Stan Getz really has adapted this rhythm and the easy mood of that brazillian music style. Great combinations are also with Bob Brookmeyer and Astrud Gilberto as well as with Jao Gilberto.
I hope that my post didn't imply that i'd never seen or heard mention of Jazz Samba. But i am admittedly a slow learner, and i'll often belatedly glom on to albums or artists that have been posted right in front of me for years. If i don't mention it, take it as a given that i give props to all who have posted about it previously. Jazz Samba is probably not the best example because it's a pretty well known album, but there are definitely the "hey check out this album i've literally never heard of prior to discovering it all by myself today" posts where it's like, "Heeeeeeey, i posted about that album last week. Are you telling me you weren't paying attention?" I know i've probably done it, and if it's annoyed anyone: no offence intended. I do try to keep track and give props for recommendations when relevant, but it's pretty hard to keep track of everything that's posted quite honestly. I think with music there is a tendency for people, mostly subconsciously, to want to discover music for themselves rather than have it recommended to them. I've definitely felt like i've known people who have eschewed artists that i'm almost certain that they would like, seemingly because they didn't get there first among their social group. If that's a bit much, it really can just simply boil down to "you can lead a horse to water..." And if even that's a bit much, often people are just being human and not paying attention. I do try to check out a lot of the albums that get posted here that i'm not familiar with, but a lot of the time i don't, at least not right away. Sometimes i just make a mental note to check it out at a future date. @Yesternow i've never heard of Sweet Rain. Is it any good? (*flash forward to a month from now when i post about having discovered this album called Sweet Rain that no one ever talks about*) Obviously just joking, Sweet Rain is prized in my collection. I've probably told this story before, but Captain Marvel was one of the first jazz albums that i really got in to. I thrashed it, and was also a huge Chick Corea fan so Sweet Rain followed not long after. But at the time i never really explored much further with Getz for some strange reason. Maybe in those early days of listening to and collecting jazz, having 2 albums by an artist was still a lot. A few years ago i realised the error of my ways and went on a big Getz catch-up binge, but for the Samba/Bossa years i just bought a Verve compilation to cover it (i used to own Getz/Gilberto but had traded it and didn't feel like re-buying it at the time). Anyway, apologies for the ramble. You got me thinking. Cheers. PS Just a random thought on Jazz Samba: I usually consider myself to have eclectic tastes and will jump straight from listening to Coleman Hawkins to Tim Berne or whatever, but sometimes i can't do that. Jazz Samba is an example of an album where on first listen it was just too sickly sweet for me. I had to go give it a few listens to acclimatise to it's atmosphere, and once i did i started to get it.
I've seen posts and maybe even ebay listings of "Jazz Samba", but I don't have it. What I have is this And when I first played it I just could not listen to the end. As xybert mentioned about "Jazz Samba" - style too sweet. Same here for me. Maybe, it's because I'm not into all this latino & bossa nova thing so much. I put this CD away for a couple of years to gather some dust. I gave another listen to it recently and it was OK, but nothing more. Well, didn't enjoy it as other Getz albums, but I payed only £1 at the thrift shop for it, so I'm not that worried. About checking out albums posted by others... I do it sometimes, but not very often, because I have a large amount of albums on my "want list", so adding more and more would be disastrous to my common sense.
Really well mastered vinyl, tons of Dynamic Range. Binker* And Moses* – Alive In The East? Label: Gearbox Records – GB1547LTD Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Clear Country: UK Released: 22 Jun 2018 Genre: Jazz Style: Free Jazz
Giving these a listen this morning, both recorded at the same January 3, 1958 session. Gene Ammons - tenor saxophone Jerome Richardson - flute John Coltrane - alto saxophone Paul Quinichette - tenor saxophone Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone Mal Waldron - piano George Joyner - bass Art Taylor - drums CD
True. I do not know Dennis Warren. I did see a fantastic performance of free jazz last night of pianist Steve Lantner's ensemble with Allan Chase saxophone, Luther Gray drums, and Ellwood Epps trumpet at The Outpost in Inman Square. A lot of musicians went through the Cecil Taylor Unit after the trio with Andrew Cyrille broke up. But Jimmy Lyons always stayed with him. The band with Malik and Ameen is best known for its recordings with Ronald Shannon Jackson playing drums as well as with a duo of Jerome Cooper and Sunny Murray. Jerome was recording for About Time during the period that he was in the Unit and I know that they toured without Sunny Murray also. Rashid Bakr (Charles Downs), Steve McCall, Beaver Harris, David S. Ware, Hannibal, and of course Ronald Shannon Jackson. They all played in the group at various times, some for longer periods than others.
