednesday, 2 March 2022 17:37 (two years ago) link
Postscript—
Jazz Sahib is not on Spotify that I can find. It was originally a Savoy session, so it could be located under another artist.
― Rest assured: the author of this post was smiling whilst writing it. (Austin), Wednesday, 2 March 2022 17:42 (two years ago) link
Discogs has it for just a hair under 900 euros.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 2 March 2022 23:12 (two years ago) link
Or $10 on CD.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 2 March 2022 23:13 (two years ago) link
Also on these compilations:
https://www.discogs.com/release/1760012-Sahib-Shihab-Jazz-Sahib-Complete-Sextets-Sessions-1956-1957
https://www.discogs.com/release/8745667-Sahib-Shihab-Five-Classic-Albums-Plus-Bonus-Tracks
― Rest assured: the author of this post was smiling whilst writing it. (Austin), Thursday, 3 March 2022 01:20 (two years ago) link
Checking out this Randy Weston album because of the Sahib Shihab connection and it's pretty great. Definitely inspired by Duke Ellington's long form works of the period, but kind of filtered through Dizzy's percussion-heavy "big ensemble" sound. Hall of fame cast of characters. Last track is a killer. I can't seem to find it on Spotify or YouTube, unfortunately.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 05:23 (two years ago) link
Did a bit more digging. The album is listed on Spotify as part of a two-fer CD.
Of course half of the tracks are unplayable and those are the tracks from Uhuru Afrika.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 05:33 (two years ago) link
Fell down a Japanese smooth funk rabbit hole and ended up with this and kind of holy shit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc-pIH0CBxM
Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media - "Breeze" (1975)
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Friday, 18 March 2022 05:47 (two years ago) link
Because it's Sunday, why not some 80s private press spiritual goodness?
(It's on the internet jukebox, if you're so inclined.)
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Sunday, 10 April 2022 19:18 (two years ago) link
This is very niiice. I see the OG is currently on sale for $1000 <scream face>.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 10 April 2022 19:33 (two years ago) link
Thank the streaming gods on this one, I suppose.
(I enjoyed it, as well. Very pleasant vibe. The spirituality of later Coltrane with none of the skronk.)
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Sunday, 10 April 2022 20:15 (two years ago) link
Yeah, so Randy Weston was an internationalist way back there--back when some artists were sometimes promoted as "jazz ambassadors," prob with some CIA bucks in there somewhere, as tended to happen w hands-across-the-water arts projects, but wth; anyway, he followed the African diaspora back to the Motherland and forward, what with elements of highlife and Caribbean and blues and weirdo Monk as given prob more than some Gov officials liked---live LP Carnival was the only one I ever owned, and some friends said title opener sounded like naval recruitment commercial, but 7:28 or thereabouts "Tribute To Duke Ellington" was an amazing microcosm, deep into and all around solo piano---Side B is "Mystery of Love," piano, bass, drums, flute, and the moon, also all around.Also try Blue Moses, where Creed Taylor made him play electric piano (he didn't like it, but lots of people loved it). And his albums feat. trombonist-arranger Melba Liston.
― dow, Sunday, 10 April 2022 21:40 (two years ago) link
Man I miss Randy Weston, along with some people and venues associated with him.
― Helly Watch the R’s (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 April 2022 21:44 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I wanna go to this joint!
In 1967 Weston traveled throughout Africa with a U.S. cultural delegation. The last stop of the tour was Morocco, where he decided to settle, running his African Rhythms Club in Tangier[25] for five years, from 1967 to 1972. He said in a 2015 interview: "We had everything in there from Chicago blues singers to singers from the Congo.... The whole idea was to trace African people wherever we are and what we do with music."[26]
― dow, Sunday, 10 April 2022 21:50 (two years ago) link
Yes, he was such a great presence too.
― Helly Watch the R’s (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 April 2022 22:04 (two years ago) link
Thanks for the word, dow! I checked out some other Randy Weston stuff after I liked Uhuru Afrika so much and found that it was all pretty good. Special shout for African Cookbook. Admittedly didn't get to Blue Moses, but curious to give it a listen now!
