Jazz for aficionados
Today's Listen: World Saxophone Quartet -- RHYTHM AND BLUES Julius Hemphill(alto), Oliver Lake(alto,soprano), David Murray(tenor, bass clarinet), Hamiet Bluiett(baritone, alto clarinet) Minimal notes / info. This is much better than you might think, given the instrumentation. for the love of money https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFy2scn-CsI I heard that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvvUxfjVfZk let's get it on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8YF2qB5VGw messin' with the kid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMNPM6MjeMU I never knew these tunes had so much in them. Cheers Snowing in Texas. |
Today's Listen: Marcus Roberts -- IF I COULD BE WITH YOU Excellent notes, but very difficult to read. "....I would eventually like to be able to play two solos simultaneously that evoke contrasting moods. For maximum freedom, I would like to be able to do this at any velocity. I think that would be a true contribution." As the OP might say, no comment. Thankfully we aren't there yet, soooooooo preach, reverend preach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eBzd31BrFE&t=97s mood indigo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5i7yyjv_j8 just a closer walk with thee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAwmwM9WMew carolina shout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YYpfsD71Mo country blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk9BNPtD5kM keep off the grass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2StOt7-Yqg And 14 more! All short and sweet. Some are very close to the Jazz Big Bang. Cheers |
From today's F-150 music stick. Great driving music. zap mama -- abadou https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ROAaB9JlZ0 zap mama -- take coco paroles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxCBa_DnEpc cook, dixon & young -- it don't mean a thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNYe_eeZdLQ cook, dixon & young -- when the saints go marching in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2qUtQlTTmQ Check |
Today's Listen: Tito Puente -- MAMBO OF THE TIMES No notes. Well there are, but they are by Bill Cosby. things to come https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoIwr7n2x2I jitterbug waltz ( you gotta wait for it, it's coming.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHYLWAP4S-A mambo king https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqrWJGI1veA japan mambo (with this title, you gotta hear it) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1wfG31KMaM Cheers Not on the CD, but should have been. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNP34j76-og |
Questions to The Frogman: Talk about what happens at 1:58, if anything did happen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HtHEgINHO0&list=RDMM9HtHEgINHO0&start_radio=1 Thanks Cheers |
Today's Listen: Lionel Hampton -- THE LIONEL HAMPTON QUINTET with / Buddy DeFranco(clarinet), Oscar Peterson(piano), Ray Brown(bass), Buddy Rich(drums). Notes point out that Hampton is the only Major Jazz Instrumentalist to be active in nine(9) decades!! Recorded 1954 flying home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnM7PR3l-jU don't be that way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTi0IWPEb8Y je ne sais pas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBTSKpGbeYE it's only a paper moon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0h064Rr1C4 Cheers |
My Vietnam experience, music wise. Experienced at Fort Bragg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3bjMtqpGBw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqGPb9qnvWQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4z2iubQPgo It is Saturday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFt0EMHPTG8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQdy0ueGzW0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7eeb1MTkUY Cheers |
Today's Listen: Edmond Hall -- PROFOUNDLY BLUE Three of Edmond Hall's Four Blue Note recordings are on this CD. All three with different groups / personnel. My oldest Blue Note CD. Recorded 1941 & 1944. All Star Quartet: red norvo, teddy wilson, ...... smooth sailing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl_VIvkT4EI rompin' in '44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V7udUkvnNo Celeste Quartet: charlie christian, meade lux lewis .... jammin' in four https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mUiFeK94aU profoundly blue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOtDxIRC0Oo Swingtet: harry carney, sid catlett ...... been so long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5XUrsfSA6s beamin' and steamin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIMw0q4RMBM Cheers |
