Harold Mabern

MABERN PLAYS COLTRANE

Smoke Session Records   2021

Excellent fold out Booklet filled with personal anecdotes.

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My Favorite Things : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgitnIRKp3Q

Dahomey Dance : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBJED9nX2vE

Blue Train : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m83n-_O90-I

Naima : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gibBl9EW8KA

Cheers

+! for Gil and the Mighty 77

Brooklyn never ceases to amaze me.  Music gurus, Baptist Church Choirs, and now a Symphony Orchestra.  What next??  The Dodgers return???

Cheers

+! for Gil and the Mighty 77

Kenny Burrell

ELLINGTON IS FOREVER VOL. 1

Fantasy     1975 / 1993

Notes: "Ellington is Forever' is a celebration of immortality.  The participants individually and collectively demonstrate their appreciation of the heritage bequeathed by the Maestro by enriching the music with each man's personal interpretation.  It is an exchange of gifts."

Caravan : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3zPC5JIRp8

Don't get around much : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGRQa9QI9TY

Take The A Train : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-AEuD39y7M

My Little Brown Book : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvS5cb02qTA

Blues Medley : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ0mf9aC52g

Cheers

Regarding tone vs. intonation -- as frogman sez....The most lucid analysis I've come across, too.

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MAJOR, Op.77

Gil Shaham (violin)

The Knights / Eric Jacobsen (conductor)

Canary Classics    2019

The Knights : The Knights are proud to be known as "one of Brooklyn's sterling cultural products...known far beyond the borough for their relaxed virtuosity and expansive repertory" (The New Yorker)

Notes: "This CD therefore brings together two of the greatest concertos for violin and orchestra in the entire repertory of Western music."

1. Allegro non troppo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LESBetOxvTc

2. Adagio : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22468CofvrA

3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbkhphbpdto

Cheers

Milt Jackson / Joe Pass / Ray Brown

THE BIG 3

Pablo / OJC    1975 / 1994

Notes: "A sense of time is perhaps the most important weapon in the Jazz soloist's armoury, for it is something purely instinctive, which means that those without it can never hope to acquire it." 

Goes on to talk about the different approaches to time taken by Jackson and Pass.  

Blue Bossa : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWPFfLNaxxE

Come Sunday : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7fWVp2nykk

Nuages : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc4dEBvjlS0

The Pink Panther : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QTuve9Sz2c

Cheers

@frogman 

Excellent explanation, clearly stated!  As always.  When you have time would you talk about Opera, the rehearsals and the performance.  Who is in charge?  We know a conductor directs the orchestra, but is any direction given to the singers during the performance?  And if so, who does it?  Who is responsible for keeping it all together?

Thanks

Cheers

**** Is the difference in meaning between TONE and INTONATION in music the same as it is in speech? ****

Interesting question. Not quite the same, but related.

The meaning of “tone” can be said to be the same in both speech and in music. One could say, for example, “Miles’ voice had a raspy tone”; or, “Johnny Hodges had a sweet tone on alto”; just as one could say the same about the character of the sound of a person’s voice. In both cases it refers to the timbral quality of the person’s voice or player’s tone.

“Intonation” has to do with pitch (higher/lower). In speech, the meaning of intonation refers to the rise and fall of the pitch of a person’s voice; used for expressivity and is a big part what we call a person’s ethnic “accent”. In music, “intonation” has to do with the rise and fall of the pitch of the notes in a musician’s playing or singing. HOWEVER, in music this deals with the accuracy of the player’s pitch relative to an agreed upon standard/reference. In an orchestra, before the beginning of a concert, the oboe gives the tuning note; an “A”, most commonly (but not always) A=440 hz. The entire orchestra will use that pitch as a reference; not a little bit higher or lower. In a Jazz setting, the piano’s tuning is the standard. The piano is usually tuned to A=440, give or take a couple of hertz. It is the only instrument in the band that has no flexibility to adjust the tuning on the spot, so it becomes the reference. The bass player and horn players will tune to that reference. The saxophone player’s “A” should be exactly the same as the piano’s. If the piano is tuned a little high, a saxophone player has to push his mouthpiece further unto the neck of the horn, thus shortening the length of the instrument slightly and causing the pitch to be higher. If the piano has been tuned a little low, the saxophone player has to pull the mouthpiece out a little on the neck, thus essentially making the length of the instrument’s tubing a little longer which causes the pitch to go lower. The goal is always for everyone to be “on the same page” pitch (intonation) wise.

