Jazz for aficionados
Vijay Iyer's trio sessions never disappoint From 2008 Historicity LP (158) Human Nature (Trio Extension) - YouTube 2012 Accelerando LP (a trio cover of a Michael Jackson song) (158) Human Nature (Trio Extension) - YouTube 2014 Break Stuff LP - 2 songs from the LP performed live (158) Taking Flight / Hood - Vijay Iyer Trio - Live from Here - YouTube 2019 Uneasy LP (158) Vijay Iyer Trio - Combat Breathing (from the album 'Uneasy') | ECM Records - YouTube
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@frogman Thanks for that post on drum solos. You know I've always liked drum solos and think they were/are a jazz tradition and will always be a jazz constant. I have been to so many live jazz shows at all of the NYC jazz clubs that I have lost count. One thing for sure is that every show features a drum solo. One of my favorites with a great drum solo by a great drummer. Opens up with some really good drum play as well. (202) Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Bu's Delight - YouTube
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Billy Higgins great solo on Solar with the Slide Hampton Quintet And transcriptions (202) Billy Higgins "Solar" Drum Solo Transcription - YouTube (202) Billy Higgins Drum Solo Transcription "Solar" by "Bastien Dupont" - YouTube |
@frogman Thanks frogman listening to the Kenny Drew album Undercurrent right now and the first song, Undercurrent, has great interplay between Louis Hayes/Freddie Hubbard/Hank Mobley on drums/trumpet/sax.... |
Wynton's brother Branford does a more admirable job of the 4 part suite but in the case of Coltrane's opus I dont think any rendering in the years since 1964 comes close and going forward you never know but in almost 60 years since it was released nobody came close (Branford is the closest) so I would say its safe to say @rok2id and @acman3 that the perfection that was recorded at RVGs studio on June 10 1964 will stand above all others forever... |
Hey @rok2id that Wynton clip was awesome. Here's another
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I can think of 3 more bass players, off the top of my head, that should be in the Jazz HOF Ron Carter, Stanley Clarke and Christian McBride
Three superlative Hancock albums.... |
Satch! (217) Louis Armstrong - On The Sunny Side Of The Street [with lyrics] - YouTube Both Sonny's with Diz (217) On The Sunny Side Of The Street - YouTube Sonny Stitt impeccable solo (217) On the Sunny Side of the Street - YouTube Esperanza! (217) Esperanza Spalding performing "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" (2016) - YouTube |
Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall November 1957 is a great recording and features the great Shadow Wilson on drums Thelonious Monk quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie hall full album - YouTube Thelonious' son, TS Monk, himself a drummer, talks about Shadow Wilson with Mark Griffith in this article
Queer Street Count Bassie Orchestra. The drum break Buddy Rich mentions is only a few seconds long near the end of the song 2:52 - 2:56.
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In 1994, Hammond B3 master, The late Dr. Lonnie Smith, of whom I had the privilege of seeing live 10 plus times before he passed on 2 years ago, released 2 albums in 1994 comprised of studio improvisations on popular Jimi Hendrix songs. The albums are titled Purple Haze and Foxy Lady. John Abercrombie on guitar and Marvin "Smitty" Smith drums
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@curiousjim I love listening to Red Garland as well. His trio recordings are some of my favorite trio sessions to listen to. Here is a Red's trio recording with John Coltrane |
@mahgister Welcome back to JFA I hope your health is getting better. re jazz in Japan Very good band on the first clip and nice improvisation. Junko is terrific! Here is one of my favorites who I had the pleasure of seeing live here in NYC |
@mahgister I Good luck with your new house!
I am not a "headphone audiophile" but I do know that AKG model is 40 years old and very inefficient and need a good headphone amp to drive them. I have the Sennheiser 650s and I love them. I have been listening to Japanese jazz artists for decades and I think they represent the genre admirably.
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@stuartk I have enjoyed listening to George Cables ever since my first exposure to him playing with Art Pepper, Elvin Jones and George Mraz on Peppers seminal Complete Live at the Village Vanguard sessions a couple decades ago. Here Art and George are beautiful together in this duo session |
@frogman I just saw that Hank Jones clip. Great album. Here is Hank, Chick Corea and Satao Watanabe with some younger jazz musicians in an old meets new performance Hank Jones Trio, Sadao Watanabe, Chick Corea, Hiromi, Austin Peralta - Tokyo Jazz 2006 - YouTube
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@acman3 Great Avishai Cohen BASSIST clips. There is another Avishai Cohen TRUMPETER. Both were born in Israel but not related. They are often confused that is why Avishai the trumpeter names his debut 2003 album "The Trumpet Player" Both are excellent musicians and I have playlists from both on my Spotify. Here is 2 from the trumpet player Avishai Cohen - The Trumpet Player! - YouTube Avishai Cohen quartet - D'jazz Nevers (2016) - YouTube I plan on seeing both the bassist and trumpet player when they play NYC venues... |
For all of my friends here at JFA please do yourself a great favor by becoming a free member of the Audio Science Review forum here Audio Science Review (ASR) Forum I have been a member for a while and it has become my favorite audio information site. It will save you a lot of money going down the "Audiophile Rabbit Hole" The forum creator, Amir, is an electrical engineer professional with a lifelong career in the field. Just search there professionally measured reviews on audio gear. Joining is free and you will be thankful if you do. Just check out a few of the reviews on cables like interconnects, speaker and AC cables as well as "power conditioners" A WARNING - It may shock some of you... |
Why would you call thousands of avid audio enthusiasts, all over the world, who are members of ASR, hundreds besides Amir who are employed in the audio/video industry, some who are owners/manufacturers of AV gear a cult?? The measurements of thousands of gear reviews are all out in the open and transparent for anyone who desires to investigate. Could you elaborate on your perceived "cult status" of AVR?