Today's Listen: Roy Hargrove -- WITH THE TENORS OF OUR TIME The tenors of our time?? Johnny Griffin, Joe Henderson, Branford Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Stanley Turrentine. Recorded 1994. Nice informative booklet with many photos. soppin' the biscuit (stanley turrentine) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERsjIjpfdlI when we were one (johnny griffin) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WeLZESmVDY greens at the chicken shack (johnny griffin) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3MFQaUA0mY wild is love (stanley turrentine) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVBkmnMVOx0 The old guys seem to resonate more with me. Cheers |
Today's Listen: Duke Ellington -- DUKE ELLINGTON MEETS COLEMAN HAWKINS Recorded in 1962, on the Impulse label. limbo Jazz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvffraVJg1g mood indigo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGt5fBKB_0Y self-portrait ("of the bean") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWYqutnjZBw wunderlust https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nevROYOJs5s Cheers |
Today’s Listen: Lester Young -- LESTER YOUNG IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 1956, vol 2 Recorded live at Olivia’s Patio Lounge. Vol 2 of Four volumes. House trio backing. It shows. Not the most balanced recording. But, it’s Lester! lester leaps in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgbCjn5hsuY i’m confessin’(that I love you) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UijfTz195rY jumpin’ with symphony sid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KhbeP7Mv_8 lullabye of birdland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrdYnd51ZFo Cheers Notes: "Bill Potts who led the accompanying trio, coaxed, cajoled, and bribed the great tenor into letting him record much of the engagement for private use." Private use???? So how does it end up on records 24 years later?? Long after Young's death. Makes a body wonder. |
Today's Listen: Phineas Newborn Jr -- HARLEM BLUES with / Ray Brown(bass), Elvin Jones(drums) Notes: Newborn's first recording after a decade of inactivity. Nice synopsis of each tune and why it was included. Recorded 1969 harlem blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is5k0JNw5HQ ray's idea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIqip_b0_W8 sweet and lovely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAmSLyOjsJk cookin' at the continental https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQsxlI1Mdo0 cookin' Cheers |
Today's Listen: Allen Toussaint -- THE BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI Excellent Packaging. Excellent recording. Recorded 2008. Nonsuch Label. egyptian fantasy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlifDYDUuHI st james infirmary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdZcU4SniIc west end blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcPsgMa74Lk bright mississippi (monk is monk, even in Nawlin's) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCHddHp8OAw long, long journey (Toussaint on vocals) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkSlStHxyPA Cheers |
Today's Listen: Duke Ellington -- SUCH SWEET THUNDER The Duke's (Strayhorn's) take on Shakespeare such sweet thunder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6N3IDUah9g star crossed lovers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-jg3scxeik half the fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcikvvpRL18 circle of fourths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeLkhwhDa5s Add a string section, and these guys are a Symphony Orchestra. Apparently the copy I have does not include the famous Clark Terry Thingy. The search goes on. Cheers |
Today's Listen: Duke Ellington -- PIANO REFLECTIONS with / Wendell Marshall(bass), Butch Ballard(drums) Excellent notes / booklet by Mark Tucker. Slight tape hiss on a few tracks. Recorded 1953 who knows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9DoPXLYi3I b sharp blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe8x1uWCpAg in a sentimental mood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atUg6Ehc7JI things ain't what they used to be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG5sD2i1s7o **montevideo (aka night time) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyVivWlBCzo **Dave Black(drums), Ralph Colier(congas) Cheers |
Today's Listen: Coleman Hawkins -- ALIVE! AT THE VILLAGE GATE 1962 with / Roy Eldridge(trumpet), Johnny Hodges(Alto Sax) 2CD set, taken from two different albums. This is from CD2. CD1 is Hawkins at the Village Gate, minus Eldridge and Hodges. Excellent 20 page booklet. Nice photos. From the booklet: "What is Jazz? The rhythm-the feeling. It can be taught. Or at least its mechanical aspects can be. I think that out of so many of these thousands of musicians, plenty are mechanical, rather than real Jazz musicians. But today the public doesn't know the difference. But it certainly used to." --- Coleman Hawkins mack the knife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV1gZ9jRWxA satin doll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mbu_tF1KXo perdido https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0EG86kUp3w the rabbit in Jazz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDDiGhwcjbA Cheers |