Johnny Hodges not only had a sweet tone, but his sense of intonation was great. Jackie Maclean, on the other hand, always played sharp; his pitch center was higher than that laid down by the other instruments. He just heard things that way. Some players have a tendency to play a little under, or a little over the communal pitch center. They simply hear things that way. Most times its subtle and sometimes even manipulated for effect. Other times, when it’s too far in one direction or the other it can be perceived as a “tone” issue when, in reality, it is an “intonation” (pitch) issue. If he were playing by himself with no piano or bass establishing a pitch center, it wouldn’t be noticed (unless the listener has “perfect pitch”).

Aretha Franklin

THE DELTA MEETS DETROIT

Atlantic / Rhino    1986 / 1998

Saturday is Blues Day.

Today I Sing the Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItXPHM_M5wo

I Never Loved a Man : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvxn2Jhffu0

The Thrill is Gone : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df8ozjY_Qsw

Dr. Feelgood : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DSGPNa2_Lo

Night Time : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAMoPcIEYEc

Cheers

Randy Weston / Melba Liston

VOLCANO BLUES

Randy Weston(piano), Wallace Roney(trumpet), Hamiet Bluiett(Baritone sax), Benny Powell(trombone)   and others..

Gitanes Jazz    1993

Guest : Johnny Copeland -- Vocals and acoustic Guitar

Volcano : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=157DzDQuiaA

Harvard Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHfnFKoTA7U

Blues for Strayhorn : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGNJWWeApJg

Sad Beauty Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh2M0fxt55w

Blue Mood : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlTurF-3c60

Kucheza Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvEU2SQ1jgs

Cheers

@frogman 

Is the difference in meaning between TONE and INTONATION in music the  same as it is in speech?

Cheers

If you’re serious, it’s actually a fabulous tone.  It’s his intonation that is weird. He plays consistently sharp. It got even worse in that respect later in his career, but he swings his ass off.

The Frogman seems to be in a soulful mood tonight.  I think McLean needs to work on his tone.  Etta and Ray, what is there to say.

Cheers

Miles Davis

SEVEN STEPS TO HEAVEN

Columbia / Sony   1963 / 2005

Frank Butler(drums), Anthony Williams(drums), Victor Feldman(piano), Herbie Hancock(piano), Ron Carter(bass), George Coleman(tenor sax)

Excellent Booklet with much information concerning the formation of Miles's new group and the production of this album.

Basin Street Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhfe1SUe2-A

Joshua : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXONYUnppLs

Please come Home : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-W9I-HRD9Y

Seven Steps to Heaven : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQMJv3HuZdU

Cheers

Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery

BAGS MEETS WES (Keepnews Collection)

Riverside    1961 / 2008

Keepnews Collection : The series follows a specific set of ground rules.  In each case the original product is preserved -- cover art, the notes, and the entire initial recorded content, in the exact original sequence -- and it is now presented with the sonic benefits of 24-bit remastering from the original master tapes.  Alternate takes or originally unissued numbers, when available, appear as bonus tracks.

Sam Sack : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJXN86sjuhk

Blue Roz : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09KJQ2lUbYY

S.K.J. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4B3y-GIpp4

Jingles : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wJ9gEONkQE

Stablemates : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-pReJCN9xI

Cheers

World Saxophone Quartet

PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON

Julius Hemphill(alto sax), Oliver Lake(alto sax), David Murray(tenor sax), Hamiet Bluiett(baritone sax)

Nonesuch    1986

Take the A Train : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIUgou2lrf8

Lush Life : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4Pdar9HLtE

Sophisticated Lady : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ohV5tuI4qE

In a Sentimental Mood : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLz45tFzEnA

Cheers

Jackie McLean

BLUESNIK

Freddie Hubbard(trumpet), Jackie McLean(alto sax), Kenny Drew(piano), Doug Watkins(bass), Pete La Roca(drums)

Blue Note 1961 / 1989

Notes: "The Blues are here to stay. They pre-dated Jazz, helped form it and have been present through all it’s periods. Jazz without the Blues would be a body minus it’s spine. In retrospect, it is ironic to remember that Charlie Parker was derided by his many critics for having no feeling and accused of leaving Jazz to play another music, when all the time he was basically a powerful Blues player."

Bluesnik : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKUyEC5tE6Y

Blues Function : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vgcymkt8eI

Torchin’ : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTxcNOwdDK8

Goin’ Way Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0_5tyZXh1g

Cheers

Nuts and bolts

It's been a while since I've heard that.  Brings to mind my boy Wynton.

Cheers

Nuts and bolts.  😊

Hampton Hawes

THIS IS HAMPTON HAWES / VOL. 2 THE TRIO

Hampton Hawes(piano), Red Mitchell(bass), Chuck Thompson(drums)

Contemporary / OJC      1955-56 / 1987

Notes: Hawes explained that Charlie Parker's influence on him was as strong, or stronger, than any pianist.  "It was Bird's conception of time that influenced me most," he explained, "and made me realize how important meter and time are in Jazz to make it swing."