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Sunday, 10 April 2022 22:31 (two years ago) link
Also, here's the live one referenced.
(This post is mostly for my own reference.)
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Sunday, 10 April 2022 22:34 (two years ago) link
I love unique lineups, so I've always been a huge fan of the Gary Burton collaboration with Stephane Grappelli from 1972. Vibes and violin right up front on some really excellent tunes — most notable for me is the rendition of "Blue in Green":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puqp5Z-dQpI
Just dreamy. Album as a whole is a bit more swingin`, but the other ballads do not disappoint. One of the first jazz albums I heard past the introductory Blue Train - Kind of Blue - Somethin` Else starter pack, so I have very fond memories of it. Highly recommend checking out the back cover of the LP in that link above. xpost to photos where one band member refuses to play along.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 27 April 2022 20:02 (two years ago) link
I'm extending the timeline from 1980 to 1986 for this one. Later 80s was when I started listening to less alternative rock and more bluesy jazz from guys (and gals) who had been playing for decades previous, falling out of fashion, sometimes struggling with 70s smooth/fusion/disco crossover attempts, and then sticking around as elder statesmen of their craft. They literally were soul survivors.
I spin a lot of this stuff, a soulful, supremely comfortable mix of classic ballads ("The Second Time Around") and swinging R&B inflected jams ("One Mint Julep.") You can't possibly go wrong with a band including George Benson or Jimmy Ponder on guitar and Bernard Purdie on drums.
I wish there was a supper club or lounge where I could still hear organ jazz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hUux41Fe1g
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Friday, 13 May 2022 13:44 (one year ago) link
often think about the Purdie anecdote (as retold by Donald Fagen in the Aja doc) that when Bernard was hired for a session he would put up a sign on each side of his drum set, one reading “You done it" and the other reading: “You done hired the hit-maker, Bernard ‘Pretty’ Purdie”
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 16 May 2022 08:10 (one year ago) link
nice. frankie is so underrated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJvaGpU5gZY
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 01:27 (one year ago) link
forgot he played on mingus's "tijuana moods". also seeing he was on an early joe zawinul date from '61. plenty to look into! any other favs so far?
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 01:29 (one year ago) link
i don't know much of frankie dunlop outside of those higher profile sideman gigs - thanks for the word!
as for me, i'm on my friday night smooth bullschitt again and i have to send this one with a special dedication to the good people of ilx. ya'll may have saved my life this year with all of your healthy distractions, cleverness, and just plain old good vibes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lK6457F1iQ
ronnie laws - "friends + strangers" (1977)
bonus track for my acid jazzers-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R-LWEgv-0U
ronnie laws - "friends + strangers (the l.g. experience remix)" (1996)
if you've never heard the whole album that's from, i highly recommend it. lots of heavy hitters dipping into some blue note (+capitol) classics, including an early appearance from a "j. yancey" ummah production.
the happiest of new year's to all of you. let's do it again soon, yeah?
― "guys, remember andy?" remember him?! i am him!! (Austin), Saturday, 31 December 2022 03:06 (one year ago) link
Happy New Year, moldy figs!
Patti Bown is a new name to me. I discovered her album Plays Big Piano when I took note of the keys on a Gene Ammons record and did some digging. I'm not normally a big fan of piano trio records, but this one is really swingin', kind of gospelly in places, and reminds me a bit of Bobby Timmons (another fave.) Nice production job too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSzqhXJb-dA
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 10 January 2023 16:24 (one year ago) link
I stumbled upon Beverly Kinney, fell down a youtube rabbit hole, and fell in love. I saw her voice described as being between Blossom Dearie and Marilyn Monroe, and that's pretty accurate. She's quite young sounding (she was only 28 when she took her own life in 1960) and her approach is intimate and not at all showy. Her version of "A Lovely Day" was used in a car commercial a few years back, and although I didn't know who she was at the time it caught my attention. I'm currently three albums into her discography and they're all excellent, ranging from a guitar-led combo to more orchestrated 50s pop.
scott's occasional swinging old jazz thread (moldy figs to 1980)
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Friday, 17 February 2023 16:39 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLzC6z5bL-g
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Friday, 17 February 2023 16:40 (one year ago) link
Misspelled her name AND messed up the link. More coffee needed...
