acman great
Derrick Gardner selections and interview. Amazing reminiscences with Count Basie Frank Foster et al.
Jazz for aficionados
Jazz for aficionados
I'm going to review records in my collection, and you'll be able to decide if they're worthy of your collection. These records are what I consider "must haves" for any jazz aficionado, and would be found in their collections. I wont review any record that's not on CD, nor will I review any record if the CD is markedly inferior. Fortunately, I only found 1 case where the CD was markedly inferior to the record.
Our first album is "Moanin" by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. We have Lee Morgan , trumpet; Benney Golson, tenor sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jymie merrit, bass; Art Blakey, drums.
The title tune "Moanin" is by Bobby Timmons, it conveys the emotion of the title like no other tune I've ever heard, even better than any words could ever convey. This music pictures a person whose down to his last nickel, and all he can do is "moan".
"Along Came Betty" is a tune by Benny Golson, it reminds me of a Betty I once knew. She was gorgeous with a jazzy personality, and she moved smooth and easy, just like this tune. Somebody find me a time machine! Maybe you knew a Betty.
While the rest of the music is just fine, those are my favorite tunes. Why don't you share your, "must have" jazz albums with us.
Enjoy the music.
I'm going to review records in my collection, and you'll be able to decide if they're worthy of your collection. These records are what I consider "must haves" for any jazz aficionado, and would be found in their collections. I wont review any record that's not on CD, nor will I review any record if the CD is markedly inferior. Fortunately, I only found 1 case where the CD was markedly inferior to the record.
Our first album is "Moanin" by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. We have Lee Morgan , trumpet; Benney Golson, tenor sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jymie merrit, bass; Art Blakey, drums.
The title tune "Moanin" is by Bobby Timmons, it conveys the emotion of the title like no other tune I've ever heard, even better than any words could ever convey. This music pictures a person whose down to his last nickel, and all he can do is "moan".
"Along Came Betty" is a tune by Benny Golson, it reminds me of a Betty I once knew. She was gorgeous with a jazzy personality, and she moved smooth and easy, just like this tune. Somebody find me a time machine! Maybe you knew a Betty.
While the rest of the music is just fine, those are my favorite tunes. Why don't you share your, "must have" jazz albums with us.
Enjoy the music.
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More Claudia Lennear. A nice montage with the groups she sang in including the "booty shaking" Ike and Tina Turner Revue's Proud Mary at 4:04. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTNdFCKBlMk |
I beleive that men should accept certain inalienable truths: ’prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old-- and when you do, you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders’... Good stuff Alex. I once worked on a charter boat (fishing) off Montauk Point Long Island which faces east and when the sun rose over the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean it was a sight to see. And I agree with all you had to say. |
Just purchased a very rare OOP Phil Woods CD Live at the Five Spot 1957. The seller is located in NYC so I should have it by this weekend! It is not on Spotify but maybe you all can check Amazon HD, Tidal and Qobuz. Here is the track list That said, Check out Phil blowin' hot and cool on this live rendition of A Night in Tunisia Paris 1960 Phil Woods Big Band - Blue Note , Paris 1960 '' Steeplechase '' + '' A night in Tunysia '' - YouTube Phil on playing with Charlie Parker |
Glad you liked them, pjw.I agree that was a great exchange at 2:00 in. Milestones and another album called 58 Miles (also released as 58 sessions) were preludes to KOB. All 3 featured Coltrane on tenor and Cannonball on alto. The rythm sections changed around but all of the players featured in the various rythm sections were the cream of the crop during that era. |
Hi guys! Just dropped by to say hello. I missed you, hugs and kisses to ALL of you.Hi mary_jo! Its been a while hope all is well. Here is one for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXNpG0w_rks |
Its 4am in the Balkans now. Good morning alec and mary_jo have a great Sunday! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJgCHZbtnSU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y8cJVFZgpU |
