What Jazz are you listening to now?

[cloughie]

Wondered if anyone else watched the Eric Clapton film on TV last night. I did not see it all as I have had to get up early for a seminar in Winchester this morning but I came away with little empathy as a person whilst having far more respect for him as a musician. The musical element of the documentary confirmed my suspicion of him as a deeply serious musician although I was not so aware of how much contempt he had for pop music. It was quite interesting let alone featuring the music of Cream who nowadays probably seem more in keeping with jazz than with what rock has become. It was a genuine portrait of an improvising musician although I wish there had been more insight in to how be tackled improvisation.

I’ll try to catch up with that - EC has over the years produced a bewildering discography over the years ranging from ‘very good indeed’ to ‘why?’. Maybe he needed better musicians around him to give him a ‘kick up the backside’ to deliver, although that often resulted in him strumming rhythm to let them shine!

[Jazzrook]

Tony Oxley's 1969 album 'The Baptised Traveller' with Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler, Derek Bailey & Jeff Clyne:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXt41gTf1Zc

JR

[Joseph K]

Miles Davis - Isle of Wight

[Serial_Apologist]

Tony Oxley's 1969 album 'The Baptised Traveller' with Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler, Derek Bailey & Jeff Clyne:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXt41gTf1Zc

JR

Lovely! I got the CD re-issue of a decade and a half ago, when loads of brilliant Brit jazz from that era was being brought out and one made the most of it; but I still haven't the heart to get rid of my vinyl copy! I also love the more abstract direction that band moved into after Baptised Traveller.

[Jazzrook]

Lovely! I got the CD re-issue of a decade and a half ago, when loads of brilliant Brit jazz from that era was being brought out and one made the most of it; but I still haven't the heart to get rid of my vinyl copy! I also love the more abstract direction that band moved into after Baptised Traveller.

Thanks, S_A.
A wonderful album that stands up well after 50 years.
I'm also hanging on to my original LP copy on CBS REALM.

JR

[gradus]

The astonishing Ben Holder with Chris Ingham, George Double, Joe Pettitt in concert this evening. If you haven't seen/heard him you're missing someone special.

[Joseph K]

The song 'Tullio' by Allan Holdsworth, which features one of his most complicated/longest chord changes...

[Jazzrook]

Tony Williams Quintet live in NY, 1989 with Wallace Roney, Bill Pierce, Mulgrew Miller & Ira Coleman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkJoTY0GE8M

JR

[Stanfordian]

‘Sketches of Spain’ - Miles Davis
Miles Davis & band, arranged and conducted by Gil Evans
Columbia (1959/60)

[Joseph K]

Miles Davis: first disk of the Japan edition Plugged Nickel live recording.

[Joseph K]

Miles Davis: first disk of the Japan edition Plugged Nickel live recording.

It's been too long since I last listened to this. It's great.

[Stanfordian]

‘Down with It!’ - Blue Mitchell
Blue Mitchell with Junior Cook, Chick Corea, Gene Taylor & Al Foster
Blue Note (1965)

[Jazzrook]

Yusef Lateef(tenor sax) with Kenny Barron, Bob Cunningham & Albert Heath in Paris, 1972:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLTHTdD1RoU

JR

[Joseph K]

Tony Oxley's 1969 album 'The Baptised Traveller' with Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler, Derek Bailey & Jeff Clyne:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXt41gTf1Zc

JR

Just getting round to listening to this.

[Joseph K]

'Cookin at The Plugged Nickel' by the second great quintet of Miles Davis, which also arrived today.