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Friday, 17 February 2023 16:41 (one year ago) link
Really nice overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC2cAIUhbE8
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Friday, 17 February 2023 16:48 (one year ago) link
I wasn't familiar with Gene Shaw (only three records as leader and three with Charles Mingus) but this pseudo Sketches of Spain meets bossa/exotica record is exactly what I'm into right now.
Arranger Richard Evans went on to helm The Soulful Strings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7zYpLkXJzk
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Friday, 14 April 2023 14:02 (one year ago) link
Beverly's new to me, thanks! You might dig another recent discovery:
Carol Sloane, whose voice immediately grabbed via in her early 60s tracks, then gradually changed a bit with age, while continuing the same stylistic flight path, fast and slow, into a live set rec. 2019---she died this January, in her mid-80s---as heard in this doc from the ever-handy, frequently revelatory Afterglow:https://indianapublicmedia.org/afterglow/the-song-styling-of-carol-sloane.php
― dow, Friday, 14 April 2023 18:41 (one year ago) link
These guys! Not big eyes over the mic, just for you---na, they may be watching the clock, between shifts, fairly plain voices in several cases, but they know every note and what it's made of---in most cases, although I'm still not that into Chet Baker, and maybe a couple others, but mostly, this is pretty refreshing:
On this episode of Afterglow, I'm highlighting some jazz musicians who made their living playing horn, piano, or drums, but who could also sing when the occasion called for it. It's a look at jazz's part-time, unlikely singers, including trumpeter Chet Baker, drummer Buddy Rich, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, pianist Oscar Peterson, clarinetist Benny Goodman, trumpeter Roy Eldridge, guitarist Kenny Burrell, saxophonist Tex Beneke, clarinetist Woody Herman, and trumpeter Clark Terry.
― dow, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 02:33 (one year ago) link
Been going through a bunch of Adderley records after someone (sorry can't remember who) posted 'Electric Eel' from "You, Baby" in a recent thread.
Nat Adderley - You, Baby (CTI '68) - such a cool record. Just texturally it sounds very intimate, and his electronic cornet setup almost sounds like a breathy flute at times. Grady Tate's feel on these tracks is incredible, so laid back.
Nat Adderley - Calling Out Loud (CTI '69) - more conventional than You, Baby but still super solid and enjoyable. Idris Muhammed on drums. Joe Zawinul on Rhodes is a huge part of the appeal of all these records, I love hearing him in the Adderley zone.
Cannonball Adderley - The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free ('70) - has a very distinct time & place vibe, like all of the Adderley live records. Lots of astrology and sex talk in the banter, lol, but you can tell it's a hot crowd. Lots of guest appearances by Nat Adderley's playing guitar and singing in this intimate & soulful folk style, but it all works somehow.
Cannonball Adderley - In Person - I just can't get enough of the quintet with the Adderley Bros, Zawinul, and Roy McCurdy on drums and this is a great dose. Good banter about Zawinul.
Cannonball Adderley - Country Preacher - the banter and crowd are really evocative on this one too, it's possible he made the best live albums of all time? This one is full soul jazz/funk mode, maybe the closest in vibe to the Mercy, Mercy, Mercy record. Great tambourine and crowd handclaps. Roy McCurdy is super underrated, he kills it on all these records, in every style.
Looking forward to going through the '70s records when George Duke replaces Zawinul.
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Thursday, 1 June 2023 18:53 (eleven months ago) link
that would've been me!
he's also on sam jones's "the soul society" (1960), which i was listening to earlier this morning. fast becoming one of my very favorite jazz records. it definitely scratches a kind of funk / hard bop itch, but it's much more than that. sam jones killing all over the record on double bass and cello.