Today's Listen: part 2. Coleman Hawkins -- ALIVE! AT THE VILLAGE GATE 1962 with / Tommy Flanagan(piano), Major Holley(bass), Eddie Locke(drums) CD1. all the things you are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smNg1jELYyI bean and the boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10V_HkOtHwc joshua fit the battle of jericho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy9qN7afXL0 it's the talk of the town https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAQdjr6Vq1o Cheers |
Today’s Listen: Oscar Peterson -- THE COMPLETE DUKE ELLINGTON SONGBOOKS with / Ray Brown(bass), Ed Thigpen(drums) 2CD SET. CD1 consists of two albums with (12)identical tracks, one in stereo(1959), and one in mono (1952). CD2 is music by Duke performed by Peterson with various artists over many albums. This music is from CD1 in stereo. All short and sweet. take the A train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4b5R16ysJQ john hardy’s wife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WN_Mn9ie0o don’t get around much anymore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzqvm-yXhL8 cottontail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQuPR9S99wc rockin’ in rhythm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3012Ugd2oY things ain’t what they used to be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zx3urBTqSM Cheers |
Today's Listen: Miles Davis -- SEVEN STEPS TO HEAVEN with / George Coleman(tenor sax), Herbie Hancock(piano), Victor Feldman(piano), Ron Carter(bass), Tony Williams(drums), Frank Butler(drums). Notes indicate that Miles was in transition or Miles renewed. New group and direction. Nice booklet with great photos. Miles gives his opinion of critics and it ain't good. Williams and Hancock probably had a hard time getting into the clubs they played. They look like 12 year olds. Columbia 1963. basin street blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhfe1SUe2-A baby won't you please come home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-W9I-HRD9Y joshua https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXONYUnppLs seven steps to heaven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQMJv3HuZdU Cheers |
Today's Listen: Duke Ellington -- STUDIO SESSIONS 1957 & 1962 VOL. 7 Private recordings, later released by the Ellington Family. Excellent, but tiny notes. Synopsis of each tune. "Circle Blues: ..the musicians were grouped around one mike and the leader simply pointed to each in turn for his solo - Carney, Nance, Hodges, Brown, Gonsalves. Had this been heard by Ben Webster, there was one comment he would surely have made: "That's Sonny Greer, and he's swinging!" He didn't agree with the drummer's critics and was always firm in his support." What the hell was that all about(Greer)? These folks always leave you hanging. As is usual for the old great stuff, they get right to the point. No filler. 1957 blues a la willie cook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2bL4Yq0ibg the riff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lSATjtWhwo slow blues ensemble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5kvoNoouC8 three trumps (omg!!!!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw1-rPgkUKM 1962 things ain't what they used to be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6tnjCNreJw circle blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWR2ln9aBPY cottontail -- the one on the CD says 1962. It's better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IiwpysyyWo Cheers |
Today’s Listen: Jackie McLean -- HAT TRICK / JACKIE McLEAN MEETS JUNKO ONISHI with / Junko Onishi(piano), Nat Reeves(bass), Lewis Nash(drums) Most minimal packaging I’ve seen on a Blue Note CD. It was made for BMG record club, so that might explain it. No notes at all. Recorded 1996. little melonae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NNytzRwnCE jackie’s hat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOrOWQtvrXA bluesnik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvzWOf0ka8U left alone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgWIL-t5G2Q I really like Onishi's playing. Cheers |
@frogman Thanks for your reply on picking band musicians. Are you familiar with this reviewer? Would like your opinion of him. I just recently ran across him on you-tube. He has a ’best of’ list for every major classical work ever written!!. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIOEeOhoKp4 I like stuff like that. He also seems to review CDs only, which is great also. Because of his review, I purchased Gunter Wand’s Beethoven cycle on RCA. It is the Kleiber 5&7 of 9th’s. Cheers |
