Jazz for aficionados
Just listened to John Handy Live at Monterey Jazz Festival 1965. The remastered CD has 2 extended cuts recorded live at the fest and a 30 plus minute bonus track that kicks ass. BUY IT!! Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival - Wikipedia The bonus track with Pat Martino and Bobby Hutcherson
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Hi Alek The Monterey sessions are awesome and the bonus track is from an a hard to find (and expensive) album see here The New John Handy Quintet With Bobby Hutcherson, Pat Martino – New View! (1997, CD) - Discogs I know you like wax but the CD from "Essential Jazz Class" is outstanding sonics A great 24 bit classic John Handy - At The Monterey Jazz Festival [Includes Bonus Track] - Amazon.com Music |
@curiousjim I came across the "Crossings" album while searching for more recordings that featured Red Garland and Philly Joe Jones. To my surprise, after the two of them stopped working in the Miles Davis Quartet, they would only record together again just a few times throughout the rest of their careers. Its a shame as they were so "in sync" with each other. Miles Davis is on record saying that Philly Joe, Red Garland, and Paul Chambers were one of the greatest rhythm sections he ever worked with. Garland went on to record a lot of albums as a leader but used Art Taylor on drums predominantly after his stint with Miles Davis. Art Taylor was no slouch himself but I prefer philly Joe Jones's comping, solos, and brush playing, as well as his superb sense of keeping time. Miles is also on record stating that Philly Joe was just as good on the kit as Tony Williams and Elvin Jones. I'm stating the obvious saying this book is only for drummers but a friend of mine, himself a drummer, mentioned this book to me and the quote I took from the only review on Amazon says a lot about Philly Joe.
I could not find "Crossings" on Spotify either so I ordered the CD on Discogs.
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That is a quote from Miles Davis. I think Elvin and Tony Williams were more innovators as both of them had unique styles that they innovated first and other drummers follow/copy to this day. I think Miles was talking about comping and harmonic telepathy as well as keeping time. When I have time I will elaborate more. |
Hey rok have you been calling O10 periodically since his absence here started or just this recent call? regretfully, I think frogman may be right that O10s health problem may have worsened. To what extent we all can only speculate but if he has not answered your call or calls (when he usually did answer?) has me thinking sad thoughts
I do hope he is ok and, all sarcasm aside, wish he would post some of his controversial (you call it noise, rok) non jazz music |
frogman that 1962 Bill Evans album was re- released in 1982 titled The Interplay Sessions. From Wiki The Interplay Sessions is a 1982 Milestone album that includes the entirety of this album, and tracks recorded for Riverside on August 21 and 22 of the same year with a different lineup (with Zoot Sims and Ron Carter, and without Freddie Hubbard and Percy Heath). The Interplay Sessions peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Jazz Albums charts in 1983.[3] The CD reissue Interplay adds another take of "I'll Never Smile Again" as a bonus track. At the Grammy Awards of 1984, Orrin Keepnews won the Grammy Award for Best Album I added this to my Spotify library and am listening to it now. Great jazz! |
Frogman there is a relatively new live release from Pepper Adams titled Pepper Adams And The Tommy Banks Trio: Live At Room At The Top See here Pepper Adams and the Tommy Banks Trio: Live at Room at the Top album review @ All About Jazz And its available on vinyl so knowing your preference to vinyl and your fondness for Pepper Adams I thought you would be interested. |
Well I guess you could call once every week and hope for the best. I prayed for O10 last night and lit a candle for him under my Mother Mary statue. |
This post is for all my acquaintances here on JFA although we have never met and the frogman elaborated on this subject on the previous page we are all friends or acquaintances, somewhat at least. I had been in the construction field as a residential house framer for 35 years but decided the physical part of that work was to much for a man in his 50s quickly approaching 60 so 3 years ago I graduated a local CDL school and started driving tractor trailers. The pay is good although I made more as a framing sub contractor I have gladly taken the pay cut (not too much) for the less physically demanding job of driving a semi. I am approaching retirement and will be moving from NY to North Carolina and I can get a driving job down there no problem. I currently live on Long Island NY and my property tax is almost 1000,00 per month and thanks to the Biden administration home fuel heating oil has doubled this year (I just paid 1456,00 to fill up my 280 gallon tank) and this will only last me 2 months so around Christmas I need to fill up again. A small house for my wife and I in NC will be around 100.00 per month in property tax and Winter is way less harsh there so I probably could heat my house and have hot water with just 280 gallons for the whole year (in NY i need to fill up my tank four times per year) Anyway we will be moving soon and need to cut down on items that would have to move with us. I have stopped buying physical CDs because I already have enough to take up a lot of space in a small moving truck (imagine if I had vinyl it would be 4x the space). I started using Spotify for streaming any new music I want and they have millions of jazz songs and complete albums and it all can be customized and I have the Spotify Phone App and listen to my music via blue tooth in my rig when I’m on the road. Anyway Alek and Marija are friends with me on Facebook where I post some of my over the road adventures but I wanted to share with by friends here as well.
