I'll add another fave Hampton Hawes recording to the list. The Green Leaves Of Summer (Contemporary from 1964. In the mean time I'm grooving to Buddy & Julie Miller's eponymous on Hightone.
It is a cool thread! I've learned a lot and it's fun w nice folks. Your post reminds me of jazz records w exclamation points. It seems in the early 60s the research was in: more exclamation points = more sales.
Other listening this week, the shop in town had some more Mosaic sets in and I got these (plus the Dolphy RSD box which I got last weekend in RI). The Complete Django Reinhardt and Quintet of the Hot Club of France Swing/HMV Sessions (Mosaic 6xCD) The Complete Atlantic and EMI Jazz Recordings of Shorty Rogers (Mosaic 6xLP) The Complete Candid Recordings of Charles Mingus (Mosaic 4xLP) Eric Dolphy - Iron Man & Conversations (from Musical Prophet 3xLP)
Back to Cassandra Wilson. I think she's brilliant. I wish they would put her most recent "Austin City Limits" onto disc. Cassandra Wilson "Sings Standards" Verve CD
That part I don't remember and I gave the book away so can't reference it but he talks a lot about his time playing in Japan. Edit: I can see my orig. post was less clear on yours.
For a time I only knew Santana from uninspiring collaborations with guys like Rob Thomas and Steve Tyler from 15-20 years ago. But Miles led me to McLaughlin which, by way of Love Devotion Surrender, led me to early 70s Santana. These two (Abraxas and Caravanserai) back-to-back yesterday: Blue Train now.
I just watched the clip you posted, Robitjazz. Very, very decent visual and sound. Plus: seeing Lee and Art. Documents! Thank you.
I've got a lot of free time until xmas. Blasting this right now: It's a liberty reissue, but they used leftover orignal labels. Waste not want not. Pretty pretty pretty gooood. Cover art suffers from a lack of exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!
I do prefer his 50s records, fright. 'Cause I'm old. I would say my favourite of his from that period is the first one he recorded for Contemporary Records, with great renditions of standards, and man, could he play, like Bird and Bud Powell style, their two instruments mixed together (I know I'm not making any sense; just like @Stu02 ): Hampton Hawes Trio, Vol. 1 (1955).
Oh dear. I had forgotten (as in: blocked out) that cover... Though it's one of the best McLean albums, in my world It's Time, (1964).
So much for that new purchase hiatus I was supposed to be on, I was just kidding about that though, because it starts now.