You the Night and the Music : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy9xCv7Oy8M

'Round Midnight : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07x94Fm0q_I

Autumn in New York : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afE5IozB5gY

Blues for Jacque : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVY_nihtdAI

Steeplechase : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUydSup3zEA

Cheers

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

AMADEUS (soundtrack)

ASMF -- Neville Marriner

Le Figaro :  ah tutti Contenti : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EodlyMbd9A

Don Giovanni :  Commendatore Scene://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9786j94XY4

Cheers

2id , If you put up a good mono system it can be better with jazz .

I did it for a few years and it was very good .

You don’t need much depth and spead very often .

And Grado makes a nice mono for about 100 $ .

I hear you on Oscar face, , but no joke, a Canadian would tend to move back

with such a great duo . It does make a difference where you are from .

P.S .

4 guys not long out of the 22-3 Canadian French Regiment took off To Ukaine yesterday .

Kicker is one of them was best sniper in Canadian Army .

Another unreal was a Brit Col , tall and strong but at least 65 was in line to sign up.

They said , well Col. we don’t know where to put you , He said, you don’t have to ,I’m signed for 3 months as a common soldier.

I NEVER would have thought that people would Pull  together  like they are in a million years.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

OVERTURES

Academy of St. Martin -in-the-Fields --  Neville Marriner

EMI    1982

Le nozze di Figaro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOiTSAH7Bi0

Don Giovanni, K527 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S45XHZbz84s

Der Schauspieldirektor K.486 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqPUdiMosx8

Cheers

@jim5559

I agree the playing is great, but I wasn’t that impressed with the record SQ. Turns out it’s in Mono, so that might be why it sounds sort of different.  Oscar is usually more in your face.

Cheers

rok , These Oscar Peterson at the Stratford are some

of the best clips ever on here ! Pure Canadian Class . Every note is a jewel, but "How High the Moon " floored me out ! Best trio ever IMO .

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The one I had was lost in a move , got to get another ..

Cheers

Oscar Peterson

AT THE STRATFORD SHAKESPEREAN FESTIVAL

Verve   1956 / 1993

Recorded in concert at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, Ontario.

Falling in Love with Love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w64-TlgDr1Q

Swinging on a Star : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO1YwrDf7ZI

How High the Moon : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nXtE7JQ9cA

Nuages : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiOCmFtxdcs

Cheers

**** These guys appear to be getting older. **** 

😊

In more ways than one. 

Santana

SANTANA

Columbia / Sony       1969 / 1998

Reminds me of German Discos, Fräuleins and BOSS 302 Mustangs.

Jingo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KOaIc0rkbE

Evil Ways : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPmPFY9PcCs

Persuasion : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iuCcIvO9Xw

Soul Sacrifice : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_wte93tG44

Cheers

@frogman 

Great clips of Roberts.  These guys appear to be getting older.☺  I have the Blues for the New Millennium CD.  

Cheers

Great player!  He is about to be featured in a concert at Carnegie with the American Symphony that recreates some of Ellington’s large scale works.  On drums, Wynton’s ‘s little brother Jason. 

Marcus Roberts

IF I COULD BE WITH YOU

Novus / BMG    1993

Notes: "The most important point that I can see is that the Jazz musician of the future will have to be able to play all different kinds of Jazz-in all its treatments-just like the classical musician who, in one concert range from Bach to Copeland." -- James P. Johnson, 1947.

Carolina Shout : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YYpfsD71Mo

Preach, Reverend, Preach : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eBzd31BrFE

Just a Closer Walk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAwmwM9WMew

What is this thing called love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx4dLJsHZVo

Moonlight in Vermont : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJS0D8a0hSg

Country Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk9BNPtD5kM

Mood Indigo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5i7yyjv_j8

and 13 more!!

Cheers

Various Artists

THE SOUND OF JAZZ

Columbia / Sony       1957 / 2000

Notes: "The best thing that ever happened to television happened on CBS between five and six in the afternoon on Sunday, December 8.  At least that was where and when it happened first; the program may have been run at a different hour and date in your part of the country, and -- if there is any justice -- it will be repeated, the more often the better.  It was an installment in *The Seven Lively Arts* series called *The Sound of Jazz,* and as far as I'm concerned, you can throw away all previous standards of comparison.  This is where television began to amount to something."

