I am hugely digging Rudresh Mahanthappa's new one, "Bird Calls."
I am hugely digging Rudresh Mahanthappa's new one, "Bird Calls."
The Newport Jazz festival in 1958 was caught beautifully on film. This lady was fantastic:
Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959) - IMDb
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0052942/
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While watching Dancing With the Stars this commercial came on. I thought I was hallucinating:
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
Nineteen+ is a book by Garth W Caylor Jr of interviews and observations by jazz musicians, all transcribed during 1964-1965 and only published recently, after being shelved for 50 years for lack of a publisher.
In my opinion, this book deserves mention/inclusion with the upper echelon of jazz documentary literature.Artists interviewed include Ornette Coleman,Milford Graves,Paul Bley and Carla Bley,Jaki Byard, Steve Lacy,Jimmy Giuffre, among others.Most of the interviews took place at the musicians homes.The book is not simply a text of interview Q & A,Caylor proffers his own thoughts and observations with a light touch, free from polemic or agenda.
A worthwhile read, especially for fans of the free jazz era,circa 64-65.
http://www.thewire.co.uk/news/35478/...-was-completed
Last edited by walt; 04-15-2015 at 06:15 AM.
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
Anita O'Day was great! Her name doesn't get tossed around as much as Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan, but she was in their league.Originally Posted by Firth
Been on a Wes Montgomery kick lately, which is always bound to happen sooner or later. It's surprising how little live footage there is of him. I have the "Jazz Icons" DVD, but this isn't on it.
Available again:
Ornette Coleman's "Beauty is a rare thing" ****:
http://www.rhino.com/article/beauty-...tic-recordings
"Back in print after several years of unavailability, the 6-CD BEAUTY IS A RARE THING may no longer be rare, but this essential jazz collection remains a thing of strange beauty."
Go and get it people!!
Regards.
Tomas.
The film "Jazz on a Summer's Day" which was of the 58 Newport Jazz festival included this line-up:
Jimmy Giuffre 3: Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall
Thelonious Monk Trio: Thelonious Monk, Henry Grimes, Roy Haynes
Sonny Stitt and Sal Salvador
Anita O'Day
George Shearing
Dinah Washington
Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Art Farmer
Big Maybelle
Chuck Berry
Chico Hamilton Quintet
Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars: Trummy Young, Danny Barcelona, and Jack Teagarden
Mahalia Jackson
Wow.Just read about an unreleased record date by Duke Ellington Orchestra from 1970, engineered Conny Plank!, to be issued in June.The sample sounds great.
Autobuy.Check out the link.
http://factory92.eu/wsf92/unreleased...c_location=ufi
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
^^
Great news Walt!!
The same here!.
👍
Scofield, Swallow & Nussbaum: In Walked Bud (1980 )
https://youtu.be/Ycp4mGpm3JE
The meanest bassguitarsound in jazz
More tracks later. I attended this concert and had it on a casettetape.
Swallow has always had a completely district and instantly recognizable bass guitar sound. Add his equally unique approach to playing and writing and it's why he's amongst my favourite guys in music, period.Scofield, Swallow & Nussbaum: In Walked Bud (1980 )
https://youtu.be/Ycp4mGpm3JE
The meanest bassguitarsound in jazz
More tracks later. I attended this concert and had it on a casettetape.
The box that, all mg with a great Downbeat review when it first came out in 1992, made me go out, buy it...and finally 'get' Ornette,
An absolutely essential box that doesn't just position Ornette as one of free jazz's founding fathers, but also as a player and writer of unique beauty and lyricism. One listen to "Lonely Woman" is all it takes....
A truly amazing record when one considers how sick he was and how much fire he mustered oh this date. Review here.Michael Brecker's swan song, "Pilgrimage" has been in my car stereo for the past 2 weeks. I love it! Can't believe he's been gone for 8 years already.
Featuring Jack DeJohnette, John Patitucci, Pat Metheny and piano duties split between Herbie Hancock and Brad Mehldau.
I still miss him terribly.
Even more on this recording, heavily distorted like Sveinung Hovensjøe in the early 70'ties, or maybe even Jannick Top
Another track from this evening - Grey and Visceral (originally recorded on Bill Godwin - Solar Energy):
https://youtu.be/ettx1DZ8so8
^^^
There's an inspired 1994 show on film at the Blue Note on YouTube with Sco, Swallow, and Bill Stewart.
I have upped 6 tracks from this concert.
All tracks from Bengt-Arne Wallin - Old Folklore in Swedish Modern (1962).
A1 https://youtu.be/dv8iQ1FPqkE
A2 https://youtu.be/TopcvYy3MM0
A3 https://youtu.be/-hGf5dywFtg
A4 https://youtu.be/b6oZx2so91o
B1 https://youtu.be/cE_ZaywyijE
B2 https://youtu.be/O_TkuUfzDfc
B3 https://youtu.be/L8R7zNONbQw
Music from the same period as Jan Johansson - Jazz på svenska ("Jazz in Swedish") inspired by Swedish folksongs
I met Peter Erskine in the Columbia, MO airport at 5 AM yesterday morning. Of course, he and our drummer, Danny Gottlieb knew each other. Peter was a nice, friendly, unassuming guy. A friend of mine was in a fusion band with him and Alan Pasqua when they were all teenagers and I'd heard a tape of them years ago and mentioned that to Peter. He was a great drummer even back then.
Last edited by No Pride; 04-27-2015 at 12:15 PM.
Erskine's one of the greats, in my book...his trio record, with his son on bass, is really great....
He went through a paradigm shift in the early '90s, where he morphed from being a drummer more concerned with himself and his chops, into a musician more concerned with the collective whole. You can hear this on his last trio album with John Abercrombie, November (with the great John Surman guesting), and on the first of his four trio records for ECM under his own name, with Palle Danielsson and John Taylor, You Never Know.
His playing on Taylor's opening "New Old Age" reflects a more subtle, nuanced approach that says,"if all that's needed is a simple, delicate cymbal every two beats, then that's all there is." Every note, every beat perfectly chosen and played with complete and utter confidence.
A little known album from that time period is Sweet Soul w/ Kenney Werner, John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Marc Johnson, and Bob Mintzer. I've listened to it more than any other Erskine album. But it's been out of print for a while, so it's a bit under the radar.
I have this and it is absolutely a stunner. Probably Peter's first great solo record. While Johnson would play "Sweet Soul" with Erskine, Sco and Frisell in Bass Desires, I always preferred this version....a little slower, a little greasier.A little known album from that time period is Sweet Soul w/ Kenney Werner, John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Marc Johnson, and Bob Mintzer. I've listened to it more than any other Erskine album. But it's been out of print for a while, so it's a bit under the radar.
Yeah! Scofield's playing on that is just great. He really digs his heels in.
Nice! Thanks for sharing! I saw Rosenwinkel in NYC at The Village Vanguard a couple of years ago. He was playing with his "Standards Trio" and he sounded really good!
Erskine: I saw him once with Marc Johnson and John Abercrombie and once with Jaco Pastorius on his "Word of Mouth" tour. He's one of those drummers who can play virtually any kind of music and sound great. Maybe a decade or so ago, I was listening to this weekly Brazilian music radio show and they played this track. I loved the tune and I thought, "this is a great Brazilian drummer, whoever he is." So I thought, because he really knew the style, but he was a bit looser and more creative than you'd expect. I can't remember how I found out who's record it was, but I did and it turned out that the drummer was Peter Erskine.
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