This one came in the mail to me yesterday along with Imagined Savior and, so far, I'm finding the latter a bit easier to get my head around. I think I'll get there, but it's going to take a few listens.
Picked this one up today for cheap. I have a couple of Byron albums and like them okay, but I grabbed this one mainly for Moran and Jack D. It's full of adventurous playing, but I think it suffers from the lack of a bass player on about half the tracks.
Just thought someone may be interested, as the albums in question aren't otherwise available cheaply on CD.... and who knows if ever they will be again. Audio quality is fine for the financial outlay.
NP paul Desmond - Skylark (CTI) orig. lp Interesting group for Desmond and hough it was typical f CTI at the time. Bob James on el. piano, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette and George Bertoncini are the core band with Gabor Szabo as the secret sauce. It's never been my favorite Desmond album as I prefer acoustic piano with his music though James does a solid job as expected. It just seems out f place with Desmond.
You want to see this book in the hardcover large format, world atlas size edition. Out of print. One of the best jazz biographies ever with a detailed discography
Well I can breath again , finally have the new TT up and running ... And spinnin this And drinking this And feeling like this .
I am really loving this lp that just arrived. One of you put me on to it a a week or so ago and I just love it. It reminds me oddly of another duet from the late 70s that I love - ornette colman Charlie Haden duet called soapsuds Though soapsuds is with bass and this lp is with drums the duet format leaves so much air around the 2 instruments allowing for infinite creative freedom. One of you lot was seeking (I think) drumless trio records recently for a similar reason but the duet format seems much rarer. Perhaps the most rare of any jazz format from solo to quintet? Of course I am not including vocals in this category. And I am sure I will be assailed with great instrumental jazz duet lps now. (And I will be all the richer for it. )
The Dylan cover looks too clean to be 50 years old. Is that from the mono box? Some years ago, I came across a shop that had sealed copies of original pressings for $10 of four Dylan LPs
Yes and I think the odds of repeating that occurrence are nil today. I'm guessing you scored them during his late 70s "saved" period Which doesn't diminish the quality of that score... That box is my favourite box for a lot of reasons All of which are too obvious to go into
Look what came in this evening's mail...I know what I'm listening to with tomorrow morning's coffee! Been waiting for this one.
I just returned from a local performance of what I call creative instrumental music although it is still jazz. Tge opening set was a duo of drums and reeds. The reed player used alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet and the drummer is one of those he most original sounding drummers in a while. I don't mean he's 100% original but his approach to the kit and keeping time is another thing. They both play with a lot of energy and they are a joy to watch. The drummer plays in more of a pulse that varies in time and intensity as the music progresses. He's amazing to watch. Duos and trios take good musicianship to pull off. So it's great to hear two good ones in one night, ten minutes from my house and only $10. Edit: nate hubbard and kris tiner were rhe drums and trumpet playing with Lisa Mezzacappa. Randy McKean and Jon Bafos are the reeds/drum duo. Fun night of music. NP Paul Desmond (Artist House) With his Canadian trio. Someone me tioned Soapsuds which is a Artist House release as well I believe. Yes? I never ticed that she he nside of the gatefold of the Desmond lp is the photo used on the dust cover of the bio Tribute posted.
That was in the early 90s, when no one wanted to touch vinyl, and when Dylan was not the darling of the critics.
[QUOTE="Six String, post: 16827859, member: 4448 NP Paul Desmond (Artist House) With his Canadian trio. Someone me tioned Soapsuds which is a Artist House release as well I believe. Yes? .[/QUOTE] Yes it's an Artists House release though I am unfamiliar with this label.
Sitting in a tent in the rain. Listening to this... On my iPod whilst re-reading Ian Carr's biography of Miles on my kindle. The joys of modern technology.
Tito Puente – Royal T (Concord Records) Personnel: Tito Puente - timbales, timbalitos, marimba, percussion; Johnny Rodriguez - bongos, percussion; Jose Rodriguez - bongos, percussion; Piro Rodrigues - trumpet, flugelhorn; Tony Lujan - trumpet, flugelhorn; Mario Rivera - piccolo, flute, soprano and tenor saxes; Bobby Porcelli - alto and baritone saxes; Sam Burtis - trombone; Arturo Velasco - trombone; Sonny Bravo - piano; Bobby Rodriguez - bass; Rebeca Mauleon - synthesizer. Tunes by Puente, Mauleon, Charlie Parker, Horace Silver, Charles Mingus, Goodman, Eddy Martinez & Louis Ramirez.
Miles himself might say "Listen to the rain", though I do know that rain on a tent roof can get pretty loud.
The CD in the photo looks totally legit. What you end up getting from the seller is another matter, but those CD's go for about ¥900-¥1000 used in NM condition. I bought quite a few in that series when they were released, a lot of them Jackie Mac.