"Music doesn't go seasonable to me." Rolling Jazz Dm7♭5 Thread 2017

Listening to that xpost Old And New Dreams trib to a trib on the radio (Jazz Night In America): "It became less of an Ornette cover band and more about their own music", and this gets more involving as it slows down and digs in---more about the present musos' own playing (esp. bass and drums, for me).

Scott Colley's arco bass is damn near bass sax at the moment---backstory here: http://www.npr.org/event/music/533834836/still-dreaming-joshua-redmans-tribute-to-a-tribute

J. Redman's "Blues For Charlie" with Ron Miles' cornet taking a stroll, whole crew sidling up to shifty tempi, kinda Mingus so far, good finale.

"Charlie" as in Haden, not Mingus tho

thanks for another inspiring column, phil - that BJ Jansen album got me back into hard bop!

RIP Geri Allen :(

I need to dig into her catalog; I really only know her from the two albums she did with Ornette Coleman. Right now I'm listening to the 2016 album she did with David Murray and Terri Lynne Carrington (no bassist).

Hm. Guy in my neighborhood plays bass with Teri Lynne Carrington. Now wondering if he played with Geri Allen as well.

Nope

should i go see oliver lake tonight?

Sure.

Lots of nice Geri Allen tributes on Facebook, from the usual suspects and others as well.

Yeah, Lake is good. I saw his steel pan band once, and his new album with a string quartet is really interesting (and enjoyable).

I have been listening to Geri Allen's recording of Mary Lou Williams Zodiac Suite, today. And the In The Year of the Dragon album w/ Haden, Motian. RIP again :(

Yeah those last three are all gone now

I mean that last trio *sigh*

Hey, Kirk Lightsey is at Smalls tonight, which might be a good thing to go see under the circumstances. Actually last time I saw him another great pianist had just passed way, John Hicks, and he invited us all to head over to the memorial with him after the show.

xp That sounds promising. He's playing with Hamid Drake, Josh Abrams, and Ed Wilkerson (who I am not familiar with) which is also promising.

Been having a good festival so far: going to see Bad Plus tonight. Last night, I saw Sonoluminescence Trio (David Mott, Jesse Stewart, William Parker), who were really great, better than the first time I saw them, probably, with a lot of variety and dynamics and even some memorable melodic and rhythmic hooks. Mott integrated his circular breathing and multiphonic techniques into the improv really effectively. Stewart is probably one of my favourite percussionists going right now, on kit as well as waterphone; Parker was obv fantastic, playing a variety of instruments, two of which I couldn't identify, as well as singing on one piece. I picked up their brand-new LP. I can't play the LP until I reunite with my turntable in the fall but the mp3s sound excellent. It's a two-track analogue live (in Ottawa!) recording with a lot of warmth. The day before, I saw the Garry Elliott Quartet play totally straight-ahead stuff, which was really nice for a change.

Let us know how nu-Bad Plus is.

Orrin Evans isn't joining until sometime next year; it's still Iverson at the piano.

Yeah, tbh, I wouldn't have shelled out if Iverson wasn't still with them. As it is, I figure it'll be the last time I see this lineup.

Yeah, tbh, I wouldn't have shelled out if Iverson wasn't still with them.

Really? I'm a much bigger fan of Evans than Iverson; I'll definitely be checking out the revamped lineup.

The guy you need to see before it's too late is Ethan's buddy Tootie Heath

I don't know Evans's work. I'll check out the revamped lineup but I'm paying to see a band that I have loved live and on record; Iverson is a key part of that band.

Seen Evans and his man Donald Edwards, both with the Mingus Band and in other contexts, they have always delivered.

Btw, unperson, other than the Branch, which is top-tier, I liked the Nicole Mitchell from your May column quite a bit. I'll check out the June column soon.

From Evans' own back catalog, I recommend Captain Black Big Band, Freedom, Flip the Script, and Mother's Touch; you should also definitely check out his trio Tarbaby with Eric Revis and Nasheet Waits. The End of Fear and The Ballad of Sam Langford are both great.

And thanks for reading!

He's great as a sideman on some of those Ralph Peterson records. And he has some Criss Cross records with great bands (also w/Peterson). I haven't heard any of the Tarbaby stuff but have been meaning to check it out.

I wonder what TBP would sound like with Eric Lewis on piano...he probably doesn't have the right aesthetic, but his playing is so ridiculous. He's on the Herlin Riley record that I listen to to hype myself up every time I have to play a jazz gig.

"Have to"

Lewis just put out a trio album on Sunnyside last year with Reginald Veal on bass and Jeff "Tain" Watts on drums. It's pretty good.

http://sunnysidezone.com/album/and-to-the-republic

Oh it's definitely "have to", I don't seek them out. If someone calls me, that's on them. :)

Had a pretty fun one the other night though.

I can understand

for the record, the Heath Brothers have shows on July 11 to 16 at the Vanguard; worth catching if you haven't yet
https://www.villagevanguard.com/schedule

Jeb Patton and David Wong are the go-to sidemen for old-timers, I guess. I saw them with Houston Person and Charles McPherson at the Jazz Standard not long ago. Might have to go to that Vanguard run, though; I like Heath's 70s albums for Xanadu that were recently reissued.

Reminds me, I picked up Jimmy Heath's I Walked With Giants at the library for what shoulda been briefness considering the homework, got totally hooked---such range and depth and clarity---quite the gateway to an era, several eras biz-wise, Lord knows. Will def get back to this one.https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/i-walked-with-giants-jimmy-heath/1111436662#productInfoTabs

Not just "gateway" for the noobs; it schooled my old jaded ass too.

Are you going to see Catharsis tonight, Sund4r?

Today's least likely song title: a snappy little noise/grindcore tune called "Bill Evans":

https://sentientruin.bandcamp.com/track/bill-evans

I'm not that familiar with Catharsis so I didn't pick up a ticket. Worth checking out, I take it? Bad Plus was really good. They went further out with their version of "Mandy" (of all things), with Iverson pounding frantically at tone clusters on the keyboard! A nice light moment afterwards when Anderson said "that was closer to Manilow's original conception for the song, before the corporate guys got involved". The version of "Maps" was pretty intense too; that one especially barely seems related to the song tbh. I've been listening to the album since then (although they did a lot of other material live).

I am partial to Catharsis because they are all nice people in addition to being great players. The drummer and the sax player/multi-instrumentalist who is touring with them in this configuration are particularly fun to watch.

I loved their Azul Infinito album w/ Camila Meza's lovely vox from last year.

I love the part in the Jimmy Heath book where he assigns everybody a nickname and man alive's old guitar teacher was called Texas Ted.

https://ottawajazzscene.ca/news/11668-our-2017-ottawa-jazz-festival-poll-listeners-want-commitment

And for one listener, the music was simply “too progressive for me. Even their renditions of a Cyndi Lauper and Barry Manilow songs”.

Wait, that listener wasn't you, was it?

I just bought the new totally fab Eric Revis album Sing Me Some Cry w/ Vandermark + Kris Davis on board, sick album!

Yeah, that's a good one. Revis has been doing really interesting stuff on Clean Feed for about five years now.

yep, and I think Kris Davis has been the only constant in his changing trios/4tets for the last few albums. Probably one of the other reasons why they are all so excellent.

busy thread; just updated the playlist for the half year marker.

ILM's Rolling Jazz Thread 2017 Spotify Playlist