3 great clips in a row acman. I have all 3 of those CD's in my collection Tony Williams was (r.i.p.) one of the greatest drummers to ever sit behind the kit. And Jack DeJohnette is no slouch as well and last I heard he is still with us. And you can't go wrong with Allan Holdsworth (r.i.p.) or John McLaughlin who I can easily put in the same category as Jimi Hendrix (r.i.p.) or Jeff Beck when it comes to technical virtuosity. For those interested is purchasing either of these 3 colossal albums here they are in the order that acman posted them. 1. Jack DeJohnette "Trio Beyond": https://www.amazon.com/Saudades-Trio-Beyond/dp/B000FA58KC/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=jack+dejohnette+trio+beyond&qid=1600561759&sr=8-2 2.Tony Williams "Turn It Over" https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Over-Tony-Williams-Lifetime/dp/B004LTB5DC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1E3GD4VKYLQOB&dchild=1&keywords=tony+williams+turn+it+over&qid=1600561879&s=music&sprefix=tony+williams+turn%2Caps%2C176&sr=1-1 3. Tony Williams "Believe It" https://www.amazon.com/Believe-Tony-Williams/dp/B0001O2BY8/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2DZSMI1G6N9N8&dchild=1&keywords=tony+williams+believe+it&qid=1600562014&sprefix=tony+williams+bel%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-1 Thanks acman for posting some of the greatest jazz/rock fusion played by some of the greatest musicians of all time. |
I did find some great Jack DeJohnette clips while searching for songs off of the "Made In Chicago" album mentioned in my last post. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUHAp1vAr8U&list=RDsUHAp1vAr8U&start_radio=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3CZHr5uiNM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VluEgxOY0as |
There is a live album recorded at the Chicago Jazz Festival in 2013 from Jack DeJohnette and co. Made in Chicago is a live album by drummer and composer Jack DeJohnette with fellow Chicagoan musicians pianist Muhal Richard Abrams, bassist Larry Gray and saxophonists Roscoe Mitchell and Henry Threadgill recorded at the 35th Chicago Jazz Festival in 2013 and released on the ECM label.[1] The album documents the reunion of DeJohnette with colleagues from Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. I could not find any songs from it on You Tube but I found this interesting 8 minute video of the band members talking about it. Sadly, Pianist Muhal Richard Abrams passed away in 2017. He is not talked about much but he was, IMHO, a very talented musician. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edLWmyTegvk Muhal Richard Abrams (born Richard Lewis Abrams; September 19, 1930 – October 29, 2017) was an American educator, administrator, composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist in the free jazz medium.[1] He recorded and toured the United States, Canada and Europe with his orchestra, sextet, quartet, duo and as a solo pianist. His musical affiliations constitute a "who's who" of the jazz world, including Max Roach, Dexter Gordon, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Art Farmer, Sonny Stitt, Anthony Braxton, and The Art Ensemble of Chicago. Anyway here is the album. https://www.amazon.com/Made-Chicago-Jack-DeJohnette/dp/B00PX8DGC8/ref=sr_1_16?crid=OR1VB7K71ACE&dchild=1&keywords=jack+dejohnette&qid=1600562755&s=music&sprefix=jack+dejohnette%2Cpopular%2C153&sr=1-16 |
orpheus10 that zoot sims ballad is sublime as was your description of a place the mood of the music takes you. I looked through my extensive zoot collection and could not find that song. I shall have to remedy that. Here are the Zoot Sims albums in my collection with notables in parentheses then recording dates. "Blues For Two" (with Joe Pass) 1961 "Choice" (Zoot plays tenor with Gerry Mulligan on baritone. Jim Hall and Billy Bean on guitar) 1954, 1959 "Down Home" (Hard swinging quartet with Zoot on tenor) 1960 "Either Way" (Zoot Sims and Al Cohn on tenor, Cecil "Kid Haffey" Collier vocals on tracks 2, 3 and 7) 1961 "In Copenhagen" (with Niels Henning Osterd Pedersen) 1978 "Jazz Alive! A Night at The Half Note" (Zoot Sims Al Cohn tenor, Phil Woods alto and Paul Motian drums) 1959 "Live At Ronnie Scott’s" 1961 "The Modern Art Of Jazz" (Milt Hinton bass and Bob Brookmeyer valve trombone) 1956 "New Beat Bossa Nova volume 1" (Phil Woods alto sax clarinet Jim Hall and Kenny Burrell guitars) 1962 "New Beat Bossa Nova Means the Samba Swings" (Milt Hinton bass, Sol Schlinger bass clarinet) 1962 "Plays alto, tenor and baritone" (Zoot sims vocals track 11) 1956 "Quartets" (Art Blakey drums) 1956 "Solo for Zoot" 1962 "The Zoot Sims Quintet" (Wilbur Ware bass, Osie Johnson drums) 1960 "Zoot Sims with Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Oscar Peterson Meets the Tenor Giants" (Oscar Peterson piano, Niels Henning Ostard Pedersen bass and Louie Belson drums) 1975 "Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers" (Oscar Peterson piano, Joe Pass guitar, George Mraz double bass and Grady Tate drums). 1975. "Zoot!" 1957 |
