Sonny Rollins - Rollins Plays for Bird
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But now I have my own printer, so I don't have to wait.Originally posted by Stanfordian View Post
Terrible joke for what is now I think recognised as a great recording, but was once estimated as from a low period, waiting for the coming of Herbie, Wayne, Ron and Tony.Comment
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Miles Davis - Four & MoreComment
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A private binaural mix of John Butcher, N O Moore, Hannah Marshal and Eddie Prevost (iklectik, June 26th this year). A wonderful evening, a few clips from which concerrt can be found on YouTube (Gus IYOUVID) e.g.
That's my Zoom H3-VR in the foreground towards the end of the clip.Comment
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Thanks for reproducing that, Bryn. Unfortunately I was at Deirdre Cartwright's gig at The Vortex that night - one of those "rare clashes".Comment
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Miles alludes to this in his autobiography and suggests a lack of inspiration in this period. I believe that there was a group with Frank Strozier from around this time which was never recorded. As for "SDMPWC", when I was getting into jazz in the 1980s it was largely celebrated purely for the return of John Coltrane on a few tracks. I would have to say that I find it amongst Miles' least satisfactory studio recordings as a whole. "Teo" is the most interesting thing about the record but I have always felt that this was one record that actually sounds a bit retrograde and perhaps as if Miles wanted to make a record that sounded like a Blue Note disc but cast in his own image. You can understand the logic of this with his employment of Hank Mobley which did not work out. In my opinion, this pairing was ill-matched and not sufficiently contrasting as a front line to fascinate like the combinations with Coltrane, Adderley and Shorter who were harmonically more complex and made a better juxtaposition. Like many records from this era, one if the best reasons for buying the record is the piano playing of Wynton Kelly who was easily the best "group" pianist of that generation.Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
Whilst I concur that it is seem as something of a transitional album, this is also the case with "Seven steps" which, for my money, is probably the most under-rated record in Miles' discography. This is obviously famous for the first appearance of the second quintet but the West Coast tracks with Victor Feldman are fantastic. I feel the ballads on this record are more focused than the somewhat sleepy stuff on "Prince."Comment
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Max Roach Quartet's 1984 album 'Scott Free' with Odean Pope, Cecil Bridgewater & Tyrone Brown.
The music was inspired by the case of the Scottsboro Boys who, in 1931, were falsely accused of the rape of two white girls on a train in Alabama.
They were later exonerated but some of them were in prison for over 15 years.
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‘Naturally!’ – Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley with Joe Zawinul/Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones/Paul Chambers, Louis Hayes/Philly Joe Jones
Jazzland (1961)Comment
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‘Way Out’ – Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin with Kenny Drew, Wilbur Ware & Philly Joe Jones
Riverside (1958)Comment
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To cheer myself up, Thelonious Monk's 1953 version of 'Friday the 13th' with Sonny Rollins, Julius Watkins, Percy Heath & Willie Jones:
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Originally posted by Jazzrook View PostTo cheer myself up, Thelonious Monk's 1953 version of 'Friday the 13th' with Sonny Rollins, Julius Watkins, Percy Heath & Willie Jones:
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