Disk 5 of the John Coltrane European Tour 1961 box.
-
-
Thinking back to Peter King's unaccompanied version of the tune, I wonder to what extent Eric Dolphy's 1961 unaccompanied version of "Tenderly" was an influence.Originally posted by Jazzrook View PostArchie Shepp playing 'Lush Life' with Horace Parlan in 1992:
JR
Not that Peter was particularly influenced by Dolphy directly - though both were of course disciples of Charlie Parker; but I'm thinking that in this instance Peter owed more to Coltrane's "sheets of sound" methodology, developed between 1957 and 1959 with Monk and subsequently Miles Davis, which was more to do with elaborating a harmonic context to the tune while simultaneously improvising on it, in other words what some would call "vertical improvisation" - namely delivering chordal structures that would otherwise be impossible on a monophonic instrument as arpeggios - as opposed to the more "horizontal", or melodic, modal approach that really only comes in after leaving Miles. Peter King used to say that it was his soprano sax work that owed most to Trane, whereas his alto playing continued to owe much to Bird. I can remember talking about this with Ron Caines, and Ron saying that probably the largest influence of Peter King after his Parker period was Phil Woods: "Peter King is Phil Woods" Ron would say!Comment
-
Phil Woods is a player that always nails it for me. There was a degree of bite in his playing that immediately grabs your attention and I have always loved his solos on Gil Evans' "Impressionism" album which is a bit of hodge-podge of different recording sessions. He was also a pretty good writer for big band as his charts often cropped up on the programmes by the BBC Radio big band in the 1980s.Comment
-
Mike Westbrook Trio with Chris Biscoe & Kate Westbrook playing Billy Strayhorn's 'Lush Life':
JRComment
-
‘Peckin Time’ – Hank Mobley
Hank Mobley with Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, Kenny Dorham, Paul Chambers & Charlie Persip
Blue Note (1958)Comment
-
Duly acquired and listened - a lovely CD - great musicians and a lovely clean uncluttered sound! Larry Klein may be an influence on the sound! Thanks again IanOriginally posted by Ian Thumwood View PostComment
-
-
Thanks for this JR - I'm pretty comprehensive with my Westbrookiana, and a member of the small but select Kate Westbrook Admiration Society, but I don't think I've ever heard them perform this number.Originally posted by Jazzrook View PostMike Westbrook Trio with Chris Biscoe & Kate Westbrook playing Billy Strayhorn's 'Lush Life':
JR
Chris Biscoe is wonderful on there, as ever: one of our best but most under-celebrated players. I saw him play at the Oval in Croydon just this Sunday alongside trumpeter Chris Batchelor, with Gary Willcox on drums - Way Out West's house drummer these days - and Larry Bartley on bass: a sequence of on-the-spot standards, mostly Monk and Mingus, but also Ornette Coleman's Lonely Woman, with every bit of the original's emotion eked out to the very end, and Arthur Blythe's Slidin' Through, from the celebrated Lennox Avenue Breakdown LP. An admission here: although the gathered expertise comprising Chris's wife Sue, Sheila who runs Way Out West Jazz, drummer Dave Barry and his wife were gathered, and everyone knew the album title, none of us could recall the name of the number, Slidin' Through, which I have just this moment had to check by putting said album on the turntable!
Comment
-
....Tubby Hayes : Rumpus....from album of found material recently released....bong chingComment
-
....love em....going to listen to it now....Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostThanks for this JR - I'm pretty comprehensive with my Westbrookiana, and a member of the small but select Kate Westbrook Admiration Society, but I don't think I've ever heard them perform this number.
