Listenin' to Jazz and Conversation

I counted thirteen of these artists that I have personally met. But I really wish that I could have met the rest, even if only Bird had given me a piggy-back ride.

 

I did love Tim Hardin. I have a personal letter he wrote to me back in 1972, scrawled in the margins of pages that he tore from a magazine. He was on a plane and needed to write.

 

On The Town with The Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve remaster)

 

The jazz artist as photographer. Milt Hinton (bass) was a very serious photographer. I do know that Ornette Coleman became seriously involved with the film camera, and I attended sessions in his Soho place where he was doing the filming (not the playing)

Can anyone name some others?

 

Bud Powell: "The Blue Note Records 5"

 

NP Elmo Hope - Here's Hope (Celebrity/V.S.O.P.)
Playing all originals with Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. The rhythm section made me wonder how he would have fit in with Miles around the First Great Quintet period.

 

That would be an interesting scenario: Elmo Hope playing with Miles. Personally, I don’t think he’d be quite the best fit since I tend to think of Hope in a similar vein as Bud Powell. It’d be difficult to imagine how he’d adapt to Miles’ playing and vice versa.

 

I post hip hop occasionally and haven’t been banned... yet! I don’t know that particular Ghostface as I only have Ironman. I’m sure you’re familiar with Wu-Tang’s Enter the 36 Chambers, have you ever noticed the samples from Monk’s version of “Black and Tan Fantasy” during the rideout of “Shame on a *****” (probably during the last 20 seconds of the track there is some piano samples from the Monk). Seems like they have quite a few sample that are from different jazz albums but that’s the only one I can recall off the top of my head that I actually recognized when I heard it.

The following two posts are two of my favorite hip-hop albums:

Listenin' to Jazz and Conversation - Cyne

Seven Star

 

Steamin’ with The Miles Davis Quintet (Analogue Productions hybrid SACD)

 

I’ve been listening to Maiden Voyage pretty much non-stop this week. George Coleman’s solo on the title track is one of the most perfect moments I can think of. Ok, Freddie Hubbard’s is another. I was about to put it on again when this one caught my eye on the shelf nearby. I love that it’s just a guy with his guitar backed by his buddies on bass and drums.

Grant Green - Green Street (MM33)

 

Marty Paich " The Picasso of Big Band Jazz"

 

You can try this, The Nat King Cole Trio - The Best Of The Nat King Cole Trio - The Instrumental Classics , but he was a great singer and the best sounding versions I believe are the Steve Hoffman mastered SACD's.

 

NP Milt Jackson and Coleman Hawkins - Beanbags (Atlantic) silver on black mono label
A classic.

 

More likely there would have been a personality clash than a musical one

 

Yeah, he was a great singer, and also, the vocal records have great playing including great solos too

 

I've posted these movements before and had no complaints:
1st Movement (Moderato, Various Tempi)
2nd Movement (Largo- Andante - Maestoso - Largo)

And they have a wide range, from Moderato to Largo ...

More about these movements can be found here (Symbiosis-Bill Evans):

 

Did Bags and Bean never record with Grant Green? The thought of the potential great album titles we’ve missed out on pains me to no end.

 

I really love Coleman Hawkins. I’ll have to dig this one out. Thanks for the reminder.

 

Not me. But I won’t go into why, so as not to ruin him for anyone.

 

I loved these Jazz Tribune albums....



Creole Love Call, Black & Tan Fantasy, East St Louis Toodle-oo, Black Beauty, The Mooche, Flaming Youth etc etc.

 

Nat looking mighty clean.

 

Nice selection of 8-tracks.

 

Talking about Claus Ogerman raised before by Yesternow's post on Symbiosis, makes me want to listen to Cityscape recorded by Ogerman with Michael Brecker:

 

Bill Evans - The Tokyo Concert

Eddie Gomez - bass
Marty Morell - drums

 

Thanks! I'll be streaming some tonight to check it out. I've always heard he was a pretty innovative pianist. I just dont go in for jazz vocals really (it's just never done "it" for me) so I've not really checked him out...