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Hmm.. I'd say the origins of Impressions was perhaps 'So What' - that is to say, it's a contrafactum of the latter - there's more chords in this Morton Gould tune.Originally posted by Jazzrook View PostAhmad Jamal Trio with Israel Crosby & Ray Crawford playing Morton Gould's 'Pavanne' in 1955 - the origins of Coltrane's 'Impressions'?
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I'd say this is the origins of Coltrane's 'Mr PC' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpD0jMMweBgComment
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Ah ok.Originally posted by Jazzrook View Post
Thanks for this.
Now I've started listening to the collection 'Sonny Rollins - The Prestige Years', the first two cuts of which, on the first disk, are from 'Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins' - I'd like to have this whole album!Comment
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‘Somethin' Else’ - Cannonball Adderley
with Miles Davis, Hank Jones, Sam Jones & Art Blakey
Blue Note (1958)Comment
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Who came up first with that title? Cannonball, or Ornette?Originally posted by Stanfordian View PostComment
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....Jez Nelson <cough ahem> wasn't it!!??Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Postbong chingComment
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Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post 
(PS - I wouldn't think Jez was even a thought in his dad's testimonials back in '58)Comment
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Just had this from the Arts Council England...Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
(PS - I wouldn't think Jez was even a thought in his dad's testimonials back in '58)
"Arts Council England
@ace_national
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Sit back, put your feet up and become immersed in the music with this fantastic mix by DJ Adam Rockers and jazz re:freshed Multiple musical notesRaising hands #UnderNubianSkies takes you on an aural journey through Black Jazz from the 60s and 70s https://buff.ly/30XlGT8"....Max Roach, Cecil McBee etc etc. "
It's on the Mixcloud app which is free and downloadable from Google Play. I've just installed and given it a "whirl" and it seems fine.
The Arts Council eh? Coooooool.
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Pasquale Grasso - Moose the Mooche
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Jazz Re:freshed are responsible for issuing a lot of the new material by the latest generation of British jazz musicians. I have said before that I have been impressed by Cassie Kinoshi's SEED Ensemble but I think there are loads of players who seem to have "rebranded" the kind of jazz produced by the likes of Sun Ra and Pharoah Sanders. This evening I had been playing the "Maisha" album which feature Nubya Garcia. I think she is someone well worth checking out if for no other reason that what she plays is so great to listen to. "Maisha" is a band that is more about groove than "being cutting edge" but when the results are so enjoyable, being critical is a bit pointless. What I like about these young players is that the music is unashamedly jazz and it is extremely approachable. The album is issued on Gilles Peterson's label which initially put me off. However, it is really nice to listen to.( I never appreciated that he was actually French and isn't , in fact, called "Peterson.")Originally posted by BLUESNIK'S REVOX View Post
If you are looking at "cutting edge," Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse" band nicely blurs the boundaries between jazz and modern classical music. "Morphogenesis" isn't quite as immediate in it's appeal as the follow up "Synovial Joints" where a larger ensemble is employed but it is still very much in the Chamber Music idiom . There was a lot of praise on this board a few years back for Henry Threadgill's "Dirt and More Dirt" which ploughed a similar furrow. Although they share the same instrument and indeed record level, their approach to "chamber jazz" is markedly different and I think the Natal Eclipse band is demonstrative that Coleman's approach is probably more logical and easier to follow. There seems to be a momentum in his music which is driven by the evolving lines played by the musicians which is probably a consequence of the absence of a drum kit on the disc. Although it sounds nothing like Bach, the music has the same feel as JSB's figures where the musical ideas seem to unfurl themselves. Coleman is, to my mind, one of the great thinkers" in jazz and probably as near as someone like Lennie Tristano in respect of cultivating a school of players as anyone else in 2020. I appreciate that Steve Coleman was something of a revelatory figure in the late 80s and early 90s. However, I think that he has evolved into one of jazz's foremost creators. Again, it is the theory and writing element of his work in addition to the distinctive sound of his playing which I feel is significant. It staggers me that is remains so overlooked in 2020.Comment
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'No Sun in Venice ' / MJQComment
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Soon to be re-issued under new title: 'No British Tourists in Venice'.Originally posted by DracoM View PostComment
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Steve Coleman - Hand and Wrist from Synovial Joints.
Very Good so far.
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'Straight Life' - Jimmy Smith
with Quentin Warren & Donald Bailey
Blue Note (1961)Comment
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