Chris Biscoe is wonderful on there, as ever: one of our best but most under-celebrated players. I saw him play at the Oval in Croydon just this Sunday alongside trumpeter Chris Batchelor, with Gary Willcox on drums - Way Out West's house drummer these days - and Larry Bartley on bass: a sequence of on-the-spot standards, mostly Monk and Mingus, but also Ornette Coleman's Lonely Woman, with every bit of the original's emotion eked out to the very end, and Arthur Blythe's Slidin' Through, from the celebrated Lennox Avenue Breakdown LP. An admission here: although the gathered expertise comprising Chris's wife Sue, Sheila who runs Way Out West Jazz, drummer Dave Barry and his wife were gathered, and everyone knew the album title, none of us could recall the name of the number, Slidin' Through, which I have just this moment had to check by putting said album on the turntable!
bong chingComment
-
That Arthur Blythe record is incredible. You don't seem to have soloists who play with that kind of aggression these days nor major record labels flirting with something so challenging.
I have been listen to the "new" Paul Bley record "When will the blues leave." The rest of the trio is made up of Gary Peacock and Paul Motian. It is a terrific disc which captures a live concert back in 1999. I find it really hard to judge PB's records as they are consistently high in quality. This concert includes a lot of familiar repertoire such as "Mazatlán" and the title track. For my money, I think that Paul Bley was one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time and would struggle to name any jazz musician who could get in the "zone" more quickly and consistently than him. There never seems to be any noodling in his playing.
This live record is really decent and , although live, has excellent sound quality. What is intriguing is that this concert was about the time I started to lose faith in ECM. There have been plenty of new, "up and coming" piano trios captured by the label in the intervening 21 years yet they totally miss the combination of both risk and focus of this trio. It just feels like a difference between men and boys. I appreciate that the piano trio has been the overriding jazz vehicle for a lot of this period and that there are a number of groups who have been really popular. Despite this, I don't any of them get to play at the same level as Bely / Peacock / Motian.Comment
-
Kate Westbrook is hugely underrated.Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostThanks for this JR - I'm pretty comprehensive with my Westbrookiana, and a member of the small but select Kate Westbrook Admiration Society, but I don't think I've ever heard them perform this number.
Chris Biscoe is wonderful on there, as ever: one of our best but most under-celebrated players. I saw him play at the Oval in Croydon just this Sunday alongside trumpeter Chris Batchelor, with Gary Willcox on drums - Way Out West's house drummer these days - and Larry Bartley on bass: a sequence of on-the-spot standards, mostly Monk and Mingus, but also Ornette Coleman's Lonely Woman, with every bit of the original's emotion eked out to the very end, and Arthur Blythe's Slidin' Through, from the celebrated Lennox Avenue Breakdown LP. An admission here: although the gathered expertise comprising Chris's wife Sue, Sheila who runs Way Out West Jazz, drummer Dave Barry and his wife were gathered, and everyone knew the album title, none of us could recall the name of the number, Slidin' Through, which I have just this moment had to check by putting said album on the turntable!
Here's her remarkable and radical treatment of 'Love For Sale' in 1993. It's currently available as a bonus on the DVD of 'Mama Chicago', a film first shown on BBC TV in 1981.
JRLast edited by Jazzrook; 14-01-20, 21:35.Comment
-
‘Plus’ – Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley with Nat Adderley, Wynton Kelly, Victor Feldman, Sam Jones & Louis Hayes
Riverside (1961)Comment
-
I remember being stunned by Phil Minton's performance of 'Concrete', the finale of the Mike Westbrook Band's 'Mama Chicago' when first shown on BBC TV in 1981.
It still has a powerful impact on me today.
JRComment
-
'True Blue' - Tina Brooks
Tina Brooks with Freddie Hubbard, Duke Jordan & Art Taylor
Blue Note (1960)
'Cross-Platform Interchange' - Misha Mullov-Abbado
Misha Mullov-Abbado with James Davison, Matthew Herd, Sam Rapley, Liam Dunachie & Scott Chapman.
Includes guests Elad Neeman, Matthew Barley, Nick Goodwin, Rob Luft & Yusuf Narcin
Edition Records (2017)Last edited by Stanfordian; 16-01-20, 14:39.Comment
Comment