Jazz for aficionados
One of , maybe the best of the German Radio bands ,https://youtu.be/d9xco0i1xeY?list=RDd9xco0i1xeY Great Brass with Warren Vache . https://youtu.be/Q3V99patV1c?list=RDd9xco0i1xeY With Toots . RIP . The respect and love the musicians show the old Master is heart breaking . |
pjwI have a ton of Lee konitz music. if you like Duo recordings konitz has saxophone piano Duo with Martial Solal called star eyes Hamburg 1983 It has six standards and three Originals on the disc. another good more recent set is a 2 CD disc with konitz as the leader its called European Episode- Impressive Rome it's a quartet with xlent European musicians. |
Thanks frogman and Schubert for the recommendations. I have "Motion" on the wat along with the Konitz/Marsh recording (I liked the songs I heard on that one). I'm giving the other suggestions a listen right now as I'm writing this. Pyramid is definitely a change from his 50's - 60's output. I like Conner's guitar playing too. Storyville swings hard. ordered this morning: Storyville, Subconscious - Lee, Live At The Half Note |
If I was going modern with Konitz I'd go with Paul Bley .I thought the rendition of Cherokee on "Alone Together " was terrible . https://youtu.be/Xk7aYSUI3kI Paul Bley gave me a copy of this in his house , wish I had him sign it . A nice guy, to me at least . |
pjw, I like Schubert’s Lee Konitz recs. “Motion” is great and a nobrainer. Another favorite is the one I posted a couple of days ago “At Storyville”. For something different and interesting one if you like a Third-Stream vibe is “An Image” featuring Konitz with string section. For something later in his career I like “Alone Together” with a Brad Mehldau and Charlie Haden. |
Great Turrentine selection Schubert. Big Stanley Turrentine fan myself. I have that disc with the song "Shirley." The albums called "Mr. Natural" and was recorded in 1964 but not releases until 1980. So I searched high and low for my first Lee Konitz albums and I listened to some samples on a couple I really liked and purchased them. Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh: https://www.amazon.com/Lee-Konitz-Warne-Marsh/dp/B00DS7Z3H2/ref=pd_sbs_15_5/145-8546346-6339225?_enc... Lee Konitz "Motion" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000094T52/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Elvin Jones plays drums on "Motion" while Lee with Warne Marsh features Kenny Clarke on drums. The rest of the players on both albums are no slouches either! |
Is there a man alive than can not be shaken to the deepest body of his eternal soul by this Masterpiece played by Stanley and his Lady Shirley "Queen of the Organ’ Scott. If so he got a hole in that soul . sohttps://youtu.be/DmIgSO6nDKkng I ! |
81563 , you should wait for frogperson , he forgot more than I know . That said , with my limited Knowledge , they are 3 I would feel OK referring to anyone . "Motion" he and Elvin Jones are great together , "Standards Live : At the Village Vanguard ""Subconcious" His best with Tristano and Marsch- Classic |
Along with Stitt my favorite on Vinyl is Stanley Turpentine .This is a love song he wrote for his wife . Total ALL -STAR group , with Ray Barretto on conga’s ,Lee Morgan,trumpet, McTyner on piano, Elvin Jones , drum, Bob Cranshaw, . bass and Rudy Van Gelder on recording machine . IMO , this is about as good as jazz gets .https://youtu.be/0hdUPzW-CnAHard bop rules the rest is for fools , not really but it rhymes . |
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frogman and Schubert I must admit, ashamedly so, that I have not one disc in my collection with Lee Konitz on it. I plan on listening to him a bit more and decide whether to buy some of his recordings as a leader or sideman. Any suggestions? Lee is from the same old school era that started in the late 30's early 40's as Art Pepper and Sonny Stitt. My Pepper inventory is approaching 50 discs and my Stitt inventory is approaching 30. Anyway the sound of the alto from Pepper and Stitt I really enjoy. Both could swing hard, play exceptional ballads, play bebop while still making the music sound grounded in harmony and rythm, and really excelled on blues. Both did this seemingly effortlessly and both, IMHO, never get the credit they deserve from music critics. I also like Phil Woods which you were discussing upthread and have around 30 discs with him as a leader. btw, Sonny Stitt could also play the tenor and baritone beautifully. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Olxorz1fU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFEyZf4Fw0s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhkN6y_tPNg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBb_6yvOfK8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK2hwkOHNKI |
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The more you study the better you play . In current USA nobody could imagine a show like that .I remember some in the 50's , too busy soldiering. Only thing I really remember from TV was Andre Previn , I disremember what show . . Andre , who could never be called small minded , said " I've done my best to be open-minded about rock but there is nothing there, pure garbage " . |
Very “appropriate” clip. One of Bird’s signature tunes (well, both he and Diz claimed to have penned it). Konitz is one of the few major players who was able to resist the powerful influence of Bird. He sounds little like Bird. Another Tristano protege was the tenor player Warren Marsh. Just like Konitz/Parker he was able to remain untouched by the Coltrane tsunami. I have always found his tone to be a little “difficult”, but he sure was an interesting player. https://youtu.be/Kvkmq8E5f3A Imagine a TV series with intelligent discussion about Jazz and featuring major stars!!! https://youtu.be/QQMSPEi6WPc https://youtu.be/DXxBzEw6z8E |