― budo jeru, Thursday, 1 June 2023 19:42 (eleven months ago) link
i love this so much. so funny. someone should teach a class on this paragraph.
https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/355117444_10161289158532137_5911693065179377795_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=TV69rAQPU5cAX9wLLEZ&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AfD5OJlKj7fwN2IFPpzqg6mdZ0XP9stS8SbDPN98ESVdCQ&oe=6496A376
― scott seward, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 22:21 (ten months ago) link
haha, that's a+ material
Our little Donald, he's part of the younger generation, you know.
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 07:23 (ten months ago) link
this might be interesting to someone other than me. i made a playlist of 200 interviews with jazz musicians.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE1-7P1reTFjNq4XVFWjPJiymJ7--IBJP
― scott seward, Friday, 23 June 2023 19:41 (ten months ago) link
Discovered this through one of the Richard Davis remembrances, apparently he said this David Young record was one of his favorite recordings that he had done (I wonder if it's because the bass is super present in the mix, lol). But it has Sonny Fortune, Harold Mabern, and Idris Muhammad on it. Sounds extremely '70s (recorded in '71).
https://david-young.bandcamp.com/album/david-young
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 18:34 (seven months ago) link
Check out the sax solo on "Friday the Fourteenth" that keeps dipping back and forth between hard swinging and free moments, that's really something.
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 18:48 (seven months ago) link
i see its on my discogs wantlist. probably for richard davis. though i like all those guys. my dad loves harold mabern. he used to take me to see harold and harold's boyhood pal george coleman a lot when i was a kid. my dad worships george coleman.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 20:52 (seven months ago) link
George Coleman is still going strong! Amazing.
https://www.instagram.com/p/ClJmhumJPNB/
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 20:59 (seven months ago) link
thanks for the DY link. love this line from the bandcamp copy:
Despite his talent, he had one album he recorded as a lead which was released on mainstream Records.
ouch!
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 22:19 (seven months ago) link
Obsessed with Jakob Bro's records with Lee Konitz...Balladeering (w/Bill Frisell and Paul Motian), Time (different bassist and no drums), and December Song (Craig Taborn on piano). Incredible autumn music.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 12 October 2023 16:00 (six months ago) link
Best jazz vocal I've heard in a while---lots of folks have the chops and spirit, but there's a world in here, for now:Kate Kortum - Dreamsville
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btQNuSQZxWM
― dow, Sunday, 15 October 2023 17:31 (six months ago) link
Jakob Bro is indeed fantastic, have had the pleasure of seeing him quite a few times, once with Lee Konitz!
his first three ECM albums also great
did you catch Music for Black Pigeons? wonderful footage
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 11:28 (six months ago) link
Pulling up Michael Brecker - Time Is Of the Essence this morning. I'm not a huge Brecker fan but this is sounding great...the drum chair is either Elvin (!), "Tain" Watts, or Bill Stewart and it's a good exercise in comparison (they all sound amazing). Larry Goldings on organ, no bass player.
And "good Metheny records" is a topic that's come up on a few threads recently, and this might be one of the best. His solo on "Half Past Late" is ridiculous.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 14:52 (six months ago) link
I never really think about The Brecker Brothers as music for me, lumping them in with stuff like The Yellowjackets, but I heard this cut on the radio the other night that was beefy enough and had enough twists for me to take notice. Guitarist is great, Barry Finnerty, who I don't know but research shows me has played on a ton of records.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUcPJ8Wop5o
― Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable POST (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 17:20 (six months ago) link
Is 'Work Song' on Live in Tokyo widely accepted as the definitive version? If not, it should be, killer band and much better than the studio version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q88M5gwgGPI
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 26 February 2024 19:40 (two months ago) link
can't listen now but will listen later. such a great lineup. i've been so high on nat adderley records for awhile now. he made so much good stuff and i kinda didn't pay attention to them. better late than never. cannonball rules so hard. what a mind.
― scott seward, Monday, 26 February 2024 20:08 (two months ago) link
That's a great album. I just got two live Cannonball albums that will be coming out on Record Store Day — one is from 1969, with almost that same lineup, and the other is from 1972, when George Duke was in the band.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Monday, 26 February 2024 20:18 (two months ago) link
Forgot to mention that I heard the Tokyo recording on some cd comp I had in high school (maybe a Rhino Records thing? I remember a yellow cover). I've never had the full set but it was a great cd-era discovery.
