Gary Burton- Makoto Ozone Virtuosi I was fortunate enough to attend their concert at the Montreal Jazz Festival in 2003, I have bought this album soon afterwards, As you are probably aware, Gary Burton holds a PHD in Music, and his concerts are always a mix of Very Good Music, and more often than not a course on Music history that pertains to the context of the concert. Excellent Here is the tracklist 1 Le Tombeau De Couperin I - Prelude Composed By – Marc H. Bonilla*, Maurice Ravel5:14 2 Excursions I, Opus 20 Composed By – Samuel Barber5:32 3 Prelude VIII, Opus 32 Composed By – Sergei Rachmaninoff*4:05 4 Milonga Composed By – Jorge Cardoso (2)6:05 5 Prelude II Composed By – George Gershwin6:23 6 Sonata K20 Composed By – Domenico Scarlatti6:35 7 Impromptu - From Three Little Oddities Composed By – Zez Confrey6:04 8 Piano Concerto In F - Movement III Composed By – George Gershwin6:18 9 Lakmé Medley: Berceuse / Duettino Composed By – Edmond Jutien Gondinet*, Leo Climenti Delibes*, Mayhew Lester Lake, Philippe Gille10:24 10 Capriccio II, Opus 76 Composed By – Johannes Brahms5:51 11 Something Borrowed, Something Blue Composed By – Makoto Ozone As you can see the content , is more than enough to yield an interesting presentation by Mr. Burton.
...aaahhh..Friday evening. Cheers all! NP: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Caravan Bass – Reggie Workman Drums – Art Blakey Piano – Cedar Walton Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter Trombone – Curtis Fuller Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios, New York City; October 23 and 24, 1962.
Happy birthday to guitarist and composer, Kenny Burrell — born July 31, 1931. Celebrating with his most famous, well-known album, Midnight Blue . . . 1963/2014 Music Matters Ltd. – MMBST-84123, Blue Note – BST 84123 Blue Note The Definitive Vinyl Reissue Series – KPG&RR@CA
Great to see you finally set up T. Perhaps you can get your wife to take some pics of you dancing and post them for us to see
I respect and cherish you both, and get you both prefer CD. It is great that we're different and enjoy different formats. I'm agnostic to the format (I've owned and listened to 1000s of CDs), just want the best sound, and often A-B vinyl vs. CD versions to see which I prefer. The sound is never identical in my experience, though sometimes too close for me to care. Do we even know if it is the same mastering engineer across both formats for the Palo Alto title? Totally agree that the price difference in the market today is crazy for this title, but expect I'll end up paying about $17 in some sale for vinyl eventually (e.g., Target 2 for 3). Also agree that there are oodles of records put out on vinyl in an opportunistic way which adds little to the listening experience. Ha! Didn't even realize how appropriate it was to play Burrell today. Thanks for the heads up.
Thanks @Lonson for the recommendation! After your post I found a copy of the Savoy material in a local store, and am really enjoying this. I hadn't thought to go this far back in his discography, but Pepper seemed to be a winner right out of the gate. NP: Art Pepper - Discoveries, The Savoy Sessions The Keane NH college radio (WKNH) stickered the cover pretty extensively and I managed to butcher the sleeve during removal. Gah! That'll teach me to be impatient. The stickers require multiple soakings in lighter fluid and gentle peeling.
Yes, it's quite a story. I first learned of Johnny Smith from my guitar instructor. I was loving and taking guitar lessons in Colorado Springs, very close to the spot where Smith settled with his daughter. He had just passed at the time and my instructor was mourning a bit. I trotted right out and grabbed a copy of Moonlight in Vermont and was sad that I hadn't heard of him before. I would have lived to have met him.
Awesome meme! Yeah, Freddie is the one who immediately sprang to mind. George Benson also had some high points with CTI.
NP: Various - Mirage, avant-garde and third-stream jazz (New World Records) Lee Hulko mastered many of New World titles, and I've never been disappointed by his mastering. I'm hearing this for the first time and have a handful of other New World jazz titles queued up (all new acquisitions after scouring Hulko's discography). Given the title you might be surprised that the 'avant-gardists' here are Woody Herman, Ellington, Kenton. And sprinkled among these are Mingus, Tristano, Evans. Anyone else heard titles from this label and its "Recorded anthology of American music"? I see 679 titles on Discogs, and its a quirky line-up. I picked up four including a Bebop comp, Nica's Dream, and Roots of the Blues. This one I didn't find (Ricky Ford), with our friend Charles Sullivan on trumpet, Richard Davis on bass, and I see a Cecil Taylor Unit title too.
On your request, my wife snapped this picture of me dancing. But as it is just one image from one moment in time, you cannot see my terpsichorean skills. Notice that I snap my fingers behind the beat. Pay no heed to the words at the bottom. I added those to keep the FBI off my trail. I like to lay low and attract no attention.
You can still go out and meet and talk with people who knew Johnny Smith very well. I often find myself upset to learn of the passing of someone who knew my heroes, and who generally would love to talk about them. Reach out and find these people before it is too late. One of my dear friends knew not only Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Earl Hines, and so many other legends of jazz, but also worked for and advised both Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy. It was a thrill to spend time with him. I still talk to his daughter and glean some of that aura from her.
I hope you were not having a beverage at the time. I would not want to be responsible for embarrassing you.
We had the hottest July ever recorded in the big smoke ( 85 years of stats) and it felt it. Sometimes the hot weather is sympatico w the music. Like this great Strata record i love everything about this. The groove, vocals, message ... Perfect record still perfectly relevant
Just finished Gil Melle's Patterns in Jazz on MM 45. This is a quaint album. Though not incendiary like many of its classic BN era counterparts, this session is no slouch either. I'd love to pair it with some early Saturday morning coffee.
Can anyone recommend any other songs like Ysabel’s Table Dance? It is so weird and exciting I just want to listen to it all day long.
I'm sure he could have continued to record, but I guess record companies weren't interested in a guy who wouldn't tour. I always wonder why out of the many ultra-rich people in this country some couldn't be jazz fans who subsidize worthy artists.