o10 I have that Ike Quebec album but did not know of his circumstances when he recorded it. Here is one song from each of the Ike Quebec albums I have. The last one off of the aforementioned "Heavy Soul" It seems to me Ike liked to employ an organ player into his recording sessions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixXnF2E5x-E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKzuf5zXRM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4XIl8UiudA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hrB-qQtTSo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjEQQbpjAlg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3zQXxTwugA I need to look into adding more Ike Quebec to my collection. I like Ike! |
I cannot believe no one mentioned this colossus album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fLnT0KwJTI I would put Tenor Conclave in what our OP says every jazz aficionado should have in their collection. |
I would say that Ike always made the organ and the guitar, which he always had either one or the other or both in his recording sessions, compliment the songs he payed perfectly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFuPpsc5q-w and as alec said https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL3lJITPb8U&list=PLBZmD4G_qXo7L5uVFpP9ZBnu4t1R8WU9D |
And another excellent sax man who also incorporated the organ and guitar perfectly into his "juke joint in the swamp" sound the one and only Illinois Jacquet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NFNkUkUNFU |
Great Illinois Jacquet selections alec I don't have "The Message" but I do have the last two albums. I have seen Pat Martino multiple times. He is a tiny frail looking man that probably weighs 110 pounds soaking wet but he sure can play that guitar. When Pat was starting out he played with another great funky saxman by the name of Willis "Gator" Jackson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUzWaTTrqnA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-GlVn2_pXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65YLpkN8_r8 Gator and Pat went together like peanut butter and jelly. |
Thanks frogman for sharing that Jaco story. alec I like fusion. Believe me that "Kid and Brute" album is a must have for any fan of Ben Webster and/or Illinois Jacquet. Strange no one commented on Willis "Gator" Jackson. He is sort of like Eddie "Clean head" Vinson on this thread. I have mentioned the 2 of them and posted some tunes various times and never a response. Am I missing something? Are they considered sub par saxmen? If that's the case or the general regard for them by jazz aficionado's I still like a lot of their music. Here are 3 good ones from Clean Head: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFnQHVxcjuY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvEI3v4-bA8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqBASHEyuHo |
I was intrigued with harrylavo's Eddie Condon post and acman's subsequent posting of the music the former posted on that I looked Condon up on Wiki. Wiki informed me that Condon wrote an autobiography in 1948 and I searched for it on Amazon. In the Amazon blurb it says that Condon's music was known as Chicago-Dixieland, though musicians refer to it simply as Condon style. Played by small ensembles with driving beat, it was and is an informal, exciting music, slightly disjointed and often mischievous. The title of this book is "We Called it Music" and has been reprinted in paperback. Condon was also the author of another jazz book titled "Eddie Condon's Treasury of jazz". This book, written by Condon and published in 1956 has no reprint but there are still worn out copies of the hardcover book for sale on Amazon. 64 year old book!! https://www.amazon.com/We-Called-Music-Generation-Jazz/dp/0306804662/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=We+Called+It+Music&qid=1601171440&s=books&sr=1-1 https://www.amazon.com/Eddie-Condons-Treasury-jazz-Condon/dp/B0007F7DI0/ref=pd_sbs_14_1/136-4012307-5982265?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0007F7DI0&pd_rd_r=83e65ed2-00a5-483f-8e14-63e4235fee5c&pd_rd_w=n7SUa&pd_rd_wg=Pso8g&pf_rd_p=b65ee94e-1282-43fc-a8b1-8bf931f6dfab&pf_rd_r=TQQ8WAQBDSMWNVE1ZRZZ&psc=1&refRID=TQQ8WAQBDSMWNVE1ZRZZ |
