Jazz for aficionados
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GB3jsD7Hy4 If I wanted to go that way It would be with Shirley . Evans just seems a little off on this in MY hears. |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsun3GSfYYg I’ll go out on a very long limb. I consider her performance of this masterpiece to be in the same class as Bill Evan’s rendition . To be honest , better . |
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Thanks a lot frogman , that’s exactly how I saw it minus the grandparent,nice to know I’m not totally crazy . All I could think of was given the fact Morgan was just out of the joint ,Cables was doing his best to lead Morgan, which gave me a lot of respect for him as a person . I seldom mention the fact I was a case worker in a Federal prison for a year right out of college . When you have access to records and talk to guys all day you realize that for most guys, given their life as a child , it would be a wonder if they were if they were not in prison ! Not to mention at least 1/3 should have been in a mental facility .I hate dope myself , but to put anyone in jail for use is a far bigger crime than anything they did , not to mention just plain stupid . |
**** Is it against jazzology to prefer Cables over Hick ?To my hears Hicks played it and Cables made love to it the way a mother loves her child . **** No, I don’t think so. I don’t disagree and I like your analogy. As you know the success and meaning of any duo performance (and relationship) is dependent on the contribution of both players and their interaction. A mother loves her child by also guiding and maybe even prodding the child. That is the kind of interaction I hear between Cables and Hicks. As beautiful as the Hicks/Morgan “Round Midnight” is one could say that Hicks’ approach is more like the way that a grandparent loves a child: a little deferential and even spoils the child. There is a clear sense that Hicks tends to wait for Morgan to “make a move” and then reacts with the accompaniment. On the other hand, Cables at times shows the way and Morgan follows. Each approach to accompaniment sets up the solo piano turns. To me Cables was always a player with great clarity of purpose and even tone; not a lot of ambiguity. Both great. https://youtu.be/u_xy1sjKyZc https://youtu.be/QXpBRRBA8h4 |
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Frogman and Schubert , I was listening to the John Hicks-Frank Morgan recording yesterday, in comparison to Montreal Memories. Both are great! I did not realize he was so close to the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVlxTy3Xzio |
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+1 Schubert’s recommendation of “Montreal Memories”. Beautiful record. One of Frank Morgan’s favorite tunes was Monk’s classic “Round Midnight”. Sometimes different versions of a player’s favorite tunes offer some interesting insights: 1989. A couple of years after his heralded comeback. Beautifully soulful playing with a touch of urgency: https://youtu.be/7Z2F1XmLFVI 1990. Very different setting and much more “up” take on the same tune. His playing sounds particularly strong and lively; he sounds really “in shape”: https://youtu.be/OeFFVjFI2VM 2004. Fewer notes and more introspection. Shades of Art Pepper’s almost-painful-to-listen-to mournfulness. Coincidence?.... he had co-led a band with fellow prison inmate Art Pepper: https://youtu.be/UKiPZ45tN7k 2006. Less than a year before he passed. Some might say he sounds tired while letting Hicks have the spotlight. I think he sounds beautiful and peaceful: https://youtu.be/9yDkIwQjeB8 |
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Hate to be a PITA, well, really I do , but straight up gang if you miss the boat on the Morgan/ Cables " Montreal Memories " I mentioned you’re missing out on a world cruise ! I listened to it a dozen times today just trying to get the nuance’s from two very nuanced masters feeding off one another and one of the worlds most sophisticated jazz audiences . Jazz is about 25% of my listening and I never did that before . P.S. sound is excellent . |
Acman, imagine, was on concert of Anat Cohen few yers ago in my hometown and here is the recording that somebody made live on that event. https://youtu.be/KWP_FfzJYEw P.S. Mary Joe was not there, at the time she still listened Van Halen (...Mj. I had to,ha,ha) |
Know What I Mean? album by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, accompanied by Bill Evans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVVROe83TVU A song for the cloudy day today. |
Making a second recommendation for Ben Allison's "Quiet Revolution," in case anyone missed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z0st8sx0D0 https://www.audaud.com/ben-allison-quiet-revolution-newvelle-records-vinyl/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9JyJofS49c |
Welcome to the thread three_easy_payments and agear! A wealth of riches, acman3! Excellent clips. Thanks. Eddie Daniels is the Michael Brecker of the clarinet. A modern approach combined with amazing virtuosity and “schooled” tone. Beautiful player. One more excellent Ted Nash recording and a favorite. Great example of why Wynton is “Wynton”. One of the best solos I’ve ever heard by him; interesting and mind blowing in its virtuosity. I posted Ted Nash’s Grammy Award winning “Presidential Suite- Eight Variations On Freedom” a while back. Worth revisiting or for anyone who missed it. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAm5Vq3NMd_SFx85GWKiFGNFRmUMJjLKq Like his “Presidential Suite”, his earlier suite “Portrait In Seven Shades” which features works inspired by famous works of art may seem a bit “heady” at times, but is very interesting. Another example of why he is one of the most creative jazz musicians on the scene today. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkOZGEh8mR8M4lwribmQQIvRmOuyGe2by |
Thanks Agear! Some good stuff there. Some known, some not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33LEWowYdgw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVAxCkD4I4w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZgxua_91Lw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boA3onHQB3M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svm0gajxmSg |
A wonderful thread and break from the usual sword fighting over equipment. Ironically, I have picked up a lot of excellent jazz over the years by reading equipment reviews. I have some recent acquisitions that are more avant-garde or off the beaten path that some might enjoy although they may not reach the rarified air of the true aficionado: John Scofield; A Go Go (a collaboration with Medeski, Martin and Wood): has a nice funky groove Hadouk Trio; Air Hadouk (French jazz trio playing funky North African instrumentation) Medeski, Martin and Wood; Tonic (great live jazz in a small, intimate NYC club; one of my favorite live albums) Joe Pass; Virtuoso (he is my fav jazz guitarist) Stephan Crump; Reclamation (outstanding and seamless minimalist jazz) |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB07yoJVyUc The musicians of one Island Nation playing homage to the music of another. |
That’s very funny, Schubert. That image made me think of this legendary Cuban singer/pianist popular in the 50s with the unlikely (for a Cuban) stage name “Bola de Nieve” (snowball). Ignacio Villa was a very interesting and nuanced singer of ballads and cabaret songs: https://youtu.be/upgx0GIpL3g Glad you liked the clips, mary_jo. |
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Omg! Reading over recent posts I noticed something in one of my own. I wrote: “Speaking of simple (in a way), my wife played this today”. For the record, and since it has been very cold outside here in NYC and I much prefer to be inside 😤, I was referring to the beautiful simplicity (in a way) of the performance; NOT my wife 😊. https://youtu.be/RYMcPcYfa9Q |