I like this one of Lee and Lennie together .https://youtu.be/Ih6eTurLxek Sound isn't the greatest but players make up for it . |
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Wonderful Tristano clip. Amazing player and one the most interesting and unusual jazz voices. That walking bass line in the left hand is incredible. Very different and unique harmonic concept and general approach to jazz that some critics considered “cold”. Funny, how the concept of “studying and learning” jazz concepts is derided by some self-proclaimed purists when so many of the giants, as you point out, went to Tristano (the first to teach Jazz concepts) to expand their knowledge of harmony and improvisation as a necessary step to take their own playing to the next level. One of Tristano’s disciples. I find that one has to leave behind a lot of our preconceived notions of what Jazz is “supposed” to be like in order to “get” playing like this. The connection to Tristano’s approach is more than obvious: https://youtu.be/LAufCG4rH6o |
alex a few years ago after I purchased the Jimmy McGriff album "Giants Of The Organ In Concert" I liked it so much I bought 3 more McGriff albums including "The Worm" Anyway I liked O'Donel's playing so I searched and bought the following disc which is pretty darn good, IMHO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd8yJfnyozk&list=PLPIqvlnadfCzjUSQZGpjzAR9Pw_YPOpub O'Donel Levy does have some recordings with him as a leader but I don't have any of them. The LP cover of his "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky " release is quite revealing. |
A LOT of folks went to school on this jazz giant !https://youtu.be/lGLpczTtnEM |
I saw both Groove Holmes and Jimmy McGriff live, but not together,in the 60's. Until you hear giants like them live, you ain't heard nothing. Organ is the one instrument that the recorded media can not reproduce, the dynamic range and the frequency, go to such extremes live, that recorded media can not reproduce it; consequently, your imagination has to take over, but it does a good job. |
Schubert, try this, two organ players, together playing live... Groove Holmes and Jimmy McGriff https://youtu.be/xdlkpxXq-1k Guitar player on that album, O'Donel Levy, has a soulfull sound,has anybody listened more of him? https://youtu.be/3qwP1lLvVjw https://youtu.be/ZDTvP2JKiN0 |
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I saw this really beautiful girl, and I don't recall the circumstances, but I saw her more than once; no, I never even met her, but she made such an impression on me that I had a dream about her in which "Misty" was playing throughout the dream; as a matter of fact, it was the most dominant factor in the dream. It was such a beautiful dream that when I woke up, I tried to go back to sleep and continue the dream. This was before I was even 21, so that was a long time ago, but I never forgot the dream or "Misty". While I'm haunted by "Misty", I hardly ever think of Erroll Garner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap3P8Fpqay4 This song was crystal clear in my dream, and it never stopped playing; the girl resembled the one on the cover of that album. Or the cover of this album; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_KMMWTWOoc The music is beautiful, but neither one of these cuts is clear. Today, I would like to bring attention to Erroll Garner; he is an artist that I don't feel that I have paid enough attention to. Let's try "Ready Take One", an album with a slightly different perspective of Erroll; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72xe_0UayYU Misty by Sarah Vaugn; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ-JgK9h_MU No one goes wrong with "Misty" |
There are similarities to the following two songs...Or could it be the bourbon I've been drinking.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smWzj-SXe9M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5i_y_ItAnQ |
I doubt if I could pick out Berg , but he is my idea of an ideal jazz artist . Straight ahead , improvising but not seeing how loud he can play , saying what he has to say without making a contest out of it , serving the music and the guys he’s playing with . In short, no B.S .It must be very difficult to play so coherently so long on a wind instrument with nowhere to hide , Berg is a master of that . Higgings I got , pure magician . |
Beautiful! Thanks. Great choice of tenor player given that it’s on an album “...Remembering John Coltrane”. I have never heard a better solo by the great Bob Berg, one of the best Coltrane disciples. He died tragically in a car accident only months after that was recorded. More poetry: https://youtu.be/CrvWtdBOQW8 (wish they’d had a better piano) |
frog , I erased that one after I thought you might think it was about YOUR boat ride . The one above now is specific for you and IMO is the best version of that great standard .Minnesotans don’t affect . For all she is playing the piano as well . P.S . If there was a 10 favorite Jazz great poll Toots would be on mine ! |
Gorgeous. I have never heard a non-native sing in Portuguese in such a convincing way. Amazing pitch. I have always loved Allyson’s singing and absence of affectation. Thanks for that! No comparison intended: https://youtu.be/1-g-mkBpnew |
The best version of this great standard in Honor of the frog from the pride of Minneapolis . https://youtu.be/8uVguT-Fw5Y?list=PLvxWibFr0wiLWsigpmTjAgkVmtXrernMQ |
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