Hey mary_jo.............................. Hi De Ho!! Betty Boop does not like sauerbaten so she gets spooked by Cab Calloway’s Mini the Moocher. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7VUU_VPI1E Cab Calloway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spBLdH5mtyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ5gCGJorKk Betty Boop Wikia: https://bettyboop.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Boop_%26_Mrs._Boop |
Another one of my favorites was the Roadrunner and Wile E Coyote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL_yeEog6Wo The first car I ever bought was a 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner. I was 17 years old and paid 500 bucks for it in 1981. Powered by a 440 Magnum to a 4 speed. It had an animated picture of the Roadrunner holding a racing helmet from the cartoon series in the middle of the steering wheel. Also had a Roadrunner on each front fender with a dust trail behind it going back to the rear quarter panel. Roadrunner decal on the back trunk lid and quarter panels as well. I found this on You Tube. Its the same color blue as mine was. Mine was all blue though with no black strip. Same black interior. Mine was a 4 speed manual not automatic like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRsIkkx9YJY The guy in the video says they had to add the Roadrunner decals on the body. I guess you lose those once the car is 50 years old and has been repainted. When I bought mine in 81 it was 11 years old and still had the original decals. Cruising around with my GF....Those were the days. |
mary_jo I have about 3 dozen Stan Getz CD’s and have also read a great biography of Getz. His Tenor playing on "Desafinado" is so warm and lyrical and exemplifies why he was called "The Sound" I read somewhere that John Coltrane once commented that everyone would sound like Getz if they only could. The way he plays the tenor is the opposite of his personal life which was "on edge" to put it lightly. His ballad’s are a thing of beauty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLMIU1CN_GA Stan Getz live with RTF members Stanley Clarke bass, Chick Corea keyboards and Toney Williams on drums. Along with Stan Getz this was considered a "Jazz Super Group" as all 4 of them were considered, and still are, the crème de la crème on their respective instruments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7oo8EopEJ0 P.S. I did like "The Skatalites" as well. Interesting jazz Jamaican style. |
mary_jo I have that Getz/Evans album in my collection. And the song you posted is just one out of all the beautiful music recorded on those dates 5 - 6 May 1964. I was 9 months old. Here is some earlier Getz recorded for the Roost record label between 1950 and 1954. Getz, in his mid 20’s at that time had already arrived at his full, rich tone and was able to improvise with skill and grace. I have the "Complete Roost Sessions" 3 CD set. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI9hnD0YIz0&list=OLAK5uy_lGNrj25Tk3BD0x1Hf_fkhiyAhdEB4ORr8 |
Good Cuban music from all. Thanks 010 for the kickstart. My favorite is Dafnis Prieto. Thanks acman for posting it. I am familiar with Poncho Sanchez but was not aware of Dafnis Prieto. I am really impressed with this drummer/arranger/educator. Needless to say I have listened to acman's selections and searched the web and found many more that blew me away. Dafnis Prieto's is a wizard on the drums and I would put him in the company of many of the best jazz drummers of today and the past. Have already ordered a couple of both Dafnis Prieto small ensemble and big band. frogman great sampling of Cuban "genres". When you have the time listen to the short documentary of Dafnis Prieto the acman posted above. It was filmed after Dafnis Prieto returned to Cuba in 2019 after 20 years away from his native land. His thoughts on genre's is very interesting. Watching the doc and listening to his opinions made me like him that much more. |
acman Michel Camilo all I can say is "wow" Great Pianist. 010 PALO! "Al Monte" • Musica Cubana Salsa Jazz Funk definitely exudes the Cubano style of jazz. Very diverse. schubert Anika Nilles is a really good drummer. There are so many great musicians in this world. Most people just don't know. That is because they are not on this thread. |
