I have recently been revisiting Creed Taylor's great recordings of the '70s, including Don Sebesky's orchestrations. Some very nice productions!
- Paul Desmond - Concierto, Pure Desmond
- Deodato - Prelude, Deodato 2
- Stanley Turrentine - Salt Song, Sugar
- Freddie Hubbard - First Light, Red Clay
- Joe Farrell - Outback, Joe Farrell Quartet
- Hubert Laws - The Rite of Spring
What are some of your favorites?
Deodato - Prelude got TONS of spins on my bedroom stereo back in the day.
...Wasn't Allen Holdsworth - Velvet Darkness on that label too?....If so, that got tons of spins too.
G.A.S -aholic
Big Eumir Deodato fan.Originally Posted by rcarlberg
The older I get, the better I was.
The only two I have are Allan Holdsworth's solo-debut Velvet Darkness and Esther Phillips' Capricorn Princess (the latter only in my collection because of Holdsworth's pedal steel guitar... ;-) )
Love the CTI Record album covers though.
Freddie Hubbard's "Straight Life" and "Red Clay" for certain.
Steve F.
www.waysidemusic.com
www.cuneiformrecords.com
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“Remember, if it doesn't say "Cuneiform," it's not prog!” - THE Jed Levin
Any time any one speaks to me about any musical project, the one absolute given is "it will not make big money". [tip of the hat to HK]
"Death to false 'support the scene' prog!"
please add 'imo' wherever you like, to avoid offending those easily offended.
A few I have:
Freddie Hubbard- Sky Dive
Randy Weston-Blue Moses
Hubert Laws-In The Beginning
I have a number of favorites - especially from the 1968-1971 period - but this label produced a fair amount of dreck as well, IMO.
Among my favorites that I haven't already seen mentioned:
Antonio Carlos Jobim- Wave
George Benson - Shape of Things to Come; Beyond the Blue Horizon
Paul Desmond - Bridge over Troubled Water
Joe Farrell Quartet
Randy Weston - Blue Moses
Airto - Free
Ron Carter - All Blues
California Concert: The Hollywood Palladium
Joe Farrell Moon Germs
Concierto is in the Jim Hall catalog, no?
Those covers are lovely collected in the book "The Color Of Jazz" (which seems to be a collectable item right now).
More of that book: http://hymiesrecords.com/the-color-o...omment-page-1/
Many great albums. My favorites are the following:
George Benson: "Beyond the Blue Horizon"
Freddie Hubbard: "Straight Life", "Red Clay", and "First Light"
Airto: "Free"
the early George Benson albums kick serious muck, as do the Joe Farrell albums
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
MIroslav Tadic / Mark Nauseef Snake Music
NOT CTI.
Steve F.
www.waysidemusic.com
www.cuneiformrecords.com
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“Remember, if it doesn't say "Cuneiform," it's not prog!” - THE Jed Levin
Any time any one speaks to me about any musical project, the one absolute given is "it will not make big money". [tip of the hat to HK]
"Death to false 'support the scene' prog!"
please add 'imo' wherever you like, to avoid offending those easily offended.
Quite right, brain fart. Desmond DOES play on it though.
CMP ... German label
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
He's pretty much the dominant voice on it.
I like these ones and adding Moon Germs. Beyond that, it's a pretty spotty label TBH, especially considering the talent involved. That said, I haven't heard a few that are getting praised here.
WANTED: Sig-worthy quote.
But, it's filed under 'H' not 'D.' Important point to remember!
They only lose me when including vocalise, which is pretty rare. And to be fair, some of their biggest hits (viz. George Benson) included it!
Not going to be very original, though:
Deodato - Prelude, 2
Freddie Hubbard - First Light, Red Clay
Joe Farrell - Outback, Joe Farrell Quartet, Moon Germs
Hubert Laws - The Rite of Spring
George Benson - Shape of Things to Come; Beyond the Blue Horizon
Paul Desmond - Bridge over Troubled Water
Airto - Free
Bob James - 1, 2
there are also some sdgood/greattuff on the CTisubsidiary label Kudu, like Joe Beck and Grover Washington, Idris Muhammad, Johnny Hammond, Eric Gale, & Lonnie Smith... Same musical crowd.
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
John Tropea
Right! I mixed this with CMP
Yes. CMP records. I like the album very much. I have their second as well, but it's not as good, as Snake Music.
Were you having trouble finding your copy?
I think my entire CTI collection is Concierto, Velvet Darkness and Deodato 2.
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