Today's Listen: Charles Mingus -- MINGUS AT THE BOHEMIA Notes: "This was Charles Mingus first recording with a working band of his own." Very interesting background on each tune. On "All the things you are C#", Mingus combines three tunes into one. The tunes are, "All the Things You Are", "Prelude in C# minor" and "Clair de Lune." Sign of things to come. septemberly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHHq8DSpQ2A jump monk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdMuK5bHWko all the things you C-sharp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF-6D3UwSfE work song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NekAe5eX7GA Cheers |
More from the GOOD STUFF thread: 1927 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMktmt9H_2U africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c9-poC5HGw beach boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qElrmDDjn6o rising sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sOygJsLDc4 rags old iron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLqr_T04oMU sinnerman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP7XuE1Fw9s st louis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=debDGhfzz-c Cheers |
Today's Listen: Hampton Hawes -- THE GREEN LEAVES OF SUMMER with / Monk Montgomery(bass), Steve Ellington(drums) Notes:"I think Hampton Hawes is a marvelous pianist...an awful lot of pianist who have been categorized in print as being influenced by Horace Silver or being Horace imitators, really come much more out of Hamp...-Andre Previn Recorded 1964 vierd blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAvU7uLUmjY secret love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezneOns7hDo . st thomas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMoVmfLH9UU ill wind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrLsUJejZTM Cheers |
Today's Listen: Lee Morgan -- TOM CAT Great supporting cast. Recorded in 1964, not released until 1981. Rudy Van Gelder remaster in 2005. This is the remastered music. tom cat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGqiloCbQYE twilight mist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWTgEvBltI0 riggarmortes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Oe17Ck6cQ Cheers |
Today’s Listen: Thelonious Monk -- THE THELONIOUS MONK ORCHESTRA AT TOWN HALL Includes / Donald Byrd(trumpet), Pepper Adams(baritone sax), Charlie Rouse(tenor sax), Phil Woods(alto sax), Sam Jones(bass), Art Taylor(drums) Notes: "The orchestra itself includes a number of top Jazz names, but the members were selected for known ability to interpret Monk’s music and for potential ability to become a solid unit, rather than for individual virtuosity." Just what The Frogman said. Recorded 1959. friday the 13th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_oS0oU0ThI monk’s mood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWQXBeAbZFg little rootie tootie (encore) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fmrbbv7xEU crepuscule with nellie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF8ks-ZTFhw I think this tune is required on all Monk albums. Cheers |
Today's Listen: Thelonious Monk Quartet -- THELONIOUS IN ACTION with / Johnny Griffin(tenor sax), Ahmed Abdul-Maslik(bass), Roy Haynes(drums) Minimal but informative info on Monk and his various groups. His first "live" recording outside of the studio. After Coltrane, before Rouse. Recorded 1958. rhythm-a-ning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dyVE6MwjcE blue monk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtT9fTQ5YwA evidence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpVp5b94igE blues five spot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL-bHinREu8 Cheers |
Today's Listen: Eric Dolphy Quintet -- OUTWARD BOUND with / Freddie Hubbard(trumpet), Jackie Byard(piano), George Tucker(bass), Roy Haynes(drums) My favorite space traveler, just before takeoff. Tiny, but very good notes by Ron Eyre. Haynes' drumming is described as 'Tasteful.' I wonder why drummers, when being praised, are always said to be 'tasteful'? They always say that about Max Roach. G.W. (honor of Gerald Wilson) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA0heySDd-I green dolphin street https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-BsQG4VrWM miss toni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCb9fPPTH74 245 (his street number address) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ICfpu0nV7k Cheers |
It's Saturday night in Croatia, so we all know The Queen is all decked out with her dancing shoes on. So, without further ado: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtobYqDQV54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqMY8UAGgg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgGHeT9U9g0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGXhpFz6aAA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6tSNiIlKDU Cheers |