Fine and Mellow : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc4cj5-23_I

I Left my Baby : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84535R-lrB8

Wild Man Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijjIoIWMFcM

Dickie's Dream : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDxT2ZQmwYY

Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH2D0xM_NDo

Cheers

Stanley Turrentine

SUGAR

CTI     1970-1971 / 2002

Notes: "While never an innovator, Turrentine (1934-200) was surely one of Blue Note's key players in the field of "soul Jazz", the strongly Blues-based, Gospel-influenced branch of hard bop, which itself was a simplified take on the vertiginously complex bebop form..... CTI, like Blue Note, had a "look" as well....CTI's covers featured color compositions of gallery quality by some of America's leading photographers."

Sugar : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLaIrVB1av4

Sunshine Alley : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SqQbt51xf8

Impressions : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YquE-4sWPU

Cheers

Jimmy Smith

COOL BLUES

Blue Note    1958 / 1990

Notes: "Jimmy Smith's story is an unusual one because he single-handedly introduced an instrument into the modern Jazz mainstream and created a sound and a style to go with it.  What is most unusual is that he did not even approach the instrument until he was 28 years old, and he did not play a gig under his own leadership or record an album of his own until he was 29."

Cool Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qY7D5d3ss4

Groovin' at Small's : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyjGXW3yyC8

A Night In Tunisia : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-HKq9eNLzE

Small's Minor : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYbHWzEf5SM

Cheers

@jim5559 

I agree the Germans are beginning to pull their heads out of their rear ends.  About time.  This does seem like 1938 all over again.  People NEVER learn anything from history. 

When the Soviet Union broke up, they left a lot of nukes in Ukraine.  That made Ukraine the world's third largest nuclear power at that time.  I think they gave them all to the U.S. for disposal.  I know they wish they had them now. 

I fear a lot the military aid being sent might arrive just in time for the Russians to get it.  ☹

Cheers

Wayne Shorter

ADAM'S APPLE

Blue Note     1966 / 2003  (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)

Chief Crazy Horse : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhQ6kPA1bIE

Teru : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N6AmFNlgWU

Adam's Apple : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wnu1Y7lTVc

502 Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aTwWZweGSw

Cheers

Oscar Peterson Trio

OSCAR PETERSON TRIO + ONE CLARK TERRY

Mercury / Verve     1964 / 2007

Brotherhood of Man : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTWenY_4-fg

Squeaky's Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubcWIOK0e1Q

Incoherent Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i0WMFJ6mcI

Mack the Knife : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBu56eMC7k

Cheers

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS

European Brandenburg Ensemble -- Trevor Pinnock

Avie Records  2007

Concerto No.1 in F major  BMV 1046

I -- Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMcisA2Opi0

II -- Adagio : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWqrHZfs42k

III -- Allegro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_OqUSv-TeI

IV -- Menuetto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgsBNftYXRM

Cheers

Lester Young

THE JAZZ GIANTS

Verve  1956

Another Great Musician from Mississippi.

I'll have to Change my Mind : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KEa2lxUdjU

Gigantic Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXydBEpxOSc

You can Depend on Me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcFHAYENlMc

Cheers

Larsman, there is no law that you have good taste  .

Germans sent a load of anti-tank missiles to day , Briits have send all kinds of stuff, Canada ammo and believe it or not Canadians have great cybor which has been there. Almost all NATO boys are doing what they must .

The best news is Sweden and Finland are coming on board . Russians know what the bad-ass fins are like.

True but not much known , Sweden has the best plane for plane air force there is,

a hundred Swedish Grippens would end it all .

A fantastic thing took place, ,engineers put out TNT for a bridge the Russians were using for tanks , which was using set off by radio , but radio did not work.

One soldier just stood up and went down and set it off with his hand and himself . How brave can a man be !

God Bless the Ukrainians .

P..S . I don’t see them given up any time soon . The President saying "I need ammo, not a ride " did much for moral . Country is a big as Texas Lots of forests to strike from.

@jim5559 

Putin may have made the mother of all miscalculations.  If we can get the Ukrainians ammunition and the anti-armor and anti aircraft missiles / weapons in time, I am sure the Ukrainians can deal with the Russian Infantry.  Remember STINGER got the Soviets out of Afghanistan.

In any event, I think this will open the eyes of the world, and esp NATO countries, to the threat which did not go away with the fall of the wall, if anything, it became more dangerous.  It will also expose the Russian military.

Speed is of the essence.  Mach Schnell !!!

Cheers

Speaking of good things rok2id , I could have told Putin that people fighting on their own land fight like hell .

From what I have seen on TV last night logistics have got the Ukraines those self-tracking shoulder missiles "cus it alone could blow up the 2 Russian air strikes I saw blow up!

No joke , If I was there I would grab an AK ., I’m still strong and a great shot .

Cheers