It was for me. I was looking for some real guitar music in high school, moving away from pop and I bought At Fillmore East and Johnny Winter's Second Winter on Columbia. That scratched the itch. Heh.
Rickie Lee Jones – It's Like This (Artemis Records / Sheridan Square) — With Richard Davis, John Pizzarelli, Peter Erskine, Rick Marotta, Alex Foster, Conrad Herwig, a.o. & Joe Jackson, Ben Folds, Taj Mahal, Dan Hicks; includes bonus CD w/ 2 live tracks Eclectic mix of jazz standards and pop songs (covers of Marvin Gaye, Beatles, Traffic, & Steely Dan tunes).
One last album to end the weekend and probably a coming week with not much music. Donald Byrd - The Cat Walk, Music Matters 45 rpm. All around fantastic reissue well deserved for Byrd's best album, accompanied by great performances from Duke Pearson and Pepper Adams.
The Cat Walk really is a great recording, RVG outdid himself that day. Not sure I'd say it's Byrd's best, but among them. Right now, on headphones: LOVE this release. A recent interview with Dylan has him saying he doesn't remember writing these lyrics/songs.
Tough call. Royal Flush, Fuego, Free Form and Byrd In Flight are just as good. Free Form doesn't get much of a mention and there's some gorgeous playing on that one. Kofi and Electric Byrd are up there too. Byrd has an impressive catalogue with something for everyone.
I agree with all those Byrd choices. I love Free Form. It does have a wilder side to it as the title suggests. Fuego really does smoke. NP Coleman Hawkins - Hawkins Alive! At the Village Gate (RCA) classic Records stereo reissue With Tommy Flannagan, Major Holley and Ed Locke. Frank m 1962. I love 60s Hawk. I found a sealed copy of this pressing earlier this year and decided to get it and hold on for the future.
Such a great title and pressing! This one I have played quite a bit these last couple of months. Yet, I never tire of it.
Don Friedman Trio - My Favorite Things (Eighty Eights) Edit: I want to see that movie as well. Should be interesting.
Hank Jones Trio - Speak Low (Eighty Eight's). John Pattituci and Jack DeJohnette, classic trio. Some of the best n the business.
Solid Hutcherson title with another stellar performance from Joe Henderson, especially on the track "Verse." This band cooks.
Kofi and Electric Byrd never did it for me. I would agree Byrd In Flight is a strong contender. Best album was not the right the way to word it, my favorite Byrd album is less controversial.
Rabih Abou-Khalil – Yara (Enja Records MW) — Rabih Abou-Khalil (oud), Dominique Pifarely (violin), Vincent Courtois (cello), Nabil Khaiat (frame drums)
I just pulled out Bukra the other day: It's a shame most of his releases are so expensive on vinyl now
This lp is a little noisy but not too bad. Love the music. They're not flatting their fifths, they're drinking them.
Qobuz has Enja albums on sale and I just bought the three Rabih Abou-Khalil albums they have and I didn't own, Songs for Sad Women, Roots & Sprouts and Em Português.
Fresh Air in Concert (WHYY Philadelphia) With Jay McChann, The Holmes Brothers, Dr. John, Yomo Toro, Doc Watson, Dave McKenna, Susannah McCorkle, Kenny Barron, Peggy King, Bob Dorough, Joel Forrester, Marty Grosz, Charles Brown, Allen Toussaint, and the Brave Combo. From broadcasts taped between 1982 & 1990.
really sad news about another jazz great. Early this morning the great Arthur Blythe passed. As many of you know he was a gentle soul and a musical genius. He had been fighting Parkinson's disease for several years. His spirit will live on in his unique music, which he humbly gave to our universe. His Beautiful wife Queen Bey has been there for Arthur and I know he would want us all to be there for her now. R.I.P. Mr. Blythe. Arthur Blythe made a wonderful sequence of albums in he late 70s and early 80s - this is one of the definitive albums of the era. RIP Arthur
This is a great one from later in Arthur Blythe's career (and there is a counterpart from the same set of shows called Calling Card). His run at Columbia was terrific, and would make a nice Mosaic set.