Would love to hear those RSD records.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 26 February 2024 21:14 (two months ago) link
you can read every issue of nat hentoff's jazz review here. i know i did. i like that he had artists write reviews. one of these days i will find a complete run in real life. i could buy them one at a time when they pop up on ebay but i always forget about ebay.
https://www.jazzstudiesonline.org/content/jazz-review
― scott seward, Tuesday, 27 February 2024 04:47 (two months ago) link
Wow, thank you, that's fascinating. The first one I clicked on (Feb '59) has a pre-Coltrane article about Elvin Jones, written by a European sax was playing with him in J.J. Johnson's group, that's comes very close to speculatively describing the invention of the Coltrane Quartet. Or rather, it correctly recognizes everything Elvin is already doing (the power, flowing across the bar lines without giving the soloist easy signposts) but that eventually he'll probably have to simplify his style.
"...I have often had the same trouble with Elvin...the tension would build to a point where I had trouble finishing my choruses, and I would begin trembling with internal excitement, but completely unable to tell where we were any longer...that is obviously a situation to be avoided."
...until you find a group other musicians who always know where 1 is and can maintain the tension indefinitely. Now I wanna listen to a bunch of early Elvin.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 27 February 2024 17:36 (two months ago) link
oh wow the very first issue has the (in)famous Gunther Schuller article about Sonny Rollins.
― B. Amato (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 27 February 2024 17:46 (two months ago) link
The reviews are hilarious too:
Relaxin' (with the Miles Davis Quintet) and Musings neither disappoint nor do they set the world on fire. Both call for no excess wordage on the part of a reviewer; they should be enjoyed and not analytically picked apart. I enjoyed them. —Mimi Clar
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 27 February 2024 17:47 (two months ago) link
His (Coltrane's) solo on Giant Steps particularly shows a rhythmic stiffness and melodic tameness. He does not construct any real line with the arpeggios.
--H.A. Woodfin
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 27 February 2024 18:00 (two months ago) link
I didn't know this album -- These Are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly. It's sick, Richard Davis is going hard (and really keeping tracks like Goodnight Irene from being too straight), the late Tootie Heath on drums & tambourine, Cedar Walton, and amazing vocals by Sandra Douglas on a couple tracks.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 8 April 2024 22:15 (four weeks ago) link
Damn, this version of Black Girl (aka Where Did You Sleep Last Night)
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 8 April 2024 22:20 (four weeks ago) link
Way better than the title suggests, great album
― Brad C., Tuesday, 9 April 2024 23:30 (three weeks ago) link
the title makes it sound awesome in my opinion! lol. checking it out now
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 10 April 2024 18:57 (three weeks ago) link
but then i have a lot of time for Clifford Jordan
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 10 April 2024 19:00 (three weeks ago) link
I can't find anything about Sandra Douglas besides this album, which she steals.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Wednesday, 10 April 2024 19:04 (three weeks ago) link
it seems like you're not the first one to wonder
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 10 April 2024 23:36 (three weeks ago) link
i've pulled this album out more than once this year. pepper adams and curtis fuller together is such a beautiful pairing. i love them both.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyQVtVH-dYQ
― scott seward, Thursday, 11 April 2024 01:30 (three weeks ago) link
Damn indeed so good
― that's not my post, Thursday, 11 April 2024 03:06 (three weeks ago) link
that Clifford Jordan record got me wondering what other jazz albums of the era had folk revival themes ... this one, "Jazz Impressions of Folk Music," is not terrible, but sounds more like "The Harold Land Quintet Plays The Kingston Trio":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvV73nA1-gg
both albums have versions of "Take This Hammer" and Land's really suffers by comparison ... "Kisses Sweeter than Wine" and lol "On Top of Old Smokey" sound better, but "Hava Nagila" sent me running to Dick Dale
fairly undistinguished and uninspired bop, but like every 1963 jazz album I've ever heard, beautifully played and recorded
― Brad C., Thursday, 11 April 2024 19:17 (three weeks ago) link