Cecil Taylor with Jimmy Lyons, Sunny Murray & Albert Ayler!
Recorded poss. November 16, 1962 in Copenhagen.
Recorded poss. November 16, 1962 in Copenhagen.
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Wow of the year! I was always told that the one gig that should have got itself together but never did was the one between Cecil and Albert. As the bottom contributer in the link says this is clearly one from the Cafe Montmartre sessions - for one thing, no bass, for another I recognise that piano! - but the main thing is to notice here how well C & A meld outwith the retail trade! - as indeed one might have envisaged, both coming more-or-less from the same mould of animus pushing what each knew beyond what each knew, if you know what I mean? They are caught at a similar stage of transition from motif-based improvisation with chords in the not-too-distant past to the abstraction lying so close along the same path, and the more articulate (ie comprehensible) moments, I find, help orientate one into that next stage. I find Cecil's playing more lifted by interacting with Albert than I do with Jimmy on the classic recording that flummoxed the liner note writer into likeminded inarticulacy - there's an uproarious humour not often observed here. I really must look out for this one on CD. Thanks indeed, JR!Originally posted by Jazzrook View PostComment
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Glad to have found this recent CD reissue of 'The Warm Sound' by trumpeter Johnny Coles(who would have been 90 on July 3, 2016) with Kenny Drew(piano); Peck Morrison(bass) & Charlie Persip(drums) in 1961.
Here's their shorter version of the classic 'Hi-Fly' by pianist Randy Weston(who turned 90 on April 6, 2016):
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There's an interesting thread running on Organissimo - forum/artists about Oliver. Nelson as a saxophonist, which was his pitch before the writing exploded. The early albums on Prestige etc and a fav of mine, the first date with Kenny Dorham. But there's a load of them.Originally posted by Jazzrook View PostGlad to have found this recent CD reissue of 'The Warm Sound' by trumpeter Johnny Coles(who would have been 90 on July 3, 2016) with Kenny Drew(piano); Peck Morrison(bass) & Charlie Persip(drums) in 1961.
Here's their shorter version of the classic 'Hi-Fly' by pianist Randy Weston(who turned 90 on April 6, 2016):
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Also of merit is the album he did with/for Lockjaw Davis ("Trane Whistle"?)which has the very first version of Stolen Moments. Excellent and well worth a compare/contrast JRR sometime.
BTW re Randy Weston - Buster Cooper, who played trombone with him and many others died recently. I'm sure Alyn did a Jazz Library on/with him?
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Bit of a stretch to call that jazz.Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
I've been listening quite a lot to Henry Threadgill's In for a Penny... - as usual HT's throwaway title conceals a musical personality of the highest sophistication, and a band whose expressiveness and sense of interplay through the structures created by HT is quite phenomenal.Comment
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Have been listening to the marvellous John Carter/Bobby Bradford 1970 FLYING DUTCHMAN album 'Self Determination Music' which deserves to be better known:
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Ian's recent excellent Amazon review prompted me to listen again to Sonny Sharrock's great 1991 album 'Ask The Ages':
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A record that deserves rescuing from obscurity is George Wallington's 1957 album 'The Prestidigitator' with the great tenorist J.R. Monterose.
Here's their quartet version of Mose Allison's 'In Salah':
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Some of Mose's early little piano trio "miniatures" are remarkable good. All those tunes from Back Country etc, recorded once and then apparently forgotten. Agree about the Wallingtons. Fine records esp the ones with Phil Woods and then Jackie and Donald B.Originally posted by Jazzrook View PostA record that deserves rescuing from obscurity is George Wallington's 1957 album 'The Prestidigitator' with the great tenorist J.R. Monterose.
Here's their quartet version of Mose Allison's 'In Salah':
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[QUOTE=BLUESNIK'S REVOX;563542]Some of Mose's early little piano trio "miniatures" are remarkable good. All those tunes from Back Country etc, recorded once and then apparently forgotten. Agree about the Wallingtons. Fine records esp the ones with Phil Woods and then Jackie and Donald B.
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Four George Wallington LPs have recently been reissued on a 2-CD set 'Complete 1956-57 Quintet Sessions'(FRESH SOUND) which includes another version of Allison's 'In Salah' with Donald Byrd & Phil Woods.
I feel a JRR coming on!
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[QUOTE=Jazzrook;563603]Well, I picked up one of those 8 album box sets of (name the zero royalties) in Paris, in this case Mose Allison's Prestige to Epic output, which is totally wonderful. Always been a huge fan of Mose and it was him and Ray Charles that got me into jazz a hundred years ago. But its the piano tracks that now really stick with me. Some great compositions with Mose's slightly quirky off centre playing.Originally posted by BLUESNIK'S REVOX View Post
So a Mose composition and the George Wallington "combo" is OK with me!
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