The Jazz Beat

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by Ken_McAlinden, Apr 27, 2015.

  1. Dhreview16

    Dhreview16 Forum Resident

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    I know there is a separate, individual thread for it, but 2015's The Epic, by Kamasi Washington (Parts 1, 2 and 3). Nearly 3 hours, or 3 CDs/albums worth, great value/nice LP box too...
     
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  2. Bobby Buckshot

    Bobby Buckshot Heavy on the grease please

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    We're in the same noob boat with Kirk (and nearly all other jazz artists for that matter). Congrats on getting that Mosaic set - pretty sure you won't be disappointed! I recently saw that Kirk had a 3 CD set Dog Years in the Fourth Ring that I've got in the queue.
     
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  3. Six String

    Six String Senior Member

    NP Denny Zeitlin - Zeitgeist (Columbia) reissue under Collectors' Series
     
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  4. Six String

    Six String Senior Member

    That's a nice compilation of unreleased or mostly unreleased material, I forget the details. It may not be the first thing I would recommend but any fan of Kirk's would really enjoy it.
     
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  5. cds23

    cds23 Accidentally slowing the forum down with huge pics

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    GERRY MULLIGAN / NIGHT LIGHTS / PHILIPS / 1963 / UCCU-9529 JAZZ THE BEST MINI LP GOLD CD

    • Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax, piano)
    • Art Farmer (trumpet, flügelhorn)
    • Bob Brookmeyer (trombone)
    • Jim Hall (guitar)
    • Bill Crow (bass)
    • Dave Bailey (drums)
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  6. alankin1

    alankin1 Forum Resident

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    Platform 1Takes Off (Clean Feed Records)
    — With Magnus Broo, Steve Swell, Ken Vandermark, Michael Vatcher, Joe Williamson

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  7. JETman

    JETman Forum Resident

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    For all you new Kirk enthusiasts, find a way to get this (or most of it), and worry about the rest later:

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  8. J.A.W.

    J.A.W. Music Addict

    Yep, that's the best Kirk collection. As I said earlier I'm not a Kirk specialist, but in my view his Mercury years were his heyday.
     
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  9. JETman

    JETman Forum Resident

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    Yup. I can do without some of the goofiness of the Atlantic years. I am not a huge fan of Joel Dorn's producing, in general. He did lots of great things for jazz, but IMHO, production was not one of them. He was no Nesuhi :) This is another interesting Kirk-related item, much more so than the McDuff one, IMO:

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  10. AxiomAcoustics

    AxiomAcoustics "The enemy is listening"

    Mal Waldron: Mal - 1:

    Mal Waldron – Piano
    Idrees Sulieman – Trumpet
    Gigi Gryce – Alto saxophone
    Julian Euell – Bass
    Arthur Edgehill – Drums

    Hackensack '56.

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  11. AxiomAcoustics

    AxiomAcoustics "The enemy is listening"

    This is a nice little Kirk Kompilation as it includes a 52 page booklet for your viewing pleasure.

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  12. AxiomAcoustics

    AxiomAcoustics "The enemy is listening"

    I'm curious as to how the LP's turned out with 30+ minutes of dense, mega-multi-tracked music on each side.
     
  13. macdaddysinfo

    macdaddysinfo Forum Resident

    On it! Thanks for the suggestions...
    Listen to Rahsaan - The Complete Mercury Recordings of Roland Kirk (Box Set) by Roland Kirk on @AppleMusic.
    https://itun.es/us/uh6e

    Different cover, but I think the music is the same; no book though ;)
    Listen to Does Your House Have Lions: The Rahsaan Roland Kirk Anthology by Roland Kirk on @AppleMusic.
    https://itun.es/us/tyP2m


    Gonna have to dig deeper for this one-the only Apple Music offer I see is free spirits...
     
