What Jazz are you listening to now?

[Ian Thumwood]

Got to say that this edges the Verve track somewhat...

Don't think I have heard Getz play with this much aggression before although he is still very much coming out of the Be-bop tradition. Getz seems far more convincing live than in the studio, I think. Shame that the piano is slightly out of tune. Kuhn sounds like a punchier version of Bill Evans.

[Serial_Apologist]

Wondered if you had picked up the Getz at the Gate disc ? There seems to be a swathe of concert recordings being released from forgotten sources at the moment and this record is picking up some serious reviews. I was very tempted even though I am not necessarily a Getz fan and have found some of his stuff only marginally interesting. This record is supposed to be incredible and places Getz more within the aggressive field of jazz at that time as opposed to the Bossa stuff which was being produced at the same time. It is intriguing to find all this material surfacing and I keep thinking that the results are changing a lot of perceptions of these musicians as the live material by numerous artists sounds superior to the more familiar studio material. Getz has always struck me as being a little too polite but my tastes are changing to find live recordings of jazz musicians absolutely fascinating insofar that they challenge misconceptions. I have been enjoying the disc by Harold Land this week but have been tempted by the Getz record largely because anything live with Roy Haynes on drums is going to sound good. It would be interesting to hear any feedback as to this live performance.

The track with Getz and Evans is weird. I like Elvin Jones' playing most about this track but I have to say that Evans always seems better in a trio format and not with horns. The fact that this session was released on Verve also prejudices me slightly as a lot of the music the label releases always seems on the safe side although there are some obvious exceptions. The pairing of Getz and Evans seems inspired yet I would have been more interested to hear someone with a bit more poke on piano who could push Getz along with Jones. Got to say I would have been more interested to have heard someone like McCoy Tyner . To my ears, having someone like Elvin behind him is exactly the catalyst I would liked to have heard drumming for Getz. He seemed to prefer sharp and snappy drummers - for me, the obvious choice to counter the smoothness of the tenor and slightly unsettle the whole process?

I have felt for some time now that the young generation now coming up in the wake of those heavily influenced by Coltrane in the 1980s and 90s have been re-assessing Getz and others associated with Cool Jazz in the 1950s with the benefits of hindsight, and evolving where some of these past names left off. Historical tributaries that nearly got forgotten.

[Joseph K]

[Stanfordian]

‘Contours’ - Sam Rivers
Sam Rivers with Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter & Joe Chambers
Blue Note (1965)

[Jazzrook]

Stan Getz & Bill Evans with Eddie Gomez & Marty Morell playing 'Emily' from 'But Beautiful'(Milestone), live in Belgium, 1974(on Bill Evans' 45th birthday):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tmbWGcQous

...& 'You And The Night And The Music':

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=KAQndgqczr8

JR

[Stanfordian]

‘The Honeydripper’ – Brother Jack McDuff
Brother Jack McDuff with Jimmy Forrest, Grant Green, Ben Dixon
Prestige (1961)

It's not one of the best I have, but its one of my favourite albums!

[Jazzrook]

Red Rodney with Ira Sullivan, Norman Simmons, Victor Sproles & Roy Haynes playing 'Red Is Blue' in Chicago, 1955:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=VTfauGjWmgM

JR

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

There's an enthusiastic piece just up on Richard William's "Blue Moment" website about Calum Gourlay who apparently leads a young big band at the Vortex. (SA would know this stuff?). And he also records as a Quartet. This Quartet video is rather good ...

"Blue Fugates" - Calum Gourlay Qrt, live 2019

http://youtu.be/T2FkFPfhTcA

[Serial_Apologist]

There's an enthusiastic piece just up on Richard William's "Blue Moment" website about Calum Gourlay who apparently leads a young big band at the Vortex. (SA would know this stuff?). And he also records as a Quartet. This Quartet video is rather good ...

"Blue Fugates" - Calum Gourlay Qrt, live 2019

http://youtu.be/T2FkFPfhTcA

Yes that Calum Gourlay BB includes a good many of the young musicians I'm constantly harping on about. For some reason they always appear on nights when I'm otherwise engaged, which is sad, because the tenner entrance is a give-away in the best possible sense.

[Jazzrook]

Hugh Masekela, Dudu Pukwana, Larry Willis, Eddie Gomez & Makaya Ntshoko in London, 1972:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=JDRKkWHJg2M

JR

[Stanfordian]

‘Back to the Tracks’ - Tina Brooks
Tina Brooks with Blue Mitchell, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers & Art Taylor
Blue Note (1960)

[Jazzrook]

Albert Ayler, Nuits De La Fondation Maeght, July 1970 with Call Cobbs, Steve Tintweiss & Allen Blairman:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=yNK7ovE1Rgc

JR

[Serial_Apologist]

Hugh Masekela, Dudu Pukwana, Larry Willis, Eddie Gomez & Makaya Ntshoko in London, 1972:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=JDRKkWHJg2M

JR

Ntshoko was the drummer with The Jazz Epistles when they left apartheid SA for the States, if I remember rightly.

[Jazzrook]

Ntshoko was the drummer with The Jazz Epistles when they left apartheid SA for the States, if I remember rightly.

He was indeed, S_A.
Here are The Jazz Epistles in 1959 with Abdullah Ibrahim, Kippie Moeketsi, Hugh Masekela, Jonas Gwangwa, Johnny Gertze & Makaya Ntshoko:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=mhdW0wLh9QQ

JR

[Stanfordian]

‘Somethin' Else’
Cannonball Adderley with Miles Davis, Hank Jones, Sam Jones & Art Blakey
Blue Note (1958)