The reason I have not been posting so much here is because I drive 10 - 12 hours per day and sleep a lot when I get home. I plan on posting more often (stop being lazy). Ok got that off my chest and I hope the few minutes it takes to read this wont bore any of you. Have a great Sunday and keep listening to jazz, the greatest music genre, and keep posting on JFA! |
@frogman Thanks for your input on the Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, and Philly Joe discussion. My drummer friend told me Elvin listened to a lot of Shadow Wilson's drumming for some of his own ideas especially concerning "triplet fills". And here is a text my drummer friend sent me a while back about Jimmy Cobb and Philly Joe. My friend had just had a lesson with the NYC jazz drummer Dan Weiss. The lesson was focused on Roy Haynes's drumming.
@frogman I was wondering if you know the jazz drummer Dan Weiss. He and my buddy Mike were working on Roy Haynes's famous "snap crackle" technique. |
@frogman I figured you may have heard about Weiss, you and he being neighbors so to speak. And I agree with you about the Brooklyn Jazz Scene. Very hot indeed. A man is as good as his reputation...
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This short 45 minute Bill Evans documentary, created in 1964, is very interesting. "Its much more important, Evans feels, to master fundamentals, both in theory, so that you understand what you're doing, and then in active practice developing ones musical muscles. Not just technical facility but also the brain connection with the arm muscles so to speak, developing that facility to the point where the subconscious mind can take over the basic mechanical task of playing, thus freeing the conscious mind to concentrate on the spontaneous development that distinguishes the best jazz... Universal Mind of Bill Evans (1966 Documentary) - YouTube
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Hey acman3 do you have the Sonny Side Up LP? It may not be a seminal recording like Way Out West or Saxophone Colossus but its a great session Sonny Side Up personnel
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A coincidence I listened to Sonny Rollins Way Out West and Saxophone Colossus, both DSD SACDs (Analog Productions), Friday night. When I got home from work Friday the new Rollins biography, also titled Saxophone Colossus, was in the mailbox so, being in the mood for a Rollins critical listening evening, I proceeded
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Last week I posted Dizzy Gillespie's album Sonny Side Up featuring Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt on sax. I posted the slow blues based burner "After Hours" , a fantastic song and left out the song "The Eternal Triangle" which is one of the best recorded "sax duel/interplays" Eternal Triangle is a blistering pace with both Sonny's and Dizzy exchanging solos The transcription of Stiitt's solo looks "blistering" to me and I cannot read sheet music LOL
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Hey acman3 that Rollins Live at the Village Vanguard 2 disc set features Sonny in a trio setting sans piano. Sonny loved to play without a piano player and has many recording sessions without piano.
Also of note on that "Night at the Village Vanguard" is the complete sessions had an afternoon set with Donald Bailey and Pete LaRoca on bass and drums and the 2 evening/night sessions featured Wilbur Ware and Elvin Jones bass and drums
Sonny's great Way Out West studio session also was in a trio format sans piano, with Ray Brown on bass and Shelly Manne on drums.
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