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  14. alankin1

    alankin1 Forum Resident

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    The WhammiesPlay the music of Steve Lacy (Driff Records)
    — Jorrit Dijkstra, Pandelis Karayorgis, Jeb Bishop, Mary Oliver, Nate McBride, Han Bennink

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  15. fingerpoppin

    fingerpoppin Senior Member

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    The Bennie Maupin Ensemble - Penumbra
    Bennie Maupin, bass clarinet/ tenor & soprano sax/ alto flute/ piano;
    Darek Oleszkiewicz, bass; Michael Stephans, drums; Daryl Munyungo Jackson; percussion.

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  16. Arkay_East

    Arkay_East Forum Resident

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    It's analyzed in the dedicated thread but bears repeating. The consensus, more or less, is that there was a slight reduction in volume overall, although dynamics are retained.

    I have a copy, and trust me nothing is lost. The album sounds beautiful and huge just as it should.

    There was also some discussion regarding excess noise on side one. A clip was posted that, honestly, sounded terrible. I listened to my copy several times since with particular attention to the section cited and I don't hear anything. Mine is dead quiet. It wasn't an isolated incident however with several other members stating they could hear the noise on their copy to one degree or another.
     
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  17. alankin1

    alankin1 Forum Resident

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    FME [Free Music Ensemble] – Underground (Okka Disk)
    — Paal Nilssen-Love, Nate McBride, Ken Vandermark
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  18. Lonson

    Lonson I'm in the kitchen with the Tombstone Blues

    Reading this thread made me dig out some Kirk and I'm spinning this master work. Personally, I think his Atlantic stuff is his best work. I certainly reach for it more often.

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  19. Electric

    Electric The Medium is the Massage

    That iTunes cover is the same as the cover inside the physical box set. I got started with Roland Kirk with the box. I still play it even though I bought most of the full albums since.
     
  20. AxiomAcoustics

    AxiomAcoustics "The enemy is listening"

    Thanks for the mention, I'll wade through the thread when I get a chance. Good to hear that the" dynamics are intact", although I find the album to be pretty dynamically compressed, at least for a Jazz album. Although, considering the size of the band and production source I'm not terribly surprised. Good to hear you got a clean copy. It's a shame that vinyl has become such a crap-shoot when it comes to pressing quality, frustrating for the investment involved.
     
  21. AxiomAcoustics

    AxiomAcoustics "The enemy is listening"

    Ahh, but the book is the key. :) Great pix too. That cover is what's inside the slipcover so same material.
     
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  22. AxiomAcoustics

    AxiomAcoustics "The enemy is listening"

    Mal Waldron Quintet: Hard Talk

    Recorded live on May 4, 1974 at the East-West-Festival in Nürnberg Germany.

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  23. macdaddysinfo

    macdaddysinfo Forum Resident

    Did I mention that I have been enjoying "here comes the whistleman..?" Well, I am an I think it is terrific! Actually listened to it three or four times last night, and once on the way to work today... Kirk has quite the personality, too...
     
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  24. Six String

    Six String Senior Member

    ^^^^*^*^If you get his live album Bright Moments you'll get to hear a lot of personality from Kirk.

    NP Lee Morgan - Taru (Blue Note) LT series from unrleased recordings from 1968.

    Benny Maupin
    George Be son
    John Hicks
    Reggie Workman
    Billy Higgins
     
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  25. AxiomAcoustics

    AxiomAcoustics "The enemy is listening"

    Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music

    Eddie Gale - trumpet, thumb piano, steel drum, bird whistle
    Russell Lyle - tenor saxophone, flute
    Jo Ann Gale Stevens - guitar, vocals
    James "Tokio" Reid, Judah Samuel - bass
    Richard Hackett, Thomas Holman - drums
    Elaine Beener - lead vocals
    Sylvia Bibbs, Barbara Dove, Evelyn Goodwin, Art Jenkins, Fulumi Prince, Edward Walrond, Sondra Walston, Mildred Weston, Norman Wright - vocals

    One of the progenitors of Kamasi's Epic.

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