I figured that. The music is not as densely polyphonic as some of his other work. That recording is somewhat of a departure for the band. The slower, more lyric as you call them, interludes are always there but in different proportions perhaps. What I heard yesterday on Student Studies was four individuals and not the unity and shared purpose I usually experience listening to Cecil Taylor. It's something that exists above and beyond what they're playing, like hearing how each one of them is individually solving a shared musical conundrum. That's what drew me in when I heard the group live. I saw them at The Village Gate in the 70's and people were gathered around the piano shouting. It was like a gospel church service.
Interesting that when they reproduced the original cover photo for the gatefold, they still decided to airbrush out Mr. Alfred Lion:
Today, playing a very avant-garde Larry Young. I'm not a fan of Organ Jazz, but it sounds different in this context. Adventurous.
I'll second your recommendation on Lisa Mezzacapa. She comes to Sacramento a few times a year. In fact I feel we're kind of due for a show. She's really exceptional in my book. Another Bay Area artist to look for is Rent Romus. He was in town a month or so ago with Vinny Golia which was really special.
NP: 12:00pm One of the (just added) crown jewels of my reissue collection. John Coltrane – A Love Supreme 45 rpm LP Blue Note/Analogue Production AIPJ 77 (recorded 1964) tenor sax – John Coltrane piano – McCoy Tyner bass – Jimmy Garrison drums – Elvin Jones
Released 2003 Andy Milne - piano keyboards Bruce Cockburn - guitar, vocals David Gilmore - guitar Sean Rickman - drums Rich Brown - bass Gregoire Maret - harmonica
From a purely photographic perspective it makes sense. It’s a far better image without Alfred’s partial torso. Historically though....yeah.
Akira Sakata & Chikamorachi featuring Masahiko Satoh Proton Pump Sakata on alto saxophone, clarinet & vocalizing Satoh on piano Chikamorachi is: Chris Corsano on drums Darin Gray on double bass Recorded live @ The Pit Inn in Tokyo in October 19, 2015 Stunning very high energy improvisations On Family Vineyard Records
Last night I listened to John Coltrane - A Love Supreme and The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out. Both were the redbook layer on the Analogue Productions Hybrid SACDs. Absolutely fantastic!
A recent used bin buy that I am very happy to own. A 1965 date where you get Jackie McLean near his peak and Lee Morgan AND Charles Tolliver. The trumpet players split the 5 tunes, playing with Jackie on 2 each but on track 3, the Morgan composition Soft Blue, all 3 play. My favorite track is Tolliver’s On the Nile, a 12 min modal stroll with Mclean and Tolliver soloing several times. When they play the bridge together the phrasing between Tolliver and Mclean horns is so perfect it makes it hard to listen to anything else. Whole album is good though. The content is also on the Jackie McLean Complete Blue Note Recordings 1964-66. As a side note this is one of those Blue Note albums that sat in the vault for 10 years and wasn’t released until 1975, hard to believe there could be any objection to this music!
Some afternoon jazz-funk Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen, "Survival Song," from the 1975 album Country Fried Chicken. Reissued last year, along with the rest of The Lightmen (or The Lightmen Plus One) catalogue, by Now-Again Records.
New book on Detroit Jazz coming in May. The cover itself is worth the purchase: Table of Contents: Preface A Note on Sources And Recordings Part One: Setting The Stage Jazz In Detroit, 1900-1950 Part Two: The Golden Age, 1940-60 Opening Chorus Gerald Wilson: Head and Heart Yusef Lateef: Gentle Giant Milt Jackson: Bag's Groove Sheila Jordan: Sheila's Blues Barry Harris: Professor Of Bebop Tommy Flanagan: A Legendary Touch Kenny Burrell: Community Builder Donald Byrd: Renaissance Man Ronald Hanna: Magician Curtis Fuller: Trombone on Top Louis Hayes: The (Cymbal) Beat Goes On Ron Carter: The Right Note at the Right Time Joe Henderson: The Phantom Charles McPherson: Reminiscing by Ear Part Three: The Jones Brothers Opening Chorus Hank Jones: One Extra Ace Thad Jones: Jonesisms Elvin Jones: Philosopher King Part Four: Taking Control—Self Determination in the 1960s and '70s Opening Chorus Detroit Artists Workshop, Detroit Creative Musicians Association, Focus Novii, Contemporary Jazz Quintet and Strata Corporation Tribe Coda Part Five: Marcus Belgrave And His Children Marcus Belgrave: The Nurturer Geri Allen: Back to the Future Kenny Garrett: Sound and Spirit Regina Carter: Searching for Roots Gerald Cleaver: The Big Picture Robert Hurst: Platonic Ideal Rodney Whitaker: Family Man James Carter: Volcano Karriem Riggins: Dual Identity Part Six: Tradition And Transition In The 21st Century Opening Chorus Present and Future: Ralphe Armstrong, Marion Hayden, Michael Malis, Marcus Elliot Coda Appendix A: Jazz Musicians From Detroit Appendix B: List of Interviews Ackowledgments Index RELEASE DATE: May 17th, 2019
