Thats one heck of a recommendation on the Byrd album. It's one of the few MM albums I don't have. I'll put that on my buy list. Thx Jeff
Au contraire mon fraire @Gabe Walters brought it up a week or two ago. I concured with a mention of that gorgeous ballad I'm A Fool To Want You. That track always stops me in my tracks when it is playing. The Music Matters reissue is stellar as you would expect. WP Thelonious Monk (Prestige) SHM cd NP Blue Mitchell - Mitchell's Moods (Riverside) SHM cd
I'm really struggling to think of Royal Flush as powerful a recording as KOB but I really do like it! So many great recordings. . . we can spend a lifetime discovering them. . . it's such a blessing to be a jazz fan.
Yes, although my verbiage wasn't very clear and it was too late when I noticed it for me to edit the post and fix it, this is what I meant when I said "I'd seen it on Music Matter's site and then posted here". That was to say that I'd seen it on Music Matter's site and then subsequently saw someone had posted on here they were listening to it.
Maybe Gabe posted that he was listening to it too, but it was this post by Aura that I saw which led me to put it on originally. He did give it strong props, though I'm taking the props to another level.
No worries, it was meant as a friendly tease, not a serious claim of firsts. I hoped my little wink made gat clear. It is a beautiful album, one of my favorites of his along with Fuego and Off To The Races although tbh I have liked everything I have heard by him. I think he's technically a better player than Miles. Like Miles but to a lesser extent, he explored a lot of different ways to express himself.
Billy Hart – Oshumare (Gramavision) — With Dave Holland, Bill Frisell or Kevin Eubanks, Kenny Kirkland or Mark Grey + Branford Marsalis, Steve Coleman, Didier Lockwood, Manolo Badrena.
Perhaps, I suppose the true test would be that if it could still stand up as such after multiple repeated listens. At the time I felt excited by it in a way that I don't recall getting excited about a new album in quite some time, it may be that I was just in a particularly good mood in the moment . I was enjoying the album as a whole but I recall taking particular notice to the track "6M's", it seemed to me that all the parties were tapping in to the extra intangible something that goes beyond just great playing, such as is the perception I get when listening to KoB on every listen. Nevertheless, it is a great album and I will make sure to sing it's praises to any folks I encounter who have not heard it.
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue (Music Matters 33rpm). Paired with a very dry German Riesling. Stanley Turrentine is sublime on this LP.
Finally got a copy of this courtesy of the cornetist sending some copies over to the pianist in time for said pianist to sell them when he was playing with Han Bennink the other evening at Cafe Oto. First night of two at Cafe Oto last April where the usual duo of Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor were joined by pianist Alex Hawkins and bassist John Edwards.
Steve Miller – Steve Miller Trio meets Elton Dean (Reel Recordings) Personnel: Steve Miller (piano), Tony Moore (bass), Eddie Prevost (drums), Elton Dean (saxello). Recorded live at Bull & Gate, Kentish Town, London from the "Meetings with Remarkable Saxophonists" concert series, in 1985. Also includes a bonus track privately recorded in 1976 with Miller, Dean and drummer Pip Pyle.
I've been meaning to check this out for some time, I'm a big fan of Chad and Rob and also really like the albums when they add on more folks for trio and quartet Chicago Underground outings.
ALA.NI Tiny Desk Concert ALA.NI's album was one of my favorites from last year. When I listen to the album, I keep thinking I've heard these songs before but they're all original. ALA.NI: Tiny Desk Concert
Art Pepper - Friday Night at the VV (Contemporary) 1979 pressing Some of my favorite Pepper is his long weekend at the Village Vanguard. Superb band and great playing.
One of the hidden gems of the Miles Davis catalog, in my opinion. It feels like something of a warm-up exercise for the quintet, keyed to the smooth interplay between Miles's trumpet and Red Garland's piano. Much as I love Coltrane, not much of his own best playing came in Miles's group, and a lot of the value in those performances came from the way his journey of self-discovery played out against this backdrop of other musicians who'd found their voices and played very comfortably and effortlessly together. The comfort and the effortlessness alone may not have possessed the same growth potential, but boy is it a sweet place to rest for 40 minutes.
And now for something completely different. I have a dear lov for the Canterbury music scene and it doesn't get better then this one If you like your rock Jazzy , nerdy, proggy, and complex you might like this. Orig first release U.K. ( coming from Canada I rarely get to add the UK suffix) Edit; I should probably have said high degree of musicianship rather then complex
Clearly I need to look up Rudy , thanks for the tip Tribute . I should have clarified I meant marginalized n terms of public recognition by the masses. I mean every casual fan knows Miles and Coltrane (in fact I overwhelmingly hear their names dropped in reviews of rock music where it's clear they no nothing about them) but I think Lester is equally important but his importance seems to be dropping from the kind of household name he deserves. Though the you can say that about jazz as a whole but as they say that's a whole other discussion....