There are so many different African rhythms from Bahia; I'm trying to capture some of them, but the current ones are not the one's I remember from a long time ago.010 I first visited Brazil in 1995. I went to Rio (of course) but I met my ex wife in Rio. She was born, however, in Salvador Bahia. She met a man from Sweden when she was 21 and they married. She lived in Sweden with him for 12 years and they divorced. She stayed in Europe after she divorced but visited Brazil every year. She had family there in Salvador and Rio. I met her on one of her vacations to Rio when I first visited Brazil. We were married 14 years then divorced. During our marriage we visited Brazil 1 or 2 times every year. Mostly to Salvador Bahia sometimes Rio. So the music I heard playing in the streets of Salvador day and night was not that old as I was never there before 1995. However I believe the "street music" I heard night and day was heavily influenced by African beats and rythm. Lots of booty shaking and chanting and some of it even sounded a bit like Reggae. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cjJz2EEZdM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dltrFeevfDw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCM_eSU_sm4 The following is Brazilian "mainstream music" played on all the radio stations. Ivette Sangalo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h45-uvKoLOA Daniela Mercury: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M33o-Drs0eM |
frogman I don't know if you have ever been to Salvador Bahia Brazil. My ex wife was born there. This is the reason why I have been to Brazil so many times. Salvador Bahia is a small peninsula on the Atlantic coastline 500 or so km north of Rio De Janeiro. It was on this peninsula that the Portuguese first discovered the land. The port city of Salvador became the first capital of Brazil. It was also the hub where everything was imported and exported came and went including slaves from Africa. There are many different Portuguese dialects spoken there because a large number of the slaves, when they became free, stayed in and around Salvador and the province of Bahia. There are some really delicious food recipes that are heavily influenced by African traditions. So, for me, Salvador is my favorite place in Brazil. 010 I know you have dreams of lying on the beach with the Cariocas all day long but I would also visit the beaches of Salvador. Copacabana, Ipanema and Rio is a little to "touristy" I have been to Carnaval in Rio and in Salvador and Salvador is much better. Today I am cooking Feijoada which is a traditional Brazilian black bean and pork beef stew served with white rice and collard greens. |
And here is Carnaval in Salvador. Its called "Trio Electrico" Basically its tractors pulling moving bandstands down the street at a snails pace with all the popular musicians from Brazil performing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYD_fQglups https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdXn_z07_kY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXAVBpYiL1Y And here is Carnaval in Rio which is strictly Samba music and Samba dance schools competing against each other. This is what all the young men all over the world come to see because the "SAMBA Girls" are so scantily dressed. I like Salvador's traditional Carnaval better. Unless you like to sit for hours watching scantily dressed woman dancing to samba beats which all sound similar. This is 3 of the winners "crowned" by the judges for their booty shaking skills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLdPxX8ogUU And the typical street view of the samba schools and their floats : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmKTRhASs3E |
What Is Hip!?!.. The original Tower Of Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAatPPEaZDA And the Tokyo Groove with an instrument called a Shamisen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g46tXWxtsfY Those girls are getting their funk on! |
mary_jo Ok then, here it isI like Conjunction Junction what's your Function https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc |
Eddie Van Halen just died as well. I know this is a jazz thread but I grew up listening to Van Halen and Eddie R.I.P. was one helluva guitarist. My friends here just please take a look and listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLsEvZgmRVA |
frogman thanks for posting that Amazing Grace by Wynton. It made my day. Its amazing that simple hymn, within the context of all the complex music all over the world from classical to blues, from blues to jazz and rock and hip hop, is, and always will be one of the greatest statements of humanity It is never to late to change your life and be humbled to rise above no matter what your religious beliefs may be.
’Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear, Through many dangers, toils, and snares The Lord has promised good to me. When we’ve been there ten thousand years |
Has anyone ever wondered why absolutely nothing that came from Africa survived US slavery?I disagree with this statement. All throughout the Caribbean and South America, stuff survived that came over with the slaves from Africa. But not even one drum lick that came from Africa survived US slavery; voodoo over here came from Haiti. Blackey had to go to Africa to discover the African drum.I'm confused. Haven't you been saying that during the slave trade the Africans brought all of their tribal musical traditions all over the world and subsequently it disappeared from Africa (which I also disagree with). If you believe that how could Art Blakey go to Africa well after slavery ended and find the African drum. Have I missed something? |
010 With all respect I am not trying to have a war of words with you but your very defensive answers, in which you are belittling me while not answering with primary sources your opinion/firm belief? absolutely nothing that came from Africa survived US slavery? And your opinion/firm belief? that traditional African tribal music has vanished entirely from Africa after the centuries of the slave trade. Is there any way you can support this with facts from primary, secondary or tertiary sources? And if this is true how could Blakey learn African drums if it has disappeared, as you contend from prior posts, from the African continent after the centuries of the slave trade. I understand what was, is, and will always be.Well then I guess my time is wasted since you understand all. Please leave the personal insults out of your replies. |
ROOTS IN AFRICA Describing the African-American influence on American music in all of its glory and variety is an intimidating—if not impossible—task. African-American influences are so fundamental to American music that there would be no American music without them. People of African descent were among the earliest non-indigenous settlers of what would become the United States, and the rich African musical heritage that they carried with them was part of the foundation of a new American musical culture that mixed African traditions with those of Europe and the Americas. Their work songs, dance tunes, and religious music—and the syncopated, swung, remixed, rocked, and rapped music of their descendants—would become the lingua franca of American music, eventually influencing Americans of all racial and ethnic backgrounds. The music of African Americans is one of the most poetic and inescapable examples of the importance of the African American experience to the cultural heritage of all Americans, regardless of race or origin. Full article here: https://music.si.edu/story/musical-crossroads#:~:text=In%20the%20late%2019th%20century,heavily%20syn.... |
So Art Blakey went to Brazil to learn African drumming?Following the big band’s breakup, Blakey journeyed to Africa, initially as a spiritual pursuit. Raised in a strict Seventh Day Adventist family, the traveler sought new inspirations. Embracing Islam, he returned to New York with an adapted name, Abdullah Ibn Buhaina. Fellow musicians affectionately called him “Bu.” West African influences emerged in his drumming, as implied in his surging, reactionary polyrhythms. More specific applications were heard in multi-drummer experiments, most notably on Drum Suite (1957) and also on Orgy in Rhythm Volumes 1 and 2 (1957) and the lesser-known The African Beat (1962). Full article here: http://52.20.94.27/article/march-2012-art-blakey-the-mentor/ |
Hey frogman great "Lockjaw" selections. I have all 3 volumes of the "Cook Book" sessions plus "Smokin' (which is really volume 4) in my CD collection. All were recorded in 1958 with Shirley Scott on Organ, Jerome Richardson on flute, baritone, and tenor. I think there may have been different drummers and bassists on the session dates but "Lockjaw", Scott and Richardson are definitely on all 4 recording dates. I like the "edginess" of Eddie's tenor playing and you can tell, like he says to Oscar Peterson, that Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins were his biggest influences (same slightly edgy sound if that's the way to describe it) It was interesting how Eddie said the solo's in Ellington's Big Band were unique to whoever sat in the soloist chair that night while in the Count Basie Big Band all the solo's were pre - arranged/charted. |
Schubert great Phil Woods selections. You should check out the "Live at Yoshi's" album titled "Bouncing with Bud and Phil. I have a large selection of Phil Woods in my collection but over the last 6 months I have been beefing up my Bud Shank collection. The live at Yoshi's album Bud was 78 and Phil 73 but they sound like they are in their 20's! They both have 2 different distinctive alto sounds that complement each other well. I would say Woods is a little "smoother" Btw did you know Bud Shank plays that famous flute solo on the "The Mamas and the Papas" 1965 hit song "California Dreamin'. Its an alto flute. |
I have posted this at least twice before.Glad you posted it again frogman because this was the first time I saw it. Phil Woods is the "master" so "master class" is appropriately titled. Don't know if you know this but James Carter is a "saxophone collector/enthusiast" His collection of rarities is quite extensive or so I'm told. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3EgapgFCI0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSellryMH_g Here Carter speaks about Don Byas who was one of his biggest influences. If you have the time its really interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SF43lbPPFY In the interview he talks about the following concert in Holland dedicated to the music of Don Byas which was Don's adopted homeland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1IwiELq3lQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-22a-ULBzXU |