Shepp's emergence was a lot more than "left wing" political patronage. By who, Amiri Baraka? Frank Kofski? Hardly in a pivotal position, whilst Shepp and Coltrane were being prominently slagged off as "anti jazz". Music was initially secondary to Shepp as he saw himself as a writer, a dramatist. His play "Dutchman" is still pretty hard hitting and effective. He was in the tradition of James Baldwin, Richard Wright, Baraka etc. And surely it's (to a degree) the "theatricality" of his playing that raised an audience. In the sense of coming up "with Civil Rights, well they all did, it was inescapable. And no one ever accused say Max Roach of advancing his career with, or on the back, of "left wing politics" and he was arguably far more out spoken and more visible than Shepp. I remember that period well, I bought every issue of Downbeat, followed the debates, and it was a volatile time in every sense. As Ayler said, most of them were on relief, including Shepp, cold water flats the lot. "Politics" was hardly the yellow brick road.
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Max Roach's career was hindered by his politics if anything. It may have been "cool" to support Bobby Kennedy ( I think Miles did ). but no more radical than that.Comment
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‘Tenor Madness’
Sonny Rollins with John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers & Philly Joe Jones
Prestige (1956)Comment
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Eric Dolphy's 'Half Note Triplets' from 'Vintage Dolphy' live at Carnegie Hall on April 18, 1963 with Ed Armour(trumpet); Richard Davis(bass) & J.C. Moses(drums):
Here's a short story that shows what a saint Eric Dolphy was:
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That's good stuff. And pretty good sound quality. Was it recorded by Carnegie as they seemed to record a stack of concerts on a state of the art tape recorder? A treasure trove still to be plundered.Originally posted by Jazzrook View PostEric Dolphy's 'Half Note Triplets' from 'Vintage Dolphy' live at Carnegie Hall on April 18, 1963 with Ed Armour(trumpet); Richard Davis(bass) & J.C. Moses(drums):
Here's a short story that shows what a saint Eric Dolphy:
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Here are some details of the hard-to-find CD 'Vintage Dolphy':Originally posted by BLUESNIK'S REVOX View Post
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Jazzrook / Bluesnik
I am not sure how much either of you have been paying attention to some of the material than has been issued by labels like Resonance of late. There has been a lot of really intriguing material taken from live gigs by the likes of Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Bill Evans and Cannonball Adderley. It all seems intriguing because where there have been reviews on other websites, they have tended not only to be favourable but are suggestive that the recordings potentially offer a greater insight to particular players away from the studio. I have been really intrigued by the Adderley disc as I do not have a lot of material by him and find him to be somewhat misunderstood - a far better player than most would tend to credit him.Comment
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Here are some interesting reviews:-
I think there was also so Freddie Hubbard too.Comment
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There are some other ones too on this site that I had noticed :-
This will appeal to Bluesnik more than anything else though...…
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I think I've heard part of the Wes Montgomery release. It's intriguing as at one point they launch into an ad lib blues and Wes plays these kind of Chuck Berry blues guitar licks. I guess tongue in cheek somewhat but amusing and not the sort of thing he'd do on a conventional record date. Just having a good time and it's great if seen as that. A man who just dripped music, that Utube Dutch live video with Hans Bennick etc is wonderful. Adderley is always worthwhile and even some of the late, rather weird, very of their time, concept albums, usually have *some* good playing by him in amongst the "Zodiac-ing"Originally posted by Ian Thumwood View PostComment
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‘Back to Back’
Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges with Harry ‘Sweets’ Ellison, Les Spann, Sam Jones, Al Hall & Jo Jones
Verve (1959)Comment
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Chris Potter with Dave Holland - Take The Coltrane
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‘Louis Armstrong plays W. C. Handy’
Louis Armstrong & His All Stars
Columbia (1954)
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Archie Shepp live at the Village Gate, NYC on March 28, 1965 playing 'Hambone' with Virgil Jones(trumpet); Ashley Fennell(trombone); Marion Brown(alto sax); Fred Pirtle(baritone sax); Reggie Johnson(bass) & Roger Blank(drums):
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‘The Sidewinder’
Lee Morgan with Joe Henderson, Billy Higgins, Barry Harris & Bob Cranshaw
Blue Note (1963)Comment
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