Duane Tatro's 1954/55 album 'Jazz For Moderns'.
Exhilarating West Coast jazz!
JR
Exhilarating West Coast jazz!
JR
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I was surprised to learn last year that a lot of the film music credited to Schifrin was actually subcontracted out. In the case of films like "Bullitt" the music was actually written by a Brazilian jazz composer called Moacir Santos. One of the best gigs of 2019 was the Brazilian big band Projeto Coisa Fina who were initially performed to play Santos' music. The music was very much 1960s but it was extremely entertaining. I thought that this big band were terrific - they sound like a rather unruly and unbooted Oliver Nelson.Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
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Carmell Jones, Harold Land, Frank Strazzeri, Gary Peacock & Leon Pettis playing Duke Ellington's 'I'm Gonna Go Fishin'' in 1961:
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'Brilliant Corners' - Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk with Ernie Henry, Sonny Rollins, Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach, Clark Terry & Paul Chambers
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Teh ECMLockdownFestTM continues here in sunny Wiltshire unabated. Listened to a load of Edward Vesala LPs, of which Lumi and Satu were my favourites, then other related stuff such as Tryptykon with Garbarek and Andersen (excellent) and Balladyna with Stanko (OK).
But the surprising standout came when I put the name "Steve Swallow" into the search engine of my music streaming service. NP: Carla Bley and "Night-Glo" which I am enjoying far more than the "meh" reviews the album received on release in 1985. Some outstanding charts and group playing, tight compositions, and even Carla's synth sounds haven't dated.all words are trains for moving past what really has no nameComment
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Woody Hermann's 40th anniversary concert.Comment
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Red Mitchell - Harold Land Quintet with Carmell Jones, Frank Strazzeri & Leon Pettis playing Land's 'Catacomb' from the 1961 album 'Hear Ye!':
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Irrespective of the fact that I cannot find where I mislaid my "Lumi" Lp, prompted by your post I have dug out my copy of "Night-glo" to play. The mid-late 1980s were a strange period for Carla Bley as she reverted to a sextet which featured Larry Willis on organ and Hiram Bullock on guitar. Shocking to think that both of these musicians have now passed. I remember a Radio 3 broadcast by this group which included the tune "Rut" which was on the "Night Glo" album. I think it my favourite of all her compositions. "Night-glo" was slaughtered by critics at the time because she had effectively abandoned the edgier stuff from the 1970s- early 80s for something which was not too far removed from Smooth Jazz. If you are going to label the music on this album as anything, I suppose you would have to consider it as "FM-friendly." I can understand the hostility to this record yet the quality of the tunes really gets it out of a hole. The closing suite is pretty decent too. As you say, it hasn't really dated although the snyths are not really that noticeable - it is the organ that dominates the ensemble sound.
I am enjoying reading your comments on past ECM records. Being in lockdown has meant that I have been exploring some older material and it is fascinating to revisit some of the records from the 1980s which now almost seems like a Golden Era for jazz. The old stereo types regarding the Neos v the Downtown scene overlooks how rich this decade was for jazz. It was also the point at which ECM got very interesting whilst I have rediscovered reissues by the likes of Arthur Blythe and the musicians on the Black Saint label which strike me as being very important records. Weird to think that I did not like Black Saint at the time because the music never seemed as polished as ECM. An old record I played this morning was Terje Rypdal's "The Singles Collection" which sounds like The Shadows meet Prince. Rypdal is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me. There has been a lot written on this board of late regarding Allan Holdsworth and John McLaughlin. As a rule, I am not too comfortable with anything too rock orientated yet , if you are going to go that route, I think Rypdal is more likely to produce something original even if I am sure that he is probably not a lot of people's cup of tea on this board. I have to say that I love the irony of the title of this album as the music was never intended to be released for chart success and it is amusing to see someone with an ironic sense of humour on the label. You imagine that, as a German, the humour probably went a bit above Manfred Eicher's head. The opening "There is a hot lady in my bedroom and a need a drink" probably made poor old Manfred splutter too!Comment
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Soweto Kinch reversed my opinions about Rap to some extent with this number, which sends up the genre and its followers as well as stereotyped, sometimes accurate portrayals of jazz venues and afficionado protocols - rather the way Ray Charles had done macho in some of his early songs, the backing Raelets accusing finger pointing back being taken in the spirit intended, I think? I started listening to the few female rappers such as Ms Dynamite - fine as long as they didn't mimic or otherwise mirror the male posturing that remains so predominant and apparently central to the presentation.
This is actually better in front of an audience, such as the one I have on cassette from the Soho Pizza Express broadcast in 2003. Soweto's an interesting player - while admiring the commitment and energy and what lies behind them, his predominantly vertically-aligned method of improvising - more Coltrane than Harriott in his case - can seem relentless, repetitive and tiring over the course of a session if not broken up by slower ballad-type numbers. Oh, and now you mention it, I miss his programme too!Comment
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If you are having a listen to ECM material I have just dug out and played one of my absolute favourites which is John Abercrombie's "Current Events." The record opens up with a track dedicated to the film industry's most famous jazz-loving cowboy which has to be the catchiest tune in the ECM catalogue. If this is not enough, it also includes the second most-catchy tune in "Hippityville." The album features his then current trio with Marc Johnson and Peter Erskine, the latter looking particularly menacing smoking his cigar.
I find John Abercrombie to be perhaps the most rewarding artist on ECM. I have loads of his stuff and love the fact that he can be extremely introspective and then turn up the amp and burn. "Current Events" is a brilliant disc and maybe something of a departure from the mood that predominates this catalogue.
About to play Jan Garbarek's "Legend of the Seven Dreams" - should have been the name of a book by Tolkien! (Sorry to say, I cannot be dealing with any books about magic, hobbits or dwarves. Best avoided!) Wonder how this one is going to stand up to the test of time ??Comment
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[https://www.bing.com/images/search?v...x=2&ajaxhist=0Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostAh yes, Jamie Cullum.
Given that Jamie Cullum is only 4 foot tall, he would make a rubbish Cowboy.Comment
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Alan Ladd was 5.5.and he rode the range (possibly standing on a box). Joe Stalin was similar, maybe even 5.4. He wasn't a cowboy but he did arrange to shoot a lot of people. "Agree collectively to shoot them or be shot yourself, that was how it went", as Khrushchev said. Who had a horse called "Trigger" (no, he didn't, history lovers).Comment
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Did you know that the horse "Trigger" was also the same horse Olivia De Havilland rode in the Errol Flynn "Robin Hood" film? I still think this is the best ever Robin Hood film. The one with Russell Crowe was a travesty although it sought to frame the folk hero in the context of the Dauphin's little known invasion of 1216.Originally posted by BLUESNIK'S REVOX View Post
I haven't seen "Shane" for ages but that is another old film that I think is really good.Comment
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