That made me shudder until I saw the artist name on the vinyl... finally an appropriate use of a Billy Joel record
When Billy Joel was 13-14, he was placed in my father's art class. My father remembered most of the trouble makers.
Good info and especially interested in the Circle output leading up to Holland's COTB. Shoemaker makes a point of their importance in the book I posted yesterday. I would love to hear the Paris live show. These two were played last night but I fell out before posting them. The post below is about 8 hrs belated... Freedom Book is 1963 and finds Booker exploring some expressive, playing that is less modal. Alan Dawson who was an early teacher of Tony Williams provides some dynamic drums for '63 and the pianist that I'm not familiar with whatsoever is making me a fan; a rhythmic style somewhat similar to McCoy Tyner. After just a few listens, I would recommend it... the first of the 'Book' recordings for me, very enjoyable. Switching gears again ten yrs into '73, and while not a huge fan of Spectrum, I do like Billy Cobham and some of this is great. It is fusion although the term has been an overused and a corrosive term through the years. This is a jazzy rock and roll record for goodness sake. Cobham can out 'skin' anybody. All the playing is rock solid, w/ Tommy Bolin adding his guitar chops, Jan Hammer. Stratus is a classic tune by any measure in any genre.
NP, listening to this (on YouTube I'm afraid) on the basis of some recommendations in here & will be purchasing it toot sweet, very impressed.
Bobo Stenson Trio – Contra la indecisión (ECM Records) — Bobo Stenson: piano; Anders Jormin: double bass; Jon Fält: drums
Although I listened to fusion in the early 70s I didn't stick with it but Cobham's Spectrum has always stayed in my collection. I was a big fan of Tommy Bolin too so the combination was perfect. I think it's Tommy's finest hour in terms of guitar chops goes. He never played with quite the same urgency on his solo albums. Around the same time I was grooving to RTF and Weather Report I bought Circle Live and tbh I didn't know what to think. I rarely even attempted to get into it. I was not ready for it yet. It stayed in my collection for quite a while and by the time I was ready the album was damaged in a flood and couldn't be salvaged so I tossed it. One of these days I'm going to revisit that album. Along the way I did acquire a Barry Altschul album You Can't Name Your Own Tune on Muse with Sam Rivers, Dave Holland, Muhal Richard Abrams and George Lewis. It came out in 1977 and I'm kind of glad I didn't buy it then because I wouldn't have been ready and it might have ended up flood damaged too and it doesn't show up in the racks very often although it might be easier today with discogs and eBay. Highly recommended if you like the edgier, more adventurous side of jazz. NP something a little easier to digest while waking up..... Chet Baker - Chet (Riverside) OJC lp
WP Joe Pass - Virtuoso #3 (Pablo) mustard colored label NP Wes Montgomery In Paris (Resonance) double lp From one great guitarist to another. Quite a contrast in styles.
Bill Evans Trio, Waltz for Debby The bog-standard OJC vinyl issue, which uses the 1987 plates and is pressed at RTI, and cost me about $12 on Amazon. Score!
Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau & Charlie Haden - Alone Together Lee Konitz, alto sax Brad Mehldau, piano Charlie Haden, bass
Can't be too specific, but it probably had to do with the typical misbehavior of a 13 year old in the early 60's. Talking back, not doing the work, throwing art materials and paints, maybe pushing and shoving. The usual, but at a higher level (and enough so you were always caught). My father said that school officials often placed kids in his art class who were "big actors" because they said, "Anybody can pass art." Can't ask my father now. He was not into the Billie Joel pop scene.
Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer Quintet "Gingerbread Men" Mainstream Records/Solid Records Japan CD Newly reissued. . . this one is new to me and it's nice. Bass – Bob Cranshaw Drums – Dave Bailey Piano – Hank Jones Trombone – Bob Brookmeyer Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Vocals – Clark Terry
I'm also not a big fan of spectrum... Too fast for me. But you should check this one, the 40th anniversary concert (2CD): As for me... I'm currently on the other side of the spectrum. The "Soul" side to be precise. Curtis Mayfield initial albums are great. Just played:
Hi Lonson, If you didn't know it was a mainstream record would you be able to guess it? Is there something that tells those albums apart from other labels ? Same question for blue-note .... Can you tell the difference easily (between different labels) ? Thanks
Flipping decades again with Ahmad Jamal from 1960 and McCoy Tyner from 1972. Not only a contrast in styles, but an extension of the 'free form jam' over a decade later that was just beginning in other jazz circles around the time of Happy Moods 12 yrs before. Tyner was digging deep with Sahara and Enlightenment (and to a lesser degree Expansions a few years before-which blew me away again yest'd), playing not only piano but flute, percussion and oboe. An incredible album of exploding sounds and colors, somewhat boundless in segments, but a center structured and disciplined enough because of the superb musicianship.
Yes, Mainstream has a sound that holds up through most releases. . . a mediocre sound to be honest for the most part. A 'Seventies budget jazz sound. And production is pretty basic. Unfutzed with quickly recorded sound. Blue Note too has a sound, the sound that RVG and Alfred Lion (and then Frank Wolff and Duke Pearson) cooked up. Horns a bit bigger than life, solid and dynamic sound overall, polished performances.
You might want to get a neck brace for all the time shifting you've been doing. Seriously though, I'm not afraid to do some of the same. Sahara is an intense ride but then so are those others you mentioned. I have Enlightenment on vinyl but bought the cd version so I could also hear it in the car or hear some of those songs uninterrupted due to the length of the songs. Extensions is another I'd put in that category of intense. At the same time I love Jamal's music from beginning to today. There was a time when I could pick up those Argo titles for $4-8 each but not only have tge prices gone up but the records have disappeared. They are probably still reasonable at places like Discogs, I haven't looked. Of his early stuff I'd still like to get Portfolio, a two record set. I never found a copy in decent shape WP Blue Mitchell - Bring It Home To Me (Blue Note) SHM cd NP Blue Mitchell's Blue's Moods (Riverside) SHM cd