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@jdougs I am a believer in BOTH my ears and measurements. I was just giving a suggestion for my friends here on JFA (been posting here 7 years) and not trying to force them into joining ASR. We are all adults and free to make choices just presenting more options for some that may be misinformed... Back to thread topic |
@curiousjim Kenny Drew was a fantastic pianist as well as composer/arranger. His album Undercurrent would be on my deserted island must have list Just look at the personnel - Freddie Hubbard, Hank Mobley, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes! Undercurrent (Rudy Van Gelder Edition/2007 Remaster) - YouTube
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@stuartk I have that Geri Allen album The Life of a Song on SACD. I really like the 2nd track Mounts and Mountains. Mounts and Mountains - YouTube Also a fan of DeJohnette and Holland. Gateway (John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette) - Sorcery I - YouTube
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Happy 4th @acman3 and everyone! |
@stuartk Gateway live must have been awesome. Another standout LP by Holland is Prism with Eric Harland (d), Craig Taborn (kb), and Kevin Eubanks (g) |
@curiousjim I had the pleasure to see RTF live during the 2008 reunion tour at the United Palace Theater NYC. I was at center stage 1st balcony row and my eye sight was much better at the time..... Of course they played Romantic Warrior.... |
@acman3 Thanks for the Brian Krock introduction. Great music. |
@dmk_calgary Great choices! |
@acman3 Nicholas Krolak is another relatively new artist I have been listening to lately. Krolak plays bass and composes and arranges as well.
Nicholas Krolak & Voice = Power - Jonesing Live at Chris' Jazz Cafe - YouTube |
@mahgister Thanks for the Toshiko Akiyoshi suggestions. Listened to a lot of her music last night. |
@dmk_calgary I have that CD but not the MoFi version. Are you referring to the MoFi vinyl? I don't have vinyl. Strictly a "digital man". I have many other MoFi CDs though. |
@curiousjim Re Gary Bartz. Another great artist of whom I had the pleasure of seeing live. Also had a very interesting, long conversation with Bartz and Lou Donaldson in the band room at the Village Vanguard NYC after a Lou Donaldson show. I saw Lou, AKA Sweet Poppa, a dozen times or more between 2000 - 2012. Lou finally retired but still alive and well. One of my desert island sessions: |
@mahgister I have many Kenny Wheeler CDs. Excellent underrated trumpeter. Another underrated and seldom mentioned trumpeter Tom Harrell solo "Darn That Dream" June 2012 - YouTube
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My favorite current Japanese pianist/keyboard/organist is the one and only Hiromi Uehara. Since her album debut in 2002 she has consistently released new material on subsequent albums since. Having seen her live multiple times I can attest to the following.... She can play it all and is a superlative live act who has great stage presence and spontaneity. Her exuberance is plain for all to see. I have her whole catalogue on CDs, most of them SACDs Telarc label. I love all Hiromi's albums but my two favorites are the jazz/rock infused Time Control and Beyond Standard with her band Sonic Bloom Hiromi's Sonic Bloom: Time Control Or Controlled By Time - YouTube Hiromi live with Sonic Bloom |
That Viscounts rendition of Harlem Nocturn is new to me. Definitely a "gritty tone" on the sax. This is my "go to" rendition of the same tune. But then again I am mesmerized by almost anything Illinois Jacquet blows and the brief but mesmerizing trumpet solo by Roy Eldridge just makes this version that much better
That said, there are hundreds of renditions of Harlem Nocturn on record for us all to enjoy thanks to Earle Hagen. Here is Telecaster master Danny Gatton's rendition.
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And here is a favorite tenor of mine who's tone always sounds "edgy" or "gruff" but I really like a lot of Willis Jackson's recording sessions especially all of the sessions with a very young Pat Martino on the guitar. Pat's solo starts at 4:40 and even then, as young as he was (I think he was 17 on this session but not sure), you can hear the virtuosity in his playing. I saw Pat live at Birdland in NYC a couple years before he passed and I am so glad I went to that show.
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Just wanted to add this beautiful version of Portrait Of Jenny by Joe Lovano which was also the theme song and name of a great movie staring Edward G Robinson Joe Lovano - Portrait of Jenny - YouTube
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Some of the artists who were greatly influenced by Sonny Rollins Dave Liebman whips it out - amazing soprano saxophone solo - YouTube Joshua Redman - Jazz Crimes (Live) - YouTube Joe Lovano, live in Marciac jazz festival 2019 - YouTube Branford Marsalis Quartet - Cianna (Live) - YouTube
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I am a big Sonny Rollins fan and am reading the new biography of his life appropriately titled Saxophone Colossus. The book is 715 pages of text plus and the impeccable research by the author using predominately primary sources required the book notes to be found on the publishers website as a PDF. The first 3 chapters alone contain over 300 notes. Sonny was born and raised in the Sugar Hill section of Harlem NY which at the time was the neighborhood where all of the great swing era players and emerging bebop players called home including Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins and Jackie McClean just to name a few. The author does an outstanding job on the social and cultural impact of this hotbed of jazz musicians living on the same streets that Sonny lived and played on and the impact and influence musically, and personally this had on Sonny. For those interested the book is $25 on Amazon and the PDF notes are on the publishers website here Saxophone Colossus by Aidan Levy | Hachette Book Group
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Your welcome @mahgister and here is a great Sonny Rollins interview with another great saxophone player Joshua Redman. Sonny Rollins Interviewed by Joshua Redman: Newk's Time - JazzTimes A great live rendition of what is probably Sonny's most well known song Sonny Rollins - St. Thomas - YouTube
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